Technology & Operations Management
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- March 2025
- Case
Hurtigruten: Sea Zero
By: Christian Kaps and Michael W. ToffelHurtigruten was deciding whether the next ship they built should be fully electric. But such a vessels's battery, the size of electric cars, needed to be charged on the ship's multi-day voyage along the Norwegian coast. Before making such a $250 million investment, the company needed to understand where en-route it needed charging infrastructure and how it could access sufficient power at ports. These considerations had to be balanced against the uncertainty around the government's emissions targets for Hurtigruten's fleet, and customers' desire for sustainable tourism.
- March 2025
- Case
Hurtigruten: Sea Zero
By: Christian Kaps and Michael W. ToffelHurtigruten was deciding whether the next ship they built should be fully electric. But such a vessels's battery, the size of electric cars, needed to be charged on the ship's multi-day voyage along the Norwegian coast. Before making such a $250 million investment, the company needed to understand where en-route it needed charging infrastructure...
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- March 2025
- Case
Calyx Global: Rating Carbon Credits
By: Michael W. Toffel and Adam ChenThis case describes how rating agencies and other organizations are seeking to improve the quality of carbon credits sold in the voluntary carbon market to organizations seeking to use them to supplement their internal decarbonization efforts to meet their net zero commitments. The case profiles one carbon credit rating company, Calyx Global, and describes its business model, its approach to ratings, and its emerging competitive landscape. The case protagonists face a series of dilemmas on how to lead Calyx Global through some challenging times for the industry, including whether changing its business model to tap new revenue streams jeopardize the firm's carefully crafted reputation of avoiding perceptions of conflicts of interest, and whether and how it it should refine its target market clients.
- March 2025
- Case
Calyx Global: Rating Carbon Credits
By: Michael W. Toffel and Adam ChenThis case describes how rating agencies and other organizations are seeking to improve the quality of carbon credits sold in the voluntary carbon market to organizations seeking to use them to supplement their internal decarbonization efforts to meet their net zero commitments. The case profiles one carbon credit rating company, Calyx Global, and...
About the Unit
As the world of operations has changed, so have interests and priorities within the Unit. Historically, the TOM Unit focused on manufacturing and the development of physical products. Over the past several years, we have expanded our research, course development, and course offerings to encompass new issues in information technology, supply chains, and service industries.
The field of TOM is concerned with the design, management, and improvement of operating systems and processes. As we seek to understand the challenges confronting firms competing in today's demanding environment, the focus of our work has broadened to include the multiple activities comprising a firm's "operating core":
- the multi-function, multi-firm system that includes basic research, design, engineering, product and process development and production of goods and services within individual operating units;
- the networks of information and material flows that tie operating units together and the systems that support these networks;
- the distribution and delivery of goods and services to customers.
Recent Publications
Hurtigruten: Sea Zero
- March 2025 |
- Case |
- Faculty Research
FIELD Immersion: Columbus, Ohio
- March 2025 |
- Background Note |
- Faculty Research
Calyx Global: Rating Carbon Credits
- March 2025 |
- Case |
- Faculty Research
Barton Malow: Building From the Top-Down
- March 2025 |
- Teaching Note |
- Faculty Research
The Cybernetic Teammate: A Field Experiment on Generative AI Reshaping Teamwork and Expertise
- 2025 |
- Working Paper |
- Faculty Research
Leaders Can Move Fast and Fix Things
- March 7, 2025 |
- Article |
- Harvard Business Review (website)
Harvard Business Publishing
Seminars & Conferences
- 10 Apr 2025