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17 Oct 2006
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First Look: October 17, 2006

voids to create profitable businesses. China's Emerge Logistics, for instance, helps foreign companies navigate the country's disjointed transportation system and baffling bureaucracy, guiding them all the way from ports to retail... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Mar 2017
Research & Ideas

A Good Thing Happens When Doctors Start Talking to Their Patients

transportation and clinical visits, but their patients end up having 45 percent lower hospitalization rates,” Kaplan says. Kaiser Permanente Colorado implemented a similar program with a high-risk elderly population suffering from... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Health

07 Sep 2016
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How Can the Threat of Networks Be Reduced?

graph theorists had to say about the impact of network design on transportation and inventory location at least 60 years ago. It was my meal ticket to a position on the Harvard Business School faculty. What has changed, of course, is the... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

15 Dec 2015
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December 15, 2015

Competition Policy International Whither Uber? Competitive Dynamics in Transportation Networks By: Edelman, Benjamin G. Abstract—Transportation Network Companies offer notable service advances—but do they comply with the law? And if not,... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

18 Dec 2012
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First Look: December 18

on how to transform Line 1 into a driverless line without triggering a social conflict. After the shock of the 2000 Notre Dame de Lorette subway accident, in which a train derailed and caused 25 injuries in a Paris subway station, the state-owned Paris subway operator... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

23 Feb 2010
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case decisions are 1) what factors are critical to the decision; 2) how to calculate the tradeoffs among transportation costs, inventory costs, and order costs; and 3) how the company's managers should coordinate to make the decision.... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

February 2018 (Revised February 2018)
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HNA Group: Global Excellence with Chinese Characteristics (B)

By: William C. Kirby and Yuanzhuo Wang

This case provides a brief overview of the success and challenges of the HNA Group between 2015 and late 2017 when it grew rapidly through global acquisitions to become 170 on the 2017 Fortune 500 list. A firm that had begun as a provincial airline in China was now a... View Details

Keywords: Internationalization; Scrutiny; Growth; China; Philanthropy; One Belt One Road; Globalized Markets and Industries; Growth and Development; Acquisition; Corporate Governance; Air Transportation Industry; Air Transportation Industry; Air Transportation Industry; China; United States; Europe; Asia; South America; Southeast Asia

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June 2014
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Mastering the Intermediaries: Strategies for Dealing with the Likes of Google, Amazon, and Kayak

By: Benjamin Edelman

Many companies depend on powerful platforms which distinctively influence buyers' purchasing. (Consider, Google, Amazon, and myriad others in their respective spheres.) I consider implications of these platforms' market power, then suggest strategies to help companies... View Details

Keywords: Competition; Market Power; Dominance; Advertising Campaigns; Marketing Channels; Agreements and Arrangements; Competitive Strategy; Negotiation; Transportation Industry; Transportation Industry; Transportation Industry

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17 Jul 2012
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First Look: July 17

origins of the social psychology of creativity, trace its arc, and suggest directions for its future. Demand and Capacity Management in Air Transportation Authors:Cynthia Barnhart, Douglas S. Fearing, Amedeo Odoni, and Vikrant Vaze... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

07 Oct 2008
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First Look: October 7, 2008

and a major expansion. The case explores how in 2000-2008 Gazprom's management has pursued the strategy defined by the politicians. Gazprom's impressive expansion strategy envisioned diversification of markets, products, transportation... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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The Information Age has introduced well recieved opportunities to track performance. Fitbits and Fuelbands show individuals their own performance; service companies including Uber and leading hospitals help pick from drivers or doctors based on how others rate them;... View Details

Keywords: Management Accounting; Performance Measurement; Incentives; Control; Healthcare Industry; Education; Transportation Industry; Transportation Industry; Transportation Industry; Transportation Industry; Transportation Industry; United States; Japan; India

2023
Working Paper

Advances in Power-to-Gas Technologies: Cost and Conversion Efficiency

By: Gunther Glenk, Philip Holler and Stefan Reichelstein

Widespread adoption of hydrogen as an energy carrier is widely believed to require continued advances in Power-to-Gas (PtG) technologies. Here we provide a comprehensive assessment of the dynamics of system prices and conversion efficiency for three currently prevalent... View Details

Keywords: Clean Tech; Decarbonization; Carbon Emissions; Learning By Doing; Environment; Energy; Environmental Management; Sustainable Cities; Price; Transportation Industry; Transportation Industry; Transportation Industry; Transportation Industry; Transportation Industry; Europe; North America; South America; Africa; Asia

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16 Apr 2001
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Brand Power from Wedgwood to Dell: Part One

Transportation and Communication Revolution. The Magic Of "experience" Marshall Field's strategy was distinct from that of Heinz even though they both operated at the same moment-in late nineteenth-century America. But the two... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

05 Sep 2006
Research & Ideas

HBS Cases: Porsche’s Risky Roll on an SUV

highly un-cool mode of transport for many American suburban families. Almost as radical was Porsche's choice of locations to build this SUV, named the Cayenne. Even though wages in Germany are a good six to seven times higher than in... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Auto; Manufacturing

05 Feb 2007
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Business and the Global Poor

supply-chain investments to make it possible for the small farmer to produce good-quality milk, transport it, and sell it to the company. This makes sense for the company because it needs fresh, locally produced milk, and for the small... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

27 Feb 2007
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First Look: February 27, 2007

in the world. But now the end seemed close. Was there a way to save eDonkey? Was it time for Yagan to get out? He had little time to figure out his next move. Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=707482 Restructuring... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Apr 2014
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parts supply & logistics, FAPA, worked with his colleagues in the U.S., UK, China, and India to conduct analysis and develop three options: outsourcing e-coating to a third party in Sanand, outsourcing e-coating to a third-party in Chennai and View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

March 2020
Article

Synergistic Value in Vertically Integrated Power-to-Gas Energy Systems

By: Gunther Glenk and Stefan Reichelstein

In vertically integrated energy systems, integration frequently entails operational gains that must be traded off against the requisite cost of capacity investments. In the context of the model analyzed in this study, the operational gains are subject to inherent... View Details

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May 20, 2016
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World Health Organization Lacks Leadership to Combat Pandemics

By: John A. Quelch

When it comes to emergency preparedness for pandemics, the World Health Organization is falling short. It has not provided prompt and clear leadership to the world in combating either the Ebola or Zika viruses. Its leadership has been low energy, its representatives... View Details

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18 Sep 2018
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New Research and Ideas, September 18, 2018

Transportation with TransLoc? No abstract available. Purchase this case:https://hbsp.harvard.edu/product/219031-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 218-058 OldTown Berhad In December 2017, Jacobs Douwe Egberts (JDE, a Dutch coffee... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

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A Good Thing Happens When Doctors Start Talking to Their Patients

How Can the Threat of Networks Be Reduced?

December 15, 2015

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HNA Group: Global Excellence with Chinese Characteristics (B)

Mastering the Intermediaries: Strategies for Dealing with the Likes of Google, Amazon, and Kayak

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Advances in Power-to-Gas Technologies: Cost and Conversion Efficiency

Brand Power from Wedgwood to Dell: Part One

HBS Cases: Porsche’s Risky Roll on an SUV

Business and the Global Poor

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Synergistic Value in Vertically Integrated Power-to-Gas Energy Systems

World Health Organization Lacks Leadership to Combat Pandemics

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