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    Malcolm P. McLean

    McLean revolutionized the centuries-old shipping industry by developing the first safe, reliable, and cost-effective approach to transporting containerized cargo. By pioneering containerized shipping, McLean soon dominated the View Details
    Keywords: Transportation
    • 01 Jun 2014
    • News

    In My Humble Opinion: Jan Swartz (MBA 1996)

    cruise-director cheeriness. "It's a 24/7 business, with ships sailing every day, everywhere in the world," Swartz says by phone from her office in Valencia, California. "Our ships are small cities." Time on... View Details
    Keywords: Julia Hanna; Hospitality; Scenic and Sightseeing Transportation; Transportation

      James C. Wallace

      Wallace embarked on a massive renovation of American Ship Building – establishing a foundation for building ships with expanded carrying capacity. Under his leadership, American View Details
      Keywords: Transportation

        Ricardo Claro

        Keywords: Shipping
        • November 2011 (Revised June 2015)
        • Case

        COSCO: Implementing Sustainability

        By: Christopher Marquis, Juelin Yin and Dongning Yang
        Keywords: Environmental Sustainability; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Shipping Industry
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        • September 2010
        • Teaching Note

        Information Technology at COSCO (TN)

        By: F. Warren McFarlan
        Teaching Note for 305080. View Details
        Keywords: Shipping Industry; China
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        • January 2002
        • Teaching Note

        Ocean Carries TN

        By: Erik Stafford
        Teaching Note for (9-202-027). View Details
        Keywords: Shipping Industry; New York (city, NY); Hong Kong
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        • 01 Mar 2009
        • News

        Deep Discovery

        The British luxury liner RMS Lusitania was torpedoed by a German submarine on its New York-to-Liverpool run in 1915. The ship sank in 300 feet of water off the coast of Ireland; 1,198 (including 128 Americans) of 1,959 passengers and crew... View Details
        Keywords: Water Transportation; Transportation

          Andrew J. Higgins

          Higgins originally formed his business to build motorboats, tugs and barges for lumberman and oil drillers traversing the waters of the Mississippi delta region. His innovative ship designs, which were effective in very shallow water,... View Details
          Keywords: Fabricated Goods
          • 13 Apr 2017
          • News

          Navy Destroyer Named After HBS Alumnus

          Ignatius (AMP 191, 2016), chief editor of Harvard Business Review. The 509-foot-long Arleigh Burke-class destroyer is the fifth of 14 ships under construction for the Navy. It is equipped with an Aegis Combat System and configured as a... View Details
          • August 1983 (Revised June 1984)
          • Case

          Rise of the New York Port

          By: Richard S. Tedlow
          Keywords: Business History; Urban Development; Shipping Industry; New York (city, NY)
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          • December 2019 (Revised June 2024)
          • Supplement

          The Dutch East India Company in 1612 (B)

          By: Lynn S. Paine and Giuseppe Dari-Mattiacci
          The case relates the decision made in the A case and what happened in the aftermath. View Details
          Keywords: Corporate Governance; Globalized Firms and Management; Organizational Structure; Laws and Statutes; Financial Markets; Business and Shareholder Relations; Business and Government Relations; Business History; Shipping Industry; Netherlands
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          • December 2019 (Revised June 2024)
          • Case

          The Dutch East India Company in 1612 (A)

          By: Lynn S. Paine and Giuseppe Dari-Mattiacci
          The Dutch East India Company’s board of directors must decide what to do about an impending legal requirement to liquidate the company’s assets and return to shareholders their capital and any profits earned during a ten-year lock-up period. The charter granted to the... View Details
          Keywords: Corporate Governance; Globalized Firms and Management; Organizational Structure; Laws and Statutes; Financial Markets; Business and Shareholder Relations; Business and Government Relations; Business History; Shipping Industry; Netherlands
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          • June 2013
          • Teaching Plan

          Fairstar Heavy Transport

          By: Guhan Subramanian and Charlotte Krontiris
          This case traces the efforts of Fairstar Heavy Transport, a heavy marine transportation company, to secure a contract associated with the development of the Greater Gorgon gas fields off the coast of Australia. It examines Fairstar's approach to a highly regimented... View Details
          Keywords: Fairstar; Gorgon; Bidding; Bids and Bidding; Energy Sources; Shipping Industry; Australia
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          • August 1982 (Revised June 1983)
          • Case

          American President Lines Ltd.: CMS-I Decision (A)

          By: James I. Cash Jr. and Michael R. Vitale
          Keywords: Information Technology; Decision Making; Shipping Industry
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            Daniel K. Ludwig

            Ludwig created the largest shipping company in the United States (the world’s third largest) and one of the world’s biggest private multinational corporations. His operations spanned 23 countries, employed more than 2,000 people, and... View Details
            Keywords: Transportation
            • August 2000
            • Case

            Incat

            Incat is a cutting-edge manufacturer of high-speed aluminum catamaran ferries. The company has been an entrepreneurial success story, growing to be the largest private employer in its home state of Tasmania, Australia. By 2000, Robert Clifford, the company's dynamic... View Details
            Keywords: Production; Ship Transportation; Decision Choices and Conditions; Manufacturing Industry; Australia
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            • 10 Aug 2010
            • First Look

            First Look: August 10

            in an environment in which consumers disseminate content without the assistance, or approval, of gatekeepers. Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/510064-PDF-ENG Vereinigung Hamburger Schiffsmakler und Schiffsagenten e.V. (VHSS): Valuing View Details
            Keywords: Martha Lagace

              Oscar Gottfried Mayer

              During his presidency, Mayer sought ways to improve operating efficiency through techniques of industrial engineering. He introduced cardboard cartons for sausages and vacuum-sealed, twin packs for hot dogs, which were then advances in packaging. He also improved the... View Details
              Keywords: Food & Tobacco

                Edgar F. Luckenbach, Jr.

                During his tenure, Luckenbach reorganized the company by withdrawing ships from the unprofitable intercoastal trade and re-deploying them on the international charter market. At the same time, he broadened the shore side activities of the... View Details
                Keywords: Transportation