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• Teaching Note | HBS Case Collection | September 2019

  The German Export Engine

  J. Gunnar Trumbull

  Teaching Note for HBS No. 715-045.

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  Trumbull, J. Gunnar. "The German Export Engine." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 720-014, September 2019.  View Details

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• Case | HBS Case Collection | August 2019

  New Hope Liuhe: Building an Integrated Agri-Food Business

  Forest L. Reinhardt, Shu Lin, Natalie Kindred and Nancy Hua Dai

  In October 2018, LIU Chang (Angela), chairman of Beijing-based New Hope Liuhe (NHL), was considering the strategy of the firm. With $9 billion in sales and a presence in nearly 20 countries, NHL was China’s largest animal feed producer and a major pork and poultry producer and processor. The firm also marketed a range of food products to consumers. This case describes NHL’s entrepreneurial beginnings, growth, and recent efforts to transform from a feed producer into an integrated agri-food company with an active presence throughout the chicken, duck, and pig value chains. Considerable context is provided on the structure and evolution of these livestock industries in China, the food processing industry, and important issues such as food safety. This background is helpful in enabling students to assess NHL’s evolution in scale and scope and consider what (if any) changes should be made to the firm’s strategy in the context of this critically important market.

  Keywords: Strategy; Corporate Strategy; Food; Agribusiness; Expansion; Diversification; Growth Management; Consumer Behavior; Change Management; Entrepreneurship; Organizational Structure; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Government and Politics; Animal-Based Agribusiness; Transformation; Volatility; Business Cycles; Goods and Commodities; Supply Chain; Product; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; China; Asia;

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  Reinhardt, Forest L., Shu Lin, Natalie Kindred, and Nancy Hua Dai. "New Hope Liuhe: Building an Integrated Agri-Food Business." Harvard Business School Case 720-009, August 2019.  View Details

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• Case | HBS Case Collection | April 2004 (Revised July 2019)

  Wal-Mart in Europe

  J. Gunnar Trumbull and Louisa Neissa

  Presents challenges facing Wal-Mart during its move into Germany. Explores the dynamics of the German retail market.

  Keywords: Globalized Markets and Industries; Distribution Channels; Expansion; Trade; Foreign Direct Investment; Retail Industry; Europe; Germany;

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  Trumbull, J. Gunnar, and Louisa Neissa. "Wal-Mart in Europe." Harvard Business School Case 704-027, April 2004. (Revised July 2019.)  View Details

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