Shipping - Publications - Faculty & Research

27 Oct 2014
Research & Ideas

The Coffee Economy That Bloomed Out of Nowhere

set out to surmount the Soconusco's geographical isolation. He sent surveyors to assess the region, he negotiated the approval of an international port, and he arranged for an international shipping company to stop there once a month.... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Food & Beverage; Agriculture & Agribusiness

30 Jun 2008
Research & Ideas

Rethinking Retirement Planning

risks of changing life expectancy, inflation, and interest rates. Course Corrections Merton uses the analogy of an ocean liner sailing from England to New York. When just out of port, there are many unforeseen things to correct for along the way so a precise course is... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Banking; Financial Services

Web

Timeline - Race, Gender & Equity

Data: The Ever-Expanding Frontier Timeline 1607 Jamestown A Short History of Jamestown Jamestown Colony 1619 Enslaved Africans brought to Point Comfort, Virginia The 1619 Landing — Report & FAQs First African Slave Ship Arrives at... View Details

01 Jun 2006
News

One-on-One with Tom Oreck

shipping month in our history. In New Orleans, a big issue for us is recruiting. It’s very difficult right now to recruit white-collar talent to New Orleans. That may change, but for now that’s an issue. In the aftermath of Katrina, have... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Clothing and Clothing Accessories Stores; Retail Trade

27 Jan 2003
Research & Ideas

New Cluster Mapping Project Helps Companies Locate Facilities

sites, transfer new product lines, update technologies, etc. Another cost of outsourcing is the cost of inventory. A part might be manufactured cheaply in Mexico, but shipping the part involves inventory, not to mention delays and risks.... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

11 Sep 2000
Research & Ideas

Riding the Internet Fast Track

genuine concern, as is the efficiency of using established distribution systems designed for inter-store delivery to also package and ship thousands of small orders to individual consumers. More important, the substantial losses these... View Details

Keywords: by Peter Jacobs

01 Oct 1997
News

Antitrust in Historical Perspective

1890. Most people would like to see business provide good jobs at good wages. Yet, many successful businesses ship their jobs overseas, and some companies that have tried paternalistically to guarantee good jobs have, in the past decade,... View Details

Keywords: Thomas K. McCraw and Richard S. Tedlow

25 Mar 2015
News

The Greening of Houston

which has helped transform 160 acres of land around the Houston Ship Channel into an expansive green space, with hiking and biking trails, a bat sanctuary, a skate park, and an amphitheater that is home to the city’s Fourth of July... View Details

Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman; Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development; Government; Administration of Environmental Quality Programs; Government; Special Design Services; Professional Services; Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing; Manufacturing

February 2014 (Revised December 2015)
Case

Mara Group

By: Eugene Soltes and Sara Hess

Mara Group is a rapidly growing Pan-African conglomerate run by its entrepreneurial CEO Ashish Thakkar. The case explores Thakkar's decision on which African markets to expand operations into. View Details

Keywords: Telecommunications Manufacturing; Business Ventures; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Shipping Industry; Shipping Industry; Shipping Industry; Shipping Industry; Africa

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Educators

Purchase

26 Oct 2023
Blog Post

Video: Students Foster Disability Awareness and Access

the ground up. You can be extremely passionate about something and you can be extremely adept at running a business, but no ship sails itself alone. Teresa Danso-Danquah: I wish we could live in a world that really embraces universal... View Details

07 Apr 2023
Blog Post

Career Advice: Pursuing a Dual Degree

to spending a decade in the military as a Navy SEAL being deployed globally. A lot of the places we deploy are centered on shipping lanes, oil, or energy reserves. When I left the military, I was very interested in how you can create... View Details

June 2023
Case

Russia's Invasion of Ukraine in 2022: Consequences for Agriculture

By: José B. Alvarez and Natalie Kindred

Russia's brutal full-scale invasion of Ukraine that begain in February 2022 caused major destruction to Ukraine's agriculture sector, one of the most productive and important in the world. This note provides a brief overview of certain singificant moments and moments... View Details

Keywords: Food; Agribusiness; War; Disruption; Shipping Industry; Shipping Industry; Shipping Industry; Ukraine; Russia

Citation

Educators

24 Sep 2007
Research & Ideas

The FDA: What Will the Next 100 Years Bring?

stars. Announced actions against an Iowa dairy after illegal drug residues were found in the dairy's cows; a Tennessee company for selling a substance billed as both a preventative against skin cancer and a tanning agent; and a medical device firm suspected of View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Biotechnology; Consumer Products; Food & Beverage; Health

21 May 2007
Research & Ideas

Fixing the Marketing-CEO Disconnect

competitors' scores are increasing faster it should be a cause for alarm. Acquisition rates may be robust, but if old customers are abandoning ship as fast as new ones are coming on board, strong acquisition can give a deceptive picture... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

10 Apr 2006
Research & Ideas

Lessons from the Browser Wars

on every PC shipped in the late 1990s? Researchers line up on both sides of the argument. A recent working paper by Harvard Business School professor Pai-Ling Yin and Stanford professor Timothy F. Bresnahan offers an answer. Looking at... View Details

Keywords: by Sara Grant; Computer; Consumer Products; Technology

21 Jul 2003
Research & Ideas

Don’t Get Buried in Customer Data—Use It

launches an initiative to solve this problem and identifies the number of spare power supply parts it sends out weekly as the measure it will use to track the progress. The transactional measure—the number of spare parts shipped... View Details

Keywords: by Jean Ayers

21 May 2018
Blog Post

Harnessing The Power of Collaboration to Create Opportunity in Chicago

Hatchery Chicago will remove these barriers by providing rentable private and shared kitchen space, cold and dry storage, shipping and loading docks, and general meeting and work space. It will also offer industry-specific coaching and... View Details

Keywords: Nonprofit / Government

01 Mar 2014
News

Case Study: Gazelle's New Predators

and send it to the company via a prepaid shipping box in exchange for cash. After that, Gazelle resells the tech to individuals, wholesalers, and international buyers. So far, so good: To date, Boston-based Gazelle has handed out $150... View Details

Keywords: ecommerce; Kathy Korman Frey; Telecommunications; Information; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information; Retail Trade

26 Aug 2013
Lessons from the Classroom

Built for Global Competition from the Start

venture, such as long-haul ships for Columbus or the Internet and telecom infrastructure for Skype. During his research and course development, Kerr focused on three key pieces for LGV cases: identifying case examples of larger trends and... View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard; Education

05 Apr 2022
Blog Post

The HBS New Venture Competition Turns 25: Celebrating A Quarter Century of Innovation and Entrepreneurship

fleet of electric ships to deliver cargo for our customers without a green premium. $25,000 Runner Up Prize: Collective Academy Patricio Bichara (MBA 2015) Collective Academy is the first university focused on transforming the future of... View Details

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