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  • 28 Nov 2011
  • Research & Ideas

Rethinking the Fairness of Organ Transplants

A proposal out of Harvard and MIT to rethink how kidney transplants are allocated could result in a fairer system giving patients longer lives. The new empirical model, which is intensely data driven, would provide a flexible framework to... View Details
Keywords: by Dennis Fisher; Health
  • 09 May 2000
  • Research & Ideas

Stock Options Are Not All Created Equal

much comparable executives are paid and in what form. By adjusting an executive's pay package every year to keep it in line with the other executives' pay, companies hope to minimize what the consultants call "retention... View Details
Keywords: by Brian Hall
  • 22 Sep 2016
  • News

The Competitiveness of Lost Causes

directly to dealers in Seattle and mangoes to buyers in Europe.” Lack of infrastructure is a major challenge, notes Duch. “We’re helping them to establish logistics platforms, sales forces, View Details
  • 11 Jun 2001
  • Research & Ideas

E-Commerce Unplugged

markets. They will have to forge alliances with telecommunications carriers, retailers, entertainment businesses and e-commerce companies that will appeal to the consumer groups they have targeted. They will also need to address complex... View Details
Keywords: by Nitin Nohria & Marty Leestma
  • 18 Sep 2013
  • Research & Ideas

Excerpt: Manufacturing Morals

impression of quietude is partly due to the fact that all shipping and receiving takes place at a centralized location on the periphery of campus. From that location, all incoming View Details
Keywords: Education
  • 01 Sep 2013
  • News

A Start-Up with Giddyup

after stints with Trilogy Software, BCG, and Local Motors. She also served for five years in the Marine Corps (including tours in Iraq and Afghanistan) as a logistics officer,... View Details
Keywords: Clothing and Clothing Accessories Stores; Clothing and Clothing Accessories Stores
  • 06 May 2002
  • Research & Ideas

A Toolkit for Customer Innovation

development project at BBA might progress in the following way: A customer requests a meaty flavor for a soy product, and the sample must be delivered within a week. BBA marketing professionals and... View Details
Keywords: by Stefan Thomke & Eric Von Hippel
  • 11 Mar 2008
  • First Look

First Look: March 11, 2008

South Dakota Wheat Growers (SDWG) serves the needs of its 3,600 active farmer-members by supplying farm inputs and organizing the marketing and transportation of grain produced in the co-op's service... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 09 Mar 2023
  • Blog Post

Port Esbjerg: Deploying Offshore Wind

essays posted on the HBS Business and Environment Initiative’s Blog that highlights their reflections. Learn more about this IFC course on Decarbonization and Sustainable Production by watching this five... View Details
  • 01 Jun 2010
  • News

Sail Away

reported (January 11, 2010). Some of the cabins feature hardwood floors, walk-in closets, and fireplaces. The 971-foot ship will have three swimming pools, tennis courts, an outdoor movie theater,... View Details
Keywords: Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries; Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries; Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries; Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries; Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries
  • September 1994
  • Teaching Note

Cunard Line,Ltd.: Managing Integrated Marketing Communications TN

By: Stephen A. Greyser and Robert F Young
Teaching Note for (9-594-046). View Details
Keywords: Shipping Industry
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  • 28 May 2014
  • Research & Ideas

Building Histories of Emerging Economies One Interview at a Time

Professor Geoffrey Jones, faculty chair of the Business History Initiative, and Chilean shipping entrepreneur Sven von Appen (HBS AMP 76). "I was talking to Sven about the role of history at HBS," Jones... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
  • 10 Apr 2006
  • Research & Ideas

Lessons from the Browser Wars

on every PC shipped in the late 1990s? Researchers line up on both sides of the argument. A recent working paper by Harvard Business School professor Pai-Ling Yin and Stanford professor Timothy F. Bresnahan... View Details
Keywords: by Sara Grant; Computer; Consumer Products; Technology
  • 21 May 2007
  • Research & Ideas

Fixing the Marketing-CEO Disconnect

competitors' scores are increasing faster it should be a cause for alarm. Acquisition rates may be robust, but if old customers are abandoning ship as fast as new ones are coming on board, strong acquisition can give a deceptive picture... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 26 Aug 2013
  • Lessons from the Classroom

Built for Global Competition from the Start

venture, such as long-haul ships for Columbus or the Internet and telecom infrastructure for Skype. During his research and course development, Kerr focused on three key pieces... View Details
Keywords: by Kim Girard; Education
  • 13 Feb 2020
  • Blog Post

Know Your Audience – Recruiting HBS Students for Manufacturing

Club and Transportation, Infrastructure & Logistics Club to amplify your message through club newsletters. These club resume databases are also highly valuable tools for your recruiting team.... View Details
Keywords: Manufacturing
  • 23 Mar 2010
  • First Look

First Look: March 23

scheduling affect operational performance and the quality of labor at the stores. The case describes the tasks (both in-store logistics and customer service tasks) that are... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 27 Oct 2014
  • Research & Ideas

The Coffee Economy That Bloomed Out of Nowhere

set out to surmount the Soconusco's geographical isolation. He sent surveyors to assess the region, he negotiated the approval of an international port, and he arranged for an international shipping company... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Food & Beverage; Agriculture & Agribusiness

    Malcolm P. McLean

    McLean revolutionized the centuries-old shipping industry by developing the first safe, reliable, and cost-effective approach to transporting containerized cargo. By pioneering containerized shipping, McLean... View Details
    Keywords: Transportation
    • 19 May 2009
    • First Look

    First Look: May 19, 2009

    the second half of the nineteenth century. Purchase this case: http://hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=808158 Yataro Iwasaki: Founding Mitsubishi (B) Harvard Business School Supplement 809-038 This brief (B) case documents the fate of Mitsubishi... View Details
    Keywords: Martha Lagace