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2019
Vegetable supply chain integration: the case of a trinity cooperative in China
Lu Wang, Jianli Luo 22(5) pp. 767–780 No Teaching Note
Keywords: trinity cooperative, vegetable supply chain, case study
Do traditional market consumers care about the halal meat label? A case study in Taiwan Shang-Ho Yang 22(5) pp. 781–794 No Teaching Note
Keywords: halal, information attributes, traditional markets, willingness-to-pay
How to become a system integrator streamlining vegetable supply chains: the case of Songxiaocai Company Yanfei Yao, Fu Jia, Wenhui Fu, Hongdong Guo 22(4) pp. 621–634
Keywords: vegetable supply chain, China, demand-driven, teaching case
An intergenerational farm transfer: when to start handing over the reins? Iuliia Tetteh, Michael Boehlje 22(3) pp. 429–434 No Teaching Note
Keywords: intergenerational farm transfer, estate and succession planning, farmer productivity, farm family living expenses
Vertical coordination in the Brazilian milk supply chain: the case of 3B Agro LTDA Silas Simeon Hayer, Jefferson Andronio Ramundo Staduto, Dietrich Darr 22(3) pp. 435–449 No Teaching Note
Keywords: vertical coordination, contract farming, supply chain, dairy industry, incomplete contracts, principal-agent problem, business expansion
ConAgra foods 2015 and the limits of debt: rewriting a recipe that just didn’t work
Susan White, Carlos Trejo-Pech, Magdy Noguera 22(3) pp. 451–463 No Teaching Note
Keywords: agribusiness finance, debt level, business strategy, mergers and acquisitions
A hybrid form of agricultural organization: the case of the Beizhijiang vegetable cooperative in China Qiao Liang, Weibin Hu, Fu Jia 22(2), pp. 283–293
Keywords: farmer cooperative, agribusiness, China, governance, hybrid form of organization
The Vegetarian Butcher: on its way to becoming the world’s biggest ‘meat’ producer? Paul T.M. Ingenbleek, Yuan Zhao 22(2) pp. 295–307 No Teaching Note
Keywords: vegetarian butcher, meat industry, meat replacement, technology innovation, international strategy
Case study of Agroindustrias La Granja Patricio San Andrés, Marcos Vega Solano 22(2) pp. 309–320 No Teaching Note
Keywords: fresh mushroom, Agaricus bisporus, family business, competitiveness strategy
Autonomation in broiler production: a comparative analysis Dalila Cisco Collatto, Anete Petrusch, Daniel Pacheco Lacerda, Fábio Antônio Sartori Piran, Ricardo Brandão Mansilha 22(1) pp. 47–64 No Teaching Note
Keywords: autonomation, Toyota Production System, loss, productivity, broiler farming, broiler
2018
BASF: differentiating on service innovation Josiah Ringelberg, W. Scott Downey, Brady Spangenberg 21(5) pp. 563–572
Keywords: agriculture, distribution, innovation, marketing, retailers
United Agricultural Cooperative: considering the sale of the agronomy division John W. Siebert, John L. Park 21(5) pp. 573–582
Keywords: cooperative, case study, finance
Hutten catering: how to organize innovation for vital consumers in a sustainable food system? Paul T.M. Ingenbleek, Yuan Zhao 21(5) pp. 583–594
Keywords: sustainability, innovation, food system, responsible consumption, corporate social responsibility, food service
ConAgra Foods: valuing a potential recipe for success Susan White, Carlos Trejo-Pech, Magdy Noguera 21(5) pp. 595–608
Keywords: agribusiness finance, mergers and acquisitions, investment valuation, private brands
King’s Hawaiian: managing the supply of aloha spirit for every household, every day Brian A. Bourquard, Allan W. Gray 21(5) pp. 609–626 No Teaching Note
Keywords: supply chains, strategy, food manufacturing
