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- 03 Sep 2024
- Blog Post
Business of Animal Protection Club
footprint that animal agriculture and related industries have. But it doesn't have to be this way. Business can be a tremendous force for good for animals and the environment, as students learned in the "Opportunities in the Plant-Based... View Details
- December 2002 (Revised April 2007)
- Case
Cargill (A)
By: Ray A. Goldberg and Jose M. M. Porraz
Cargill is one of the world's leading marketers, processors, and distributors of agricultural, food, industrial, and financial products. In 1998, the company decided to develop a strategic intent to restructure and refocus the company. It did so in response to the... View Details
Keywords: Business Strategy; Agribusiness; Restructuring; Industry Structures; Global Strategy; Genetics; Demand and Consumers; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry
Goldberg, Ray A., and Jose M. M. Porraz. "Cargill (A)." Harvard Business School Case 903-420, December 2002. (Revised April 2007.)
- 03 Aug 2009
- Research & Ideas
Corporate Social Responsibility in a Downturn
pace, there already are signs of how the program has started to impact PNC's business initiatives. The leading indicators are there; as for business impact, it is still too early to call. There are other programs as well, some of which directly address opportunities in... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- November 1975 (Revised October 1976)
- Case
Cross River Products
Describes production task of meeting peak seasonal demands in a light manufacturing plant. Information is provided for evaluating the options of overtime, second shift, second production line, and inventory buildup. View Details
Keywords: Buildings and Facilities; Information; Labor; Demand and Consumers; Production; Supply Chain
Wheelwright, Steven C. "Cross River Products." Harvard Business School Case 676-086, November 1975. (Revised October 1976.)
- November 2019
- Supplement
Hapag-Lloyd AG: Complying with IMO 2020
By: Benjamin C. Esty, Mette Fuglsang Hjortshoej and Emer Moloney
A new environmental regulation known as IMO 2020 was creating what one industry analyst called “the biggest shakeup for the oil and shipping industries in decades.” According to the new regulation, all ocean-going ships would have to limit their sulfur emissions by... View Details
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Inspiration Is Not Enough
animated screen stars for decades of royalty income. IKEA founder Ingvar Kamprad developed a rigorous vendor-screening process that, though not sexy, provided the furniture retailer with “an impressive supply View Details
- 17 Apr 2012
- First Look
First Look: April 17
incentives to recall the rules accurately (Experiment 3). Finally, moral forgetting appears to result from decreased access to moral rules after cheating (Experiment 4). Designed for Workarounds: A Qualitative Study of Hospitals' Internal View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
What's the Word?
because the fourth aftershock of an earthquake rarely does,” he explains, “and yet it can still be devastating.” Back to top Re·shor·ing (verb) There were visible cracks in the global supply chain for US... View Details
- 29 Oct 2015
- Blog Post
Why We Recruit: Bloom Energy
Project Finance, Marketing, HR, and Supply Chain departments will continue to be offered annually during the summer, with recruitment starting in December. Depending on our business needs, full time... View Details
Keywords: Manufacturing
- 25 Jun 2020
- News
Covering All Corners
affected by the significant disruptions in global supply chains. Unfortunately, being on the developing side of the world means your shipments get deprioritized first. Your supply View Details
- 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
- Web
BiGS Research | Institute for Business in Global Society
and managerial disciplines to drive sustained, high-impact social change. Working Conditions in Supply Chains Providing key managerial insights from research on assessing and improving working conditions in... View Details
- 01 Jun 2023
- News
Action Plan: Net Proceeds
supply chain and certification company, to address the plastic pollution he saw in Haiti and other communities around the world. Goodwin had originally traveled to Haiti under the auspices of Executives... View Details
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Harvard Business School Archives | Baker Library
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 supply chain logistics. The HBS... View Details
- 19 Apr 2016
- First Look
April 19, 2016
fast-food chain Chicken Republic, and Ayo Oduntan, founder of an integrated Nigerian poultry operation (Amo Byng Group), are among a growing cadre of skilled food-industry entrepreneurs for whom the opportunities to serve the Nigerian... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Web
Business of Ideas - Course Catalog
“ideas” and how they shape the world in which we operate; and the big businesses that nurture, launch, and sustain idea creators as well as the supply chains that create value from them. Several questions... View Details
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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
- April 1991 (Revised July 1992)
- Case
Koito Manufacturing Ltd.
By: W. Carl Kester and Robert W. Lightfoot
Having acquired a 26% stake in Koito Manufacturing, a Japanese automotive parts supplier in the Toyota Group, T. Boone Pickens seeks a seat on Koito's board of directors. Koito's management resists, claiming Pickens is an unhelpful greenmailer, not a true long-term... View Details
Keywords: Acquisition; Debates; Corporate Governance; Production; Supply Chain; Performance Efficiency; Welfare; Auto Industry; Japan; United States
Kester, W. Carl, and Robert W. Lightfoot. "Koito Manufacturing Ltd." Harvard Business School Case 291-027, April 1991. (Revised July 1992.)
- 28 Apr 2008
- HBS Case
Negotiating with Wal-Mart
Like Muccio, Talley confronted some of the same hardball price challenges, and like Muccio, she acquired a deep understanding of the Wal-Mart culture while finding "new money" in the supply chain... View Details