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- May 2024
- Supplement
Forest Park Capital (A)
By: Richard S. Ruback and Royce Yudkoff
Pre-Abstract: Instructors should consider the timing of making videos available to students, as they may reveal key case details.
Abstract: During the Covid-19 Pandemic in 2020, Betsy Harbison formed the search fund Forest Park Capital with the intention of...
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Keywords:
Search Fund;
Entrepreneurship;
Entrepreneurship Through Acquisition;
Acquisition;
Small Business;
Cost vs Benefits;
Decisions;
Business Education;
Corporate Entrepreneurship;
Leadership Style;
Business or Company Management;
Problems and Challenges;
Tourism Industry;
Web Services Industry;
North America;
Missouri
Ruback, Richard S., and Royce Yudkoff. "Forest Park Capital (A)." Harvard Business School Multimedia/Video Supplement 224-719, May 2024.
- May 2024
- Supplement
Forest Park Capital (B)
By: Richard S. Ruback and Royce Yudkoff
Pre-Abstract: Instructors should consider the timing of making videos available to students, as they may reveal key case details.
Abstract: During the Covid-19 Pandemic in 2020, Betsy Harbison formed the search fund Forest Park Capital with the intention of...
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Keywords:
Search Fund;
Entrepreneurship;
Entrepreneurship Through Acquisition;
Acquisition;
Small Business;
Cost vs Benefits;
Decisions;
Business Education;
Corporate Entrepreneurship;
Leadership Style;
Leading Change;
Business or Company Management;
Problems and Challenges;
Tourism Industry;
Web Services Industry;
North America;
Missouri
Ruback, Richard S., and Royce Yudkoff. "Forest Park Capital (B)." Harvard Business School Multimedia/Video Supplement 224-720, May 2024.
- May 2024
- Case
HarvEast
By: Jeremy Friedman and Natalie Kindred
In late 2023, Dmitry Skornyakov, CEO of Ukrainian agribusiness HarvEast, was navigating the turmoil caused by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine that began in 2014 and escalated into full-scale war in February 2022. Before the full-scale invasion, HarvEast managed 127,000...
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Keywords:
Plant-Based Agribusiness;
Goods and Commodities;
Natural Resources;
Food;
Problems and Challenges;
Adaptation;
Innovation and Management;
Crisis Management;
Logistics;
Supply Chain;
Risk and Uncertainty;
Loss;
Trust;
Human Needs;
War;
Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry;
Chile;
South America;
Latin America
- April 2024
- Teaching Plan
Seeds of Innovation: GALY’s Quest to Cultivate the Future of Agriculture in the Lab
By: George Serafeim, Michael Norris and ZeSean Ali
This Teaching Plan for the case “Seeds of Innovation: GALY’s Quest to Cultivate the Future of Agriculture in the Lab,” HBS No. 124-017, and its related products, serves to help faculty deepen students’ comprehension of business issues and energize classroom discussion....
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- March 2024
- Case
From “BIG” Ideas to Sustainable Impact at ICL Group (A)
By: Linda A. Hill and Lydia Begag
In the summer of 2023, Eduard (“Eddie”) Croitoru, Vice President (VP) of ICL Group (“ICL”) Corporate Initiatives, was reflecting on ICL’s internal ideation program, the Business Innovation for Growth (BIG) Accelerator. When Raviv Zoller become the CEO of ICL in 2018,...
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Keywords:
Change Management;
Agribusiness;
Accounting;
Communication;
Engineering;
Energy;
Renewable Energy;
Chemicals;
Machinery and Machining;
Metals and Minerals;
Mining;
Social Entrepreneurship;
Corporate Entrepreneurship;
Values and Beliefs;
Environmental Sustainability;
Natural Resources;
Globalization;
Information Technology;
Innovation and Invention;
Leadership;
Organizational Culture;
Personal Development and Career;
Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry;
Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry;
Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry;
Israel;
China;
United States
Hill, Linda A., and Lydia Begag. "From “BIG” Ideas to Sustainable Impact at ICL Group (A)." Harvard Business School Case 424-042, March 2024.
- March 2024 (Revised April 2024)
- Supplement
From "BIG" Ideas to Sustainable Impact at ICL Group (B)
By: Linda A. Hill and Lydia Begag
In August 2023, Raviv Zoller, CEO of ICL Group, discussed his upcoming business trip to St. Louis with Eduard Croitoru, VP of ICL Corporate Initiatives, to commemorate the construction of ICL's new $400 million advanced manufacturing facility. In preparation for the...
