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  • 09 Mar 2022
  • Research & Ideas

War in Ukraine: Soaring Gas Prices and the Return of Stagflation?

and 2000s, and particularly about the expansion of NATO. We are at a genuine impasse, and I fear that a much more thorough and destructive military operation in Ukraine is ahead. Forman: Will this conflict worsen COVID-19 supply View Details
Keywords: by Avery Forman; Energy
  • August 2015 (Revised June 2021)
  • Case

Amazon.com, 2021

By: John R. Wells, Benjamin Weinstock, Gabriel Ellsworth and Galen Danskin
In February 2021, Amazon announced 2020 operating profits of $22,899 million, up from $2,233 million in 2015, on sales of $386 billion, up from $107 billion five years earlier (see Exhibit 1). The shareholders expressed their satisfaction (see Exhibit 2), but not all... View Details
Keywords: Strategic Analysis; Retail; E-commerce; Amazon; Internet; Amazon.com; AmazonFresh; Jeff Bezos; Cloud Computing; Marketplaces; Streaming; E-reader Market; Digital Media; Mobile App; Online Retail; Shipping; Database; Tablet; Kindle; Kindle Fire; Smartphone; Delivery; Digital Platforms; Competition; Internet and the Web; Corporate Strategy; Digital Marketing; Business Growth and Maturation; Business Model; Business Organization; For-Profit Firms; Film Entertainment; Games, Gaming, and Gambling; Music Entertainment; Television Entertainment; Profit; Revenue; Global Strategy; Multinational Firms and Management; Taxation; Business History; Human Resources; Resignation and Termination; Books; Human Capital; Working Conditions; Business or Company Management; Goals and Objectives; Growth and Development Strategy; Growth Management; Management Practices and Processes; Industry Growth; Industry Structures; Media; Distribution; Distribution Channels; Order Taking and Fulfillment; Infrastructure; Logistics; Product Development; Supply Chain; Supply Chain Management; Organizational Culture; Public Ownership; Work-Life Balance; Problems and Challenges; Labor and Management Relations; Strategy; Adaptation; Business Strategy; Competitive Strategy; Diversification; Expansion; Integration; Horizontal Integration; Vertical Integration; Information Infrastructure; Information Technology; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Price; Applications and Software; Marketing; Marketing Strategy; Working Capital; Customer Focus and Relationships; Customer Value and Value Chain; Retail Industry; Advertising Industry; Distribution Industry; Electronics Industry; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Information Technology Industry; Manufacturing Industry; Motion Pictures and Video Industry; Music Industry; Publishing Industry; Shipping Industry; Technology Industry; Video Game Industry; Web Services Industry; United States; Washington (state, US); Seattle
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Curriculum - Business & Environment

Sustainability, Innovation, Strategy, Supply Chain Management The case describes BMW's electrification and decarbonization strategy, and how the company measured carbon emissions throughout the life cycle of... View Details
  • 21 Dec 2011
  • Research & Ideas

The Most Common Strategy Mistakes

about the value chain (the supply side). You can't have competitive advantage without both. “The granddaddy of all mistakes is competing to be the best, going down the same path as everybody else and... View Details
Keywords: by Joan Magretta
  • 01 Mar 2024
  • News

Leading Businesses in a Web3 World

industries ranging from finance to health care and supply chain management to social media. What’s next? And how can we prepare for this revolution? HBS faculty and alumni are working at the forefront of... View Details
  • 24 Dec 2013
  • First Look

First Look: December 24

accounts for more than a quarter of the overall increase in labor supply to the private sector during 1986-2005. Using the reform to instrument for private-sector labor supply, we find that private-sector labor demand is very elastic. We... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 13 Jul 2010
  • First Look

First Look: July 13

initially? Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/810096-PDF-ENG Supply Chain Partners: Virginia Mason and Owens & Minor (A) (Abridged) V.G. Narayanan and Lisa BremHarvard Business... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 17 Jun 2011
  • HBS Case

KFC’s Explosive Growth in China

should develop a national footprint—supported by a company-owned distribution system since third-party suppliers didn't exist—instead of growing in geographic chunks through franchising. Su sourced products from within China whenever possible. This was no easy feat... View Details
Keywords: by Maggie Starvish; Food & Beverage
  • 19 Sep 2023
  • Blog Post

