Publications
Publications
- December 1999 (Revised June 2000)
- HBS Case Collection
Smithfield Foods, Inc.
By: Ray A. Goldberg, Carin-Isabel Knoop and David Lane
Abstract
Smithfield has become the number-one pork producer and processor in the world--given all the changes in the global agribusiness industry. How does the company develop its future strategy? A rewritten version of an earlier case.
Keywords
Economy; Globalized Economies and Regions; Agribusiness; Globalization; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Strategic Planning; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry
Citation
Goldberg, Ray A., Carin-Isabel Knoop, and David Lane. "Smithfield Foods, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 900-015, December 1999. (Revised June 2000.)