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  • 20 Sep 2016
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September 20, 2016

years before The Wealth of Nations. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=51625 forthcoming Journal of Oncology Practice Communicating Value in Healthcare Using Radar Charts: A Case Study of Prostate Cancer By:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • February 2025
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eBee: Affordable Mobility for Africa

By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell, Gamze Yucaoglu and Jordan Mitchell
The case opens in March 2023, as Sten van der Ham and Jaap Maljers, CEO and co-founder of eBee, an electric bike (e-bike) company in Africa, are contemplating the different avenues for growth and path to profitability for the young and ambitious company. In 2023, the... View Details
Keywords: Business Model; Value Creation; Competition; Logistics; Profit; Resource Allocation; Expansion; Business Strategy; Growth and Development Strategy; Distribution Channels; Entrepreneurial Finance; Bicycle Industry; Africa; Kenya
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Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon, Gamze Yucaoglu, and Jordan Mitchell. "eBee: Affordable Mobility for Africa." Harvard Business School Spreadsheet Supplement 725-855, February 2025.
  • 09 Jun 2015
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First Look: June 9, 2015

third-party developers who would create an array of health-focused apps. Healthcare had long lagged behind other industries in adoption of technology as well as patient-relationship management. However, many... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • February 1985
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General Electric--Thermocouple Manufacturing (B)

By: David A. Garvin
Describes what has happened since the introduction of just-in-time production techniques were developed to reduce inventory. Reviews the progress to date in such areas as process rationalization; set-up reduction; quality improvement and leveling the scheduling; and... View Details
Keywords: Supply Chain; Logistics; Production; Business Processes; Technological Innovation; Quality; Performance Improvement; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Manufacturing Industry
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Garvin, David A. "General Electric--Thermocouple Manufacturing (B)." Harvard Business School Case 685-062, February 1985.
  • 23 Oct 2018
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New Research and Ideas, October 23, 2018

labor between innovative new entrants and industry incumbents, endowed with complementary assets, is common in many industries. Such settings are distinct because new entrants have the additional option to sell their innovation in a... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 27 Aug 2013
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First Look: August 27

weaker evidence that a simplified plan would have strong appeal to consumers or change their healthcare choices. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=45349 August 2013 Academy of Management Journal Turnkey or... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 13 Mar 2007
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First Look: March 13, 2007

(Abridged) Harvard Business School Case 705-441 Designed as an overview of all aspects of the strategy process: industry analysis, positioning, dynamics and sustainability, and scope issues of corporate strategy, including vertical... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • September 2023
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CMA CGM: Reducing the Carbon Footprint of Container Shipping

By: Willy Shih
Marine transport is the most cost-effective way to move large volumes over long distances, and container shipping is the backbone of international trade in goods. Yet shipping contributed 3% of worldwide greenhouse gas emissions, and the deep-sea segment, which... View Details
Keywords: Container Shipping; Decarbonization; Energy Efficiency; Logistics; Supply Chain; Trade; Environmental Regulation; Governance Compliance; Ship Transportation; Transportation Industry; Transportation Industry; Europe; Asia; North America
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Shih, Willy. "CMA CGM: Reducing the Carbon Footprint of Container Shipping." Harvard Business School PowerPoint Supplement 624-018, September 2023.
  • 09 Mar 2010
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concentrated industry activity creates pools of skilled labor and specialized suppliers and increases opportunities for knowledge spillovers. The strategic value of these agglomeration economies may vary by firm, depending upon the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • April 2024 (Revised February 2025)
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eBee: Affordable Mobility for Africa

By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell, Gamze Yucaoglu and Jordan Mitchell
Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 724-360.The case opens in March 2023, as Sten van der Ham and Jaap Maljers, CEO and co-founder of eBee, an electric bike (e-bike) company in Africa, are contemplating the different avenues for growth and path to profitability for the... View Details
Keywords: Business Model; Value Creation; Competition; Expansion; Logistics; Profit; Resource Allocation; Corporate Strategy; Business Startups; Growth and Development Strategy; Business Strategy; Product Marketing; Entrepreneurial Finance; Bicycle Industry; Africa; Kenya
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Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon, Gamze Yucaoglu, and Jordan Mitchell. "eBee: Affordable Mobility for Africa." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 724-435, April 2024. (Revised February 2025.)
  • 12 Sep 2006
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First Look: September 12, 2006

through successive stages of industry evolution. We then show how this strategy was used by Sun Microsystems against Apollo Computer in the 1980s and by Dell against Compaq and other personal computer makers in the 1990s. Download working... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • June 2010 (Revised January 2011)
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Scientific Glass Incorporated: Inventory Management

