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- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Saving lives through new vaccine technology
negligible, the problem is that shipping vaccines requires expensive cold storage and distribution. The solution that Vaxess provides is a room-temperature-storage technology using silk proteins, which lowers costs and broadens... View Details
- October 2002 (Revised December 2003)
- Case
eShip-4U
By: Roy D. Shapiro and Timothy M. Laseter
eShip is a small Israeli start-up with a potentially exciting new concept for the residential package-delivery value chain--the Automatic Delivery Machine (ADM). Much like today's ubiquitous ATMs, ADMs would allow consumers to have parcels delivered to a nearby ADM... View Details
Keywords: Business Startups; Business Model; Service Operations; Logistics; Corporate Strategy; Information Technology; Competitive Strategy; Value Creation; Saving; Innovation and Invention; Shipping Industry; Shipping Industry; Shipping Industry; Israel; United States
Shapiro, Roy D., and Timothy M. Laseter. "eShip-4U." Harvard Business School Case 603-076, October 2002. (Revised December 2003.)
- 09 Dec 2015
- Research Event
When Hosts Attack: The Competitive Threat of Online Platforms
categories, they found that, on average, the products Amazon chose tended to have higher retail prices and lower shipping costs than those it didn’t choose, which makes sense because Amazon offers free View Details
- 06 Apr 2023
- Blog Post
Circularity in Denmark
proposing this tax on their own sector of ~$150 USD per ton of carbon emitted to incentivize the shipping industry to move forward. The role of culture Our week in Denmark opened our eyes to how integrated sustainability is in both... View Details
- Web
South Asia - Global Activities 2020
the mechanics of international commerce, including ocean container shipping and air cargo, as they relate to BRI development strategies. “ Hambantota was a reminder to think critically about the public narratives that are peddled by... View Details
- 29 Apr 2019
- News
A Global Mission
International University in Klaipėda, which he helped to establish in 1991. He’s also working in Mexico, developing an idea for an overland shipping route in southern Mexico to rival the Panama Canal that will bring business opportunities... View Details
John T. Dorrance
In 1899, Dorrance invented the process for making condensed soup, reducing canning and shipping costs by two-thirds. As a result of Dorrance’s invention, Campbell Soup became the first soup company to achieve national distribution. Within... View Details
Keywords: Food & Tobacco
- 01 Jun 2024
- News
Elevator Pitch: Bridging the Gap
Gently bridges the gap for that 90 percent, providing same-day shipping as a standard, rather than premium, option. Heard: “I like that we’re solving a massive problem,” Aljumaily says. “Right now we’re tiny but I can feel that we’re on... View Details
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Spring 2019 Reunion Photo Galleries - Alumni
casual surfing. The cost of purchase for photos is based on processing and shipping costs. Harvard Business School does not benefit from the sale of any photographs. Continue to the HBS Alumni SmugMug photo gallery . View Details
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Spring 2017 Reunion Photo Galleries - Alumni
casual surfing. The cost of purchase for photos is based on processing and shipping costs. Harvard Business School does not benefit from the sale of any photographs. Continue to the HBS Alumni SmugMug photo gallery . Find a reunion Choose... View Details
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Fall 2019 Reunion Photo Galleries - Alumni
casual surfing. The cost of purchase for photos is based on processing and shipping costs. Harvard Business School does not benefit from the sale of any photographs. Continue to the HBS Alumni SmugMug photo gallery . Find a reunion Choose... View Details
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Fall 2017 Reunion Photo Galleries - Alumni
casual surfing. The cost of purchase for photos is based on processing and shipping costs. Harvard Business School does not benefit from the sale of any photographs. Continue to the HBS Alumni SmugMug photo gallery . Find a reunion Choose... View Details
- 03 Mar 2014
- News
A Life Transformed
Parija had already acquired decades of business acumen, HBS was a transformational experience for him. "It taught me how to set a goal and work toward it, and it gave me the courage to become an entrepreneur," he says. "A group of us founded Blue Lines View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Read All About It!
steadily improved. Railroads were the big breakthrough, but by 1939, 10 percent of all intercity freight was shipped by motor vehicles. Getty Images For nineteenth-century passengers, riding the rails was a heady experience marked by the... View Details
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Shop Talk, Different Avenues
launched in Japan in 2009, and last November we started shipping from the United States to over 90 different countries. MT: So your site translates into the local currency? AM: Yes. There are also duties, taxes, and a flat rate for... View Details
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Spring 2014 Reunion Photo Galleries - Alumni
casual surfing. The cost of purchase for photos is based on processing and shipping costs. Harvard Business School does not benefit from the sale of any photographs. Continue to the HBS Alumni SmugMug photo gallery . Find a reunion Choose... View Details
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Spring 2013 Reunion Photo Galleries - Alumni
casual surfing. The cost of purchase for photos is based on processing and shipping costs. Harvard Business School does not benefit from the sale of any photographs. Continue to the HBS Alumni SmugMug photo gallery . Find a reunion Choose... View Details
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Fall 2014 Reunion Photo Galleries - Alumni
casual surfing. The cost of purchase for photos is based on processing and shipping costs. Harvard Business School does not benefit from the sale of any photographs. Continue to the HBS Alumni SmugMug photo gallery . Find a reunion Choose... View Details
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Fall 2012 Reunion Photo Galleries - Alumni
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General File - Photography Collections - Historical Collections
Collections Site Credits General File Photograph Collection, ca. 1860–1975 Drilling, photograph by Dick Whittington , Los Angeles, California. Mss: 1415 1860–1975 G326 19 boxes, approx. 1,250 photographs Collection Guide From whaling View Details