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Keywords:
Change Management;
Agribusiness;
Accounting;
Communication;
Engineering;
Energy;
Renewable Energy;
Chemicals;
Machinery and Machining;
Metals and Minerals;
Mining;
Social Entrepreneurship;
Corporate Entrepreneurship;
Values and Beliefs;
Environmental Sustainability;
Natural Resources;
Globalization;
Information Technology;
Innovation and Invention;
Leadership;
Organizational Culture;
Personal Development and Career;
Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry;
Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry;
Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry;
Israel;
United States;
China
Hill, Linda A., and Lydia Begag. From "BIG" Ideas to Sustainable Impact at ICL Group (B). Harvard Business School Supplement 424-043, March 2024. (Revised April 2024.)
- February 2024
- Supplement
Seeds of Innovation: GALY's Quest to Cultivate the Future of Agriculture in the Lab
By: George Serafeim
In 2023, Luciano Bueno, CEO and founder of plant cell culture agriculture company GALY, was considering the best path forward for his company as he planned to pitch Series B investors. GALY, founded in 2019, aimed to produce cotton and other crops from cells grown in...
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Keywords:
Business Model;
Green Technology;
Goods and Commodities;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Science-Based Business;
Entrepreneurship;
Plant-Based Agribusiness;
Business Startups;
Decisions;
Technological Innovation;
Production;
Entrepreneurial Finance;
Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry;
Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry;
Boston;
Sao Paulo
Serafeim, George. "Seeds of Innovation: GALY's Quest to Cultivate the Future of Agriculture in the Lab." Harvard Business School Multimedia/Video Supplement 124-705, February 2024.
- January 2024
- Case
Frank Cornelissen: The Great Sulfite Debate (A)
By: Tiona Zuzul and Susan Pinckney
In 2018, artisanal Italian vineyard Frank Cornelissen was one of the world’s leading natural wine vineyards. Its founder, Frank Cornelissen, faced weather related conditions that forced him to have to decide between staying true to the tenets of the natural wine...
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Keywords:
Budgets and Budgeting;
Business Earnings;
Plant-Based Agribusiness;
Family Business;
For-Profit Firms;
Small Business;
Change Management;
Transition;
Communication Strategy;
Cost vs Benefits;
Financial Management;
Financial Strategy;
Profit;
Revenue;
Spending;
Global Strategy;
Goods and Commodities;
Innovation Strategy;
Crisis Management;
Goals and Objectives;
Growth Management;
Success;
Strategic Planning;
Problems and Challenges;
Risk and Uncertainty;
Cognition and Thinking;
Reputation;
Adaptation;
Expansion;
Weather;
Mission and Purpose;
Values and Beliefs;
Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry;
Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry;
Europe;
Italy
Zuzul, Tiona, and Susan Pinckney. "Frank Cornelissen: The Great Sulfite Debate (A)." Harvard Business School Case 724-391, January 2024.
- January 2024
- Supplement
Frank Cornelissen: The Great Sulfite Debate (B)
By: Tiona Zuzul and Susan Pinckney
In 2018, artisanal Italian vineyard Frank Cornelissen was one of the world’s leading natural wine vineyards. Its founder, Frank Cornelissen, faced weather related conditions that forced him to have to decide between staying true to the tenets of the natural wine...
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Keywords:
Budgets and Budgeting;
Business Earnings;
Plant-Based Agribusiness;
Business Startups;
Family Business;
For-Profit Firms;
Small Business;
Change Management;
Transition;
Communication;
Cost vs Benefits;
Decisions;
Entrepreneurship;
Environmental Sustainability;
Values and Beliefs;
Financial Management;
Financial Strategy;
Profit;
Revenue;
Spending;
Global Strategy;
Goods and Commodities;
Innovation Strategy;
Crisis Management;
Goals and Objectives;
Growth Management;
Success;
Strategic Planning;
Problems and Challenges;
Risk and Uncertainty;
Cognition and Thinking;
Reputation;
Adoption;
Expansion;
Weather;
Mission and Purpose;
Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry;
Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry;
Europe;
Italy
Zuzul, Tiona, and Susan Pinckney. "Frank Cornelissen: The Great Sulfite Debate (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 724-398, January 2024.
- December 2023
- Case
Raízen: Helping to Decarbonize the World?
By: Gunnar Trumbull, Pedro Levindo, Daniel Tong and Rafaella Mazza
Raízen, the world’s largest sugar and ethanol producer, strived to find ways to expand the second-generation ethanol (E2G) market, which it pioneered. The company planned to invest R$24 billion (around $4.6 billion) in 20 production plants, with a total capacity to...