By: Steven C. Wheelwright and William Schmidt
Scientific Glassware is a fast-growing, privately held company that provides specialized glassware for laboratory and research facilities. Excess inventory is tying up extra capital needed to fund the company's expansion plans. The newly hired Manager of Inventory... View Details
Keywords: Inventory Control; Inventory Management; Materials Management; Order Processing; Warehousing; Salesforce Management; Logistics; Operations; Order Taking and Fulfillment; Finance; Consumer Products Industry; Consumer Products Industry
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Wheelwright, Steven C., and William Schmidt. "Scientific Glass Incorporated: Inventory Management." Harvard Business School Brief Case 104-208, June 2010. (Revised January 2011.)
  • August 2019
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Kazakhstan Railways: From the Middle of Nowhere to a Center of Trade?

By: Willy Shih and Esel Çekin
This case describes the evolution of Kazakhstan's rail connectivity strategy post-collapse of the Soviet Union and its now central role in China's Belt and Road Initiative. This meant shifting from a north-south orientation towards an east-west one, as well as the... View Details
Keywords: Geopolitics; China’s Infrastructure Exports: The ‘Belt And Road’ Initiative; Logistics; Trade; Economic Growth; Geopolitical Units; Geography; Rail Transportation; Rail Industry; Rail Industry; Central Asia; Kazakhstan; China
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Shih, Willy, and Esel Çekin. "Kazakhstan Railways: From the Middle of Nowhere to a Center of Trade?" Harvard Business School Case 620-020, August 2019.
  • October 2002 (Revised December 2003)
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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; Transportation Industry; Transportation Industry; Transportation Industry; Israel; United States
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Shapiro, Roy D., and Timothy M. Laseter. "eShip-4U." Harvard Business School Case 603-076, October 2002. (Revised December 2003.)
  • 25 May 2016
  • Research & Ideas

How Consumers and Businesses are Reshaping Public Health

explore interactions between private business and public health, and demonstrate how consumers can create better and less expensive care for themselves. Book Excerpt: Consumer Power in Shaping Public Health Healthcare and education are... View Details
Keywords: by John A. Quelch; Health
  • June 2022
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Worten Portugal: Becoming a Digital Marketplace

By: Antonio Moreno, Pedro Amorim and Tonia Labruyere
With Amazon's entry into Portugal, Miguel Mota Freitas, CEO of Portuguese electronics chain Worten, is reflecting on their strategy of building a competitive marketplace. View Details
Keywords: Digital Transformation; Digital Strategy; Digital Platforms; Brands and Branding; E-commerce; Logistics; Service Delivery; Supply Chain; Competitive Strategy; Diversification; Consumer Products Industry; Consumer Products Industry; Consumer Products Industry; Portugal; Spain
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Moreno, Antonio, Pedro Amorim, and Tonia Labruyere. "Worten Portugal: Becoming a Digital Marketplace." Harvard Business School Case 622-062, June 2022.
  • 07 Aug 2018
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New Research and Ideas, August 8, 2018

https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53835 July–August 2018 Journal of Healthcare Management Using Time-Driven Activity-Based Costing to Model the Costs of Various Process-Improvement Strategies in Acute Pain Management By:... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 14 Jun 2016
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June 14, 2016

Wicked Problem Solvers: Lessons from Successful Cross-industry Teams By: Edmondson, Amy C. Abstract—Companies today increasingly rely on teams that span many industries for radical innovation, especially to solve “wicked problems.” So... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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Channel Integration, Sales Dispersion, and Inventory Management

By: Santiago Gallino, Antonio Moreno and Ioannis Stamatopoulos
We study the effects of the introduction of cross-channel functionalities on the overall sales dispersion of retailers and the implications of these effects for inventory management. To do that, we analyze data from a leading U.S. retailer who introduced a... View Details
Keywords: Retail Operations; Online Retail; Channel Integration; Sales Dispersion; Long Tail; Empirical Operations; Inventory Management; Omnichannel Retail; Marketing Channels; Integration; Sales; Logistics; Operations; Management; Retail Industry
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Gallino, Santiago, Antonio Moreno, and Ioannis Stamatopoulos. "Channel Integration, Sales Dispersion, and Inventory Management." Management Science 63, no. 9 (September 2017): 2813–2831.
  • 27 Apr 2021
  • Research & Ideas

New Research: Surviving Bankruptcy, Useful Economics, and Retirement

watches, especially the stainless-steel sports models, had dramatically increased, resulting in a supply shortage worldwide. This case study examines the high-end watch industry and discusses an organization’s objective and related... View Details
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