Shipping - Publications - Faculty & Research

30 Nov 2016
Blog Post

Why I Didn’t Think I’d Get in to HBS

guy who looked like he might have worked in finance (yes!). It turned out that he had, before going to medical school and traveling to Africa where he worked on a ship that docked in various ports performing lifesaving surgeries on... View Details

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Erling Lorentzen | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

where his family had shipping lines. Soon he saw an opportunity for a new business. His idea was to create eucalyptus forests in a deforested but fertile area of Brazil’s interior and to then turn the trees into pulp for paper. Erling... View Details

01 Aug 2001
News

Amy Schiffman Langer (MBA '77)

respected spokesperson for patient needs and rights. She advises corporate and government cancer programs and medical professional organizations, gives presentations on cancer survivor- ship at national conferences, and testifies before... View Details

Keywords: Alumni Achievement Award; Health, Social Assistance

01 Mar 2016
News

Case Study: Paper Chase

(photos courtesy of Lovepop) (photos courtesy of Lovepop) Lovepop makes greeting cards that open to reveal intricate 3D designs that resemble an artistic take on a children’s pop-up book. The brainchild of two former ship designers—Wombi... 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

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Purchase

27 Aug 2007
Op-Ed

Mattel: Getting a Toy Recall Right

are provided on how to return recalled products (including downloadable application forms and shipping mailers), which suggests strong contingency planning. Where Mattel has fallen short so far is in compensation. Mattel is offering... View Details

Keywords: by John Quelch; Consumer Products

01 Jun 2017
News

Ink: Home Cooking, Secure Retirements, and Restoring Humanity to Finance

Hungry Ocean: A Swordboat Captain’s Journey by Linda Greenlaw “Linda Greenlaw is a ship captain up in Maine. She documented one 30-day trip—prepping, being on the ocean, jostling to get the best piece of water to fish, and even managing... View Details

01 Feb 2000
News

Breaking Down Barriers: The Electronic Wallet

airline ticket, or renewing a car registration - users activate their wallets, which then enter credit card, billing, and shipping information onto a point-of-sale form with a single click. But even the most basic wallet doesn't stop... View Details

Keywords: Judith A. Ross

01 Jun 2000
News

HBS Business Plan Contestants Pin Their Hopes on the Internet

that has already garnered $16 million in funding to link shipping companies with suppliers via the Internet. More than one hundred teams involving over three hundred students initially entered the competition. Some 95 percent of the... View Details

31 Mar 2011
News

Building an Online Swap Shop

reported (December 18, 2010), prompting thredUP to launch the new exchange. thredUP’s 50,000 registered users swap more than 1,000 boxes of clothes a week. Buyers pay $5 plus shipping per box. Since it’s a swap service, users must send as... View Details

Keywords: Clothing and Clothing Accessories Stores; Retail Trade

13 Apr 2023
Blog Post

Grolsch Brewing Company: Drink Sustainably

recyclable cardboard “TopClip” to replace the conventional glue and plastic approach to hold a six-pack together. We learned that this innovation has resulted in significant savings in methane emissions. Grolsch is also investigating potential alternatives to plastics... View Details

18 Apr 2005
Research & Ideas

Prosper with Multi-Channel Retailing

condense buying, wrapping, and shipping into a few short keystrokes. The limitless capacity of the Internet also enables Gap Inc. to serve customers it can't serve out of the limited space in its stores. Customers can purchase extended... View Details

Keywords: by Julie Jette; Consumer Products; Retail

01 Sep 2020
News

Giving Amazon the Boot

would ship it for us,” she says. “And you didn’t have to sell anything on Amazon. So they would store it and ship it, and it was really cost effective.” Ultimately, realizing that Amazon “is like the world’s... View Details

Keywords: Lisa Scanlon Mogolov; Miscellaneous Store Retailers; Retail Trade

01 Sep 2018
News

Action Plan: Rapids Growth

three kids. Mindful of his relative ignorance of the niche business, Holley immersed himself. He learned all about the thermoforming process (which uses heat-formed plastic instead of fiberglass) that Eddyline pioneered, and he occasionally helped out with View Details

Keywords: Ryan Jones

01 Oct 2001
News

The Eyes Have It: Business Plan Winners Pursue Global Vision

hadn't really thought about this problem until he visited Peru and noticed that hardly anybody there wore glasses. Back at HBS, in Associate Professor Stefan Thomke's elective course Managing Product Development, Houghton started developing glasses that would be... View Details

Keywords: eyeglasses

28 Mar 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research, March 28

Shippo, prepares her pitch for a Series A funding round following a successful seed round. Customer adoption of Shippo’s e-commerce dashboard application, which allows small and medium retailers to compare delivery rates between shipping... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

11 Dec 2006
Research & Ideas

Fixing Price Tag Confusion

(main price + other charges) stimulate people to look into the details of what they get for their money. Thus, price framing can be used as a tool to induce consumers to acknowledge additional points of differentiation: a convenient View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Retail

22 May 2020
Blog Post

Reflections on Service - Armed Forces Alumni Association Student Profiles

entity and everyone’s journey is different. Right at the beginning, however, I got my first look at the tangible impact to people’s lives that made my experience truly unforgettable. It was only my second week as a Naval officer when I found myself conning the 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

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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

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