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- December 2023
- Case
Santa Elena: Table Grape Production in Chile's Water-Challenged Regions
By: Forest Reinhardt, Jenyfeer Martinez Buitrago and Mariana Cal
In the fiscal year ending in September 2022, Santa Elena, Chile’s fifth-ranking table grape exporter, a grape producer and exporter since 1980, had exported around 3.5 million boxes (18-pound each). But, due to a 13-year-long drought that plagued table grape-growing...
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Keywords:
Plant-Based Agribusiness;
Climate Change;
Environmental Regulation;
Environmental Sustainability;
Natural Resources;
Food;
Environmental Law;
Problems and Challenges;
Weather;
Adaptation;
Business Strategy;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry;
Chile;
South America;
Latin America
- November 2023 (Revised March 2024)
- Case
Infarm: Betting the (Indoor) Farm on Food Security
By: Elie Ofek
In the summer of 2023, the co-founders of Infarm, a controlled environment agriculture (CEA) company, were contemplating a major pivot going forward. While Infarm had successfully shown it could grow over 75 products—mainly herbs, leafy greens and mushrooms—in modular...
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Keywords:
Plant-Based Agribusiness;
Business Model;
Market Entry and Exit;
Science-Based Business;
Business Strategy;
Transition;
Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry;
Europe;
North America;
Toronto;
Northeastern United States
Ofek, Elie. "Infarm: Betting the (Indoor) Farm on Food Security." Harvard Business School Case 524-043, November 2023. (Revised March 2024.)
- November 2023
- Case
Tata Group in 2021: Pursuing Profits through Purpose
By: Tarun Khanna, Krishna G. Palepu and Vidhya Muthuram
October 8, 2021: Tata Sons won a bid to acquire India’s national carrier Air India, marking the airline's return to its original owners after 68 long years. The winning bid of $2.4 billion gave Tata Sons full ownership of the airline and its coveted network of 6,200...
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- November 2023 (Revised January 2024)
- Case
Votorantim: Uniting Family and Business Across Generations
By: Christina R. Wing, Carla Larangeira and Pedro Levindo
Over a 105-year span, the Ermírio de Moraes family built Votorantim, one of Latin America’s largest industrial conglomerates, and among Brazil’s topmost businesses, also credited for helping “build” the country over decades. By early 2023, Votorantim included...
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Keywords:
Corporate Governance;
Family Ownership;
Business and Shareholder Relations;
Family and Family Relationships;
Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry;
Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry;
Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry;
Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry;
Latin America
Wing, Christina R., Carla Larangeira, and Pedro Levindo. "Votorantim: Uniting Family and Business Across Generations." Harvard Business School Case 624-050, November 2023. (Revised January 2024.)
- September 2023 (Revised November 2023)
- Case
Seeds of Innovation: GALY's Quest to Cultivate the Future of Agriculture in the Lab
By: George Serafeim and Michael Norris
In 2023, Luciano Bueno, CEO and founder of plant cell culture agriculture company GALY, was considering the best path forward for his company as he planned to pitch Series B investors. GALY, founded in 2019, aimed to produce cotton and other crops from cells grown in...
View Details
Keywords:
Business Model;
Green Technology;
Goods and Commodities;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Science-Based Business;
Entrepreneurship;
Plant-Based Agribusiness;
Business Startups;
Decisions;
Technological Innovation;
Production;
Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry;
Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry;
Boston;
Sao Paulo
Serafeim, George, and Michael Norris. "Seeds of Innovation: GALY's Quest to Cultivate the Future of Agriculture in the Lab." Harvard Business School Case 124-017, September 2023. (Revised November 2023.)
- August 2023 (Revised January 2024)
- Supplement
Arla Foods: Data-Driven Decarbonization (A)
By: Michael Parzen, Michael W. Toffel, Amram Migdal and Susan Pinckney
Arla implemented a data-based price incentive system to measure, track, and influence climate friendly changes to reduce CO2 emissions across the world’s fourth largest dairy cooperative.
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Keywords:
Dairy Industry;
Business Earnings;
Earnings Management;
Environmental Accounting;
Agribusiness;
Animal-Based Agribusiness;
Acquisition;
Mergers and Acquisitions;
Decision Making;
Decisions;
Voting;
Environmental Management;
Climate Change;
Environmental Regulation;
Environmental Sustainability;
Green Technology;
Pollution;
Moral Sensibility;
Values and Beliefs;
Financial Strategy;
Price;
Profit;
Revenue;
Food;
Geopolitical Units;
Global Strategy;
Ownership Type;
Cooperative Ownership;
Performance Efficiency;
Performance Evaluation;
Problems and Challenges;
Natural Environment;
Science-Based Business;
Business Strategy;
Commercialization;
Cooperation;
Corporate Strategy;
Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry;
Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry;
Europe;
United Kingdom;
European Union;
Germany;
Denmark;
Sweden;
Luxembourg;
Belgium
- August 2023 (Revised March 2024)
- Case
Arla Foods: Data-Driven Decarbonization (A)
By: Michael Parzen, Michael W. Toffel, Susan Pinckney and Amram Migdal
The case describes Arla’s history, in particular its climate change mitigation efforts, and how it implemented a price incentive system to motivate individual farms to implement scope 1 greenhouse gas emissions mitigation measures and receive a higher milk price. The...
