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- 01 Mar 2018
- News
Making Sense of the Modern Startup
stuff in a box and ship directly to customers. Well, there’s a lot of uncertainty in that project, right? I don’t know if I can make the mattress. I don’t know if people will buy it online without trying it out first. I don’t know if I... View Details
Keywords: Jeffrey L. Cruikshank (PMD 51, 1986)
- 10 Mar 2021
- Blog Post
COVID Killed the Traditional Workplace
school or airplane or cruise ship is “healthy.” Based on research in Healthy Buildings (my recent book with Professor Joseph Allen of the Harvard School of Public Health), we expect landlords, cruise operators, universities, and more to... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 01 Dec 2004
- News
Retirement's Changing Face
caused by hidden munitions on board, may have been the reason why the passenger ship sank in a deadly eighteen minutes, causing 1,198 deaths. As odd as it may sound, he also happens to hold title to the wreck, having purchased it for $1... View Details
Keywords: Personal Services
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
This Is What I Do
luxury cruise ship designed especially for the South Pacific. Bailey, whose wife, Mireille, is Polynesian, has lived in Tahiti since 1985. “The breathtaking natural beauty of these islands and the astonishing authenticity of the local... View Details
- 08 Dec 2015
- First Look
December 8, 2015
could fit in two 40-foot intermodal shipping containers. The UPower reactor was designed to serve the need for "off-grid" electric power. These off-grid customers were in remote locations such as mining operations, military... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Dec 2012
- First Look
First Look: Dec. 11
Whaling Ventures Nicholas, Tom, and Jonas Peter AkinsHarvard Business School Case 813-086 : Whaling was a prominent global industry in the nineteenth century and the United States was dominant. By 1850 there were about 900 whaling ships... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Sep 2020
- News
The Race for a Vaccine
a computer model of a potential mRNA-based vaccine. Twenty-five days after that, it produced the first dose of a treatment it hoped would protect against a disease that did not yet have a name. On February 24, after 17 days of analysis and sterility testing, Moderna... View Details
- 03 Sep 2018
- News
Moving Pictures
leading and overseeing a group of creatives. You have to be brave and flexible enough to allow them to bring what they’re able to bring, while also keeping the ship on course. Knowing where to step in and where to let go is very... View Details
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
MBAs on a Mission
day. He finally found one in “Djibouti? Or Jordan?” — he can no longer remember — and had it shipped to him. This mishmash of days and roles was Kim’s job as CHAI’s deputy country director in Ethiopia, where he managed the daily... View Details
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Alphabet, where he launched Play Books and Magazines at Android, built the Verily Life Science product teams and Boston office, and shipped several AI/ML and computer vision products across Google while building the Google Research... View Details
- 07 Nov 2017
- First Look
New Research and Ideas: November 7, 2017
Tianjin, China, factory, which can produce below the cost target but will incur extensive shipping costs and require a far greater amount of inventory holding. This case examines a core question facing managers who want to produce... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
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I currently teach the history of global entrepreneurship over the last 200 years. The 28-session course called Entrepreneurship and Global Capitalism has become one of the most popular second year electives in the MBA program at the Harvard Business School. The cases,... View Details
Keywords: Business History; Government And Business; International Business; Globalization; History; Government and Politics; Entrepreneurship; Ethics; Shipping Industry; Shipping Industry; Shipping Industry; Shipping Industry; Shipping Industry; Shipping Industry; Shipping Industry; Shipping Industry; Shipping Industry; Shipping Industry; Shipping Industry; Shipping Industry; Shipping Industry; Africa; Asia; Europe; Latin America; Middle East; North and Central America; Oceania
- 19 Feb 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, February 19, 2019
young startup’s success in the five years since its founding. The Silicon Valley–based company had recently shipped its two millionth smartwatch; held the record for three of the four highest Kickstarter campaigns ever (raising... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Dec 2018
- News
Lesson Plan
those pie charts, that every aspect of the budget is facing cuts—and that every effort is being made to right the ship for the future. After the public comment, the nine-member board turns to an agenda of items that runs from the renewal... View Details
- 30 Nov 2017
- News
Happy Meals (Are Here Again)
would be a ways off. “This is a really big ship to turn,” he says. “But when I started hearing real, actual time lines—that was music to my ears.” It wasn’t just a vision but a plan. And just as importantly, that plan wasn’t a short-term... View Details
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
December 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books and Podcasts
key shipping routes, making it nearly impossible for the West and the Middle East to transport oil. With nothing less than oil futures and the global economy at stake, one man slips out of the shadows to stop Gorshkov’s maniacal plans:... View Details
- 01 Sep 2022
- News
Your Family, Your Work, Your Way
items that you circle that you think, hmm. I could have won myself back 30 minutes here or 30 minutes there. And more importantly as you go, you’ll see some themes. Maybe you tend to be a little bit of a perfectionist. You’re always kind of hovering on projects before... View Details
- 12 Feb 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, February 12, 2019
shipping from vendors. Purchase this case:https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/819010-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 519-021 Zalora: Data-Driven Pricing No abstract available. Purchase this... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 14 Mar 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research, March 14
in Somerville, Massachusetts, Formlabs manufactures 3D printers used to print everything from prototypes and models to jewelry, dental, and sculpture molds. As Formlabs prepares to ship its latest model, the Form 2, Head of Customer... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Sep 2017
- News
City of Dreams
brokerage and advisory firm that he hopes to build into, in his words, “the Goldman Sachs of Sri Lanka.” Taking a broad view of the country’s assets, Fernando highlights areas that keep popping up in discussions of Sri Lanka’s economic prospects. Its location just off... View Details