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June 2001
Teaching Note

Coordinating + Managing Supply Chains: Course Overview Note TN

By: Ananth Raman

Describes the MBA elective course on supply chain management at HBS. Coordinating and Managing Supply Chains focuses on the managerial aspects of supply chains. Acquaints students with practical issues in a variety of supply chains and then identifies barriers to, and... View Details

Keywords: Finance; Framework; Knowledge Use and Leverage; Management Practices and Processes; Managerial Roles; Marketing; Supply Chain Management; Performance Improvement; Planning; Behavior; Integration

15 Jun 2022
News

New Shipping Legislation Targets Supply Chain Bottleneck

Web

All Industries

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May 1995
Background Note

Note on Industry Self-Regulation and U.S. Antitrust Laws

By: Lynn S. Paine and Michael Santoro

Describes the purpose and nature of industry self-regulation and outlines the factors self-regulatory groups must consider to avoid infringing U.S. antitrust laws. Several examples of industry self-regulation are discussed. View Details

Keywords: Ethics; Governance Compliance; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Knowledge; Law

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Research Summary

Global Supply Chains: The Looming “Great Reallocation”

By: Laura Alfaro

Global supply chains have come under unprecedented stress as a result of US-China trade tensions, the Covid-19 pandemic, and geopolitical shocks. We document shifts in the pattern of US participation in global value chains over the last four decades, in terms of... View Details

December 1990 (Revised February 1991)
Teaching Note

Note on the Aerospace Industry and Industrial Modernization, Teaching Note

By: David A. Garvin and Norman Klein

Oct 02 2023
Testimonial

Expanding investor mindsets and industry networks

Research Summary

Industrial competitiveness in high tech and science-based businesses

By: Willy C. Shih

How do emerging economies develop industrial and technical capabilities that overtake those of advanced economies? Are there some industrial sectors that are especially susceptible to such targeting? What will it take to restore America’s... View Details

Keywords: Technological Innovation; Technology Diffusion; Knowledge Flows; Competitive Advantage; Globalization; Manufacturing Industry; Manufacturing Industry; Manufacturing Industry; United States; China; Asia

December 2008 (Revised April 2009)
Background Note

China's Energy Industry

By: F. Warren McFarlan, George Baroutas and Tracy Manty

China is ranked the world's second largest consumer of energy. This note provides background on China's energy industry and provides details on China's leading state-owned energy companies, production and consumption statistics, and government policies in support of... View Details

Keywords: Energy; Energy Industry; China

2013
Article

Industry Equilibrium with Open-Source and Proprietary Firms

By: Gaston Llanes and Ramiro de Elejalde

We present a model of industry equilibrium to study the coexistence of open-source and proprietary firms. Two novel aspects of the model are (i) participation in open source arises as the optimal decision of profit-maximizing firms, and (ii) open-source and proprietary... View Details

Keywords: Open Source Distribution; Balance and Stability; Software; Knowledge Management; Supply and Industry; Collaborative Innovation and Invention; Research and Development; Cooperation

18 Aug 2022

Industry Spotlight: Climate Change and Sustainability:

Join the Director of the Business & Environment Initiative as well as students and alumni to learn more about the HBS impact fighting Climate Change and focusing on Sustainability. View Details

May 1993
Background Note

Note on Industry and Company Profitability

April 1988 (Revised December 1988)
Case

OPEC and the World Oil Industry

29 Nov 2011
Working Paper Summaries

Local Industrial Structures and Female Entrepreneurship in India

Keywords: by Ejaz Ghani, William R. Kerr & Stephen O'Connell

17 Oct 2013
News

An Obstacle to Patient-Centered Care: Poor Supply Systems

October 1976
Background Note

Industry Structural Change

By: Michael E. Porter

Presents a framework for understanding and predicting industry structural change. Examines 1) the important underlying forces causing structural change, 2) the key relationships among industry elements in the process of change, and 3) some implications of change for... View Details

Keywords: Framework; Industry Structures; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Structure; Strategy; Corporate Strategy

19 Oct 2021
Research & Ideas

Fed Up Workers and Supply Woes: What's Next for Dollar Stores?

School, is an expert on global supply chain and co-wrote an HBS case study, revised in 2019, on Dollar General, one of the largest dollar store operators, shortly before it was acquired by New York... View Details

Keywords: by Christine Pazzanese, Harvard Gazette; Retail

July 2008 (Revised April 2009)
Background Note

Horizontal Specialization and Modularity in the Semiconductor Industry

By: Willy C. Shih, Chintay Shih and Chen-Fu Chien

Well-codified interfaces have enabled horizontal specialization in the global semiconductor industry. This Technical Note describes the modern integrated circuit value chain, and the motivation for the reuse of blocks of intellectual property in modern IC designs. It... View Details

Keywords: Customer Value and Value Chain; Intellectual Property; Industry Structures; Horizontal Integration; Semiconductor Industry

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