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- 2013
- Dissertation
Firm-to-Firm Matching Along the Global Supply Chain
By: Raluca Dragusanu
This paper examines the matching patterns between buyers and sellers at different stages of the global production chain. I construct a new dataset, which links firm-level information on Indian manufacturing exporters from the CMIE-Prowess database with firm-level...
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- October 2020
- Article
The Supply Chain Economy: A New Industry Categorization for Understanding Innovation in Services
By: Mercedes Delgado and Karen G. Mills
An active debate has centered on the importance of manufacturing for driving innovation in the U.S. economy. This paper offers an alternative framework that focuses on the role of suppliers of goods and services (the “supply chain economy”) in national performance. We...
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Keywords:
Supply Chain Industries;
Business-to-consumer Industries;
Services;
Innovation;
Economy;
Framework;
Supply Chain;
Service Operations;
Innovation and Invention;
Economic Growth;
United States
Delgado, Mercedes, and Karen G. Mills. "The Supply Chain Economy: A New Industry Categorization for Understanding Innovation in Services." Research Policy 49, no. 8 (October 2020).
- Research Summary
Supply Chain Inventory Planning
My work studies management decision-making in demand and supply planning contexts with a focus on forecasting and inventory planning decisions. I examine these decision-making processes from both a supply chain (i.e. across firm) and an... View Details
- 19 Mar 2015
- Talk
Managing Working Conditions in Global Supply Chains
- 6 Mar 2015
- Talk
Managing Working Conditions in Global Supply Chains
Toffel, Michael W. "Managing Working Conditions in Global Supply Chains." Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), March 6, 2015.
- June 2001
- Teaching Note
Role of Intermediaries in Supply Chains TN
By: Ananth Raman
Describes the role of intermediaries in the Coordinating and Managing Supply Chains elective course at HBS. Contrary to many observers' predictions, intermediaries have continued to survive and even grow. This module examines the ways in which intermediaries can add...
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- 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...
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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).
- 27 Mar 2015
- Conference Presentation
Managing Working Conditions in Global Supply Chains
Toffel, Michael W. "Managing Working Conditions in Global Supply Chains." Paper presented at the Ethical Sourcing Forum, March 27, 2015.
- 07 Jun 2004
- Research & Ideas
What Drives Supply Chain Behavior?
To err is human, but most research on supply chain management doesn't take psychological, functional, incentive-related, and other biases into account. HBS professors Rogelio Oliva and Noel Watson have...
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by Sarah Jane Johnston
- 10 May 2019
- Talk
Improving Working Conditions in Global Supply Chains
- 2 Apr 2019
- Talk
Improving Working Conditions in Global Supply Chains
- 20 May 2015
- Talk
Managing Working Conditions in Global Supply Chains
Toffel, Michael W. "Managing Working Conditions in Global Supply Chains." SAI Advisory Board Meeting, Social Accountability International, May 20, 2015.
- 20 Nov 2000
- Research & Ideas
Moving from Supply Chains to Supply Networks
place in today's supply chain, as well as the far-reaching impact of information technology advancements. Outlining the program's curriculum, they explain how the participants leave the program armed with...
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by Staff
- Research Summary
Market Implications of Supply Chain Disruptions
Identifying how and why the financial markets respond to problems in corporate supply chains.
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- May 2019 (Revised June 2019)
- Background Note
Responsibilities in the Supply Chain
By: Nien-hê Hsieh
Companies are increasingly called upon to take responsibility for what occurs in their supply chains. One particular area of debate is a company’s responsibility for working conditions in supplier factories. This note provides a framework for managers to grapple with...
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Keywords:
Supply Chain;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Working Conditions;
Safety;
Corporate Accountability
Hsieh, Nien-hê. "Responsibilities in the Supply Chain." Harvard Business School Background Note 319-114, May 2019. (Revised June 2019.)
- 28 Apr 2003
- Research & Ideas
Supply Chain Risk: Deal With It
instability in Third World countries, and last year's shutdown of West Coast shipping docks—have awakened managers as never before to supply chain risks, some View Details
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by David Stauffer
- April 2000
- Background Note
Aligning Incentives for Supply Chain Efficiency
By: V.G. Narayanan and Ananth Raman
Introduces students to the basics of principal-agency theory as it applies to supply chains. Operational problems in supply chains can often be traced to incentive issues. Students and managers lack frameworks to analyze incentive problems in supply chains. This note...
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Keywords:
Supply Chain Management;
Motivation and Incentives;
Framework;
Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques;
Agency Theory
Narayanan, V.G., and Ananth Raman. "Aligning Incentives for Supply Chain Efficiency." Harvard Business School Background Note 600-110, April 2000.
- October 2021 (Revised January 2022)
- Supplement
Michael Ku and Global Clinical Supply at Pfizer Inc.: Bringing Hope to Patients (C)
By: Linda A. Hill and Emily Tedards
This case is the third installment in a series about the 10-year cultural and digital transformation of Pfizer’s Global Clinical Supply organization. In 2011, Michael Ku became Pfizer’s Vice President of Global Clinical Supply (GCS) after the company had undergone...
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Keywords:
Clinical Supply Chain;
COVID-19;
Vaccine;
Agile;
Innovation and Invention;
Change Management;
Organizational Culture;
Transformation;
Leadership;
Corporate Strategy;
Health Pandemics;
Crisis Management;
Mission and Purpose;
Health Care and Treatment;
Supply Chain Management;
Digital Transformation
Hill, Linda A., and Emily Tedards. "Michael Ku and Global Clinical Supply at Pfizer Inc.: Bringing Hope to Patients (C)." Harvard Business School Supplement 422-041, October 2021. (Revised January 2022.)
- August 2020
- Article
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 many transnational corporations to adopt codes of conduct and monitor suppliers for compliance. Drawing on thousands of audits conducted by a major social auditor, we identify structural...
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Keywords:
Monitoring;
Supplier Relationship;
Sustainability;
Sustainability Management;
Sustainable Operations;
Sustainable Supply Chains;
NGO;
Operations;
Supply Chain Management;
Governance Compliance;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Global Range;
Working Conditions
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." ILR Review 73, no. 4 (August 2020): 873–912.