supply chain management - Publications - Faculty & Research

December 2005 (Revised October 2013)
Case

Fred Khosravi and AccessClosure (A)

Fred Khosravi is a serial medical device entrepreneur. In his latest venture, he must decide whether to sell now or continue to develop his current product and whether to market it, sell the company, or IPO. View Details

Keywords: Negotiation; Medical Devices; Venture Capital; Life Sciences; Health Care Industry; Healthcare Technology; Healthcare Ventures; Business Startups; Decision Choices and Conditions; Entrepreneurship; Growth and Development Strategy; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry; United States

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12 Jun 2006
Research & Ideas

The Promise of Channel Stewardship

the chain best positioned to create a process that benefits all. In this excerpt, Rangan discusses the promise of channel stewardship. (Look for an HBS Working Knowledge interview with Rangan next month.)Senior View Details

Keywords: by V. Kasturi Rangan & Marie Bell; Consumer Products

Charles B. Wang

and business managers to achieve sound products and a culture of management that fosters brutal honesty and integrity. CA earned revenues of over $5 billion and net income of $570 million in 1998, and had... View Details

Keywords: Services

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Doing Business with China 2035: Navigating Uncertainty - Course Catalog

expansion of Chinese firms. Key issues include: The nature of China’s political, economic, and of its regional markets The central role of politics in business: How well do you know your Party Secretary? The interconnectedness of global View Details

01 Oct 2002
News

Jeremiah P. Murphy, Jr.

jewelry and furs to sweatshirts and school supplies,” quips the tall, affable, Charlestown, Massachusetts, native, who in 1991 left his job as general manager at Neiman Marcus in Texas to accept the challenge of “putting the Coop on track... View Details

February 2023
Supplement

Graphic Packaging: Project Cowboy (A) Courseware

By: Benjamin C. Esty and Scott Mayfield

In July 2019, Graphic Packaging CEO Michael Doss was proposing a $600 million investment in a new machine to produce coated recycled board (CRB), a type of paper packaging used for consumer products (cups, cereal boxes, beverage boxes, etc.) that utilized recycled... View Details

Keywords: Capital Budgeting; Growth Management; Demand and Consumers; Duopoly and Oligopoly; Competitive Strategy; Competitive Advantage; Expansion; Value Creation; Supply and Industry; Pulp and Paper Industry; Manufacturing Industry; United States; North America

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13 May 2019
Research & Ideas

The Unexpected Way Whistleblowers Reduce Government Fraud

Business School Working Knowledge. [Image: FangXiaNuo] Related Reading: Can Decades of Military Overspending be Fixed? The Secret Life of Supply Chains Can Paying Firms Quicker Affect Aggregate Employment?... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz; Service; Construction

01 Dec 2000
News

Q&A: Andrew Kendall

need for management experience in nonprofits, and I decided to try to combine my business skills with my commitment to the environment," says Kendall. He embarked on a "classic business school analysis of the industry," talking to the... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management of Companies and Enterprises

05 Dec 2013
What Do You Think?

Is Walmart Defying Economic Gravity?

information-driven model by gaining a better understanding of product and customer relationships." Dean Vella cited Walmart's innovation in supply chain management and... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Retail

01 Jun 2007
News

James McKenney Remembered

Waves of Change: Business Evolution through Information Technology, McKenney also wrote numerous case studies, among them the first on airline-reservation systems and inventory management across the consumer-products View Details

Keywords: Information

November 2004
Case

ClozeX Medical (A): The New Standard of Wound Closure

By: William A. Sahlman and Ryland Matthew Willis

Describes a set of decisions confronting the founder of a company with a revolutionary new wound-closure product. He must decide how to finance and exploit his venture. View Details

Keywords: Business or Company Management; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Product Launch; Medical Specialties; Corporate Finance; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry

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31 Mar 2022
Blog Post

Setting Interns Up for Success at a Startup

used to create the food that ends up in our stomachs (land, water, energy, etc.) is wasted.” Sani’s enthusiasm for Mori grew after speaking with Belsito when he learned more about the company’s focus on integrating within supply View Details

04 Oct 2004
What Do You Think?

Does Speed Trump Intellectual Property?

decision-empowered, and experienced teams with limited senior management review and oversight. Fast competitors were often "leaders" of supply chains in which speed... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

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C.D. Spangler | Baker Library

C.D. Spangler MBA 1956, C.D. Spangler Construction Co. Play Video duration: 1:32:49 C. D. “Dick” Spangler, HBS 1956. Interview conducted in July 2001 C. D. “Dick” Spangler, HBS 1956, has been a successful entrepreneur in several industries, including construction, a... View Details

05 Nov 2018
Working Paper Summaries

Pioneer (Dis-)advantages in Markets for Technology

Keywords: by Moritz Fischer, Joachim Henkel, and Ariel Dora Stern; Medical Devices & Supplies

01 Sep 2008
News

Faculty Books

Service Profit Chain to Work for Unbeatable Competitive Advantage by James L. Heskett, W. Earl Sasser, and Joe Wheeler (Harvard Business Press) The authors extend their earlier idea of a service-profit chain... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Real Estate

01 Sep 2006
News

One-on-One with Carter Roberts

these issues, not just because of supply chain or competitive advantage, but because increasingly they also want to be good citizens. And they want to do the right thing while delivering to their... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson

14 Oct 2008
Research & Ideas

Should You Bring Advertising Expertise In-House?

services to "make" internally as opposed to what it buys in the marketplace. A firm may integrate "forward" into the channels used to distribute its output to customers, or "backward" into the supply View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Advertising

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Collection Highlights | Baker Library

collection includes his lecture and seminar notes and almost the entire body of his professional correspondence. Wartime Schools Collection During World War II, the U.S. military was facing an increased need for officers trained in statistics and View Details

January 2006 (Revised April 2007)
Case

General Electric Healthcare, 2006

By: Tarun Khanna and Elizabeth Raabe

In January 2006, Joe Hogan, head of General Electric (GE) Healthcare Technologies, prepared to step into William Castell's shoes as CEO of GE Healthcare, the world's leading manufacturer of diagnostic imaging equipment. In 2004, former CEO Jeff Immelt acquired Amersham... View Details