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  • 02 Dec 2018
  • News

An Investor’s Guide to Climate Change: Risks and Opportunities

renewables (wind and solar), nuclear power, battery storage, electric vehicles, and plant-based proteins (“fake meat”). Adaptation technologies, like flood defense and asset... View Details
Keywords: Allison Webster; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services
  • August 2019
  • Case

Simón Cohen at Henco: Sustaining 'High Performance, Happy People'

By: Francesca Gino, Jeff Steiner, Arianna Camacho and Paul Green
Simón Cohen—Founder of Henco Logistics—transformed a small Mexican logistics company into a major player within the industry. Cohen credits the firm’s focus on employee happiness as the key ingredient to its success, an approach he developed following a personal... View Details
Keywords: Work/life Balance; Growth Strategy; Corporate Culture; Motivation; Values; Authentic Leadership Development; Leadership; Personal Development and Career; Motivation and Incentives; Values and Beliefs; Service Operations; Organizational Culture; Growth and Development Strategy; Service Industry
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  • 26 Mar 2015
  • News

Improving the environment through green spaces and commercial buildings

environment have on where and how you live.” Gilbane is on the board of the Buffalo Bayou Partnership, which has helped transform 160 acres of land around the Houston Ship Channel into a stunning green space... View Details
  • November 2009 (Revised May 2010)
  • Case

Red Tomato: Keeping It Local

By: Jose B. Alvarez, Mary Louise Shelman and Laura Winig
This case describes the operating model and history of Red Tomato, a non-profit organization dedicated to branding and logistical support for locally grown produce farmers in the northeast U.S. The case highlights the challenges involved in making locally grown produce... View Details
Keywords: Agribusiness; Trends; Food; Local Range; Consumer Behavior; Logistics; Supply Chain; Nonprofit Organizations; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Northeastern United States
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    James L. Heskett

    James L. Heskett is UPS Foundation Professor Emeritus at the Harvard Business School and author of his latest book, With From Within: Build Organizational Culture for Competitive... View Details

    • Web

    IFC: Europe; Decarbonization and Sustainable Production - Course Catalog

    presentation and paper on a topic related to our visits chosen from a list of options. Course Credit and Fees Students will receive 3 credits upon successful completion of this course. HBS will provide View Details
    • 2010
    • Book

    The New Science of Retailing: How Analytics Are Transforming the Supply Chain and Improving Performance

    By: Marshall Fisher and Ananth Raman
    Retailers today are drowning in data but lacking in insight: They have huge volumes of information at their disposal. But they're unsure of how to sort through it and use it to make smart decisions. The result? They're struggling with profit-sapping supply chain... View Details
    Keywords: Profit; Knowledge Use and Leverage; Logistics; Supply Chain Management; Mathematical Methods; Retail Industry
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    • Video

    Vaxess Technologies - 2013 HBS Alumni New Venture Competition Business Track Winner

    • 24 Oct 2024
    • Research & Ideas

    Charting the US-China Trade War: What Does 'Made in Vietnam' Mean?

    say Ebehi Iyoha and Jaya Wen, assistant professors at Harvard Business School. By one broad measure of products, about 16 percent of US exports from Vietnam—or $15.5 billion—were estimated to be rerouted Chinese products in 2021. But that... View Details
    Keywords: by Ana Elena Azpúrua; Shipping; Shipping
    • 17 Mar 2021
    • Research & Ideas

    Beyond Pajamas: Sizing Up the Pandemic Shopper

    that attract consumers to retailers’ websites. Companies typically have to balance the popularity of these policies in a competitive market with the high costs of managing returns, including shipping and... View Details
    Keywords: by Ayelet Israeli, Eva Ascarza, and Laura Castrillo; Retail
    • 01 Apr 2001
    • News

    Beyond the Rim: New Paths to Success in Asia

    having the Research Center as a base has made a tremendous difference,” he observes. Executive Director Camille Tang Yeh (MBA 1980) (see Q&A from February 1999 Bulletin) and her staff, says McFarlan, “have helped our faculty make the best... View Details
    Keywords: Alejandro Reyes and Deborah Blagg; David Lane; Educational Services
    • 2021
    • Working Paper

    An Empirical Study of Time Allotment and Delays in E-commerce Delivery

    By: M. Balakrishnan, MoonSoo Choi and Natalie Epstein
    Problem definition: We study how having more time allotted to deliver an order affects the speed of the delivery process. Furthermore, we seek to predict orders that are likely to be delayed early in the delivery process so that actions can be taken to avoid delays.... View Details
    Keywords: Logistics; E-commerce; Mathematical Methods; AI and Machine Learning; Performance Productivity
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    • 2013
    • Working Paper

    From Green Users to Green Voters

    By: Diego Comin and Johannes Rode
    We estimate the effect of the diffusion of photovoltaic (PV) systems on the fraction of votes obtained by the German Green Party. The logistic diffusion of PV systems offers a new identification strategy. We take first differences and instrument adoption rates (i.e.... View Details
    Keywords: Voting; Political Elections; Technology Adoption; Environmental Sustainability; Green Technology Industry; Public Administration Industry; Germany
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    • June 2009
    • Teaching Note

    Henry J. Kaiser and the Art of the Possible (TN)

    By: Anthony Mayo
    Teaching Note for [408072]. View Details
    Keywords: Shipping Industry; Shipping Industry; United States
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    • 26 Apr 2016
    • Video

    Cobli wins 2016 Alumni New Venture Competition

    • August 2019
    • Case

    Kazakhstan Railways: From the Middle of Nowhere to a Center of Trade?

    By: Willy Shih and Esel Çekin
    This case describes the evolution of Kazakhstan's rail connectivity strategy post-collapse of the Soviet Union and its now central role in China's Belt and Road Initiative. This meant shifting from a north-south orientation towards an east-west one, as well as the... View Details
    Keywords: Geopolitics; China’s Infrastructure Exports: The ‘Belt And Road’ Initiative; Logistics; Trade; Economic Growth; Geopolitical Units; Geography; Rail Transportation; Rail Industry; Transportation Industry; Central Asia; Kazakhstan; China
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    • September–October 2020
    • Article

    Global Supply Chains in a Post-Pandemic World: Companies Need to Make Their Networks More Resilient. Here's How.

    By: Willy C. Shih
    The COVID-19 pandemic exposed the vulnerabilities in the production strategies and supply chains of firms everywhere. Coupled with a rise in economic nationalism, manufacturers everywhere are going to be under pressure to rethink their sourcing and logistics... View Details
    Keywords: Resilience; Pandemic; Operations Management; Health Pandemics; Supply Chain; Supply Chain Management; Manufacturing Industry; United States; Asia; Europe
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    • Web

    Porter Prize South Korea - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

    Healthcare Prize What Others Are Saying Porter Prize South Korea Porter Prize South Korea The Porter Prize for Excellence in CSV honors companies and institutions that pursue both economic and social values.... View Details
    • 23 Sep 2021
    • News

    How the Global Supply Chain Grinch Could Steal Christmas

    • February 2014
    • Teaching Note

    A.P. Møller–Maersk Group: Evaluating Strategic Talent Management Initiatives

    By: Boris Groysberg, Sarah L. Abbott and Robin Abrahams
    This teaching note is an accompaniment to the case, A.P. Møller–Maersk Group: Evaluating Strategic Talent Management Initiatives. The case reviews the talent management issues being discussed at Maersk Group, a global conglomerate with large shipping and oil & gas... View Details
    Keywords: Retention; Human Capital; Human Resources; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Culture; Management Practices and Processes; Shipping Industry; Shipping Industry; Denmark
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