Shipping Industry - Publications - Faculty & Research

October 2009 (Revised May 2011)
Background Note

Memo From Counsel: Antitrust Law and Customer Allocation

By: Lynn S. Paine and Lara Adamsons

When do antitrust laws come into play in a bidding situation? What should a company do if an antitrust violation is uncovered? This memo discusses "hard-core" antitrust violations, focusing on bid rigging and market allocation, under the laws of the U.S. and other... View Details

Keywords: Laws and Statutes; Bids and Bidding; Monopoly; Shipping Industry; United States

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01 Jun 2023
News

Batteries Included

modern container shipping, the ship is really a relatively small part of costs,” observes McCown. “Everything ship-related might only be 30 percent of the carrier’s total cost. The biggest cost is fuel.” Both economics and environmental... View Details

Keywords: Catherine O’Neill Grace; Water Transportation; Transportation

Andrew J. Higgins

biggest suppliers to the military mobilization effort for World War II. Over 90% of the navy vessels produced during the war were designed by Higgins Industries including most of the landing ships which... View Details

Keywords: Fabricated Goods

Oscar Gottfried Mayer

During his presidency, Mayer sought ways to improve operating efficiency through techniques of industrial engineering. He introduced cardboard cartons for sausages and vacuum-sealed, twin packs for hot dogs, which were then advances in... View Details

Keywords: Food & Tobacco

01 Mar 2011
News

Making Their Way

export. With globalization, supply chains are lengthening and that means growth for railroads and other transportation modes.” According to the Association of American Railroads, an industry trade group, if U.S. railroads View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Rail Transportation; Transportation

09 Mar 2023
Blog Post

Port Esbjerg: Deploying Offshore Wind

essays posted on the HBS Business and Environment Initiative’s Blog that highlights their reflections. Learn more about this IFC course on Decarbonization and Sustainable Production by watching this five minute video summary. Visit Date: January 3, 2023 Port Esbjerg, a... View Details

01 Oct 2002
News

John Batcha: Sowing the Seeds to Fight Hunger

needy families, children, and community groups in Latin America and the Caribbean. Eight years later, Batcha established the nonprofit Seed Programs, Inc. (SPI), to continue this vital work after foundation funding had lapsed. “The seed View Details

Adolph Coors

Orphaned at age fifteen, Coors worked as an apprentice in a brewery in his native Prussia. Six years later, he began his westward journey as a stowaway aboard a ship headed for Maryland. Gradually moving west, Coors eventually landed in... View Details

Keywords: Food & Tobacco

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Site Credits - Photography Collections - Historical Collections

Company , ca. 1907. General File Photograph Collection. War work – Hudson , ca. 1944. Hudson Motor Cars. Automobile Industry Photograph Collection. Ship Charles W. Morgan . General File Photograph... View Details

01 Jun 2010
News

Sail Away

ROBB: A luxury home in every glamorous port. Glenn Koenig/Los Angeles Times Set to launch in 2013, the $1.1 billion Utopia will be a cruise ship with a difference: About half its cabins will be sold as private residences, ranging in price... View Details

Keywords: Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries; Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries; Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries; Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries; Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries

10 Aug 2010
First Look

First Look: August 10

SheenHarvard Business School Case 210-058 After booming for more than five years, the global shipping (maritime) industry experienced a dramatic crash in late 2008 as the global financial system froze and... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

24 Apr 2014
News

Mining precious metals through e-waste recycling

that provides the technology industry with a safe and sustainable source of metals. “Being an entrepreneur is not about starting a business; it is about having an attitude that allows you to see opportunities where other people see... View Details

01 Apr 1998
News

Deals For Sale

department and we agree to move them." In an arrangement with Federal Express, the modems are shipped to a warehouse in Memphis, Tennessee, and inspected. FairMarket then posts a description of the merchandise online for the next... View Details

Keywords: Judith A. Ross

11 Dec 2018
Research & Ideas

Free Trade Needs Nurturing—and Other Lessons from History

free trade in some industries or regions lead to requests for protection through trade barriers. Politicians pick up on those requests, and we witness periodic trade spats. The Catfish War is a famous example pitting the Mississippi... View Details

Keywords: by Staff; Industrial Products; Industrial Products; Industrial Products; Industrial Products; Industrial Products; Industrial Products; Industrial Products; Industrial Products; Industrial Products; Industrial Products

01 Dec 2020
News

The Complete Package

Courtesy Susan Chong The typical wooden shipping pallet, constructed of mixed hardwood, ccan weigh 50 pounds, Susan Chong (OPM 48, 2016) explains. But a pallet made of pine weighs half that, and for businesses air View Details

Keywords: April White; entrepreneurship; sustainability; packaging; leadership; women; Manufacturing