IKEA: global sourcing and the sustainable leather initiative Yan Jiang, Fu Jia, Yu Gong 21(5) pp. 627–640
Keywords: sustainable leather initiative, supply chain, global sourcing strategy, global sourcing structure, teaching case
Meeting the growth challenge: developing the next level organization for GASA Group Germany Paul Philipp Reifferscheidt, Dietrich Darr 21(5) pp. 641–654 No Teaching Note
Keywords: organization design, company growth, horticulture value chain, small- and medium-sized enterprise, Lower Rhine valley, Germany
The Karoo Meat of Origin certification scheme: a silver bullet? Melissa van der Merwe, Johann F. Kirsten, Jacques H. Trienekens 21(5) pp. 655–668 No Teaching Note
Keywords: differentiated lamb, South African Karoo Meat of Origin, supply chain challenges, opportunistic behaviour, monitoring and enforcement mechanisms
The Brazilian cotton marketing initiative: ‘Sou de Algodão’ case Luciano Thomé e Castro, Marcos Fava Neves, W. Scott Downey, Manami Kawagushi Torres 21(5) pp. 669–678
Keywords: cotton, Brazil, chain & networks, textiles, sustainability
Florida’s Natural® and the supply of Florida oranges Carlos Omar Trejo-Pech, Thomas H. Spreen, Lisa A. House 21(3) pp. 437–454 No Teaching Note
Keywords: agribusiness, orange juice industry, citrus greening, Florida’s Natural
Growth strategies for a commercial farm: the AgroPastoril Campanelli case study Roberto Fava Scare, Allan Wayne Gray, Rodrigo Lourenço Farinha, Erin Chelsea Fullerton, Marcos Fava Neves 21(1) pp. 161–178 No Teaching Note
Keywords: agribusiness, verticalization, strategy, farm, cattle, corn, sugarcane
Supply chain re-engineering: a case study of the Tonghui Agricultural Cooperative in Inner Mongolia Qianyu Zhu, Cheryl J. Wachenheim, Zhiyao Ma, Cong Zhu 21(1) pp. 133–160.
Keywords: cooperative, China, supply chain, agricultural marketing, financing
2017
Management support for agricultural enterprises: a case study for a fruit-producing company Leonardo Ensslin, Vinícius Dezem, Ademar Dutra, Sandra R. Ensslin, Karine Somensi pp. 493–510 No Teaching Note
Keywords: performance evaluation, fruit production, MCDA-C, multi-criteria
Shaping food systems towards improved nutrition: a case study on Tuscan Bread Protected Designation of Origin
Francesca Galli, Francesca Venturi, Fabio Bartolini, Oriana Gava, Angela Zinnai, Sanmartin Chiara, Gianpaolo Andrich, Gianluca Brunori pp. 533–552
Keywords: food system, wheat-to-bread chain, nutrition, territoriality, governance
Managing the pork supply chain through a cooperative: the case of Jinzhong Food Co. Ltd.
Chen Ji, Fu Jia, Jacques Trienekens pp. 415–426
Keywords: pork supply chain, farmer’s cooperative, case study
Agency costs and organizational architecture of large corporate farms: evidence from Brazil
Fabio Chaddad, Vladislav Valentinov (pp. 201–220) No Teaching Note
Keywords: corporate farms, separation of ownership and control, organizational architecture, corporate governance
2016
Lilian M. de Lima, Lilian de Pelegrini Elias, José V. Caixeta-Filho, and Jamile de Campos Coleti
No Teaching Note
Ethanol and sugarcane expansion in Brazil: what is fueling the ethanol industry? Author video
Ana Claudia Sant’Anna, Aleksan Shanoyan, Jason Scott Bergtold, Marcellus M. Caldas, and Gabriel Granco
Slaughterhouse in Southeastern Afghanistan: A Public-Private Partnership
Cheryl Wachenheim
Copersucar: A World Leader in Sugar and Ethanol
Marcos Fava Neves, Allan W. Gray and Brian A. Bourquard
2015
The Case of Valldal Branded Strawberries
Per Engelseth
Red Arrow Products Smokin’ Into the Future: Facing Changing Diets and New Challenges in the Food Industry
Keith D. Harris
Syngenta: Changing a Global Company?
