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  • 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
  • 26 Sep 2006
  • First Look

First Look: September 26, 2006

services. Tropos began shipping products in September 2003, and by December 2005 the company had over 300 customers and 60 resellers in 29 countries. Accordingly, the company's... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 21 May 2018
  • Blog Post

Harnessing The Power of Collaboration to Create Opportunity in Chicago

Hatchery Chicago will remove these barriers by providing rentable private and shared kitchen space, cold and dry storage, shipping and loading... View Details
Keywords: Nonprofit / Government
  • 17 Nov 2020
  • In Practice

How Retailers Can Thrive in a Shopping Season Like No Other

capacity to fulfill the high volume of orders is going to be challenging for many retailers and third-party logistics companies. Some companies like Walmart are adding pop-up centers for online orders inside... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Retail
  • 08 Mar 2019
  • Blog Post

“There’s no quick shortcut to success:” Zorpads takes off

company. However, they and their partners were ready, and they have plans to further expand to other retailers in addition to selling from their own site. They're also still working out the View Details
  • 18 Jul 2005
  • Research & Ideas

Identify Emerging Market Opportunities

framework—that lets executives map the institutional contexts of any country. Economics 101 tells us that companies buy inputs in the product, labor, and capital markets and sell their outputs in the... View Details
Keywords: by Tarun Khanna, Krishna G. Palepu & Jayant Sinha
  • February 2022 (Revised September 2022)
  • Case

Lilium: Preparing for Takeoff

By: Navid Mojir, Vincent Dessain, Mette Fuglsang Hjortshoej and Emer Moloney
Lilium is a German company focused on developing electric vertical takeoff and landing vehicles (eVTOLs) that can be used to offer air taxi services. The company went public in September 2021 through a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) deal, raising more than... View Details
Keywords: SPACs; Business Model; Forecasting and Prediction; Green Technology; Capital Markets; Venture Capital; Initial Public Offering; Rural Scope; Urban Scope; City; Disruptive Innovation; Growth and Development Strategy; Technological Innovation; Demand and Consumers; Market Timing; Industry Growth; Infrastructure; Logistics; Product Design; Product Development; Production; Service Delivery; Service Operations; Strategic Planning; Partners and Partnerships; Risk and Uncertainty; Urban Development; Sustainable Cities; Business Strategy; Competitive Strategy; Competitive Advantage; Air Transportation; Aerospace Industry; Air Transportation Industry; Green Technology Industry; Transportation Industry; Travel Industry; Germany; Munich; Brazil; United States; Florida
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  • 22 Apr 2014
  • First Look

First Look: April 22

vertically integrating by bringing marketing and logistics operations in-house. The company's leadership is excited about future growth opportunities but also concerned about the impact of VP Group's growth... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

    Clifford D. Mallory

    Mallory built one of the largest and most successful independent American shipping firms. Originally specializing in the operation of government-owned tonnage from American ports to the Mediterranean,... View Details
    Keywords: Transportation
    • Web

    Alumni Transcripts | MBA

    processing. Shipping time may vary depending on shipping method and destination. Contact Information Harvard Business School MBA Registrar's Office registrar@hbs.edu (617)... View Details
    • 31 Jan 2017
    • Research & Ideas

    Why These Business School Professors Oppose Trump's Executive Order on Immigration

    Editor’s note: Last Friday, President Donald Trump signed an Executive Order indefinitely preventing Syrian refugees from entering the United States, suspending all refugee admission for 120 days, and blocking all citizens of seven... View Details
    Keywords: by Staff
    • 02 Sep 2019
    • What Do You Think?

    Are Overlooked Forces Shielding the US from Severe Economic Downturns?

    of “just in time” inventory management that led to greater speed and dependability among manufacturers and suppliers of logistics services to companies like Toyota View Details
    Keywords: by James Heskett; Service
    • 09 Jan 2006
    • Research & Ideas

    Rebuilding Commercial Real Estate

    Students of recent United States real estate history can't help but notice unsettling parallels between the red-hot commercial market of the late 1980s and today. Then, as now, money gushed into the market, driving office View Details
    Keywords: by Roger Thompson; Construction; Real Estate
    • 01 Apr 2020
    • News

    What My Time in Vietnam Taught Me About Dealing with Shortages

    Paul Ignatius (MBA 1947) Paul Ignatius (MBA 1947) Paul Ignatius (MBA 1947) was a government official in the Kennedy and Johnson administrations. He served as assistant secretary of defense for installations View Details
    • 01 Sep 2009
    • News

    Read All About It!

    transport of all kinds of cargo. As air travel expanded enormously, its glamour soon faded. It remained essential, however, for business’s road warriors and for shipping freight as well. Andreas... View Details
    Keywords: Garry Emmons; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools
    • 01 Feb 2001
    • News

    A Miller's Tale

    Arthur flour is hailed by famous chefs such as Julia Child and Graham Kerr for its superior quality. Of the company's exacting standards, Sands noted, "A couple of years ago, we shipped back eleven freight... View Details
    • 12 Jul 2016
    • First Look

    July 12, 2016

    lines every week. Based in the United Kingdom, ASOS shipped products to 240 countries and territories, and international sales represented more than 50% of total revenues. But... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • 06 Nov 2012
    • First Look

    First Look: November 6

    Business School Case 113-018 In autumn 2011, Netflix was working to right the ship after publicly stumbling through a price hike and strategic shift and then retreat. The... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

      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
      • 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... View Details
      Keywords: Deborah Blagg