Healthcare Logistics Industry - Publications - Faculty & Research

December 1995 (Revised January 2008)
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Lenzing AG: Expanding in Indonesia

In 1994, Lenzing AG, the world's largest rayon manufacturer, is deciding whether to expand production in South Pacific Viscose, its Indonesian subsidiary. Indonesia is a booming market for rayon, but management still has some concerns about the expansion. First, for... View Details

Keywords: Competition; Production; Expansion; Logistics; Manufacturing Industry; Indonesia

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IFC: Singapore; Shaping a Global Innovation Hub - Course Catalog

of government programs and financial investment in driving this growth, exploration, and learning will center on a few key questions: The State of Singapore – How does the country’s industrial policy work? Singapore’s View Details

24 Jul 2013
Op-Ed

Detroit Files for Bankruptcy: HBS Faculty Weigh In

take control of their own destinies by making focused, business-like investments. This approach can help keep dozens of other American cities from becoming the next Detroit. Helping With Healthcare By Senior Lecturer Robert Pozen When... View Details

Keywords: by John Macomber, Robert C. Pozen, Eric D. Werker & Benjamin Kennedy; Auto

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Nabihah Sachedina

surprised that I took an operations role,” she says. “I had never managed logistics on that scale before. That’s the great thing about being at Harvard: it’s a safe environment for trying things out, to augment my capabilities where I... View Details

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

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Collections | Working Knowledge

immigration policy to ease labor shortages. Finance and Investing Finance insights on inflation, crypto trends, NFT potential, private equity, strategies for shifting markets, and more. Regulation and Compliance Global insights on regulation: navigating authoritarian... View Details

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Abena Nyantekyi-Owusu

that her customers – health providers – needed much more than point products. “They’re looking for holistic solutions,” Abena says. “They want the full package: credit, financing, facility design, training and logistics – everything that... View Details

Portrait Project

Allison Kotzin

made me realize that I want to devote my life to helping patients like my father. School has helped me determine how I can make an impact. I will follow this passion by applying my business experience and education to the healthcare View Details

16 Jun 2020
Blog Post

Delivering Solutions During a Crisis: an Interview with Hans Kristian Furuseth

manage through the pandemic, Furuseth tapped into lessons learned at HBS and led his team in setting up war rooms before Norway went into lockdown. It was these strategic conversations that allowed the Farmasiet.no team to communicate effectively across departments and... View Details

01 Jun 2015
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The Military and the MBA: Maura Corby Sullivan (MBA/MPA 2009)

for.” I was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Marine Corps in 2001, and I chose logistics because it was one of the best opportunities for women. You can lead a line platoon and have command. I went to Iraq in 2005. I questioned... View Details

Keywords: National Security and International Affairs; Government

01 Mar 2005
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Health-Care Initiative to Leverage Ongoing Efforts

capital and innovation are among the topics related to health care for which case and course materials are now being developed, Clark noted, adding that the student-run HBS Healthcare Club and the Health View Details

Keywords: Educational Support Services; Educational Services; Health, Social Assistance

04 Nov 2016
News

The Competitiveness of Lost Causes

international markets, they’re developing ambitious plans for their producers.” Lack of infrastructure makes follow-through on those plans challenging in Haiti, the third-poorest country in the world and the site of a catastrophic earthquake in 2010. “We’re helping... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

02 Aug 2021
Blog Post

Uncovering the Virtual Advantage at Humana

manage the logistics of housing and travel. However, virtual recruiting and virtual internships allowed us to be more flexible with our timeline,” said Layfield. A virtual process also allowed for Humana to engage executive leadership in... View Details

Keywords: Health Care; Health-Related Services

Career Coach

Sarah Bua

Sarah (HBS ’98) is an executive coach and career advisor with 15+ years of experience coaching students, alumni and executives at Harvard Business School. She has a diverse business background, having worked across multiple industries and... View Details

Keywords: Consulting; Entrepreneurship; Investment Banking; Financial Services (All); Investment Management; Financial Services (All); Private Equity; Financial Services (All); Venture Capital; Financial Services (All); Government; Health Care; Clean Technology; Energy

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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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01 Jun 2014
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Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2014

Few gave him a chance of succeeding. Yet MacArthur did so brilliantly, defying timetables and expectations. Morris analyzes MacArthur's key tactical choices, explaining how each contributed to his accomplishment. Managing Legal Compliance in the View Details

21 Dec 2022
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HBS Community Comes Together in Wake of Ukraine Invasion

healthcare supplies to people under siege,” Pasko, whose Diligent Capital Partners is based in Kyiv, told the Times. The article alsonotes that Pasko “is liaising with healthcare vendors, View Details

09 Jun 2015
First Look

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

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IFC: Italy; Tradition and Innovation - Course Catalog

evolution and the present business, economic and political situation in Italy, (2) explore examples of how Italian companies innovate and compete, (3) gain an understanding of the structure of the Italian industrial landscape setting, (4)... View Details

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Demo Day | New Venture Competition

that automates the customs brokerage process end-to-end to improve the efficiency of logistics companies. Kykloris Hande Ilhan (MBA 2025) Kykloris installs modular systems in industrial seafood processing... View Details

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