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Global Trade, Capital and National Institutions - Course Catalog

foster growing concern against globalization in certain segments of the population in various countries. After decades of increasing global economic integration, the world faces the risk of fragmentation. The reevaluation of global value View Details
  • 05 Jan 2022
  • News

Untapped Potential

investments approach. ”It is a niche market,” he says. “It just happens to be one that is well on the way to being a trillion-dollar industry.” Ferguson also believes that the industry—everything from water supply to sewerage to water... View Details
  • 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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  • 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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  • 03 Oct 2024
  • Blog Post

Van den Ende Rozen

pesticides within the next decade. Instead of using rodenticides, several cats live in the greenhouse to control the mice population. The company extends its commitment to sustainability throughout its entire View Details
  • Profile

Amanda Pratt

test your hypotheses; you learn strategic thinking through practice." Last summer, Amanda went to Nairobi where she took an internship working on the supply chain and operations for a company that runs... View Details
Keywords: Healthcare/Biotech
  • 04 Dec 2012
  • First Look

First Look: December 4

businesses have developed codes of conduct and monitoring systems to ensure that working conditions in their supply chain factories meet global labor standards. Many observers have questioned whether these... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 11 Jun 2019
  • Book

These Aren't Beach Books, but Managers Should Read Them Anyway

says Tarun Khanna, is that startups must create their own trust. Fintech, Small Business, & the American Dream Karen Mills describes how technology is opening up new capital for entrepreneurs. Creative Construction: The DNA of View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 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
  • December 1983 (Revised July 1988)
  • Case

General Electric--Thermocouple Manufacturing (A)

By: David A. Garvin
GE is considering introducing a "just-in-time" production system to reduce inventory in its thermocouple manufacturing area. The case presents students with a description of the present inventory management system, the production process, and the perspectives of... View Details
Keywords: Factories, Labs, and Plants; Time Management; Production; Supply Chain; Perspective; Energy Industry; Technology Industry
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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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  • 01 Mar 2013
  • News

2nd HBS Survey on US Competitiveness

William Lawrence University Professor Michael Porter. In assessing an immediate path forward, both liberal and conservative business leaders urged compromise to secure a sustainable federal budget, corporate tax reform, and the easing of... View Details
  • 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
  • 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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  • 01 Mar 2014
  • News

Cutting Edge

and bolts: exiting underperforming adjunct businesses (e.g., pickles and fresh poultry); shaking up the management team; improving the supply chain (thereby increasing plant productivity by 50 percent); and... View Details
Keywords: Manufacturing; Food and Beverage Stores; Retail Trade
  • 01 Jun 2015
  • News

Alumni Take Action to Improve US Competitiveness

middle skills jobs,” Worrell says. “We focused our research on that gap and the failure in the talent supply chain that’s leading to that gap.” HBS alumnus Matt Sigelman (MBA 1999) also stepped up to help... View Details
Keywords: Erin Peterson; Walmart; Health, Social Assistance; Retail Trade
  • 25 Feb 2014
  • First Look

First Look: February 25

http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2378899 Monitoring the Monitors: How Social Factors Influence Supply Chain Auditors By: Short, Jodi L., Michael W. Toffel, and Andrea R. Hugill... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 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
  • April 2025
  • Supplement

ZEISS: Commercializing Science

By: Maria P. Roche and Richie Zitomer
Spreadsheet Supplement for HBS Case No. 725-359. View Details
Keywords: Business Model; Business Organization; Decisions; Business Strategy; Competition; Business History; Collaborative Innovation and Invention; Independent Innovation and Invention; Disruptive Innovation; Innovation and Management; Innovation Strategy; Technological Innovation; Growth and Development Strategy; Knowledge Sharing; Industry Growth; Monopoly; Organizational Culture; Supply Chain Management; Partners and Partnerships; Risk and Uncertainty; Adaptation; Commercialization; Resource Allocation; Corporate Strategy; Semiconductor Industry; Technology Industry; Germany; Europe
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  • 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