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04 Aug 2006
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What Happens When the Economics of Scarcity Meets the Economics of Abundance?

limited to things that can be digitized, thereby excluding most products for which inventory carrying and other logistics costs for unpopular items are prohibitive? Does it warrant an entirely new field of economics scholarship? What are... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

01 Sep 2011
News

The City Solution

weatherizing an existing building’s exterior “skin” and upgrading its lighting and heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning, or HVAC, systems) can only go so far. Updating infrastructure and retrofitting in older cities especially can be View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Administration of Environmental Quality Programs; Government; Electric Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution; Utilities

15 Jun 2021
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Alumni Achievement Awards 2021

it’s clear who does what and why. And after that, stay in your lane. Due to COVID-19 lockdowns there were no domestic flights, and you had to have special permits to travel by road. We had to think through the logistics of how to operate... View Details

01 Mar 2013
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Making Change

related logistics of a destination is scattered or nonexistent. We created AbilityTrip in the hope of making information on accessible travel easy to find and update for every destination around the world, and for individuals with all... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley; housing; gay rights; diabesity; disability; Construction of Buildings; Construction; Educational Services; Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information; Real Estate

May 16, 2016
Article

Food Safety Economics: The Cost of a Sick Customer

By: Dina Gerdeman and John A. Quelch

Chipotle Mexican Grill’s ongoing struggle to win customers back months after a contaminated food crisis highlights the challenges companies face with keeping food safe.

Chipotle has seen its shares tumble and recently reported its first-ever quarterly loss... View Details

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07 Nov 2017
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New Research and Ideas: November 7, 2017

context of a large nationwide general retailer. Technical topics include Logistic regression, Ridge & Lasso regression, ROC curve, and picking a cutoff value to optimize a preferred expected value. Purchase this case:... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

March 2020
Case

Voi Technology

By: Jeffrey F. Rayport and Olivia Hull

Voi Technology, a fast-growing start-up out of Sweden, is competing in the highly contested European e-scooter sharing market. With a presence in nearly 40 cities in Europe by February 2020, the firm is working hard to improve its unit economics to reach profitability.... View Details

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19 Aug 2024
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Quantum Leap

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. Quantum computing has long been talked about as one of the next big things—the kind of technology, like AI, that will change everything. But to our... View Details

26 Sep 2017
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 26, 2017

In the first wave of globalization, MNEs sought access to resources, and governments frequently gave them exclusive contracts and favorable deals in order to build businesses. The major management challenge was to overcome logistical... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

14 Nov 2007
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First Look: November 14, 2007

http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=708428 Will RacingThePlanet Ltd. Reach the Finish Line? Harvard Business School Case 807-148 Mary Gadams, founder and CEO of RacingThePlanet is facing one of the many View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

17 Dec 2017
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How Music Forged a Fighter for Free Expression

camp in Uganda, and you heard a woman's song. Heaney: I was over in Africa doing some work, and in Africa, many of the organizations need very specific skill sets, medical training, logistics experience. I didn't have those, so I had to... View Details

14 Oct 2002
Research & Ideas

The Widening Rift Between Corporations and Society

and processes are likely to lead the merger of such activities as logistics and financial services. This can provide large-scale platforms with common protocols (the precursors of digital platforms and what we call infrastructure... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

01 Sep 2007
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Riding It Out

last spring. But for Gisholt and Minard, the satisfaction of running a business continues to be worth it, despite the logistical complications that can arise around raising a family when long hours are more the norm than the exception.... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; dog food; pets; Food Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Food and Beverage Stores; Retail Trade

16 Dec 2014
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First Look: December 16

reputation concerns, but only if advertisers ultimately figure out when they're getting a bad deal. Legal, administrative, and logistical factors make it difficult to sue even the worst offenders. And sometimes an advertiser's own staff... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

29 Mar 2023
News

Supporting Earthquake Victims in Turkey and Syria

recovery workforce across a large geographical region prone to high risks,” he notes. “This product is not available in our sales system, and it is marked with ‘not for sale.’ It is only provided by our logistics system, which is highly... View Details

01 Jun 1996
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Keepers of the Flame

35 competition venues, another 35 separate training facilities, and approximately 50 miscellaneous sites for use as office space, warehousing, transportation, and other logistical functions. "In all cases," Mosley explains, "these are... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

14 Dec 2020
Research & Ideas

What Does December's Drug-Approval Dash Mean for COVID-19 Vaccines?

lower-risk population, fewer side effects. Kost: How do you think COVID-19 might change how drugs are reviewed, post-pandemic, especially in emergencies? Cohen: Look, I hope that we don't have pandemics often, but when we do, I hope we learn something about how to do... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Pharmaceutical; Health

12 Jan 2010
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First Look: Jan. 12

http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/809009-PDF-ENG Red Tomato: Keeping It Local Jose Alvarez, Mary Shelman, and Laura WinigHarvard Business School Case 510-023 This case describes the operating model and history of Red Tomato, a non-profit organization dedicated to... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

17 Jul 2012
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First Look: July 17

origins of the social psychology of creativity, trace its arc, and suggest directions for its future. Demand and Capacity Management in Air Transportation Authors:Cynthia Barnhart, Douglas S. Fearing, Amedeo Odoni, and Vikrant Vaze Publication:EURO Journal on... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

15 Feb 2011
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falls between a security and a real estate investment. The risk and control characteristics also vary. This case explores both the valuation of the property and the logistical issues around managing it, as well as the relationships... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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What Happens When the Economics of Scarcity Meets the Economics of Abundance?

The City Solution

Alumni Achievement Awards 2021

Making Change

Food Safety Economics: The Cost of a Sick Customer

New Research and Ideas: November 7, 2017

Voi Technology

Quantum Leap

First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 26, 2017

First Look: November 14, 2007

How Music Forged a Fighter for Free Expression

The Widening Rift Between Corporations and Society

Riding It Out

First Look: December 16

Supporting Earthquake Victims in Turkey and Syria

Keepers of the Flame

What Does December's Drug-Approval Dash Mean for COVID-19 Vaccines?

First Look: Jan. 12

First Look: July 17

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