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Keywords:
Dairy Industry;
Business Earnings;
Agribusiness;
Animal-Based Agribusiness;
Acquisition;
Mergers and Acquisitions;
Decision Making;
Decisions;
Voting;
Environmental Management;
Climate Change;
Environmental Regulation;
Environmental Sustainability;
Green Technology;
Pollution;
Moral Sensibility;
Values and Beliefs;
Financial Strategy;
Price;
Profit;
Revenue;
Food;
Geopolitical Units;
Global Strategy;
Ownership Type;
Cooperative Ownership;
Performance Efficiency;
Performance Evaluation;
Problems and Challenges;
Natural Environment;
Science-Based Business;
Business Strategy;
Commercialization;
Cooperation;
Corporate Strategy;
Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry;
Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry;
Europe;
United Kingdom;
European Union;
Germany;
Denmark;
Sweden;
Luxembourg;
Belgium
Parzen, Michael, Michael W. Toffel, Susan Pinckney, and Amram Migdal. "Arla Foods: Data-Driven Decarbonization (A)." Harvard Business School Case 624-003, August 2023. (Revised March 2024.)
- August 2023 (Revised January 2024)
- Supplement
Arla Foods: Data-Driven Decarbonization (B)
By: Michael Parzen, Michael W. Toffel, Susan Pinckney and Amram Migdal
The case describes Arla’s history, in particular its climate change mitigation efforts, and how it implemented a price incentive system to motivate individual farms to implement scope 1 greenhouse gas emissions mitigation measures and receive a higher milk price. The...
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Keywords:
Dairy Industry;
Earnings Management;
Environmental Accounting;
Animal-Based Agribusiness;
Mergers and Acquisitions;
Decisions;
Voting;
Climate Change;
Environmental Regulation;
Environmental Sustainability;
Green Technology;
Pollution;
Moral Sensibility;
Values and Beliefs;
Financial Strategy;
Price;
Profit;
Revenue;
Food;
Geopolitical Units;
Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues;
Global Strategy;
Cooperative Ownership;
Performance Efficiency;
Performance Evaluation;
Problems and Challenges;
Natural Environment;
Science-Based Business;
Business Strategy;
Commercial Banking;
Cooperation;
Corporate Strategy;
Motivation and Incentives;
Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry;
Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry;
Europe;
United Kingdom;
European Union;
Denmark;
Sweden;
Luxembourg;
Belgium
Parzen, Michael, Michael W. Toffel, Susan Pinckney, and Amram Migdal. "Arla Foods: Data-Driven Decarbonization (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 624-036, August 2023. (Revised January 2024.)
- August 2023
- Case
WayCool: Reimagining the Food Supply Chain
By: Paul Gompers and Kairavi Dey
Founded in 2015, WayCool, is an Indian agri-tech start-up that built a B2B operation acquiring fruits and vegetables from product-specific agriculture companies and small-holding farmers. It sold them to business customers, such as local retail stores, restaurants, and...
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Keywords:
Agribusiness;
Digital Transformation;
Operations;
Business Strategy;
Supply Chain;
Performance;
Business Startups;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry;
Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry;
Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry;
Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry;
Asia;
South Asia
- April 2023
- Case
Burning the Sails to Save the Ship: The Pilati Family Dilemma
By: Lauren Cohen, Hao Gao, Jiawei Ye and Grace Headinger
Octavian Graf Pilati, rising generation member of an Austrian princely family, prepared to sell the palace his family had held for over three hundred years. In recent years, the Pilati family lands had been leveraged as loan collateral for an international venture that...
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Keywords:
Family Office;
Family;
Plant-Based Agribusiness;
Agribusiness;
Family Business;
Property;
Identity;
Culture;
Ethics;
Insolvency and Bankruptcy;
Governance;
Crisis Management;
Family and Family Relationships;
Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry;
Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry;
Austria
Cohen, Lauren, Hao Gao, Jiawei Ye, and Grace Headinger. "Burning the Sails to Save the Ship: The Pilati Family Dilemma." Harvard Business School Case 223-081, April 2023.