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CF Industries / Meghan Busse.

By: Material type: TextSeries: Publisher: London : Kellogg School of Management, 2016Description: 1 online resource : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781526428707 (ebook) :
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 338.4766862
Online resources: CF Industries' products--nitrogen fertilizers--are a crucial input to making agriculture productive enough to feed the world. However, its products are undifferentiated commodities. Throughout parts of its history, CF has struggled to be consistently profitable, yet over the last decade it has been very profitable. The case provides an opportunity to examine how CF manages to create value and capture it as profits despite being in a commodity business.
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Originally published in Busse, M. (2016). CF Industries. 5-116-004. Evanston, IL: Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University.

CF Industries' products--nitrogen fertilizers--are a crucial input to making agriculture productive enough to feed the world. However, its products are undifferentiated commodities. Throughout parts of its history, CF has struggled to be consistently profitable, yet over the last decade it has been very profitable. The case provides an opportunity to examine how CF manages to create value and capture it as profits despite being in a commodity business.

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