Elizabeth A Yeager, W. Scott Downey, and David A Widmar
A Case Study of Shuanghui International's Strategic Acquisition of Smithfield Foods?
Hongjun Tao and Chaoping Xi
The Case of Strategic Management and Marketing Consulting for ATO: Doing Business in Tajikistan?
Brian K. Coffey
2014
Yealands Wine Group: Balancing Business and Sustainability
Elena Garnevska, Sarah McLaren, and Sayaka Hiroki
The Starting Block: A Case Study of an Incubator Kitchen
Jenifer Buckley, H. Christopher Peterson and Jim Bingen
Cooperative Innovation: The Case of Team Marketing Alliance, LLC
Aleksan Shanoyan and Brian Briggeman
2013
Corporate Social Responsibility in Swedish Food Retail: The Case of Tiger Shrimp
Official Case of the IFAMA 2013 International Student Case Competition
Julia Patrizia Rotter and Cecilia Mark-Herbert
Helping Consumers “Know Who Grows” Their Coffee: The Case of THRIVE Farmers Coffee
Norbert L. W. Wilson, Adam Wilson and Keith Whittingham
A Case Study on Building the Certified Angus Beef® Brand
John W. Siebert and Clay Jones
California Water Wars: Tough Choices at Woolf Farming
Official Case of the IFAMA 2010 International Student Case Competition
Gregory A. Baker, Alana N. Sampson and Michael J. Harwood
ANZCO Foods Limited: Pursuing the Chinese Market
Official Case of the IFAMA 2012 International Student Case Competition
Daniel Conforte, Nicky Jones, Nicola M. Shadbolt and Xiaomeng (Sharon) Lucock
Supply Chain Re-engineering in the Fresh Produce Industry: A Case Study of Adani Agrifresh
Mukesh Pandey, Gregory A. Baker and Deepali Tewari Pandey
Entrepreneurial and Buyer-Driven Local Wine Supply Chains: Case Study of Acres of Land Winery in Kentucky
Blessing M. Maumbe and Cheryl Brown
2012
Driving a Fishery along the Bumpy Ride of Today’s Globalization: The Case of the Australian Southern Rock Lobster Association
Domenico Dentoni, Jianyong Lu, Francis English, Rebecca McBride
VION Food Group: New Challenges
Martijn F. L. Rademakers *Author Video
Grameen Danone Foods Limited (GDF)
Official Case of the IFAMA 2011 International Student Case Competition
Jonathan Rodrigues and Gregory Baker *Author Video
2011
New Zealand Wool Inside: A Discussion Case Study
Daniel Conforte, Samuel Dunlop, and Elena Garnevska
U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission vs. Marketing Advisory Services, Inc.: A Case Study Dennis Conley
Processed Chili Peppers for Export Markets: A Capital Budgeting Study on the AgroFood Company
Ayman A. Shelaby, Wael M. Semida, Daniel F. Warnock, and David Hahn
Enterprise Risk Management at Top Agro Inc.
Francesco Braga
2010
A Guatemalan Soycow Cooperative: Is the Whole Greater than the Sum of its Parts?
