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Sample Student Projects - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

Guangdong (2006) Colombia Bogota Software Cluster (2013) The Sugar Cane Cluster in Colombia (2007) Colombia Shrimp Aquaculture (2008) Costa Rica Costa Rica Data Centers (2016) Costa Rica Medical Tourism (2016) Croatia Ship & Boatbuilding... View Details
  • 05 Jul 2022
  • What Do You Think?

Have We Seen the Peak of Just-in-Time Inventory Management?

(iStockphoto/aydinmutlu) Logistics issues have taken on unexpected and possibly unwanted “glamour” among those who study business and economics, thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic and its global aftermath. It’s a throwback to the days when railroad management was all the... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett; Shipping; Shipping; Shipping
  • 04 May 2021
  • Book

Best Buy: How Human Connection Saved a Failing Retailer

to boost revenues: matching prices at Amazon, and speeding deliveries by shipping directly from stores. He also cut costs by reducing waste and streamlining processes. “We were breaking $200 million-worth of TVs every year,” he says. “By... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Retail
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Topics - HBS Working Knowledge

Uncertainty (36) SWOT Analysis (5) Safety (13) Salesforce Management (18) Sales (30) Satisfaction (11) Saving (5) Science-Based Business (7) Science (237) Search Technology (22) Segmentation (1) Selection and Staffing (10) Service Delivery (14) Service Operations (13)... View Details
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Speeding Up the Trade: Clippers and Steamships - A Chronicle of the China Trade

of the American clipper ships (the word “clipper” signified speed) with their narrow hulls and large sails enabled sea travel at speeds of up to 30 kilometers an hour, far faster than the average merchant ships. Now Western traders could... View Details
  • 30 Mar 2023
  • Blog Post

Amager Bakke: A Look into the Future of Waste Incineration

the UK make it economically viable for UK waste producers to ship their trash on barges to Denmark. Thanks to state-of-the-art flue gas cleaning and bottom ash treatment, the incinerator’s environmental metrics are already impressive. We... View Details
  • 01 Mar 2024
  • News

Game On

It’s raining in Sarasota. And not a light sprinkle but a proper, Florida drenching, so the outdoor courts at the Pickleball Club’s Lakewood Ranch location are deserted. Inside is a different story. Most of the 12 courts are in play. With four people to a court, all... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; photographed by Edward Linsmier; Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries; Arts, Entertainment
  • 07 Mar 2023
  • Blog Post

Deconstructing LEGO’s Decarbonization

Innovation & Inspiration for Sustainable Product Design Arla Foods: How Sustainable Can A Dairy Company Be? Novo Nordisk Amager Bakke: A Look into the Future of Waste Incineration Maersk’s Journey to Decarbonize Shipping Circularity... View Details
  • November 2023 (Revised March 2024)
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Infarm: Betting the (Indoor) Farm on Food Security

By: Elie Ofek
In the summer of 2023, the co-founders of Infarm, a controlled environment agriculture (CEA) company, were contemplating a major pivot going forward. While Infarm had successfully shown it could grow over 75 products—mainly herbs, leafy greens and mushrooms—in modular... View Details
Keywords: Plant-Based Agribusiness; Business Model; Market Entry and Exit; Science-Based Business; Business Strategy; Transition; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Europe; North America; Toronto; Northeastern United States
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Ofek, Elie. "Infarm: Betting the (Indoor) Farm on Food Security." Harvard Business School Case 524-043, November 2023. (Revised March 2024.)
  • 20 Dec 2010
  • Research & Ideas

Panama Canal: Troubled History, Astounding Turnaround

declined after World War II. What happened? A: In defense terms, the United States finally had to recognize something that naval strategists had long realized: The Panama Canal had no strategic value. Military analysts recognized as early as 1925 that a suicide View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Transportation
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Doing Business with China: Early American Trading Houses - A Chronicle of the China Trade

worked through centuries-old, joint stock trading enterprises such as the Dutch East India Company and the British East India Company. Americans, newly arrived in the China trade, operated as private traders or merchant syndicates that oversaw purchasing and View Details

    Richard H.K. Vietor

    Professor Vietor is Baker Foundation Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School. He teaches courses on the international political economy. Before coming to the Business School in 1978, Professor Vietor held faculty appointments at Virginia... View Details

    Keywords: shipping; shipping; shipping; shipping; shipping
    • 21 Feb 2018
    • Research & Ideas

    When a Competitor Abandons the Market, Should You Advance or Retreat?

    themselves. Furthermore, that decision to abandon ship is often the wrong decision. “There is potentially a great market opportunity when a competitor drops out,” says Joshua Lev Krieger, an assistant professor in the Entrepreneurial... View Details
    Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Pharmaceutical; Health
    • 04 Aug 2003
    • Research & Ideas

    Shackleton: An Entrepreneur of Survival

    also find important insights into how to motivate people, allocate resources, and act with great integrity in moments of crisis. I firmly believe that the template for business education can be very broad. As soon as that ship was frozen,... View Details
    Keywords: by Martha Lagace
    • 09 Jan 2012
    • Research & Ideas

    Location, Location, Location: The Strategy of Place

    introduce them in Japan. Unfortunately, Japanese consumers were hooked on a completely different technology, forcing Vodafone to abandon ship after a few rocky years. "Vodafone needed to study the Japanese handset," Alcácer... View Details
    Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
    • 01 Sep 2023
    • News

    Elevator Pitch: Standard of Care

    deliberate and devastating attack. The urgent March request followed on three earlier shipments, says Teodorescu. With no international shipping service available to Ukraine, the company had been relying on intermittent UN shipments; to... View Details
    Keywords: entrepreneurship; healthcare; surgery; Ukraine; Ambulatory Health Care Services; Health, Social Assistance
    • 01 Jun 2023
    • News

    Pet Project

    customers went with her. “People wanted it so badly that they stuck with me, even though I was shipping them food on an irregular basis.” Spies says she kept it up for most of her first year. By her second year, after learning that one in... View Details
    Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Miscellaneous Store Retailers; Retail Trade; Sporting Goods, Hobby, Musical Instrument, and Book Stores; Retail Trade
    • 16 Jun 2020
    • Research & Ideas

    Your Customers Have Changed. Here's How to Engage Them Again.

    Maersk, a leader in shipping services, kept its sailors on ships to ensure their safety and continued cross-national shipping. Alibaba and JD.com employed mandatory health checks and use of safety equipment... View Details
    Keywords: by Rohit Deshpandé, Ofer Mintz, and Imran S. Currim; Retail; Service
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    Historical Data Visualization - Business History

    Median US Home Prices Unadjusted Trends Over Time Managing Distance Merchant Shipping Tonnage Trends Over Time Managing Distance Mobile Phone Subscriptions per 100 People Trends Over Time Corporations Natura Cosméticos Trends Over Time... View Details
    • 30 May 2005
    • Research & Ideas

    Six Steps for Making Your Threat Credible

    intimidate the local population, some captains took to sinking their ships as soon as they landed. Now there was no choice but to stay and fight. Scuttling the ships made the threat—"We will fight to... View Details
    Keywords: by Deepak Malhotra
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