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Business History - Faculty & Research
Hakluyt & Company (Hakluyt) was a corporate advisory firm that generated insights by leveraging a unique blend of internal expertise and a global network of well-connected individuals. Since 2019, the firm was under the leadership of... View Details
- April 2018 (Revised July 2018)
- Case
Maersk: Betting on Blockchain
By: Rajiv Lal and Scott Johnson
In March 2018, international shipping giant Maersk is getting ready to debut a trade digitization platform. Maersk hopes the platform will help streamline global trade since shipping goods internationally is an extraordinarily complicated and inefficient process.... View Details
Keywords: Maersk; IBM; Blockchain; Shipping; Shipping Line; Trade; Bitcoin; Digitization; Container Shipping; Joint Ventures; Ship Transportation; Transportation Networks; Digital Platforms; Information Technology; Technology Adoption; Applications and Software; Shipping Industry; Technology Industry
Lal, Rajiv, and Scott Johnson. "Maersk: Betting on Blockchain." Harvard Business School Case 518-089, April 2018. (Revised July 2018.)
- 01 Mar 2024
- News
Game On
he recalls. Digging further, McCarthy found that the corrosive effects of salt water on steel meant that salt-water immersion would satisfy the Army’s demilitarizing standard. Check. As to the second part, McCarthy says he enlisted the Army’s help in View Details
- 11 Sep 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, September 11, 2018
its network of food banks. It considers the promises and pitfalls of using market-based allocation in the context of a centralized artificial currency market and evaluates the importance of different design components in making the... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Aug 2022
- What Do You Think?
Does Religious Belief Affect Organizational Performance?
Katherine Lawrence put it: “The current JIT rose out of both hubris and myopia.” Citing the Ukranian War and its impact on logistics, she points out that “our transportation networks and systems are... View Details
Keywords: Re: James L. Heskett
- Web
Technology & Innovation - Faculty & Research
some time in the US and other advanced economies, are twice as likely to file pioneering patents once returned than migrants when arriving abroad. Finally, we find that the more central the GMIs in the network of inventors during the... View Details
- Web
Systems Integration - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
scheduling system. They also provided CHOP care for all children in the region at all times of the day, night and weekends through urgent care centers and a nurse run telephone triage system. They linked the network with their own patient... View Details
- 25 Mar 2021
- Blog Post
Meet the Student Academic Services Support Team at HBS!
transportation for short-term injuries. A dedicated Disability Coordinator works with individuals to provide support for their particular needs. International Students International students play a vital role in campus and classroom... View Details
- Web
Faculty & Researchers - Managing the Future of Work
Entrepreneurs. Since joining the HBS faculty in 1986, she also served as Co-Chair of the HBS MBA Program, Chair of Field Based Learning, and Co-Chair of the Harvard Policy Group on Networked Government Services. Prior to joining the HBS... View Details
- Web
Curriculum - Business & Environment
that exports roses to predominantly Europe. Because cut flowers have a limited shelf life and consumers want them to retain their appearance for as long as possible, Sian or its distributors used international air cargo to transport them... View Details
- 01 Jun 2023
- News
Buy Big, Sell Small
transactions. When the pandemic closed indoor stores, kiranas became the lifeline for everyday needs. Facing frenzied consumer demand and sputtering supply chains, shop owners were motivated to try ApnaKlub’s data-based fixes to unprecedented sourcing and View Details
- Web
Winners & Runners-Up | New Venture Competition
Crowd Favorite We provide continuous, high-bandwidth access to satellite data through a software-enabled optical communications module and data transfer service, connecting individual satellites in any orbit to a broad network of... View Details
- Teaching Interest
Business Opportunties in Climate Adaptation
By: John D. Macomber
This is a Short Intensive Program or SIP at Harvard Business School. It’s an optional student offering prior to the formal start of the Spring semester the following week. SIPs tend to cover new material on current topics, to be less formal than the HBS Case Study... View Details
Keywords: Resilience; Climate Risk; Climate Impact; Fire Protection; Insurance Risk Exposure; Hedge Fund; Public Health; Public Health Measures; Climate Change; Adaptation; Infrastructure; Transportation Industry; Transportation Industry; Transportation Industry; United States; Africa; Latin America
- Web
Commodities, Currencies, and Balancing of the Trade Deficit - A Chronicle of the China Trade
