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  • Article

Local Industrial Conditions and Entrepreneurship: How Much of the Spatial Distribution Can We Explain?

By: Edward L. Glaeser and William R. Kerr
Why are some places more entrepreneurial than others? We use Census Bureau data to study local determinants of manufacturing startups across cities and industries. Demographics have limited explanatory power. Overall levels of local customers and suppliers are only... View Details
Keywords: Business Startups; Entrepreneurship; Geographic Location; Employment; Market Entry and Exit; Supply Chain; Manufacturing Industry
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  • May 2011
  • Teaching Note

The Dutch Flower Cluster (TN)

By: Jorge Ramirez-Vallejo and Michael E. Porter
Teaching Note for 711507. View Details
Keywords: Customer Value and Value Chain; Auctions; Industry Clusters; Competition; Plant-Based Agribusiness; Netherlands; China; Colombia; Ecuador; Kenya
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  • June 1992 (Revised March 2006)
  • Case

Concordia Casting Company

By: F. Warren McFarlan
Describes five years of development in a centralized data processing activity serving a highly decentralized corporation. Data processing manager discovers that a major software system conversion is a full year behind schedule, and subsequently makes several managerial... View Details
Keywords: Analytics and Data Science; Applications and Software; System; Information Technology; Change Management; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Leadership Style; Leading Change; Human Resources; Conflict and Resolution; Supply Chain Management; Accounting; Auto Industry
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  • May 2008
  • Teaching Note

Vegpro Group: Growing in Harmony (TN)

By: David E. Bell and Mary L. Shelman
Teaching Note for [508-001]. View Details
Keywords: Plant-Based Agribusiness; Customers; Production; Price; Ethics; Environmental Sustainability; Development Economics; Supply Chain; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Europe; United Kingdom; Kenya
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  • 01 Dec 2018
  • News

Trade Off

ideally under the auspices and rules of the WTO. The problem is that nowadays trade wars may have unintended consequences that complicate their resolution. Global supply chains are incredibly complex. When a... View Details
  • January 2007 (Revised May 2008)
  • Case

National Logistics Management: Founder Decisions

By: Lynda M. Applegate and Elizabeth Collins
Scott Taylor, CEO & founder of NLM, is a serial entrepreneur faced with an important decision. As his industry consolidates, he knows that his company must grow quickly, yet he believes he has reached the limit of what organic growth can achieve. Should he accept the... View Details
Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Business Startups; Decision Choices and Conditions; Entrepreneurship; Growth and Development Strategy; Supply and Industry; Supply Chain
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  • 20 Dec 2018
  • Blog Post

A Time For Opportunity In Food and Agriculture

noise and figuring out what consumers want and how we can pull that through the supply chain is challenging and really exciting.” How can MBAs launch their careers in this sector, keep up with what’s new,... View Details
  • 04 Feb 2025
  • Blog Post

Leadership with Purpose: Redefining Success and Impact with Satpal Singh (SELP—India 4, 2019)

more strategic and holistic lens. My career has continued to evolve since SELP—India. As Country Head of Supply Chain during the pandemic, I navigated operational complexities that taught me invaluable... View Details
  • 01 Jun 2022
  • News

Case Study: Glass Half Full

and customer acquisition. If you are building a brand, my advice is to keep Amazon while you build out your Shopify ecosystem, and then make the move. It may not be relevant in your business but buying inventory can keep the supply View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Nonstore Retailers; Retail Trade
  • 01 Dec 2017
  • News

Global Perspectives

members across disciplines, noting the dynamic discussions that took place on topics ranging from supply chain management to social enterprises. Opportunities for faculty members to take a deep dive into the... View Details
  • March 2018 (Revised March 2018)
  • Supplement

Sandlands Vineyards

By: Benjamin C. Esty and Greg Saldutte
Approximately 80% of the wineries in the US breakeven or lose money. An even greater percentage lose money on an economic basis (i.e., after a charge for the cost of equity). Tegan Passalacqua is a successful, young, Californian winemaker who specializes in making... View Details
Keywords: Wine; Winery; Vineyard; Market Attractiveness; Porter's 5 Forces; Capital Investment; Industry Attractiveness; Performance Analysis; Napa Valley; Agriculture; Entrepreneurship; Business Strategy; Competitive Strategy; Competitive Advantage; Vertical Integration; Segmentation; Food; Supply Chain; Industry Structures; Retail Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; United States; California; Napa Valley
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  • 26 Aug 2014
  • First Look

First Look: August 26

NPEs', and that NPEs typically target firms that are busy with other (non-IP related) lawsuits or are likely to settle. Lastly, we show that NPE litigation has a negative real impact on the future innovative activity of targeted firms. Download working paper:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • winter 1989
  • Article

Split-Awards Procurement and Innovation

By: James J. Anton and Dennis A. Yao
In many procurement settings, it is possible for a buyer to split a production award between suppliers. In this article, we develop a model of split-award procurement auctions in which the split choice is endogenous. We characterize the set of equilibrium bids and... View Details
Keywords: Innovation and Invention; Auctions; Bids and Bidding; Cost; Supply Chain; Investment; Balance and Stability
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  • 29 Sep 2022
  • News

Securing a Resilient Future for Senegal

with enough oil, gas, and food supplies, given supply chain disruptions. Important, too, was being mindful of budget deficits and encouraging investments from international partners. “We had to do it all... View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon
  • Web

Collection Highlights | Baker Library

collection includes his lecture and seminar notes and almost the entire body of his professional correspondence. Wartime Schools Collection During World War II, the U.S. military was facing an increased need for officers trained in statistics and View Details
  • 22 Jan 2019
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, January 22, 2019

experimentation that is required for the initial commercialization and diffusion of technologies. A New Categorization of the U.S. Economy: The Role of Supply Chain Industries in Innovation and Economic... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • September 2008
  • Teaching Note

Chi Mei Optoelectronics (TN)

By: Willy C. Shih
Teaching Note for [608-123]. View Details
Keywords: Diversification; Information Technology; Market Entry and Exit; Standards; Industry Clusters; Supply Chain; Production; Experience and Expertise; Biotechnology Industry; Chemical Industry; Taiwan; Asia; Korean Peninsula; China
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  • 12 Jun 2020
  • Working Paper Summaries

Corporate Resilience and Response During COVID-19

Keywords: by Alex Cheema-Fox, Bridget LaPerla, George Serafeim, and Hui (Stacie) Wang
  • January 2017 (Revised August 2017)
  • Case

Weathernews

By: Karim R. Lakhani and Akiko Kanno
Tomohiro Ishibashi (Bashi), chief executive officer for B to S, and Julia Foote LeStage, chief innovation officer of Weathernews Inc., were addressing a panel at the HBS Digital Summit on creative uses of big data. They told the summit attendees about how the Sakura... View Details
Keywords: Crowdsourcing; Operations; Globalization; Weather; Forecasting and Prediction; Global Strategy
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  • 30 Jun 2009
  • First Look

First Look: June 30

Baldwin, and Christopher L. Magee Abstract Hierarchy is a generic structure in which levels are asymmetrically ordered. In an industry setting, classic supply chains display strict hierarchy, whereas... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace