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- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
It Came in the First Ships: Capitalism in America
all white immigrants before the Revolution arrived under these terms. They flocked to America mainly from England, but also from Scotland, Ireland, and Germany. (Germans tended to come in family groups, the others as single adults.) A few were abducted and taken aboard... View Details
Keywords: by Thomas K. McCraw
- 16 Jun 2021
- HBS Case
Cruising in Crisis: How Carnival Is Riding Out the COVID-19 Storm
On February 1, 2020, a passenger who had been on Carnival’s Diamond Princess ship docked in Japan tested positive for the COVID-19 virus. Soon afterward, 700 people on the ship contracted the virus—the... View Details
- 08 Mar 2021
- In Practice
COVID Killed the Traditional Workplace. What Should Companies Do Now?
A year ago, COVID-19 forced many companies to send employees home—often with a laptop and a prayer. Now, with COVID cases subsiding and vaccinations rising, the prospect of returning to old office routines appears more possible. But will employees want to flock back to... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- Web
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
- Web
Sample Student Projects - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
Costa Rica Costa Rica Data Centers (2016) Costa Rica Medical Tourism (2016) Croatia Ship & Boatbuilding in Croatia (2009) Denmark The Danish Wind Cluster (2017) The Danish Design Cluster (2007) Dominican Republic The Dominican Republic... View Details
- 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
- 17 Nov 2023
- Blog Post
HBS Veteran Spotlight: Rex Willis (MBA 2024)
On Veterans Day, we take a moment to honor the courageous individuals who have served in the armed forces. Today, we hear from Rex Willis (MBA 2024), an active-duty officer in the US Navy and an MBA student at HBS. Join us as we explore this unique journey and... View Details
- Web
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
- 01 Mar 2024
- News
Game On
and the sinking of the Japanese fleet in Truk Lagoon, which became one of the world’s largest ship graveyards. Much later it became a scuba destination because the steel turned out to be a useful foundation for coral reefs and marine... View Details
- 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)
- Case
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
Ofek, Elie. "Infarm: Betting the (Indoor) Farm on Food Security." Harvard Business School Case 524-043, November 2023. (Revised March 2024.)
- 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
- 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
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
- 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
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Replacement Diploma - MBA
name To request a replacement diploma, please submit an image of a notarized request via email from your HBS email/LEFA account to registrar+hbs.edu . Please include: The reason for requesting a replacement diploma Your diploma name and year of graduation Your View Details
- 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
- 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 Jun 2023
- News
Pet Project
Illustration by Shane Cluskey Like pet owners everywhere, Katie Spies (MBA 2019) would do anything for her dog. In 2014, when her Italian greyhound, George, started experiencing seizures and other health problems that didn’t respond to medications, the vet recommended... View Details
- 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