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  • 01 Dec 2004
  • News

Ideas: Faculty Research Online

What Drives Supply Chain Behavior? Surprise! Managers are not always rational decision-makers. In this interview, Assistant Professor Noel Watson and Rogelio Oliva discuss how human behavior affects View Details
Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services
  • Web

Asia Pacific - Global Activities 2021

around the world can learn from and take to heart for years to come.” Understanding Post-Pandemic Global Supply Chains As Professor Willy Shih discusses in a Harvard Business Review webinar, because of the... View Details
  • April 2008 (Revised May 2012)
  • Case

Ti-Tech (A)

By: Benson P. Shapiro, John T. Gourville and Craig E. Cline
This case concerns the selection and scheduling of orders by a small industrial titanium fabricator that recently has been plagued by poor deliveries and a lack of capacity. At the time of the case, Ti-Tech must decide which of four orders to accept, with capacity... View Details
Keywords: Decision Choices and Conditions; Metals and Minerals; Order Taking and Fulfillment; Supply Chain Management; Performance Capacity; Industrial Products Industry; Manufacturing Industry
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  • December 2006
  • Case

Vipp A/S

By: Robert D. Austin and Daniela Beyersdorfer
Rapidly growing Vipp sells highly differentiated (and expensive) "designer" versions of a product that most buyers think about in purely functional terms: Trash bins. Examines how the company successfully produces and positions a trash bin so that it is regarded as an... View Details
Keywords: Supply Chain Management; Creativity; Product Design; Luxury; Brands and Branding
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  • January 1988 (Revised February 1991)
  • Case

International Sourcing at Intercon

Describes the many international sourcing initiatives in a multinational connector manufacturing company. Focuses on the domestic operations, international staff, and their initiatives to create cooperative links among and with independent subsidiaries. Students can... View Details
Keywords: Business Subsidiaries; Multinational Firms and Management; Supply Chain Management; Manufacturing Industry; Japan
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  • May 2023
  • Case

CMA CGM: Reducing the Carbon Footprint of Container Shipping

By: Willy C. Shih and Emilie Billaud
Marine transport is the most cost-effective way to move large volumes over long distances, and container shipping is the backbone of international trade in goods. Yet shipping contributed 3% of worldwide greenhouse gas emissions, and the deep-sea segment, which... View Details
Keywords: Container Shipping; Logistic Regression; Trade Links; Decarbonization; Environmental Strategies; Environmental Impact; Globalization; Trade; Environmental Regulation; Logistics; Supply Chain; Governance Compliance; Shipping Industry; European Union; Asia; North America
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  • 02 Apr 2008
  • Research & Ideas

Four Companies that Conquered America

market. There are no national furniture retail chains, making market penetration easier. IKEA's location selection expertise and their established global supply chains enable them to offer exceptional... View Details
Keywords: by John Quelch
  • 22 Sep 2003
  • Research & Ideas

How Businesses Can Respond to AIDS

senior researcher, and Daniel Curran, director of the Humanitarian Leadership Program at HBS. Participants drew up a long list of supply-chain characteristics that help determine the degree to which an HIV/AIDS treatment program can take hold. View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • Web

Israel - Global Activities 2021

more of any crop, in any climate, with less water. “ Everyone knows that farmers’ appetite for water exceeds supply in many regions. Netafim—astute, technologically sophisticated, and committed to improving View Details
  • August 2015 (Revised March 2016)
  • Supplement

Rana Plaza (C): Primark and Victim Compensation

By: John A. Quelch and Margaret L. Rodriguez
Keywords: Labor Relations; Corporate Social Responsibility; Sustainability; International Marketing; Supply Chain Management; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Marketing; Labor Unions; Environmental Sustainability; Globalized Markets and Industries
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  • 10 Nov 2020
  • Sharpening Your Skills

Research News and Tips: Innovating Across Time Zones

Harvard Business Review 98, no. 5 (September–October 2020): 98–105. Weaknesses in supply chain strategy exposed As anyone who went grocery shopping in the early days of the pandemic can tell you, empty... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Sep 2020
  • News

Wide Angle

Courtesy Debora Spar “We’re going to start seeing many businesses wanting to bring their supply chain much closer to home in ways that will probably make goods more expensive, but hopefully will help drive... View Details
  • August 1994 (Revised October 1996)
  • Case

MicroFridge

By: Norman A. Berg and James Weber
MicroFridge, a five-year-old, $12 million company based in Sharon, Mass., develops and sells a unique, combination compact refrigerator and microwave oven. All of the manufacturing is done for it by Sanyo in various overseas locations. The founder and president... View Details
Keywords: Production; Competitive Strategy; Entrepreneurship; Business Startups; Supply Chain Management; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Consumer Products Industry; Massachusetts
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  • 08 Jul 2002
  • Research & Ideas

How to Fashion Your New E-Business Model

Information Age business innovations include: Digital production and distribution technologies (broadband and wireless networks, sophisticated content creation, flexible knowledge management) An operating model (integrated supply View Details
Keywords: by Lynda M. Applegate
  • 26 Sep 2024
  • Blog Post

Syngenta Tomato Vision

Product Development & Marketing, where Product Development Specialists and Breeders explained the process for developing new tomato varieties. Many different factors (e.g., consumer preferences such as taste and shape, disease resistance, View Details
  • December 2022
  • Supplement

Driving Decarbonization at BMW - Video Supplement

By: Shirley Lu, George Serafeim and Michael W. Toffel
Videos of Thomas Becker, Vice President of Sustainability and Mobility at BMW Group, in support of the case "Driving Decarbonization at BMW" (HBS No. 123-008) View Details
Keywords: Decarbonization; Auto Manufacturing; Carbon Accounting; Accounting; Environmental Accounting; Energy; Environmental Management; Climate Change; Environmental Sustainability; Pollution; Product; Supply Chain; Supply Chain Management; Production; Product Design; Transportation; Transportation Industry; Europe; United States; China
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  • 01 Jun 2016
  • News

Up by the Roots

the story of his family’s products—which include roots, teas, and supplements—and how they differ from the competition (some of which are counterfeits labeled “Made in Wisconsin”). Hsu insists that consumers understand they’re getting what they pay for. “We maintain... View Details
Keywords: Francis Storrs
  • 2016
  • Book

Consumers, Corporations, and Public Health: A Case-Based Approach to Sustainable Business

By: John A. Quelch
The public health footprint associated with corporate behavior has come under increased scrutiny in the last decade, with an increased expectation that private profit not come at the expense of consumer welfare.

Consumers, Corporations, and Public... View Details
Keywords: Consumer; Corporate Culture; Public Health; Consumer Behavior; Marketing Strategy; Corporate Strategy; Health; Innovation and Invention; Innovation and Management; Supply Chain Management; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry; Asia; Oceania; North and Central America; Middle East; Latin America; Europe
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  • Web

Wartime Schools Collections | Baker Library

Wartime Schools Collections When the United States entered World War II, Harvard Business School (HBS) found its enrollment dropping as men were called to fight overseas. At the same time, the U.S. military was facing an increased need for officers trained in... View Details
  • 01 Dec 2017
  • News

2017 in Energy: A Future of Lower Energy Prices

natural gas prices revert to historical mean levels. Depending on where you are in the economic supply chain that can be beneficial or detrimental. If you look at all the economies that depend on petro... View Details
Keywords: Sarah Wright (MBA 1997), founder, Hull Street Energy