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The CEO of Cabot Creamery on Beating Sustainability Benchmarks
Sustainable business practices Magazine ArticleBecoming a B Corp was affirmation of Cabot’s existing mission. -
A Study of the Champagne Industry Shows That Women Have Stronger Networks, and Profit from Them
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleMore socializing and more trust lead to more revenue. -
Transforming Life, Transforming Business: The Life-Science Revolution
Technology & Operations Magazine ArticleIf you think the Internet has changed the shape of business, just imagine what genetic engineering is going to do. In this groundbreaking article, Juan... -
How Digital Technology Is Changing Farming in Africa
Entrepreneurship Digital ArticleLocal entrepreneurs are making food production more efficient. -
How Snapple Got Its Juice Back
Sales & Marketing Magazine ArticleIn 1993, Quaker Oats paid $1.7 billion for the rapidly growing Snapple brand. In 1997, it sold the brand to Triarc for a mere $300 million. In 2000, Triarc... -
How to Quantify Sustainability’s Impact on Your Bottom Line
Sustainable business practices Digital ArticleA case study of the Brazilian beef industry. -
Dealing with Drought (HBR Case Study and Commentary)
Strategy & Execution Magazine ArticleWhen Walker Farms is hit with a surface-water allocation of zero for a third straight year because of the state's ongoing and extended drought, it must... -
Accountants Will Save the World
Global Business Digital ArticleFactor social benefits and the use of resources into a company's value. -
Banana War Maneuvers
Strategy & Execution Magazine ArticleHow Dole beat Chiquita by working around a restrictive EU trade policy instead of struggling against it. -
No Company Can Solve a Massive Global Problem on Its Own
Global Business Digital ArticleBut when organizations work together, change can happen. -
The CEO of ADM on Expanding Its Focus from Commodities to Consumers
Finance & Accounting Magazine ArticleIn the early 2010s ADM, a century-old agricultural products and services company, embarked on a big transformation. It streamlined and reorganized its... -
Dealing with Drought (Commentary for HBR Case Study)
Strategy & Execution Magazine ArticleWhen Walker Farms is hit with a surface-water allocation of zero for a third straight year because of the state's ongoing and extended drought, it must... -
Making Small Farms More Sustainable — and Profitable
Business and society Digital ArticleA case study of Better Life Farming, an innovative public-private partnership in India, Indonesia, and Bangladesh. -
Enlightened Farming
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleAgricultural inventions from 18th-century noble estates in France, including a wheat thresher, a tree transporter, and an incubation shed for chicken... -
Growth Through Global Sustainability: An Interview with Monsanto's CEO Robert B. Shapiro
Strategy & Execution Magazine ArticleHow do we face the prospect that creating a profitable, growing company might require intolerable abuse of the natural world? Monsanto--with its history... -
Dealing with Drought (HBR Case Study)
Strategy & Execution Magazine ArticleWhen Walker Farms is hit with a surface-water allocation of zero for a third straight year because of the state's ongoing and extended drought, it must... -
Class--or Mass? (HBR Case Study and Commentary)
Sales & Marketing Magazine ArticleJim Hargrove, the marketing director of $820 million Neptune Gourmet Seafood, is having a bad week. Neptune is the most upmarket player in the $20 billion... -
Cutting Edge in Auctions
Strategy & Execution Magazine ArticleThe state of the art in auctions is not on the Web--it's in the venerable flower auction halls of Holland, where over 30 million flowers change hands... -
How Companies Can Give More Than Just Thanks
Global Business Digital ArticleMany cultures around the world celebrate a yearly thanksgiving festival, a time when we express our gratitude for a successful harvest. While observances...
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Philip Morris: Marlboro Friday (A)
Sales & Marketing Case Study11.95View Details On April 2, 1993 Philip Morris USA launched an elaborate integrated program of consumer and retail promotions of unspecified duration that effectively... -
Los Grobo
Technology & Operations Case Study11.95View Details Los Grobo, a grain farming company based in Argentina, must decide whether to expand internationally to neighboring Paraguay and Uruguay. Los Grobo has... -
A New Financial Policy at Swedish Match
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details Swedish Match is a profitable smokeless tobacco company with low debt compared to other firms in its industry. The firms CFO now wants to revise the firms... -
E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Co.: The Conoco Split-off (B)
Finance & Accounting Case Study5.00View Details Supplements the (A) case. -
Verka: Transforming a 50-Year-Old Government Cooperative Into A Profitable Enterprise
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details The case, set in August 2017 in the state of Punjab, India, follows the transformational efforts of Manjit Singh Brar, the Managing Director of Punjab... -
Politics of Tobacco Control: A History of the U.S. Tobacco Industry
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details Describes the history of the tobacco industry and its emergence as an extremely effective marketer and non-market strategist. After years of success,... -
Molino Cañuelas: Serving Customers from Seed Development to the Kitchen Table
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details Molino Cañuelas was a vertically integrated food company with a management system that allowed it to innovate and grow systematically. With sales of $2... -
Rumo: Infrastructure for a Healthier Economy
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details Brazilian logistics company Rumo operated 13,500 km in railway networks, port terminals, and inland transshipment terminals, connecting major Brazilian... -
Financial Impacts of Climate Change: Invest or Not?
