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- June 2008
- Case
Starbucks Coffee Company in the 21st Century
By: Nancy F. Koehn, Marya Lisl Hill-Popper Besharov and Katherine Miller
The case explores the opportunities and challenges confronting Starbucks in the early 21st century. For more than 15 years, Starbucks has grown swiftly and successfully, helping create a large, dynamic market for specialty coffee, building one of the world's most...
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Keywords:
Business Model;
Economy;
Growth Management;
Brands and Branding;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Competition
Koehn, Nancy F., Marya Lisl Hill-Popper Besharov, and Katherine Miller. "Starbucks Coffee Company in the 21st Century." Harvard Business School Case 808-019, June 2008.
- August 2006 (Revised July 2008)
- Case
Rwanda and the Thousand Hills Coffee Co.: Breaking New Grounds
By: Geoffrey G. Jones and Michelle McDonald
Examines the strategies of a Boston-based start-up to market Rwandan coffee. Describes the history of the coffee industry, the era of cartelization and the International Coffee Agreement, and the subsequent collapse in producer prices after 1989. Also describes the...
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Keywords:
History;
Marketing Strategy;
Entrepreneurship;
Business Startups;
Food and Beverage Industry;
Rwanda;
Boston
Jones, Geoffrey G., and Michelle McDonald. "Rwanda and the Thousand Hills Coffee Co.: Breaking New Grounds." Harvard Business School Case 807-004, August 2006. (Revised July 2008.)
- October 2002 (Revised May 2004)
- Case
Starbucks and Conservation International
By: James E. Austin and Cate Reavis
Starbucks, the world's leading specialty coffee company, developed a strategic alliance with Conservation International, a major international environmental nonprofit organization. The purpose of the alliance was to promote coffee-growing practices of small farms that...
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Keywords:
Financial Crisis;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Markets;
Demand and Consumers;
Production;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Cooperative Ownership;
Performance Efficiency;
Alliances;
Nonprofit Organizations;
Food and Beverage Industry;
Mexico
Austin, James E., and Cate Reavis. "Starbucks and Conservation International." Harvard Business School Case 303-055, October 2002. (Revised May 2004.)
- September 2002
- Case
Pura Vida Coffee
By: James E. Austin and Allen S. Grossman
Tells the story of two HBS graduates who sell gourmet coffee over the Internet to support an outreach ministry in Costa Rica.
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Austin, James E., and Allen S. Grossman. "Pura Vida Coffee." Harvard Business School Multimedia/Video Case 303-051, September 2002.
- March 2002
- Case
2002 Global Coffee Summit: Searching for Solutions
By: Ray A. Goldberg and James M Beagle
Global coffee leaders gathered in 2002 to develop alternative market-based approaches that would ensure a sustainable supply of coffee and address the social and ecological issues confronted by a global depression in coffee prices.
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- February 2001 (Revised September 2002)
- Teaching Note
Howard Schultz and Starbucks Coffee Company (TN)
By: Nancy F. Koehn and William Grundy
Teaching Note for (9-801-361).
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- February 2001 (Revised September 2005)
- Case
Howard Schultz and Starbucks Coffee Company
By: Nancy F. Koehn
Investigates the entrepreneur's strategic initiatives to develop a mass market for specialty coffee in the 1980s and 1990s. These initiatives included the development of premium products, rapid expansion of company-owned stores--each with attractive retail environments...
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Keywords:
Entrepreneurship;
Groups and Teams;
Brands and Branding;
Growth Management;
Employee Relationship Management;
Consumer Behavior;
Organizational Design;
Leadership Style;
Customer Relationship Management;
Competitive Advantage;
Vertical Integration;
Food and Beverage Industry
Koehn, Nancy F. "Howard Schultz and Starbucks Coffee Company." Harvard Business School Case 801-361, February 2001. (Revised September 2005.)
- December 1999 (Revised June 2002)
- Exercise
Salt Harbor: Confidential Information for Brims
Two-party negotiation involving a bed and breakfast and an incoming coffee chain.
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Keywords:
Negotiation
Wheeler, Michael A. "Salt Harbor: Confidential Information for Brims." Harvard Business School Exercise 800-078, December 1999. (Revised June 2002.)
- December 1999 (Revised June 2002)
- Exercise
Salt Harbor: Confidential Information for Easterly
Two-party negotiation involving a bed and breakfast and an incoming coffee chain.
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Wheeler, Michael A. "Salt Harbor: Confidential Information for Easterly." Harvard Business School Exercise 800-077, December 1999. (Revised June 2002.)
- October 1999
- Teaching Note
Braun AG: The KF 40 Coffee Machine (Abridged) TN
By: Kim B. Clark and Steven C. Wheelwright
Teaching Note for a reprint.
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- March 1999 (Revised June 2004)
- Case
Keurig
By: Paul W. Marshall and Jeremy Dann
Nick Lazaris becomes Keurig's third CEO in three years, after one founder was fired and the other decided to leave the company. He inherits a company that has made several abortive attempts to launch its new coffee brewing system. Now, problems with crucial suppliers...
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- January 1998 (Revised July 2019)
- Case
Cafes Monte Bianco: Building a Profit Plan
By: Robert L. Simons and Antonio Davila
Alert: This case has been revised since its original publication; all amounts have been converted to euros and the dates have been updated to 2020. If you’ve taught with this case in the past, please note that changes may affect teaching plans and classroom use. Using...
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Keywords:
Strategic Planning;
Cash Flow;
Investment Return;
Profit;
Financial Statements;
Food and Beverage Industry;
Italy
Simons, Robert L., and Antonio Davila. "Cafes Monte Bianco: Building a Profit Plan." Harvard Business School Case 198-088, January 1998. (Revised July 2019.)
- August 1986 (Revised February 1987)
- Case
Coffee Brands: Direct Product Profit/Cost Exercise
By: John A. Quelch
Quelch, John A. "Coffee Brands: Direct Product Profit/Cost Exercise." Harvard Business School Case 587-015, August 1986. (Revised February 1987.)
- September 1984 (Revised April 1986)
- Teaching Note
U.S. Retail Coffee Market (A) & (B) and Brim (A) & (B) Coffee Series, Teaching Note
By: Robert J. Dolan
- Research Summary
Overview
Engaged with field work in South Asia and East Africa, Professor Hussam places a focus on exploring questions with strong theoretical motivation in the economics literature as well as relevant downstream policy implications. Her research spans four broad interests.... View Details