Research Business & Environment Business History Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning Entrepreneurship Faculty & Research Global Healthcare HBS Working Knowledge Institute for Strategy & Competitiveness Leadership Networked Business... View Details
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
Zone Defense
beginning to change. That same year, the US Department of Defense established the Defense Innovation Unit in Silicon Valley to encourage early-stage companies in the sector. Tseng continued to work on Shield AI during his time at HBS, and the School’s View Details
- April 2020 (Revised June 2020)
- Case
Oriental Land Co., Ltd.—Tokyo Disney Resort
By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Akiko Kanno
This case describes the history of Oriental Land Co. Ltd.’s (OLC's) Tokyo Disney Resort (TDR), its operations, the extent of vertical integration, and the challenges it faced in 2018 as OLC's chairman and CEO, Toshio Kagami, contemplated how best to deal with... View Details
Keywords: Strategy For Multi-business Firm; Business Models; Growth; Theme Parks; Disney; Disney Parks; Licensing; Royalties; Two-part Tariffs; Oriental Land Co.; Tokyo Disneyland; Tokyo DisneySea; Tokyo Disney Resort; Tokyo Disney; Growth Strategy; Hotels; Hotel Industry; Partnership; Development; Attractions; Rides; Urayasu; Kagami; Congestion; Pricing; Amusement Parks; Amusement Park Industry; Brand; Branding; History; OLC; Corporate Strategy; Competitive Strategy; Business History; Price; Retention; Growth and Development; Growth and Development Strategy; Brands and Branding; Agreements and Arrangements; Contracts; Operations; Vertical Integration; Problems and Challenges; Partners and Partnerships; Business Strategy; Expansion; Rail Transportation; Transportation Networks; Accommodations Industry; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Tourism Industry; Asia; Japan; Tokyo; United States
Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon, and Akiko Kanno. "Oriental Land Co., Ltd.—Tokyo Disney Resort." Harvard Business School Case 720-460, April 2020. (Revised June 2020.)
- 01 Jun 2023
- News
Cultivating Prosperity in Afghanistan
saffron to wider markets and realized it represented a compelling value proposition. “Farmers could make more money, especially as it’s a very high-price crop, and because saffron is so light, it’s easy to transport by air. The margins... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
W. Earl Sasser
Earl Sasser is a Baker Foundation Professor at Harvard Business School and has been a member of the faculty there since 1969. He received a B.A. in Mathematics from Duke University in 1965, an MBA from the University of North Carolina in 1967, and a Ph.D. in... View Details
Keywords: transportation; transportation; transportation; transportation; transportation; transportation; transportation; transportation; transportation; transportation; transportation; transportation; transportation; transportation; transportation; transportation; transportation; transportation; transportation; transportation
- February 2022
- Case
US Foods: Driving Post-Pandemic Success?
By: David E. Bell, Olivia Hull and Amy Klopfenstein
In November 2021, US Foods CEO Pietro Satriano must decide his company’s trajectory following the COVID-19 pandemic. US Foods suffered due to business closures and social distancing during the height of the pandemic. While the situation improved following the return of... View Details
Keywords: COVID-19 Pandemic; Agribusiness; Food; Goods and Commodities; Jobs and Positions; Job Design and Levels; Job Offer; Labor; Employment; Human Capital; Wages; Working Conditions; Operations; Distribution Channels; Order Taking and Fulfillment; Infrastructure; Logistics; Product Development; Diversification; Product Design; Service Delivery; Service Operations; Supply Chain Management; Social Psychology; Motivation and Incentives; Transportation; Truck Transportation; Transportation Networks; Transportation Industry; Transportation Industry; Transportation Industry; Transportation Industry; United States
Bell, David E., Olivia Hull, and Amy Klopfenstein. "US Foods: Driving Post-Pandemic Success?" Harvard Business School Case 522-023, February 2022.
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
New Urban Order
Currently an adjunct associate professor at NYU’s Stern School, where he teaches about commercializing carbon-reduction technologies in the course Disruption, Entrepreneurship, and Social Impact, Carty points to the significant potential of mass transit and the... View Details
Keywords: Kathleen Fu, Deborah Blagg, Julia Hanna, and Maureen Harmon; illustrations by; energy; environment; sustainability; entrepreneurship; Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation; Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation; Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation; Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation; Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation; Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation; Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation; Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation