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• Teaching Note | HBS Case Collection | May 2020

  Danone: Changing the Food System

  David E. Bell, Federica Gabrieli, Daniela Beyersdorfer, Amy Klopfenstein and Aldo Sesia

  This teaching note serves as a supplement to “Danone: Changing the Food System?” HBS 520-053.

  Keywords: Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; Europe; France; Paris;

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  Bell, David E., Federica Gabrieli, Daniela Beyersdorfer, Amy Klopfenstein, and Aldo Sesia. "Danone: Changing the Food System." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 520-066, May 2020.  View Details

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• Case | HBS Case Collection | November 2019 (Revised April 2020)

  Danone: Changing the Food System

  David E. Bell, Federica Gabrieli and Daniela Beyersdorfer

  Emmanuel Faber, Chairman and CEO of the food and beverage company Danone, believed that humankind had only ten years to bend the curve on climate change and restore the biodiversity that the global food and agricultural ecosystem was critically dependent on. Upon becoming CEO in 2014, he had built on Danone's long history of CSR-engagement to give a boost to the company's mission to bring health through food to as many people as possible. In September 2019, he reflected on the progress achieved thus far, including efforts to support regenerative agriculture through new contract types for famers in their milk division. Still, many questions remained in his journey to fix what he saw as the food industry’s broken system: How could they manage the desired long-term transition to a sustainable system while also meeting the company’s short-term financial targets? What was the role of the private sector? What economic model could support an inclusive transition? How to engage partners and consumers to embark on this journey?

  Keywords: Animal-Based Agribusiness; Plant-Based Agribusiness; Food; Nutrition; Quality; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Environmental Sustainability; Climate Change; Business Model; Food and Beverage Industry; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; France;

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  Bell, David E., Federica Gabrieli, and Daniela Beyersdorfer. "Danone: Changing the Food System." Harvard Business School Case 520-053, November 2019. (Revised April 2020.)  View Details

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• Article | Harvard Business Review Digital Articles | March 30, 2020

  Why Is the U.S. Behind on Coronavirus Testing?

  Stefan Thomke

  Coronavirus testing is needed to address the uncertainty in making decisions about patient treatment, resource allocation, policy, and so much more. Answers to questions such as “When should we relax social distancing measures—and for whom?” or “How many ventilators are needed in hospitals?” are vital to our economic recovery and public health outcomes and cannot be answered without reliable test data. If testing is so valuable, why wasn’t the United States prepared to deploy tests quickly, even before Covid-19 hit the country?

  Keywords: testing; coronavirus; culture; Trump; data; experiments; Health Pandemics; Health Testing and Trials; Government and Politics; United States;

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  Thomke, Stefan. "Why Is the U.S. Behind on Coronavirus Testing?" Harvard Business Review Digital Articles (March 30, 2020).  View Details

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