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- January 2002
- Teaching Note
Ocean Carries TN
By: Erik Stafford
Teaching Note for (9-202-027). View Details
- 13 Jul 2016
- Blog Post
How To Hire A Millennial
keenly interested in professional development, but they are also less loyal in the traditional sense, ready to jump ship when their employers fail to meet expectations. Yet too many companies are falling short in their efforts to recruit... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
Walter H. Annenberg
Annenberg built a fledgling, debt-burdened newspaper business into a publishing empire. He introduced Seventeen in 1944 – sparking a new trend in targeted publications to America’s youth. In 1953, he overcame numerous logistical... View Details
Keywords: Publishing & Print Media
- 15 Jul 2015
- Research & Ideas
Amazon Prime Day: The Logic Behind a Retailer’s Made-up Holiday
Amazon's low costs and reduced shipping rates. In these cases, however, Gupta believes Amazon has and can exploit a distinct advantage. "Amazon offers a lot more benefits,... View Details
Andrew J. Higgins
Higgins originally formed his business to build motorboats, tugs and barges for lumberman and oil drillers traversing the waters of the Mississippi delta region. His innovative View Details
Keywords: Fabricated Goods
- 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
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
Robert Goodwin
and creativity of these assignments tend to spread throughout the company. For instance, think about having a watercooler conversation with a colleague who is actually working on a project that will bring clean drinking water to a small... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations
- August 1982 (Revised June 1983)
- Case
American President Lines Ltd.: CMS-I Decision (A)
By: James I. Cash Jr. and Michael R. Vitale
Cash, James I., Jr., and Michael R. Vitale. "American President Lines Ltd.: CMS-I Decision (A)." Harvard Business School Case 183-035, August 1982. (Revised June 1983.)
- 23 Mar 2003
- Research & Ideas
AIDS in Africa—What’s the Solution?
On a continent with many challenges to development, no issue is more pressing in Africa than the heavy toll of the AIDS epidemic. In addition to the staggering costs in terms of social upheaval and human suffering, AIDS cuts down workers... View Details
Keywords: by Julie Jette
- 20 Sep 2012
- Research & Ideas
US Competitiveness at Risk
unnecessary costs of shipping goods to distant markets, or allows better adaptation of products to local circumstances. So globalization at one level has enhanced the competitiveness of US-based companies View Details
Keywords: Re: Michael E. Porter & Jan W. Rivkin
- 23 Jan 2008
- First Look
First Look: January 23, 2008
Both offered equal levels of financial support to donating parties. Eighty donations and 120 specimen shipping invoices from 2005 were analyzed in each program. Donations to the two programs did not... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 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... View Details
- 29 Sep 2015
- First Look
September 29, 2015
SF to leverage its logistics and IT expertise to differentiate itself from its rivals in express delivery. As yet unclear was whether Heike stores offered consumers an irresistible value proposition.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 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 Nov 2014
- First Look
First Look: November 11
operational scope and political complexity. As he reviewed the after-action reports, George Topic, the Vice Director of the Center for Joint and Strategic Logistics at the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- August 1983 (Revised June 1984)
- Case
Rise of the New York Port
Tedlow, Richard S. "Rise of the New York Port." Harvard Business School Case 384-023, August 1983. (Revised June 1984.)
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
- 21 Jan 2014
- First Look
First Look: January 21
with concerns about fashion misses, logistics failures, the departure of senior managers, and increased foreign competition. New fast-fashion competition in the form of Inditex, H&M, View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Web
Infrastructure Club | MBA
Infrastructure Club To create a forum for HBS students interested in transportation, infrastructure, and logistics (TIL) to connect with each other and with the broader TIL... View Details
- 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