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- August 2022 (Revised September 2023)
- Case
Evaluating the Impact of Hillside Harvest
By: Archie L. Jones, Mel Martin and Amy Klopfenstein
In fall 2021, the HBS Impact Investment Fund student team had just finished their last round of due diligence on the BIPOC-founded premium hot sauce company Hillside Harvest. They thought the business had a fine performance, showing potential to grow into a successful...
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- June 2010
- Teaching Note
Monsanto: Helping Farmers Feed the World (TN)
By: David E. Bell and Mary Louise Shelman
Teaching Note for [510025].
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- 01 Mar 2006
- News
Entrepreneur's Notebook with Paul Conforti and Kim Moore (both MBA '97)
managing call centers for insurance companies but wanted to switch from telephonic to face-to-face service, so I decided to focus on restaurants. I spent the first year at HBS researching the industry and settled on desserts. They are the...
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- December 2008 (Revised September 2009)
- Case
Cola Wars: Going Global
This case is meant to be used in conjunction with the extant "Cola Wars" case studies. It outlines the global positions of Pepsi and Coca-Cola as of 2008 in the soft drink market, and then provides an overview of their competitive situations in three markets: Mexico,...
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Keywords:
Global Strategy;
Globalized Firms and Management;
Industry Structures;
Competitive Strategy;
Competitive Advantage;
Food and Beverage Industry;
China;
India;
Mexico
Cespedes, Frank V. "Cola Wars: Going Global." Harvard Business School Case 709-451, December 2008. (Revised September 2009.)
- 2015
- Working Paper
The Market That Wasn't: The Non-Emergence of the Online Grocery Category.
By: C. Navis, G. Fisher, Ryan Raffaelli and Mary Ann Glynn
In this paper, we examine the non-emergence of a potential new market category. In the late 1990s, the entrepreneurial firms that attempted to sell groceries online in the US attracted significant resources, made impressive technological advancements, and generated...
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- June 2011
- Teaching Note
Cola Wars Continue: Coke and Pepsi in 2010 (TN)
By: David B. Yoffie
Teaching Note for 711462.
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- March 2017
- Case
Breakfast at the Paramount
By: Ryan W. Buell
The Paramount is a 44-seat diner on Charles Street in the Beacon Hill neighborhood of Boston. A frequent "Best of Boston" award winner, the restaurant is a perennial favorite among locals and tourists, particularly for brunch on the weekends, when lines often stretch...
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Keywords:
Food;
Management Practices and Processes;
Service Delivery;
Service Industry;
Service Industry;
Boston
Buell, Ryan W. "Breakfast at the Paramount." Harvard Business School Multimedia/Video Case 617-702, March 2017.
- Profile
Darrin Rahn
perspective and set myself up for a long-term career in food and beverage leadership," says Darrin. "By going to HBS, I would surround myself with the best and brightest minds who would push me to think bigger, more globally,...
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Keywords:
CPG
- September 2020 (Revised December 2020)
- Case
Siba Mtongana: A Pioneering Chef in South Africa
By: Boris Groysberg, Susan Seligson, Katherine Connolly Baden and Robin Abrahams
For Siba Mtongana, South African celebrity chef, the year 2020 was fraught with challenges and unknowns. Her brand was strong and she was certain it would survive. But as she fine-tuned her growth and innovation strategy in a shaky, unpredictable economy in the midst...
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Keywords:
Food;
Crisis Management;
Health Pandemics;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Food and Beverage Industry;
South Africa
Groysberg, Boris, Susan Seligson, Katherine Connolly Baden, and Robin Abrahams. "Siba Mtongana: A Pioneering Chef in South Africa." Harvard Business School Case 421-026, September 2020. (Revised December 2020.)
- September 1998 (Revised October 2001)
- Case
SADAFCO
SADAFCO has long enjoyed a dominant position in the milk and ice cream markets in Saudi Arabia. In the mid-1990s, this dominance was under threat as Nestle, Unilever, and Mars all entered the ice cream market. The case outlines the Saudi Arabian ice cream wars.
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Keywords:
Competition;
Food;
Multinational Firms and Management;
Food and Beverage Industry;
Saudi Arabia
Arnold, David J. "SADAFCO." Harvard Business School Case 599-021, September 1998. (Revised October 2001.)
- March 2008 (Revised July 2011)
- Supplement
Cadbury Schweppes: Capturing Confectionery (C)
By: David Collis, Toby Stuart and Troy Smith
In late 2002, global confectionery and beverage maker Cadbury Schweppes needed to decide whether or not to make an acquisition bid for Adams, an underperforming gum company which had been put up for sale by pharmaceutical giant Pfizer. Examining the decision from a...
