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Prices and Supply Disruptions during Natural Disasters
By: Alberto Cavallo, Eduardo A. Cavallo and Roberto Rigobon
Cavallo, Alberto, Eduardo A. Cavallo, and Roberto Rigobon. "Prices and Supply Disruptions during Natural Disasters." Review of Income and Wealth 60, no. S2 (November 2014): S449–S471.
- April 2003 (Revised January 2004)
- Case
Music Industry and the Internet, The
By: Bharat N. Anand and Estelle S. Cantillon
Discusses the impact of the Internet on the music industry from 1990 through 2003. Discusses the technology, new business models, and record companies' moves. Provides the necessary background to discuss such matters as well as to assess the strategies of the five...
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Anand, Bharat N., and Estelle S. Cantillon. "Music Industry and the Internet, The." Harvard Business School Case 703-513, April 2003. (Revised January 2004.)
- October 2004 (Revised February 2005)
- Case
John Moran and the Orthopedics Industry
Reviews John Moran's 25-year career in the orthopedic industry and his current decision whether to start a hand and foot surgery company.
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Keywords:
Business Startups;
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Personal Development and Career;
Health Industry
Hamermesh, Richard G. "John Moran and the Orthopedics Industry." Harvard Business School Case 805-026, October 2004. (Revised February 2005.)
- 08 Sep 2016
- Video
Monitoring global supply chains
- December 2023 (Revised May 2024)
- Case
Building Resiliency in McDonald's Supply Chain
By: David E. Bell, Damien McLoughlin and David Lane
Considers McDonald’s efforts to build resilience into its global supply chain so that the company and its suppliers can better navigate the increasing pressures and pace of climate change and regulatory change, including a focus on supplying sustainable beef, while the...
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Keywords:
Climate Change;
Supply Chain Management;
Business and Stakeholder Relations;
Risk and Uncertainty;
Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms;
Growth Management;
Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry;
Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry;
United States;
Europe;
South America
Bell, David E., Damien McLoughlin, and David Lane. "Building Resiliency in McDonald's Supply Chain." Harvard Business School Case 524-001, December 2023. (Revised May 2024.)
- 2023
- Working Paper
Global Supply Chains: The Looming 'Great Reallocation'
By: Laura Alfaro and Davin Chor
Global supply chains have come under unprecedented stress as a result of U.S.-China trade tensions, the COVID-19 pandemic, and geopolitical shocks. We document shifts in the pattern of U.S. participation in global value chains over the last four decades, in terms of...
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Alfaro, Laura, and Davin Chor. "Global Supply Chains: The Looming 'Great Reallocation'." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 24-012, August 2023. (in proceedings Jackson Hole Symposium, 2023 (also NBER WP 31661). See feature in NBER Digest, Nov (2023): Economics, Politics, and the Evolution of Global Supply Chains.)
- Research Summary
Supply Chain Coordination for Products with Uncertain Demand
By: Ananth Raman
Ananth Raman has been investigating supply chain coordination for products with uncertain demand in industries as diverse as apparel, power tools, computers, and footwear. Most recently he has been exploring the role of intermediaries, particularly in supply chains...
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Market Implications of Supply Chain Disruptions
Identifying how and why the financial markets respond to problems in corporate supply chains.
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- 28 Apr 2003
- Research & Ideas
Supply Chain Risk: Deal With It
Back in the early 1990s, managers of U.S. companies were justifiably proud of the well-oiled machines they'd made of their supply chains. Over the previous fifteen to twenty years, they'd wrung costs from the mechanisms View Details
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by David Stauffer
- June 2013
- Article
Vacancies in Supply Chain Networks
By: John William Hatfield and Scott Duke Kominers
We use the supply chain matching framework to study the effects of firm exit. We show that the exit of an initial supplier or end consumer has monotonic effects on the welfare of initial suppliers and end consumers but may simultaneously have positive and negative...
