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- 05 May 2010
- What Do You Think?
Is Denial Endemic to Management?
Bullard suggested that "Ruthless realism is, itself, pathological . The professional pilot denies a crash is inevitable until a second before impact, and that ability to believe one can save the ship is critical to the attitude of... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 08 Sep 2015
- First Look
September 8, 2015
the former explanation: that the likelihood of Amazon's entry is positively correlated with the popularity and customer ratings of third-party sellers' products. We also find that Amazon's entry reduces the shipping costs of affected... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 23 Jan 2008
- First Look
First Look: January 23, 2008
Both offered equal levels of financial support to donating parties. Eighty donations and 120 specimen shipping invoices from 2005 were analyzed in each program. Donations to the two programs did not significantly differ in terms of... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 26 Feb 2008
- First Look
First Look: February 26, 2008
Kaiser mastered the management and execution of plans for several large-scale projects that contributed to the growth and improvement of contemporary America, including the Hoover Dam, one of the wonders of the modern world. During World War II, when the United States... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 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 restocking fees that cut into... View Details
- 19 Jun 2012
- First Look
First Look: June 19
Container Shipping Forest L. Reinhardt, Ramon Casadesus-Masanell, and Frederik NellemannHarvard Business School Case 712-449 An abstract is unavailable at this time. Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/712449-PDF-ENG... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 28 May 2014
- Research & Ideas
Building Histories of Emerging Economies One Interview at a Time
Professor Geoffrey Jones, faculty chair of the Business History Initiative, and Chilean shipping entrepreneur Sven von Appen (HBS AMP 76). "I was talking to Sven about the role of history at HBS," Jones says, adding that von Appen... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
Rapid Response: Inside the Retailing Revolution
change in motion," explains Hammond, "by pulling suppliers closer to him, insisting that they implement the information technology necessary for exchanging sales data, adopt standards for product and shipping container labeling, and use... View Details
- February 2014 (Revised December 2015)
- Case
Mara Group
By: Eugene Soltes and Sara Hess
Mara Group is a rapidly growing Pan-African conglomerate run by its entrepreneurial CEO Ashish Thakkar. The case explores Thakkar's decision on which African markets to expand operations into. View Details
Keywords: Telecommunications Manufacturing; Business Ventures; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Shipping Industry; Shipping Industry; Shipping Industry; Shipping Industry; Africa
Soltes, Eugene, and Sara Hess. "Mara Group." Harvard Business School Case 114-060, February 2014. (Revised December 2015.) (request a courtesy copy.)
- May 2021
- Case
Endeavor Kenya: Building an Entrepreneurial Ecosystem
By: Lynda M. Applegate, Shikhar Ghosh and Christian Godwin
In 2016, Fiona Mungai became Endeavor Kenya’s first managing director. In this role, she helped the organization build its inaugural board and select its first Endeavor entrepreneur, a fintech company called Cellulant. Throughout this process, Mungai observed the power... View Details
Keywords: Business Ventures; Entrepreneurship; Human Resources; Leadership; Leading Change; Management; Growth and Development Strategy; Negotiation; Economy; Markets; Emerging Markets; Network Effects; Relationships; Strategy; Shipping Industry; Shipping Industry; Shipping Industry; Shipping Industry; Shipping Industry; Africa; Kenya
Applegate, Lynda M., Shikhar Ghosh, and Christian Godwin. "Endeavor Kenya: Building an Entrepreneurial Ecosystem." Harvard Business School Case 821-038, May 2021.
- 09 May 2000
- Research & Ideas
Stock Options Are Not All Created Equal
much comparable executives are paid and in what form. By adjusting an executive's pay package every year to keep it in line with the other executives' pay, companies hope to minimize what the consultants call "retention risk"—the possibility that executives... View Details
Keywords: by Brian Hall
- December 2013 (Revised July 2015)
- Case
VP Group: Vegpro Grows Beyond Kenya
By: Jose Alvarez and Natalie Kindred
In 2013, Kenyan horticulture producer and exporter VP Group is weighing potential expansion opportunities against the growing risks in its production and export markets. With $121 million in 2012 revenues, VP Group has grown rapidly in recent years by expanding its... View Details
Keywords: James Cartwright; Bharat Patel; Umang Patel; Vegpro; VP Group; Kenya; Nairobi; Africa; Vegetables; Flowers; Marks ＆ Spencer; Sainsbury's; Horticulture; Sugar; Growth; Diversification; Freighting; Agribusiness; Plant-Based Agribusiness; Trade; Marketing; Marketing Strategy; Vertical Integration; Supply Chain; Employees; Growth and Development Strategy; Shipping Industry; Shipping Industry; Kenya; Nairobi; Africa; United Kingdom; Europe; Ethiopia; Ghana
Alvarez, Jose, and Natalie Kindred. "VP Group: Vegpro Grows Beyond Kenya." Harvard Business School Case 514-055, December 2013. (Revised July 2015.)
- 01 Mar 2011
- First Look
First Look: March 1
extensions are discussed, including retail settings where firms carry multiple product categories, shipping and handling costs, and the role of store assistance in impacting consumer perceived benefits. The Short Life of Online Sales... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Aug 2013
- Research & Ideas
Read All About It: Digital CEO Buys Traditional Media!
third-party retail sales might cannibalize some of Amazon's own revenues in certain product categories. Then Amazon went a step further with its Prime membership announcement, offering participants free shipping for all transactions for... View Details
- 06 May 2002
- Research & Ideas
A Toolkit for Customer Innovation
development project at BBA might progress in the following way: A customer requests a meaty flavor for a soy product, and the sample must be delivered within a week. BBA marketing professionals and flavorists jump into action, and the sample is View Details
Keywords: by Stefan Thomke & Eric Von Hippel
- 20 Nov 2007
- First Look
First Look: November 20, 2007
low-cost PC options had emerged and OLPC had not started shipping yet, leading some observers to wonder if the non-profit should reconsider its strategy and options. Purchase this case:... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 27 Feb 2007
- First Look
First Look: February 27, 2007
Business School Case 207-092 How should creditors pursue their claims in a multi-jurisdiction bankruptcy? David Butters, Managing Director at Lehman Brothers, negotiates a restructuring of Navigator Gas Transport, a shipping company that... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 11 Dec 2018
- Research & Ideas
Free Trade Needs Nurturing—and Other Lessons from History
Question: What patterns emerge from history that can help us better understand where we are today? Sophus Reinert: To many people, globalization is teleological, something that necessarily becomes stronger over time and leads to an ever-more economically interconnected... View Details
- May 2018
- Teaching Note
Mubadala and EBX: To X or to X It?
By: Nori Gerardo Lietz and Sayiddah Fatima McCree
On April 3, 2013, Hani Barhoush and Oscar Fahlgren of Mubadala Capital (“Mubadala”) considered how to salvage Mubadala’s $2 billion preferred equity investment of a 5.63% stake in the EBX Group. At the time, EBX was the holding company of a myriad of subsidiaries and... View Details
- 05 Nov 2012
- Research & Ideas
What Wall Street Doesn’t Understand About International Trade
which collects and parses shipping information from US Customs and Border Protection. "From there we simply tested: If you have a lot of one country's ethnic makeup around you, are you more likely to import or export from that country?"... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel