Publications

14 Oct 2002
Research & Ideas

The Widening Rift Between Corporations and Society

and processes are likely to lead the merger of such activities as logistics and financial services. This can provide large-scale platforms with common protocols (the precursors... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

05 Mar 2019
First Look

New Research and Ideas, March 5, 2019

Case 818-079 Chewy.com (A) In late 2013, Ryan Cohen, cofounder and CEO of online pet products retailer Chewy.com, faces a “bet the company decision”—whether to stay with a third-party logistics provider... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

January 2013
Case

Austal, Ltd. (A)

By: Willy C. Shih, Margaret Pierson and Dawn H. Lau

Austal, Ltd. was an Australian builder of high-speed passenger ferries. It had translated that expertise into a foothold in the defense market on the US Navy Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) program with an Alabama assembly facility. In January 2009 it had just completed... View Details

September 2006 (Revised August 2007)
Case

The Dubai Ports World Debacle and its Aftermath

By: Julio J. Rotemberg

Describes the political ramifications in the United States of Dubai-based DP World's acquisition of London-based Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company (P&O). Because P&O operated some port terminals in the United States, DP World obtained clearance from the... View Details

Keywords: Foreign Direct Investment; Multinational Firms and Management; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Government Legislation; National Security; Business and Government Relations; Ship Transportation; Dubai; United States

14 Oct 2014
News

A legacy of social and environmental respect

ultimately brought him to Cambridge for a transformational experience. “It gave me the courage to become an entrepreneur,” he says. In 2010, Parija founded Blue Lines Shipping Group, a highly successful venture that enables him to finance... View Details

19 Feb 2019
First Look

New Research and Ideas, February 19, 2019

forthcoming Journal of Political Economy CEO Behavior and Firm Performance By: Bandiera, Oriana, Stephen Hansen, Andrea Prat, and Raffaella Sadun Abstract— We measure the behavior of 1,114 CEOs in six... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

January 2004 (Revised May 2006)
Case

Yamato Transport: Valuing and Pricing Network Services (A)

By: Felix Oberholzer-Gee, Tarun Khanna and Masako Egawa

Yamato Transport is the leading Japanese parcel delivery company and has dominated its industry for more than two decades. In response to new competitive challenges, Yamato must decide how to reposition itself in the industry and optimize the size of its network. The... View Details

Keywords: Value Creation; Competition; Transportation Networks; Monopoly; Shipping Industry; Japan

September 2000 (Revised June 2002)
Supplement

Overview of E-Business Pricing Models

By: Lynda M. Applegate, W. Earl Sasser and Kristin Kohler

Supplements National Logistics Management. View Details

Keywords: Internet and the Web; Price; Business Model; Information Technology Industry

12 Feb 2019
First Look

New Research and Ideas, February 12, 2019

forthcoming World Happiness Report Happiness and Prosocial Behavior: An Evaluation of the Evidence By: Aknin, Lara B., A.V. Whillans, Michael I. Norton, and Elizabeth W. Dunn Abstract— Humans are an... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

08 Jan 2019
First Look

New Research and Ideas, January 8, 2019

case:https://hbsp.harvard.edu/product/119025-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 119-026 Predicting Purchasing Behavior at PriceMart (B) Supplements the (A) case. In this case, Wehunt and Morse are concerned about the View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

07 Nov 2017
First Look

New Research and Ideas: November 7, 2017

context of a large nationwide general retailer. Technical topics include Logistic regression, Ridge & Lasso regression, ROC curve, and picking a cutoff value to optimize a preferred expected value.... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

25 Sep 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, September 25, 2018

419-007 Hidrovias do Brasil: Navigating Unchartered Waters Since its founding eight years earlier, Hidrovias do Brasil (“Hidrovias”), an integrated logistics provider serving corporate customers exporting products from South America via... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

31 Jul 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, July 31, 2018

the platform will help streamline global trade since shipping goods internationally is an extraordinarily complicated and inefficient process. Maersk intends for stakeholders throughout the supply chain to... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

18 Jan 2023
Blog Post

Career Planning and Development: Interview with Career Coach Wendi Zhang (MBA/MPP 2013)

process, and coaching can be beneficial any time - not just during times of significant change. What makes a good career coach? I think a good career coach listens well and is able to ask the right questions... View Details

11 Sep 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, September 11, 2018

this case:https://hbsp.harvard.edu/product/219014-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 618-037 EKOL Logistics: Thinking Outside the Box This case describes Ekol, an intermodal transportation and logistics... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

Web

Redefining Productivity in the Value Chain - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

following are some ways in which shared value thinking is transforming the value chain, which are not independent but often mutually reinforcing. Procurement that enhances supplier capabilities and efficiency Improving energy, water View Details

November 2019
Case

Hapag-Lloyd AG:Complying with IMO 2020

By: Benjamin C. Esty, Mette Fuglsang Hjortshoej and Emer Moloney

A new environmental regulation known as IMO 2020 was creating what one industry analyst called “the biggest shakeup for the oil and shipping industries in decades.” According to the new regulation, all ocean-going ships would have to limit their sulfur emissions by... View Details

Keywords: Valuation; Ship Transportation; Strategic Planning; Game Theory; Pollutants; Supply Chain; Corporate Accountability; Capital Budgeting; Environmental Sustainability; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Governance Compliance; Shipping Industry; Shipping Industry; Germany

11 Mar 2001
Research & Ideas

Merchants to Multinationals: British Trading Companies in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries

Australian wool handling and shipping merchant Dalgety, which had been organized as interlocking colonial and London partnerships, incorporated in Britain in order to access... View Details

Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones

April 1989
Case

News and No Comment at Emery Air Freight

By: Stephen A. Greyser and Norman Klein

A reporter from a regional newspaper examines several major news stories that address significant recent developments at Emery Air Freight. His concerns invite discussion of the implications of Emery's apparent "no comment" policy and other factors that can lead to... View Details

Keywords: Reputation; Newspapers; Communication Strategy; Shipping Industry