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Collis, David, Toby Stuart, and Troy Smith. "Cadbury Schweppes: Capturing Confectionery (C)." Harvard Business School Supplement 708-455, March 2008. (Revised July 2011.)
- May 1986
- Supplement
General Mills, Inc.: Yoplait Custard-Style Yogurt (B)
By: John A. Quelch
Yoplait's director of new product development is finalizing plans for the national introduction of custard-style Yoplait. Based on the results of a mini-market test and a BASES laboratory test market.
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Keywords:
Food;
Product Launch;
Product Development;
Product Marketing;
Food and Beverage Industry;
United States
Quelch, John A. "General Mills, Inc.: Yoplait Custard-Style Yogurt (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 586-088, May 1986.
- June 2011
- Teaching Note
Red Lobster (TN)
By: Jason Riis
Teaching Note for 511-052.
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Keywords:
Markets;
Research;
Opportunities;
Customer Satisfaction;
Sales;
Segmentation;
Food;
Food and Beverage Industry
- Portrait Project
Danielle Slutzky
grandchildren be filled only with overflowing sweetness. My life is sweet, which makes my job urgent: to unleash the hope that food provides. I want to make the food industry...
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- December 2021 (Revised June 2022)
- Case
Darden Restaurants: The Nine Square Feet
By: Joshua D. Margolis and James Barnett
In June 2021, Darden Restaurants CEO Gene Lee contemplates how to position the world’s biggest full-service restaurant more than one year into the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Keywords:
COVID-19 Pandemic;
Agribusiness;
Change;
Decision Making;
Food;
Human Resources;
Leadership;
Operations;
Strategy;
Health Pandemics;
Opportunities;
Food and Beverage Industry;
United States
Margolis, Joshua D., and James Barnett. "Darden Restaurants: The Nine Square Feet." Harvard Business School Case 422-004, December 2021. (Revised June 2022.)
- November 2002 (Revised June 2003)
- Case
Monsanto: Leadership in a New Environment
By: Ray A. Goldberg, James Weber and James M Beagle
Monsanto is the biotechnology leader in agriculture. How does it use its leadership in Round Up to fund long-term research and development in biotechnology that is acceptable to the priority system of consumers in different parts of the world? Includes color exhibits.
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Keywords:
Research and Development;
Science-Based Business;
Food;
Business or Company Management;
Agribusiness;
Industry Growth;
Customer Focus and Relationships;
Globalization;
Leadership;
Biotechnology Industry;
Biotechnology Industry;
United States
Goldberg, Ray A., James Weber, and James M Beagle. "Monsanto: Leadership in a New Environment." Harvard Business School Case 903-419, November 2002. (Revised June 2003.)
- April 2021
- Case
Glovo: Expanding Quick Commerce
By: Antonio Moreno and James Barnett
In March 2021, delivery app CEO Oscar Pierre and his team consider strategies to grow Glovo’s quick commerce delivery service and to approach their expansion in Kenya.
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Keywords:
Decision Making;
Entrepreneurship;
Food;
Global Strategy;
Operations;
Strategy;
Distribution Industry;
Distribution Industry;
Distribution Industry;
Africa;
Kenya;
Nairobi;
Europe;
Spain;
Barcelona;
Middle East;
Central America;
South America
Moreno, Antonio, and James Barnett. "Glovo: Expanding Quick Commerce." Harvard Business School Case 621-094, April 2021.
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
What I Do: Clare Reichenbach (AMP 185, 2013)
Foundation. Operating “at the intersection of pleasure and purpose,” in the words of CEO Clare Reichenbach (AMP 185, 2013), the nonprofit oversees annual industry awards (considered by many to be the Oscars of the View Details
- September 1985 (Revised September 1987)
- Case
H.J. Heinz Co.: Plastic Bottle Ketchup (A)
By: John A. Quelch
The Heinz Ketchup product manager must decide whether or not to launch a new plastic bottle and, if so, what marketing program and support to place behind it.
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Quelch, John A. "H.J. Heinz Co.: Plastic Bottle Ketchup (A)." Harvard Business School Case 586-035, September 1985. (Revised September 1987.)
- October 2012 (Revised March 2014)
- Teaching Note
Baltic Beverages Holding: Competing in a Globalizing World (A) and (B)
By: Juan Alcácer
The teaching plan to accompany "Baltic Beverages Holding: Competing in a Globalizing World (A)," HBS No. 713-430; "Baltic Beverages Holding: Competing in a Globalizing World (B)," HBS No. 713-471. It is divided into an introduction, followed by three discussion...
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