Meredith Blumthal, Eric. T. Micheels, Nicholas D. Paulson, and Rhett C. Farrell
UNICA: Challenges to Deliver Sustainability in the Brazilian Sugarcane Industry
Fabio R. Chaddad
Bánffi Soda Limited Partnership
Official Case of the IAMA 2009 International Student Case Competition
Imola Kiserdi-Pallo and Gregory A. Baker
Maintaining a Healthy Equity Structure: A Policy Change at Producers Cooperative Association
John W. Siebert and John L. Park
Appellation of Origin Status and Economic Development: A Case Study of the Mezcal Industry
Carlos Omar Trejo-Pech, Ma. Carmen López-Reyna, Lisa A. House,and William Messina
‘Tenderstem’ Broccoli for Export Markets: An Analysis Study on the AgroFood Company
Sayed F. El-Sayed, Walid Y. Sallam, Daniel F. Warnock, and David Hahn
2009
Strategic Decision Making Under Uncertainty: Innovation and New Technology Introduction during Volatile Times
Michael Boehlje and Maud Roucan-Kane
Opportunities for Producing Table Grapes in Egypt for the Export Market: A Decision Case Study
Yaser A. A. Diab, Magdi A. A. Mousa, Daniel F. Warnock and David Hahn
Greene Gardens
Official Case of the IFAMA 2008 International Student Case Competition
Gregory A. Baker and Kirk O. Hanson
2008
Parma Agrifood Research Management Knowledge Network: PARMa KN
Official Case of the IFAMA 2007 International Student Case Competition
Francesco Braga and Gregory A. Baker
Competing in a Mature Market: The Case of Super AM Food Markets
Kenneth Harling
The Clustering of Organizational Innovation: Developing Governance Models for Vertical Integration
Molly J. Burress, Michael L. Cook and Peter G. Klein
Farming Fish in a Transitional Economy: A Case for East Timor
Toby Ryan Wood a and Catherine Chan-Halbrendt
2007
Strategic Marketing Decisions for Organic Agricultural Producers
Jon C. Phillips and H. Christopher Peterson
2006
The Amadori Group: Free-Range Chicken and the Impact of Avian Flu
Gregory A. Baker and Francesco Braga
Customer Relationship Management at Farm Credit Services of Mid-America: Working towards a Single View
Bobby J. Martens and Jay T. Akridge
Analyzing Risk and Uncertainty of New Product Marketing: The Case of eMerge Interactive and VerifEYE®
Michael Gunderson, Maud Roucan, Michael Boehlje and Allan Gray
Banning Foie Gras in California
Gregory A. Baker and Fan Zhang
2005
Veggies 4U’s Energy Pricing Dilemma
Francesco Braga
Decisions in Global Sourcing and Supply: Deep Red Canning Co.
James Mwai, David Hahn and Melchior Mlambiti
2004
Managing Input Price Volatility at Heritage Family Specialty Foods
Jayson L. Lusk and Michael A. Gunderson
Strategic Marketing Problems in the Uganda Maize Seed Industry
Donald W. Larson and Swaibu Mbowa
California Strawberry Production and Methyl Bromide
Gregory A. Baker
Saskatchewan Wheat Pool
Marv Painter
A Local Cooperative's Financial and Strategic Analysis of the Evaluation of Potential Merger Partners
Joan Fulton, Susan Hine, Jennifer Vandeburg and Kevin McNamara
Land O’Lakes
Michael Boland, Vincent Amanor-Boadu, and David Barton
Creolé Coffee
Lynn Kennedy and Elizabeth D. Roule
2002
Cargill Hybrid Seeds Mexico - A Case Study
Carlos Trejo-Pech, Lisa House and Carmen Lopez-Reyna
Capturing Value in the Supply Chain: The Case of High Oleic Acid Soybeans
Mark A. Darroch, Jay T. Akridge and Michael D. Boehlje
2001
The Bread Shop
Kent Olson
TML Foods Inc.
Erna van Duren, Carl Neggers and David Sparling
Threads for the Future: Value Chain Analysis at PCCA
Conrad P. Lyford
Rural Supply Cooperative: Capital Budgeting Decision Case: Feasibility Study of Auxiliary Enterprises for a Rural Supply Cooperative
Andrew Marshall, Susan Hine, Norm Dalsted and Donald Lybecker
2000
Niman Ranch--A Natural Meat Processor Case Study
William J. Brown
Northland Foods: Planning the End : A Decision Case
Kent Olson
1998
IntelliGin-A Ginning Revolution from Process Control Technology
Stephen A. Ford and Charles R. Hall
Supply Chain Management: A Case Study of Issues for Bio Ag
Frank J. Dooley and Jay T. Akridge
A Framework for Incorporating Case Writing Assignments in Graduate Agribusiness Courses
S. Sureshwaran and Gwen Hanks
The Green Company: A Case of Change in Management Structure and Processes in a Small Lawn and Garden Business
Roger A. Hinson, R. Wes Harrison, David L. Deephouse, and Barbara D. Minsky
Case Writing: An Art and a Science
Kenneth Harling and Emily Misser
