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- 26 Sep 2023
- News
Mexico and Vietnam’s Role in Global Supply Chain Reshuffle
- 15 Mar 2023
- Podcast
How to upgrade the community college talent supply chain
What will it take to get two-year institutions and employers on the same page? Joe Fuller joins his Managing the Future of Work co-chair and podcast co-host Bill Kerr to discuss the project’s research on this critical workforce partnership. View Details
- 10 Jun 2022
- News
Lessons From Henry Ford About Today’s Supply Chain Mess
- Summer 2020
- Article
Is It Time to Rethink Globalized Supply Chains?: The COVID-19 Pandemic Should Be a Wake-up Call for Managers and Prompt Them to Consider Actions That Will Improve Their Resilience to Future Shocks
By: Willy C. Shih
The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed the complex interdependencies of globalized supply chains. While these global multistage production networks had spread during a relatively benign environment of falling trade barriers and increasing interdependencies among countries,... View Details
Keywords: Supply Chains; Pandemic; Resilience; Supply Chain Management; Supply Chain; Global Range; Health Pandemics; Disruption; System Shocks; Crisis Management; Manufacturing Industry; United States; Asia; Europe; China
Shih, Willy C. "Is It Time to Rethink Globalized Supply Chains? The COVID-19 Pandemic Should Be a Wake-up Call for Managers and Prompt Them to Consider Actions That Will Improve Their Resilience to Future Shocks." MIT Sloan Management Review 61, no. 4 (Summer 2020): 16–18.
- 2019
- Working Paper
Improving Working Conditions in Global Supply Chains: The Role of Institutional Environments and Monitoring Program Design
By: Jodi L. Short, Michael W. Toffel and Andrea R. Hugill
Activism seeking to improve labor conditions in global supply chains has led transnational corporations to adopt codes of conduct and monitor suppliers for compliance, but it is unclear whether these formal organizational structures raise labor standards. Drawing on... View Details
Keywords: Monitoring; Supplier Relationship; Sustainability; Sustainability Management; Sustainable Operations; Sustainable Supply Chains; NGO; Globalization; Corporate Accountability; Operations; Supply Chain; Supply Chain Management; Labor; Working Conditions; Business Processes; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Performance Evaluation; Safety; Risk and Uncertainty; Apparel and Accessories Industry; Electronics Industry; China; Indonesia; India; Bangladesh
Short, Jodi L., Michael W. Toffel, and Andrea R. Hugill. "Improving Working Conditions in Global Supply Chains: The Role of Institutional Environments and Monitoring Program Design." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 17-001, July 2016. (Revised September 2019. Formerly titled "Code Contingencies: Designing Monitoring Regimes to Promote Improvement in Supply Chain Working Conditions" and "Beyond Symbolic Responses to Private Politics.")
- 18 Aug 2020
- News
Vaccines Use Bizarre Stuff. We Need a Supply Chain Now.
- March 21, 2022
- Article
Are the Risks of Global Supply Chains Starting to Outweigh the Rewards?
By: Willy C. Shih
The conflict in Ukraine is only the latest jolt to global supply chains. Disruptions caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, climate-related events, and geopolitical tensions were already undermining their rationale. As companies rethink sourcing, they will have to consider... View Details
Keywords: Supply Chain Management; Supply Chain; Distribution; Globalization; Manufacturing Industry; Consumer Products Industry; United States; Asia; Europe
Shih, Willy C. "Are the Risks of Global Supply Chains Starting to Outweigh the Rewards?" Harvard Business Review Digital Articles (March 21, 2022).
- April 2024
- Teaching Note
Harvard University and Urban Mining Industries: Decarbonizing the Supply Chain
By: Shirley Lu and Robert S. Kaplan
Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 123-076. View Details
- 06 Sep 2006
- Working Paper Summaries
Cross Functional Alignment in Supply Chain Planning: A Case Study of Sales & Operations Planning
Keywords: by Rogelio Oliva & Noel Watson
- 23 Feb 2021
- News
COVID-19 Shines New Light on Working Conditions in Supply Chains
- Article
Contracting in a Supply Chain with Stochastic Demand and Substitute Products
By: Santiago Kraiselburd, V.G. Narayanan and Ananth Raman
Kraiselburd, Santiago, V.G. Narayanan, and Ananth Raman. "Contracting in a Supply Chain with Stochastic Demand and Substitute Products." Production and Operations Management 13, no. 1 (March 2004).
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Configuring a Supply Chain to Reduce the Cost of Demand Uncertainty
By: A. Raman, M. Fisher, J. Hammond and W. Obermeyer
Raman, A., M. Fisher, J. Hammond, and W. Obermeyer. "Configuring a Supply Chain to Reduce the Cost of Demand Uncertainty." Production and Operations Management 6, no. 3 (Fall 1997): 211–225.
- 2021
- Working Paper
Supply Chain Disruptions: Evidence from the Bankruptcy of Hanjin Shipping
By: Caleb Kwon
Kwon, Caleb. "Supply Chain Disruptions: Evidence from the Bankruptcy of Hanjin Shipping." Working Paper, July 2021.
- Oct 2013
- Conference Presentation
What Shapes the Gatekeepers? Evidence from Global Supply Chain Auditors
- March 2013
- Teaching Note
Renesas Electronics and the Automotive Microcontroller Supply Chain (A) (TN)
By: Willy Shih and Margaret Pierson
- 30 Oct 2023
- News