2023 Summer Internships in Business & Environment

de-centralized, currently untapped resources such as electronic waste domestically in the US, providing a step change to create a circular supply chain for EV batteries. Nth Cycle will be the first domestic... View Details
  • 11 Apr 2024
  • Blog Post

Climate Stories: Water Series - Episode #17: Leni Peterson Redondo (HBS MS/MBA 2023), Founder & CEO of Celeste

people across the supply chain to coordinate large scale climate adaptation strategies.” Leni continued, “Moreover, water is a critical resource that companies share with neighboring communities and... View Details
  • February 2018 (Revised March 2019)
  • Case

Sandlands Vineyards

By: Benjamin C. Esty and Gregory Saldutte
Approximately 80% of the wineries in the U.S. break even or lose money. An even greater percentage lose money on an economic basis (i.e., after a charge for the cost of equity). Tegan Passalacqua is a successful, young, Californian winemaker who specializes in making... View Details
Keywords: Wine; Winery; Vineyard; Market Attractiveness; Porter's 5 Forces; Capital Investment; Industry Attractiveness; Performance Analysis; Agriculture; Entrepreneurship; Business Strategy; Competitive Strategy; Competitive Advantage; Vertical Integration; Segmentation; Food; Supply Chain; Industry Structures; Five Forces Framework; Retail Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; United States; California; Napa Valley
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Business History - Faculty & Research

Organizational Culture ; Supply Chain Management ; Partners and Partnerships ; Risk and Uncertainty ; Adaptation ; Commercialization ; Resource Allocation ; Corporate Strategy ; Semiconductor Industry ;... View Details
  • 2008
  • Article

Entrepreneurial Ventures and Whole-body Donations: A Regional Perspective from the United States

By: Michel Anteby and Mikell Hyman

Human cadavers are crucial to medical science. While the debate on how to secure sufficient cadavers has focused primarily on donors' behaviors, procuring organizations' roles in increasing donations remain less explored. The United States offers a unique setting in... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Behavior; Programs; Nonprofit Organizations; Business Ventures; Health Testing and Trials; Demand and Consumers; Supply Chain; For-Profit Firms; Organizations; Training; United States
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Globalization - Faculty & Research

the automotive industry: the shift to electric vehicles (EVs) and the rise of software-defined vehicles (SDVs). Within three years, he had turned the company around through his ambitious “Renaulution” strategy, which stabilized Renault’s... View Details
  • 07 Jul 2021
  • Book

Good News for Disgraced Companies: You Can Regain Trust

investigating its own supply chain for worker exploitation. The authors say companies that are adept at building trust focus on four key elements: Competence: While every company needs to be... View Details
Keywords: by Lane Lambert
  • Web

People - Advancing Racial Equity

Faculty, Stern School of Business, NYU Jen Eliason Associate Director, Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging George Ellis MBA 1984; VP Supply Chain Solutions, Chemonics International Robin Ely Faculty /... View Details
  • October 2018 (Revised July 2023)
  • Case

The Boston Beer Company (A): New CEO

By: Christina R. Wing and Marco Iansiti
In 1984, when the Boston Beer Company’s Samuel Adams Boston Lager was first sold, founder Jim Koch had helped ignite a craft beer movement by making small-batch premium beers in an era of industry consolidation. By 2018, Boston Beer was a publicly traded company that... View Details
Keywords: Beer/brewing Industry; Succession; Leadership; Change; Supply Chain; Change Management; Entrepreneurship; Supply Chain Management; Management Succession; Food and Beverage Industry; United States; Boston
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  • 05 May 2020
  • Research & Ideas

China Tariffs and Coronavirus a Double Hit to American Retailers

Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. “There is a demand shock from consumers buying less, and a supply chain disruption in addition to the tariffs, which only makes things worse.”... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
  • Web

Winners & Runners-Up | New Venture Competition

Jaramillo Business Track Runner-Up Physica Solutions aims to start and operate office-based medical practices to provide minimally-invasive treatment for varicose veins. Supply Solutions Kevin Sousa Jun Wang Business Track Runner-Up... View Details
  • 24 May 2021
  • Op-Ed

Can Fabric Waste Become Fashion’s Resource?

COVID-19 has broken fashion’s supply chain. As a result, an already wasteful industry has become more wasteful. Even before the pandemic, the global apparel industry was producing about 92 million tons of textile waste a year. That’s about one garbage truck’s worth of... View Details
Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones and Shelly Xu; Fashion