Supply Disruptions - Publications - Faculty & Research

25 Oct 2004
Research & Ideas

Planning for Surprises

section, "The shortage caught many Americans by surprise, but it followed decades of warnings from health experts who said the nation's system for vaccine supply and distribution was growing increasingly fragile." There have... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

22 Feb 2022
News

An Rx for Small Business Recovery

disruptions and revenue losses will require even more transformational thinking.” Mills believes three important lessons from the pandemic can help point the way. FINANCE AND THE ECONOMIC RECOVERY READ MORE STORIES FINANCE AND THE... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

13 Feb 2025
Blog Post

IFC India 2025: The Coal Dichotomy: Balancing Economic Growth and Decarbonization in India

Immediate divestment from coal would not only threaten electricity supply to major cities — like Mumbai, where Trombay’s coal units account for roughly 23% of the city’s average daily electricity demand — but would also View Details

06 Nov 2019
Op-Ed

Torched Planet: The Business Case to Reinvent Almost Everything

The world is. on. fire. The Earth is burning. We only have a little time to arrest climate change, and if we fail to do so the consequences will be both dire and irreversible. We have the technology and the resources to fix things, if we want to. We even have a... View Details

Keywords: by Rebecca Henderson; Energy

01 Sep 2014
News

Ask the Expert: Byte-Testing Bitcoin

increase? —Rob Kautz (MBA 1987) Many argue that anonymity is one of the key disruptions Bitcoin introduces. I think anonymity is valuable only in the early days and for a specific group of people. If we want Bitcoin to become more... View Details

Keywords: alumni; Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services; Information

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Challenges and Opportunities in the Restaurant Industry - Course Catalog

restaurant to scaling to leadership of multinational chains, and evaluate opportunities inherent in typical restaurant business models as well as those created by disruptive changes affecting and shaping the industry. Michael and Andy... View Details

04 May 2020
Research & Ideas

Predictions, Prophets, and Restarting Your Business

accurate, they’re not managerially useful. Companies sell to customers, not to a trend, and priorities must be set. Make sure that key customers are aware of supply disruptions or other problems. Do not... View Details

Keywords: by Frank V. Cespedes

July 2011 (Revised January 2013)
Case

Digital Microscopy Is Making Me Crazy!

By: Willy Shih

For Carl Zeiss Microimaging, modular hardware and software enabled customers to tailor Zeiss's broad range of microscopy systems hardware and software to meet a wide range of needs from basic scientific research in the biological and medical sciences to clinical... View Details

Keywords: Information Infrastructure; Applications and Software; Corporate Strategy; Disruptive Innovation; Science-Based Business; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Business Conglomerates; Digital Platforms; Opportunities; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry

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22 Sep 2003
Research & Ideas

How Businesses Can Respond to AIDS

Much like how disruptive technologies can threaten established businesses, the growing epidemic of AIDS has the power to blindside and possibly topple companies who choose to ignore the threat, participants concluded at a Harvard Business... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

February 2009 (Revised December 2009)
Case

eReading: Amazon's Kindle

By: Bharat N. Anand, Peter W. Olson Esq. and Mary Tripsas

In November 2007, Amazon introduced the Kindle, the first electronic reader with wireless functionality. The case describes the launch of the Kindle and provides information on representative players in the industry (or broader ecosystem) who are likely to be affected... View Details

Keywords: Books; Disruptive Innovation; Technological Innovation; Industry Structures; Standards; Distribution Channels; Competitive Strategy; Publishing Industry

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02 Nov 2020
News

The First Five Years: Julianne White (MBA 2017)

state food banks. The combination of a sharp rise in food insecurity and the pandemic’s disruption of the food supply chain meant that there was a period of time where we struggled to bring in enough food to... View Details

Profile

Ben Faw

more private sector experience. Through a friend of a friend, he found an opportunity at Tesla Motors where he worked on global supply chain coordination. “I was impressed by what Elon Musk was trying to do to View Details

Keywords: Nonprofit / Government; Technology; Manufacturing

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Global Activities 2020-2021 - Global Activities 2021

the central role many Chinese companies play in global supply chains, pandemic-imposed disruptions are being felt around the world. Shih addresses the challenges companies now face in making their global... View Details

12 Apr 2011
News

Twelve Global Finalists Compete at HBS

information from VIN numbers collected by mobile car shoppers. AI Exchange is a Boston-based technology financial services company whose mission is to reinvent hedge fund investing through disruptive technology, transparency and... View Details

Keywords: Multiple alumni

19 May 2015
First Look

First Look: May 19

The case forces students to grapple with the challenges and barriers involved in disrupting an established industry, examine alternative go-to-market strategies and the timing of implementing them, and consider different business models... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

24 Sep 2014
Op-Ed

Tackling Climate Change Will Cost Less Than We Think

No one knows how much it will cost to keep the risks of significant climate disruption to a reasonable level. One commonly cited estimate puts the cost at roughly 1 percent of world GDP a year, or about $840 billion. This is a large... View Details

Keywords: by Rebecca Henderson; Energy; Utilities

30 Jun 2019
News

Alumni in France honor self-made entrepreneurs; Shih talks trade in Buffalo

of manufacturing, against the background of the evolving U.S.-China trade challenges. The talk was followed by a Q & A session and reception. Shih shared his expertise in manufacturing and product development across multiple industries to illuminate the current View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

26 Apr 2011
News

BioMine Strikes Gold

a Boston-based technology financial services company whose mission is to reinvent hedge fund investing through disruptive technology, transparency and liquidity. PhytoTEK supplies a unique biologic solution... View Details

Keywords: Mining (except Oil and Gas); Mining; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

26 Aug 2009
Op-Ed

Where Cash for Clunkers Ran Off the Road

short term but, in reality, the promotion stole largely from future sales with taxpayers subsidizing over half a million new car sales that would have occurred anyway. C4C disrupted the even flow of supply... View Details

Keywords: by John Quelch; Auto

17 Apr 2012
First Look

First Look: April 17

Janisse Publication:Best Paper Proceedings of the Academy of Management (2012). Abstract We examine the internal supply chains at two service organizations to discover the source of disruptions that erode... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

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