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- 14 Mar 2011
- Research & Ideas
Water, Electricity, and Transportation: Preparing for the Population Boom
By 2050, the Earth's population will likely exceed 9 billion people, up 30 percent from 6.9 billion today, according to projections from both the US Census Bureau and the United Nations. What's more, the population in the world's cities is expected to increase by 3... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 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
Applegate, Lynda M., and Elizabeth Collins. "National Logistics Management: Founder Decisions." Harvard Business School Case 807-125, January 2007. (Revised May 2008.)
- October 2001 (Revised November 2002)
- Case
Herman Miller(B): Creating Innovation Streams
By: Sandra J. Sucher and Stacy McManus
In 1997, Mike Volkema faced the difficulty of attempting to revitalize a once dynamic organization. Volkema wondered how he could incorporate advances made within subsidiaries, such as Miller SQA's business model innovation, into the company as a whole while also... View Details
Keywords: Innovation and Invention; Innovation and Management; Product Design; Product Development; Product; Supply Chain Management; Business Model; Service Delivery; Customer Value and Value Chain; Manufacturing Industry; Consumer Products Industry
Sucher, Sandra J., and Stacy McManus. "Herman Miller(B): Creating Innovation Streams." Harvard Business School Case 602-024, October 2001. (Revised November 2002.)
- October 1994 (Revised March 1999)
- Case
Ritz-Carlton: Using Information Systems to Better Serve the Customer
By: W. Earl Sasser, Thomas O. Jones and Norman Klein
Explores the interface of an information system that keeps track of guests and their preferences, and the people systems that deliver multiple services at Ritz-Carlton hotels. The luxury hotel chain's unique service credo and commitment to quality principles are... View Details
Keywords: Competency and Skills; Customer Satisfaction; Training; Recruitment; Service Delivery; Supply Chain Management; Luxury; Balance and Stability; Information Technology
Sasser, W. Earl, Thomas O. Jones, and Norman Klein. "Ritz-Carlton: Using Information Systems to Better Serve the Customer." Harvard Business School Case 395-064, October 1994. (Revised March 1999.)
- 23 Jul 2021
- Blog Post
Trends in Consumer Products
Gold Medal Flour and Betty Crocker desserts, working with facilities as far away as Dubai. Those external supply chain decisions were sometimes very costly, so we had to carefully manage our profit impacts... View Details
- 21 Aug 2017
- Blog Post
From Germany to HBS
classroom truly becomes a magical place. While discussing a wide range of topics, from the strategy of Airbus to supply chain ethics in the Bangladeshi garment industry, you draw from each other’s... View Details
- 11 Feb 2016
- Blog Post
First Came Love, then Came Business School
Native Canadians Jocelyne and Corey first met and fell in love when they were studying Mechanical Engineering at McMaster University in Ontario. While Jocelyne went on to work for PepsiCo in operations and supply View Details
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
Negotiating with Wal-Mart
negotiations to supply Wal-Mart with her family farm’s pumpkins and watermelons. 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... View Details
- Fast Answer
FIELD Global Immersion Resources: Taiwan
including indicators relating to consumer consumption, income, demographics, etc. Taiwan EIU Country Report (One-click report) Capital IQ Pro Useful for: looking at country-specific transactions (such as recent M&A activity) and View Details
- September 2008
- Teaching Note
Chi Mei Optoelectronics (TN)
By: Willy C. Shih
Teaching Note for [608-123]. View Details
- 07 Mar 2024
- Blog Post
IFC India: Green-tech Entrepreneurship in India
underscores their commitment to sustainability across the value chain while demonstrating their technical capabilities. Team: Our visit also shed light on the company's ethos towards building technical... View Details
- 31 Mar 2022
- Blog Post
Setting Interns Up for Success at Your Startup
used to create the food that ends up in our stomachs (land, water, energy, etc.) is wasted.” Sani’s enthusiasm for Mori grew after speaking with Belsito when he learned more about the company’s focus on integrating within supply View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship
- July 2008 (Revised April 2009)
- Background Note
Horizontal Specialization and Modularity in the Semiconductor Industry
By: Willy C. Shih, Chintay Shih and Chen-Fu Chien
Well-codified interfaces have enabled horizontal specialization in the global semiconductor industry. This Technical Note describes the modern integrated circuit value chain, and the motivation for the reuse of blocks of intellectual property in modern IC designs. It... View Details
Keywords: Customer Value and Value Chain; Intellectual Property; Industry Structures; Horizontal Integration; Semiconductor Industry
Shih, Willy C., Chintay Shih, and Chen-Fu Chien. "Horizontal Specialization and Modularity in the Semiconductor Industry." Harvard Business School Background Note 609-001, July 2008. (Revised April 2009.)
- 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
Glaeser, Edward L., and William R. Kerr. "Local Industrial Conditions and Entrepreneurship: How Much of the Spatial Distribution Can We Explain?" Journal of Economics & Management Strategy 18, no. 3 (Fall 2009): 623–663.
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Dean Nohria Looks Ahead
you knew it, new factories were built close by to supply the first plant. Out of what was one plant, often in the middle of nowhere, seven or eight years later you’d see thriving communities. These plants produced products and services... View Details
Keywords: Roger Thompson
- 15 Aug 2024
- Op-Ed
Post-CrowdStrike, Six Questions to Test Your Company's Operational Resilience
over the software supply chain and application security, enabling them to mitigate risks associated with CI/CD. Are we prepared for an investigation to correct errors when things inevitably go wrong? People:... View Details
Keywords: by Hise Gibson and Anita Lynch
- 18 Nov 2009
- HBS Case
Customer Feedback Not on elBulli’s Menu
asks students to consider the operations and marketing of elBulli. There is much about the restaurant that is inefficient, as MBAs are quick to note: Adrià should lower his staff numbers, use cheaper ingredients, improve his supply chain,... View Details
- 05 Mar 2020
- News
Green Light
stacks of the white foam growing racks—she lays out the challenge. Climate change and its progenies, drought and flooding, are threatening traditional agricultural systems. And even when those systems work, they still rely on carbon-intensive shipping View Details
- Web
Tools & Resources | Institute for Business in Global Society
reveal the dilemmas and strategies involved in aligning business practices with societal needs. Scroll for more >>> Northvolt: Building batteries to fight climate change By George Serafeim, Debora L. Spar, and Julia Comeau. Harvard University and urban mining... View Details
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
Brand New
supply chain complexity and an inflationary environment?” For Sundy, it’s an exciting challenge he calls his “MBA 2.0.” Heigh-ho: “My mom was a teacher in the Detroit public schools and my dad was a barber.... View Details