Publications

01 Sep 2014
News

New Idea: On-Demand Package Delivery

saying the package had been returned to sender. “It became a huge issue for us,” says Moskowitz (HBS 2015), then a first-year MBA student. “I figured this has got to be a problem for other people, and there has to be a more cost-effective... View Details

Keywords: Francis Storrs

June 1990 (Revised July 1990)
Case

Minneapolis Plastic Packaging Ban (B)

By: George C. Lodge and Jeffrey F. Rayport

Keywords: Business and Government Relations; Environmental Sustainability; Minneapolis

September 1994
Teaching Note

Packaged Products Company: Handy-Pak Introduction (TN)

By: Frank V. Cespedes

Teaching Note for (9-593-057). View Details

Keywords: Service Industry; Consumer Products Industry

May 1977
Case

Heinz U.S.A. (B): Packaging Redesign Proposal

January 1993
Supplement

MCC: The Packaging and Interconnect Program (B)

By: Dorothy A. Leonard

10 Feb 2017
News

How to negotiate the best job package

August 1991 (Revised April 1993)
Case

MCC: The Packaging and Interconnect Program (A)

By: Marco Iansiti

January 2012
Teaching Note

Best Practice in Consumer Packaged Goods Management

By: Rebecca M. Henderson and Ryan Johnson

Keywords: Consumer Products Industry

October 1998
Supplement

Timberjack Parts: Packaged Software Selection Project, Video

By: F. Warren McFarlan and Mark Keil

Keywords: Software

September 1991 (Revised August 1996)
Case

Procter & Gamble Co., The: Lenor Refill Package

By: John A. Quelch

The assistant brand manager for Lenor, Procter & Gamble Germany's fabric softener brand, was preparing a presentation on the national launch of an environmentally friendly refill package. View Details

Keywords: Multinational Firms and Management; Environmental Sustainability; Product Launch; Brands and Branding; Consumer Products Industry; Germany; United States

01 Feb 2007
News

Packaging of Health Care Is Not the Problem

September 2021 (Revised October 2021)
Case

Rockwood Equity: Choosing the Right Debt Package

By: Victoria Ivashina, Terrence Shu and Alys Ferragamo

January 1978
Background Note

Regression and Forecasting Using the AQD Package

By: Arthur Schleifer Jr.

Keywords: Forecasting and Prediction; Mathematical Methods

14 Sep 2022
Podcast

Packaging skills: FedEx Services’ flexible work strategy

The pandemic and supply chain crisis are reshaping the package delivery business. What are the staffing implications and what does it mean for the logistics of work? Mike Lauderdale, VP of Human Resources at FedEx Services, on hybrid work, emerging skills, and ESG... View Details

02 Mar 2022
News

Harvard Census Identifies Most Commonly Used Open Source Packages

March 1992 (Revised April 1993)
Teaching Note

MCC: The Packaging and Interconnect Program (A), Teaching Note

By: Dorothy Leonard-Barton and Alistair D. Williamson

January 1993 (Revised August 2003)
Case

Sally Jameson: Valuing Stock Options in a Compensation Package

By: Peter Tufano

Details a thinly disguised situation faced by a recent Harvard MBA graduate who was forced by a prospective employer to place a dollar value on a grant of stock options. There are two objectives: 1) Serves as an introduction to option valuation, in which students have... View Details

Keywords: Valuation; Stock Options; Compensation and Benefits

November 2013
Case

Larry Steffen: Valuing Stock Options in a Compensation Package

By: William E. Fruhan and Craig Stephenson

New MBA graduate Larry Steffen has accepted an attractive job offer from Athena Global Technology but must now choose one of two alternative compensation plans. The first compensation plan option includes a base salary plus a $25,000 cash bonus, and the second includes... View Details