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To eat or not to eat: Mampf Foods and the biotechnology question (A)

By Ulrich Steger and Boris Glick

6 pages

January 1998

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Reference: IMD-2-0074

This two-part case deals with an international food company, Mampf Foods, faced with the problem of using controversial genetically engineered crops. In the (A) case, a policy statement on this issue has been requested by GreenEarth, an environmental organization heading opposition to its use. Background information about the new technology and its problematic reception in Europe is given as an aid to policy formation.

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Environment, Food, Production, Corporate Sustainability Management

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1996-1997

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To eat or not to eat: Mampf Foods and the biotechnology question (A)
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To eat or not to eat: Mampf Foods and the biotechnology question (A)

By Ulrich Steger and Boris Glick
Case reference: IMD-2-0074 ©1998

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This two-part case deals with an international food company, Mampf Foods, faced with the problem of using controversial genetically engineered crop...

Reference IMD-2-0074

Available Languages English

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To eat or not to eat: Mampf Foods and the biotechnology question (B)

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Case reference: IMD-2-0075 ©1998

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Reference IMD-2-0075

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