Monsanto Europe (A, B)

Authors: Wesley, David T.A.; Lane, Henry W.; Spital, Francis
Product Type: Cases
Source: Richard Ivey School of Business
Publication Year: 2009

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Monsanto, one of the world's largest producers of commodity chemicals, had decided to focus its operations on the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries. The first shipment of genetically modified soybeans arrived in Europe in November of 1996...

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CARE Kenya: Making Social Enterprise Sustainable

Authors: Ewart, Tom; Bansal, Pratima
Product Type: Cases
Source: Richard Ivey School of Business
Publication Year: 2009

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CARE's Rural Entrepreneurship and Agribusiness Promotion project is a new, market-driven approach to development in Kenya. While the project has been successful from a development standpoint, it is not commercially viable...

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Tembec Inc. (A, B)

Authors: Bansal, Pratima; Ewart, Tom
Product Type: Cases
Source: Richard Ivey School of Business
Publication Year: 2009

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On November 29, 1998, Frank Dottori, president and chief executive officer of Tembec Inc. was trying to pull together a response to the recommendations by the Ontario government for the Lands for Life program. He was worried about the recommendation to increase protected areas, which he thought would further polarize the industry's stakeholders and financially threaten his company...

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Toxic Waters: Health Ills Abound as Farm Runoff Fouls Wells

Author: Duhigg, Charles
Product Type: Magazine / Newspaper Articles
Source: The New York Times
Publication Year: 2009

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The Clean Water Act of 1972 largely regulates only chemicals or contaminants that move through pipes or ditches, which means it does not typically apply to waste that is sprayed on a field and seeps into groundwater.

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Toxic Waters: Debating How Much Weed Killer Is Safe in Your Water Glass

Author: Duhigg, Charles
Product Type: Magazine / Newspaper Articles
Source: The New York Times
Publication Year: 2009

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The compound atrazine often washes into water supplies and has become among the most common contaminants in American reservoirs and other sources of drinking water. Recent studies suggest that, even at concentrations meeting current federal standards, the chemical may be associated with birth defects, low birth weights and menstrual problems.

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COFCO Xinjiang Tunhe Co., Ltd.

Authors: Bell, David E.; Sesia, Aldo
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 2009

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Qin Yelong, Xinjiang Tunhe president, had ambitious goals for the company. he wanted Tunhe to be the world's largest supplier of tomato products (primarily paste) within three years. To do so, Tunhe needed to secure relationships with top-of-the-line international customers, such as H.J. Heinz and Unilever.

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Alltech in 2009

Author: Bradley, F.
Product Type: Cases
Source:
Publication Year: 2009

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This case deals with issues facing Alltech Incorporated, headquartered in Lexington, Kentucky, in 2009.

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The e-Choupal Initiative

Authors: Horniman, Alexandra B.; Mead, Jenny; Venkataraman, S.; Thiemele, Anne-Laure
Product Type: Cases
Source: Darden Business Publishing
Publication Year: 2009

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An international corporation’s agricultural business division reviews its seven-year-old IT initiative among rural Indian farmers.

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To Fill Food Safety Gap, Processors Pay Inspectors

Author: Martin, Andrew
Product Type: Magazine / Newspaper Articles
Source: The New York Times
Publication Year: 2009

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Lantian Stock: The 600-Word Spell on a Transformed State-Owned Enterprise in China

Authors: Lau, Amy; Wong, Raymond; Woo, Claudia H.L.
Product Type: Cases
Source: University of Hong Kong
Publication Year: 2009

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Liu Shuwei with her powerful 600-word article that pointed out the liquidity crisis of Lantian Stock. The Chinese regulators began to unveil the hidden truth that Lantian Stock had indeed involved in misreporting and perpetrating accounting fraud. Was the circumstance of Lantian Stock scandal as what the CPA had claimed?

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