Suppliers - Publications - Faculty & Research

26 Jul 2006
Research & Ideas

The Strategic Way to Go to Market

repository of lost opportunities" that serve neither end users nor channel partners very well. Why is this? A: That is because most channels are constructed from the supplier out, rather than from the customer in. In other words, the... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

05 Jun 2013
Op-Ed

Corporate Leaders Need to Step Up on Climate Change

Green initiatives are ubiquitous these days, implemented with zeal at companies like Dupont, IBM, Walmart, and Walt Disney. The programs being rolled out—lighting retrofits, zero-waste factories, and carpool incentives—save money and provide a green glow. Most large... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Toffel & Auden Schendler

02 Apr 2020
News

Patriots Plane Delivers a Million Masks from China

traditional commercial air transport.” Which is eventually how, on April 2, a plane owned by the New England Patriots flew from China to Logan International Airport, carrying more than a million N95 respirator masks that the Baker administration arranged to buy from... View Details

02 Nov 2016
Op-Ed

Government and Financial Tech Can Fix Cash Woes for Small Businesses

in the United States, presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has made on-time payment to small businesses a campaign promise, pledging, among other things, to build on the success of QuickPay to ensure federal contractors pay their View Details

Keywords: by Karen Mills

01 Sep 2017
News

A Jolt for the African Coffee Industry

for properties in Lagos’s well-to-do neighborhoods, but even there the power grid is so unreliable that tenants need to supply their own generators. Local suppliers were limited, so Dozie and his brother had furniture made to order and... View Details

Keywords: Sasha Issenberg; cafe; Cafe Neo; Food and Beverage Stores; Retail Trade

04 Sep 2019
News

Case Study: Up in the Air

firms), the awareness will permeate the ecosystem. —Boris Tsimerinov (PLDA 16, 2017) you have signed up suppliers, but quality over quantity is mandatory, and the best ones are often the hardest. Do the suppliers have the structure and... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

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Winners & Success Stories | New Venture Competition

help smaller businesses find overseas suppliers they can trust; unlike existing supplier databases, GRC’s “reputation database” will feature feedback from previous customers about what it’s like to do... View Details

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Employers - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

Employers Suppliers Policymakers Employers Employers Employers have the motivation and the clout to drive value improvement in the health care system, and reinforce the shift to value-based competition. Employers can exert a strong... View Details

01 Jun 2000
News

Priceline's Jay Walker: The Future is Wow

convenient place to shop ("7-Eleven is more convenient, but it doesn't have the retail share Wal-Mart has"), the discount retailer gained market supremacy by proclaiming, and delivering, "always the lowest price" -- typically by wringing out every possible cost factor... View Details

26 Jul 2016
First Look

July 26, 2016

suppliers of assets for rent, physical products, or services with customers demanding them. Among the most notable two-sided platforms in terms of their tremendous early growth were Airbnb, Etsy, and Uber. They offered short-term property... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

03 Oct 2017
News

Can Bezos’s Ties to Boston—and HBS—Seal the Deal?

North Reading’s Kiva Systems, founded by Mick Mountz (MBA 1996). Regarding the headquarters decision, Russ Wilcox (MBA 1995), who cofounded E Ink–which would become a key supplier for the Amazon Kindle—says the Bezos might be employing a... View Details

Keywords: Retail Trade

08 Jul 2002
Research & Ideas

How to Fashion Your New E-Business Model

Participants within a business market assume one or more of four primary roles to carry out these value-creating activities: Suppliers create component products or provide services, raw materials or talent. Producers design and build... View Details

Keywords: by Lynda M. Applegate

03 Jul 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, July 3, 2018

conduct and to monitor their suppliers for compliance, but it is not clear whether or when these organizational structures can actually raise labor standards. We extend the literature on private politics and decoupling by identifying... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

17 Mar 2011
Research & Ideas

Harvard Business School Faculty Comment on Crisis in Japan

sets, notebook computers, smartphones, and tablets. 70% of the world supply comes from Japan, and as of March 16th, suppliers have stopped taking orders. Most of the world supply of LCD panels comes from Korea, Taiwan, or China. All of... View Details

Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty

27 Jan 2003
Research & Ideas

New Cluster Mapping Project Helps Companies Locate Facilities

company to be more competitive because it is easier to source skilled people, access suppliers efficiently, and operate productively. In money management, for example, every road show comes to Boston because there is a cluster of major... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

18 Jun 2001
Research & Ideas

Tech Investment the Wise Way

the offering, given the value proposition and value chain structure chosen; describe the position of the firm within the value network linking suppliers and customers, including identification of potential complementors and competitors;... View Details

Keywords: by Henry Chesbrough & Richard S. Rosenbloom

Profile

Abhay Saboo

number of high-impact roles including monitoring the quality of 6,000 suppliers and overseeing the transfer of CT scanner production from Japan to China. "It wasn't just about technical issues," Abhay notes, "but how... View Details

24 Mar 2020
Research & Ideas

These Coronavirus Heroes Show Us How Crisis Leadership Works

of Walmart, faces a different set of challenges. While other retailers are rapidly cutting staff, he and his team need 150,000 temporary workers to keep up with the near-term demand for basic food, beverages, and supplies. With suppliers... View Details

Keywords: by Bill George; Health

16 Aug 2016
First Look

August 16, 2016

would extend its payment terms to suppliers by 30 days. At the same time, P&G announced a new supply chain–financing (SCF) program giving suppliers the ability to receive discounted payments for their... View Details