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- 01 Mar 2018
- News
@Soldiers Field
Complex was hoisted into place in November. After its completion in 2020, it will be home to more than 1,800 students, researchers, and faculty from the Harvard John A. Paulson (MBA 1980) School of Engineering and Applied Sciences. VALUE View Details
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What an Army Commander Learned About Using AI to Combat Cyberattacks | Working Knowledge
of leadership. The leaders who are able to combine these technological tools with human judgment, embrace speed with strategic intent, and innovate with resilience will be the ones who succeed during the next big crisis, whether that’s a View Details
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
Good Odds
pounds of food that had been prepared for customers in the catering, hotel, travel, and restaurant industries got stuck in the supply chain when the world seized up. That’s when Philip Behn (MBA 2005), CEO... View Details
- 11 Jun 2007
- Lessons from the Classroom
Teaching the Next Generation of Energy Executives
You may think that being an energy executive—especially a manager in a leading oil company—might be the easiest job around. Just flip the production switch, and watch gas prices head toward $4 a gallon. But students enrolled in Harvard Business School professor Forest... View Details
- 04 Jun 2024
- Blog Post
ClimateCAP 2024
complex interplay between reducing reliance on fossil fuels and the growing demand for vital minerals like cobalt. Exploring innovative solutions, from recycling critical minerals to implementing regulations ensuring supply View Details
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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
- Profile
Iva Teixeira
explains, “but over time, I created my own rotational program, doing everything from supply chain and human resources to financial analysis and new product development. In the end, I was very close to being... View Details
- 26 Apr 2011
- News
BioMine Strikes Gold
and PhytoTEK were semifinalists, while AI Exchange received a mention at Monday's awards dinner as the winner of an informal popular vote. Modeled after the HBS student Business Plan Contest, now in its 15th year, the Alumni New Venture... View Details
- 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
Ramirez-Vallejo, Jorge, and Michael E. Porter. "The Dutch Flower Cluster (TN)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 711-534, May 2011.
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Self-Catering | About
beverage at all other campus locations must be supplied by Restaurant Associates (RA). Appropriate foods for self-catering include: bagels, pizza, “take-out” food, chips, non-alcoholic beverages in disposable containers, etc. Classes must... View Details
- 02 Aug 2024
- HBS Case
How a Mission to Cut Food Waste Launched a Multimillion-Dollar Venture
On a hectic Friday in October 2016, Josh Domingues wondered if he had made a mistake quitting the security of a well-paying job managing contracts for professional hockey players to start a new venture selling nearly expired groceries at discount prices. After all, a... View Details
- 22 Jul 2014
- News
Hungry for Change
technical solution or a cure for something that isn't scientifically possible or known," says Zeaske. "We have a resource scarcity and distribution problem, not a production problem." That last point is particularly true in agriculturally rich Minnesota. "We've... View Details
Keywords: Agriculture
- 19 May 2009
- First Look
First Look: May 19, 2009
Process of Strategy Making Harvard Business School Module Note 709-500 No abstract is available at this time. Purchase this note: http://hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=709500 Supply View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Mar 2003
- News
New Book Recounts Storied Class of ’49
of Xerox, Thomas S. Murphy of Capital Cities/ABC, William J. Ruane of the Sequoia Fund, John Shad of Wall Street and the SEC, and Marvin S. Traub of Bloomingdale’s. But lesser-known figures like George M. Berman and Malcolm Hecht, whose semiconductor firm Unitrode... View Details
Keywords: Laura Singleton
- 08 Mar 2016
- Research & Ideas
Solving an Economic Mystery Surrounding Argentina and Chile
Argentina and Chile? These leaders had an inside-looking-out view during this much of this time—what do we learn from them? A: These interviews supplied both contextual and personal information simply not... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 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.
- 20 Jul 2015
- Research & Ideas
Globalization Hasn’t Killed the Manufacturing Cluster
create a new cluster. Once the cluster erodes, it's hard to rejuvenate it. "When they actually start to decline, they come apart pretty quickly," Pisano says. When making supply chain decisions, executives... View Details
- 2003
- Article
Developing a Management Systems Approach to Sustainability at BMW Group
By: Michael W. Toffel, Natalie Hill and Kellie McElhaney
This article describes how Designworks/USA, a subsidiary of BMW Group, developed a Sustainability Management System (SMS) by integrating the management of environmental, social, and traditional business issues. After several months of deploying the SMS throughout its... View Details
Toffel, Michael W., Natalie Hill, and Kellie McElhaney. "Developing a Management Systems Approach to Sustainability at BMW Group." Corporate Environmental Strategy 10, no. 2 (2003).
- 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.)