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Hatfield, John William, and Scott Duke Kominers. "Vacancies in Supply Chain Networks." Economics Letters 119, no. 3 (June 2013): 354–357.
- 27 Feb 2024
- Cold Call Podcast
How Could Harvard Decarbonize Its Supply Chain?
- November 2009
- Case
VF Brands: Global Supply Chain Strategy
By: Gary P. Pisano and Pamela Adams
This case examines VF Brands global supply chain strategy. Historically, VF has used a combination of in-house manufacturing and traditional arms-length sourcing arrangements. At the time of the case, the company is considering a third approach to supplier relations...
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Keywords:
Global Strategy;
Logistics;
Supply Chain Management;
Partners and Partnerships;
Cooperation;
Vertical Integration;
Apparel and Accessories Industry
Pisano, Gary P., and Pamela Adams. "VF Brands: Global Supply Chain Strategy." Harvard Business School Case 610-022, November 2009.
- 15 Nov 2011
- Working Paper Summaries
Engaging Supply Chains in Climate Change
- April 1989 (Revised January 1994)
- Case
Novo Industri
By: Michael E. Porter and Michael J. Enright
Describes the structure of the insulin industry, a treatment for diabetes and Novo's strategy and competitive position in early 1982. The industry is undergoing significant change and Novo must decide how to defend and build its international position. Designed as an...
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Keywords:
Change;
Global Strategy;
Industry Structures;
Alliances;
Competitive Strategy;
Health Disorders;
Pharmaceutical Industry
Porter, Michael E., and Michael J. Enright. "Novo Industri." Harvard Business School Case 389-148, April 1989. (Revised January 1994.)
- December 2006 (Revised August 2007)
- Background Note
Understanding Industry Structure
Examines the structural determinants of industry attractiveness (the Five Forces framework) and the implications of industry structure for strategy.
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Porter, Michael E. "Understanding Industry Structure." Harvard Business School Background Note 707-493, December 2006. (Revised August 2007.)
- February 1992
- Article
Outsourcing and Industrial Decline
By: R.A. Bettis, Stephen P. Bradley and G. Hamel
Keywords:
Job Cuts and Outsourcing
Bettis, R.A., Stephen P. Bradley, and G. Hamel. "Outsourcing and Industrial Decline." Academy of Management Executive 6, no. 1 (February 1992).
- 9 Apr 2007
- Conference Presentation
Architecture, Innovation and Industry Structure
- October 2021
- Article
Judgment Aggregation in Creative Production: Evidence from the Movie Industry
By: Hong Luo, Jeffrey T. Macher and Michael Wahlen
We study a novel, low-cost approach to aggregating judgment from a large number of industry experts on ideas that they encounter in their normal course of business. Our context is the movie industry, in which customer appeal is difficult to predict and investment costs...
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Keywords:
Judgment Aggregation;
Quality Uncertainty;
Creative Industry;
Project Evaluation And Selection;
Creativity;
Film Entertainment;
Judgments;
Motion Pictures and Video Industry
Luo, Hong, Jeffrey T. Macher, and Michael Wahlen. "Judgment Aggregation in Creative Production: Evidence from the Movie Industry." Management Science 67, no. 10 (October 2021): 6358–6377.
- April 2012
- Case
Renesas Electronics and the Automotive Microcontroller Supply Chain (A)
By: Willy Shih and Margaret Pierson
The magnitude 9.0 earthquake that struck Japan in March 2011 caused extensive damage to Renesas Electronics wafer fabrication facility, a critical link in the global automotive supply chain. Many OEMs sole-sourced customized microprocessors from the fab, so its...
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Keywords:
Natural Disasters;
Crisis Management;
Supply Chain Management;
Production;
Strategy;
Semiconductor Industry;
Semiconductor Industry;
Japan
Shih, Willy, and Margaret Pierson. "Renesas Electronics and the Automotive Microcontroller Supply Chain (A)." Harvard Business School Case 612-071, April 2012.