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- September 2023
- Teaching Note
CMA CGM: Reducing the Carbon Footprint of Container Shipping
By: Willy Shih
Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 623-006. 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,... View Details
- 03 Oct 2005
- Research & Ideas
The Truck Driver Who Reinvented Shipping
Malcolm P. McLean, a truck driver, fundamentally transformed the centuries-old shipping industry, an industry that had long decided that it had no incentive to change. By developing the first safe, reliable, View Details
- 1994
- Chapter
Focused Human Resources Management: Key to Logistics Effectiveness
By: R. D. Shapiro and J. Byrnes
- May 2007
- Case
Free the Grapes--Direct-to-Consumer Shipping in the Wine Industry
By: Felix Oberholzer-Gee, Dennis A. Yao, Patricia Wu and Libby Cantrill
While wine tourism in the United States was booming, the majority of consumers who tasted a Cabernet Sauvignon in one of Napa Valley's tasting rooms were not permitted to ship the wine directly to their home. In 2002, direct-to-consumer shipping was either banned or... View Details
Keywords: Business Conglomerates; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Lawsuits and Litigation; Agreements and Arrangements; Business and Government Relations; Corporate Strategy; Food and Beverage Industry; United States
Oberholzer-Gee, Felix, Dennis A. Yao, Patricia Wu, and Libby Cantrill. "Free the Grapes--Direct-to-Consumer Shipping in the Wine Industry." Harvard Business School Case 707-472, May 2007.
- July 2010 (Revised August 2021)
- Supplement
Vereinigung Hamburger Schiffsmakler und Schiffsagenten e.V. (VHSS): Valuing Ships (CW)
By: Benjamin C. Esty and Albert W. Sheen
After booming for more than five years, the global shipping (maritime) industry experienced a dramatic crash in late 2008 as the global financial system froze and the global economy slid into recession. Ship charter rates (revenue) fell by as much as 90% causing prices... View Details
- November 1994
- Case
Shanghai Hai Xing Shipping Company LTD.
By: Ray A. Goldberg and Quintus Travis
Goldberg, Ray A., and Quintus Travis. "Shanghai Hai Xing Shipping Company LTD." Harvard Business School Case 595-038, November 1994.
- August 1997 (Revised October 1997)
- Case
TNT Limited's Logistics Services in Asia (C), "The Grind"
By: Michael Y. Yoshino and Carin-Isabel Knoop
Supplements the (A) case. View Details
Yoshino, Michael Y., and Carin-Isabel Knoop. TNT Limited's Logistics Services in Asia (C), "The Grind". Harvard Business School Case 398-013, August 1997. (Revised October 1997.)
- September 2010
- Teaching Note
Compass Maritime Services, LLC: Valuing Ships (TN)
By: Benjamin C. Esty and Albert W. Sheen
Teaching Note for 211014. View Details
- 1989
- Other Unpublished Work
The Development and Production of Missiles and Ships - HBS Analysis and Decision Case
By: J. Ronald Fox
- February 2022 (Revised August 2022)
- Case
Defense Logistics Agency: Dynamic Vaccine Distribution at Scale
By: Hise Gibson, Gary P. Pisano, Pettis Kent and Michael Norris
Gibson, Hise, Gary P. Pisano, Pettis Kent, and Michael Norris. "Defense Logistics Agency: Dynamic Vaccine Distribution at Scale." Harvard Business School Case 622-078, February 2022. (Revised August 2022.)
- April 2018 (Revised July 2018)
- Case
Maersk: Betting on Blockchain
By: Rajiv Lal and Scott Johnson
In March 2018, international shipping giant Maersk is getting ready to debut a trade digitization platform. Maersk hopes the platform will help streamline global trade since shipping goods internationally is an extraordinarily complicated and inefficient process.... View Details
Keywords: Maersk; IBM; Blockchain; Shipping; Shipping Line; Trade; Bitcoin; Digitization; Container Shipping; Joint Ventures; Ship Transportation; Transportation Networks; Digital Platforms; Information Technology; Technology Adoption; Applications and Software; Shipping Industry; Shipping Industry
Lal, Rajiv, and Scott Johnson. "Maersk: Betting on Blockchain." Harvard Business School Case 518-089, April 2018. (Revised July 2018.)