Management Case Study11.95View Details This case involves quantifying emissions, their impact, and applying the social cost of carbon to complete a comparative financial valuation for a fictional... -
Gardens Without Borders: Creating Corporate-Social Enterprise Collaborations for Sustainability
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details The case examines a social enterprise that is at a turning point in its development. After a successful start-up phase, Gardens Without Borders (GWB)... -
Delamere Vineyard
Technology & Operations Case Study11.95View Details Delamere Vineyard is a small, integrated winemaking business in Tasmania, specializing in pinot noir (red) and chardonnay (white) wines. Richard Richardson,... -
Flying Beavers: An Innovative Approach to Wildlife Conservation
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details Based on actual historical events, this case presents the narrative of when the Idaho Fish and Game Department decided to transplant beavers from a rapidly... -
Interface's Net-Works Program: A New Approach to Creating Social Value through Sustainable Sourcing
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details Interface ranks among the top three manufacturers in the carpet industry, measured by revenues per year. Through its sustainability program, the company... -
Zespri Grows
Sales & Marketing Case Study11.95View Details Controlling about a third of global kiwifruit exports by volume and nearly half by value in 2018, Zespri was a grower-owned "corporatized cooperative"... -
California Wine Cluster
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details Describes the California wine cluster, or the group of interconnected wineries, grape growers, suppliers, service providers, and wine-related institutions... -
Ina Food Industry: A New Management Philosophy for Japanese Business
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details Ina Food Industry Co. Ltd was situated in Ina, Nagano Prefecture, and surrounded by the soaring mountains of Japan's Alps. Amidst this idyllic setting,... -
PACRIM DISPUTE - Confidential Instructions for the Representative of Indocarta
Strategy & Execution Case Study5.00View Details Three-party, multi-issue international trade negotiation among three culturally different countries over which of two countries will export rice to the... -
Amazon Buys Whole Foods
Technology & Operations Case Study11.95View Details The June 2017 news that e-commerce giant Amazon was paying $13.7 billion for organic supermarket chain Whole Foods precipitated a broad sell-off in the... -
Ziwo Agricultural Service Co. Ltd.: Vertical Integration
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details Ziwo Agricultural Service Co. Ltd. (Ziwo), located in the city of Shenyang in Liaoning Province in northeastern China, was a market leader in sales of... -
Philip Morris: Marlboro Friday (B)
Sales & Marketing Case Study5.00View Details Supplements the (A) case.
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Philip Morris: Marlboro Friday (A)
Sales & Marketing Case Study11.95View Details On April 2, 1993 Philip Morris USA launched an elaborate integrated program of consumer and retail promotions of unspecified duration that effectively... -
Los Grobo
Technology & Operations Case Study11.95View Details Los Grobo, a grain farming company based in Argentina, must decide whether to expand internationally to neighboring Paraguay and Uruguay. Los Grobo has... -
A New Financial Policy at Swedish Match
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details Swedish Match is a profitable smokeless tobacco company with low debt compared to other firms in its industry. The firms CFO now wants to revise the firms... -
E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Co.: The Conoco Split-off (B)
Finance & Accounting Case Study5.00View Details Supplements the (A) case. -
Verka: Transforming a 50-Year-Old Government Cooperative Into A Profitable Enterprise
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details The case, set in August 2017 in the state of Punjab, India, follows the transformational efforts of Manjit Singh Brar, the Managing Director of Punjab... -
Politics of Tobacco Control: A History of the U.S. Tobacco Industry
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details Describes the history of the tobacco industry and its emergence as an extremely effective marketer and non-market strategist. After years of success,... -
Molino Cañuelas: Serving Customers from Seed Development to the Kitchen Table
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details Molino Cañuelas was a vertically integrated food company with a management system that allowed it to innovate and grow systematically. With sales of $2... -
Rumo: Infrastructure for a Healthier Economy
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details Brazilian logistics company Rumo operated 13,500 km in railway networks, port terminals, and inland transshipment terminals, connecting major Brazilian... -
Financial Impacts of Climate Change: Invest or Not?
Management Case Study11.95View Details This case involves quantifying emissions, their impact, and applying the social cost of carbon to complete a comparative financial valuation for a fictional... -
Gardens Without Borders: Creating Corporate-Social Enterprise Collaborations for Sustainability
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details The case examines a social enterprise that is at a turning point in its development. After a successful start-up phase, Gardens Without Borders (GWB)...