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After Mozambique’s independence in 1975 from nearly five centuries of Portuguese rule, the country’s development continued to be hindered by large-scale emigration, drought, and a brutal 15-year-old civil war. Beyond the emotional and social scars that continued…
- Topics on: Food, Impact, Strategy
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- Topics on: Food, Impact, Investing, Technology
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- Topics on: Food, Investing, Statistics, Technology
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- Topics on: Food, Statistics, Strategy, Technology
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- Topics on: Food, Impact, Operations, Statistics, Strategy, Technology
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- Topics on: Food, Investing, Technology
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With increasing attention from consumers surrounding food safety and public health, it comes at no surprise that Perdue Farms is considering eliminating antibiotic use in its poultry operations. Perdue is positioned to receive…
- Topics on: Food, Impact, Strategy, Technology
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Zingerman’s in Ann Arbor, Michigan, began operations as a corner delicatessen selling sandwiches. It grew to become a community of ten businesses, establishing itself as a local favorite and a nationally known achiever…
- Topics on: Food, Impact, Investing, Statistics, Strategy, Technology
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The “Whole Foods: A Luxury Grocer in Detroit?” case describes the various considerations store manager, Larry Austin, must make when the co-CEO requests a report on whether targeting store locations outside of the normal company demographic is advisable.
- Topics on: Food, Impact
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This case focuses on Birgit Cameron, senior director of Patagonia Provisions, and her colleagues as they attempt to increase the scale of sustainable regenerative organic agriculture in two ways.
- Topics on: Food, Impact
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In 2019, global food company General Mills committed to advancing regenerative agriculture on one million acres of farmland by 2030. It was a risky proposal because a supply chain for regeneratively-grown ingredients doesn’t exist and the company doesn’t own the acreage.
- Topics on: Food, Impact
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This case describes the first investment decision of Tyson Ventures, the venture capital arm of Tyson Foods—the largest protein producer in the United States and one of the largest in the world.
- Topics on: Food, Impact, Strategy
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Jasmine Crowe founded Goodr to redirect food waste to people in need. Now a profitable enterprise, she’s searching for Series A funding and encountering pushback.
- Topics on: Food, Impact, Strategy
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- Topics on: Food, Operations, Statistics, Strategy, Technology
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Whole Foods has successfully rolled out a new store in a low-income neighborhood of Detroit and company leaders are looking to scale the model to Chicago’s Englewood neighborhood and beyond. Chicago would offer $11 million…
- Topics on: Food, Impact, Statistics, Strategy, Technology
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This case focuses on Dell’s efforts to develop an open-source, scalable, and cost-effective supply chain capable of delivering ocean plastics waste to its production facilities, and potentially to those of partnering companies through a consortium.
- Topics on: Circular Economy, Impact
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Founded in 2010, in just one decade, the Swiss company On had established itself as a main player in global sports footwear and apparel.
- Topics on: Circular Economy, Impact, Strategy
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Erica Ocampo, sustainability and advocacy manager at The Dow Chemical Company, is getting ready to present her report on the pilot Energy Bag program to her boss.
- Topics on: Circular Economy, Impact
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This case describes TerraCycle’s history as an innovative recycling platform and focuses on the business model of its newest endeavor, Loop.
- Topics on: Circular Economy, Strategy
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Plastic has become essential to global day-to-day activities, yet it is also causing extreme environmental degradation.
- Topics on: Circular Economy, Impact, Strategy