- June 1998 (Revised November 1998)
- Case
TNT Limited's Logistics Services in Asia (D): Managing the "Asian Contagion"
By: Michael Y. Yoshino, Carin-Isabel Knoop and Cate Reavis
Supplements the (A) case. View Details
Yoshino, Michael Y., Carin-Isabel Knoop, and Cate Reavis. TNT Limited's Logistics Services in Asia (D): Managing the "Asian Contagion". Harvard Business School Case 398-090, June 1998. (Revised November 1998.)
- August 2010
- Teaching Note
Vereinigung Hamburger Schiffsmakler und Schiffsagenten e.V.: Valuing Ships (TN)
By: Benjamin C. Esty and Albert W. Sheen
Teaching Note for 210058. View Details
- August 1997 (Revised October 1997)
- Case
TNT Limited's Logistics Services in Asia (B): PT TNT Logistik Indonesia
By: Michael Y. Yoshino and Carin-Isabel Knoop
Supplements the (A) case. View Details
Yoshino, Michael Y., and Carin-Isabel Knoop. "TNT Limited's Logistics Services in Asia (B): PT TNT Logistik Indonesia." Harvard Business School Case 398-036, August 1997. (Revised October 1997.)
- May 2017
- Other Article
Stepwise Distributed Open Innovation Contests for Software Development: Acceleration of Genome-Wide Association Analysis
By: Andrew Hill, Po-Ru Loh, Ragu B. Bharadwaj, Pascal Pons, Jingbo Shang, Eva C. Guinan, Karim R. Lakhani, Iain Kilty and Scott Jelinsky
BACKGROUND:
The association of differing genotypes with disease-related phenotypic traits offers great potential to both help identify new therapeutic targets and support stratification of patients who would gain the greatest benefit from specific drug classes.... View Details
Keywords: Crowdsourcing; Genome-wide Association Study; Logistic Regression; Open Innovation; PLINK; Collaborative Innovation and Invention
Hill, Andrew, Po-Ru Loh, Ragu B. Bharadwaj, Pascal Pons, Jingbo Shang, Eva C. Guinan, Karim R. Lakhani, Iain Kilty, and Scott Jelinsky. "Stepwise Distributed Open Innovation Contests for Software Development: Acceleration of Genome-Wide Association Analysis." GigaScience 6, no. 5 (May 2017).
- August 2014 (Revised March 2015)
- Case
Reinventing Retail: ShopRunner's Network Bet
By: Benjamin Edelman and Karen Webster
ShopRunner considers adjustments to improve its online shopping service which offers no-charge two-day shipping as well as easy returns and other conveniences. Competitors' diverse pricing models and ancillary benefits raise questions about how to structure and price... View Details
Keywords: Shopping Club; Coop; Pricing; Shipping; Marketing Channels; Global Strategy; Order Taking and Fulfillment; Information Technology Industry; Retail Industry; United States; China
Edelman, Benjamin, and Karen Webster. "Reinventing Retail: ShopRunner's Network Bet." Harvard Business School Case 915-002, August 2014. (Revised March 2015.) (request a courtesy copy.)
- 2014
- Conference Presentation
The Good Ship Theseus: The Effect of Valence on Object Identity Judgments
By: J. De Freitas, K. Tobia, J. E. Newman and J. Knobe
- March 2022 (Revised April 2022)
- Teaching Note
Group Functions at the Maersk Group
By: David J. Collis
In 2014, seven years after he was appointed CEO of the Danish shipping and oil conglomerate A.P. Møller Maersk (the Maersk Group), Nils Andersen was reexamining the size and role of corporate headquarters in the company he had reshaped as a "premium conglomerate."... View Details
- December 2014 (Revised February 2016)
- Case
Group Functions at the Maersk Group
By: David Collis and Matthew Shaffer
In 2014, seven years after he was appointed CEO of the Danish shipping and oil conglomerate A.P. Møller Maersk (the Maersk Group), Nils Andersen was reexamining the size and role of corporate headquarters in the company he had reshaped as a "premium conglomerate."... View Details
Keywords: Maersk; Business Units; Conglomerates; Decentralization; Core Business; Value Added; Synergy; Headquarters; Shipping; Petroleum; Oil And Gas; Drilling; Corporate Strategy; Business Conglomerates; Business Divisions; Shipping Industry; Shipping Industry; Denmark
Collis, David, and Matthew Shaffer. "Group Functions at the Maersk Group." Harvard Business School Case 715-432, December 2014. (Revised February 2016.)