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Rethinking Supply Chains for Greater Efficiency, Resiliency, and Sustainability
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How Tracking ESG Metrics Can Help Reduce Costs and Build Supply-Chain Resilience
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How to Build Supply Chain Resilience Without Sacrificing ESG Goals or Inflating Costs
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A Resilient Supply Chain Built for Competitive Advantage
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Marico’s Chairman on Innovating Across Every Part of the Business
Innovation Magazine ArticleThe company’s success grew out of changes in everything from packaging and production to advertising and hiring. -
Crate & Barrel Holdings CEO Janet Hayes on Navigating Turbulent Times for Retail
Business and society Digital ArticleConsumers’ tastes are changing fast, but one things remains: they value quality, value, and inspiration in their products. -
How Smaller Companies Can Bring Manufacturing Closer to Home
Operations strategy Digital ArticleThe “production as a service” model enables firms to contract with independent factory operators on an as-needed basis. -
How American Eagle Reinvented Its Fulfillment Strategy
Supply chain management Digital ArticleThe company realized that controlling its future meant controlling its supply chain. -
3 Ways to Build Trust with Your Suppliers
Supply chain management ResearchTurn a low-trust relationship into a high-performing partnership. -
Inflating Orders Can Worsen Supply Chain Uncertainty
Supply chain management ResearchHow firms can fight the temptation. - SPONSORED CONTENT FROM Coupa
Beyond Disruptions: Building the Next Generation of Resilient Supply Chains Webinar
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How to Turn a Supply Chain Platform into an Innovation Engine
Technology & Operations Magazine ArticleMost companies have digital platforms that support specific functions, such as supply chain management, product design, or operations, and they tightly... -
The State of Globalization in 2022
Globalization Digital ArticleIts collapse has been vastly overstated, according to an analysis of international flows of trade, capital, information, and people. -
In Uncertain Times, Big Companies Need to Take Care of Their Suppliers
Supply chain management Digital ArticleMove beyond transactional relationships toward strategic partnerships. - HBR-AS WEBINAR SPONSORED BY SAP
Redesigning Your Supply Chain For Resilience Webinar
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The Cybersecurity Risks of an Escalating Russia-Ukraine Conflict
Cybersecurity and digital privacy Digital ArticleNow is the time to revisit your business continuity plans. -
Sustainable Business Went Mainstream in 2021
Government Digital ArticleThis year, ESG moved from a “nice to have” to an essential part of corporate strategy — and there’s no going back. -
Engineering Your Way Out of the Global Chip Shortage
Supply chain management Digital ArticleIf you design for resilience, you’ll be better able to navigate disruptions. - SPONSORED CONTENT FROM AMAZON BUSINESS
Digital Optimization Paves the Way to Strategic Supplier Management
Operations strategy ResearchPulse Survey Sponsored By Amazon Business - HBR-AS WEBINAR SPONSORED BY SAP
Rebuilding Resilience and Sustainability in Supply Chains
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A More Sustainable Supply Chain
Operations and supply chain management Magazine ArticleCompanies tend to focus on their top-tier suppliers, but the real risks come lower down. -
Global Supply Chains in a Post-Pandemic World
Supply chain management Magazine ArticleCompanies need to make their networks more resilient. Here’s how. -
Building a Transparent Supply Chain
Operations and supply chain management Magazine ArticleBlockchain can enhance trust, efficiency, and speed. -
Strategy for Start-ups
Competitive strategy SpotlightFirst answer two questions; then explore four paths. -
The Circular Business Model
Business models Magazine ArticlePick a strategy that fits your resources and capabilities. -
The State of Globalization in 2022
Globalization Digital ArticleIts collapse has been vastly overstated, according to an analysis of international flows of trade, capital, information, and people. -
How to Negotiate with Powerful Suppliers
Negotiating skills Magazine ArticleA framework for assessing your strategic options -
Putting the Service-Profit Chain to Work
Supply chain management Magazine ArticleEditor’s Note: This article sets out a simple, elegant, and ultimately tough-minded way to build profitability in a service business. Originally published in 1994, it offers as much today as it did then and is a perennial best seller. ♦ UPDATE: Learn about companies that are applying this timeless advice today. Top-level executives of outstanding […] -
The Strategic Challenges of Decoupling
Global Business SpotlightMost business executives who have put time, effort, and investment into developing a presence in China resist the notion of decoupling. With the Biden... -
Overselling Sustainability Reporting
Communication Magazine ArticleFor two decades progressive thinkers have argued that a more sustainable form of capitalism would arise if companies regularly measured and reported on... -
Purchasing Must Become Supply Management
Operations strategy Magazine ArticleIn many companies, purchasing, perhaps more than any other business function, is wedded to routine. Ignoring or accepting countless economic and political disruptions to their supply of materials, companies continue to negotiate annually with their established networks of suppliers or sources. But many purchasing managers’ skills and outlooks were formed 20 years ago in an […] -
Innovate at Your Own Risk: Deborah Wince-Smith on Competitiveness
Emerging markets Magazine ArticleThe U.S. may be the world’s leading innovator, but it won’t be for long if investors, regulators, and the legal establishment continue to penalize companies for risk taking, says Deborah Wince-Smith, president of the Council on Competitiveness. Recently, the council’s National Innovation Initiative, a leadership network of CEOs and university presidents, released a report in […] -
The New Old-Fashioned Banking
Economics Magazine ArticleFifteen minutes south of Chicago’s Loop, the inner-city neighborhood of South Shore has an old-fashioned bank with a radical twist. For those of us at South Shore Bank, banking means knowing the borrower, the neighborhood, property values, and the economic environment. It means tough credit standards, cautious qualification of borrowers, and close monitoring of the […] -
What Employers Can Do to Accelerate Health Care Reform
Human resource management Digital ArticleUse your purchasing power to drive change. -
The New Tools of Trade
Labor Magazine ArticleToday, most multinationals have a conspicuous social conscience. They publicize their internal codes of conduct, monitor labor conditions in their global supply chains, and require suppliers to meet basic labor practice standards. But despite efforts to be better global citizens, companies by themselves are unable to eliminate abuses in their supply chains. In fact, so […] -
Are You the Weakest Link in Your Company's Supply Chain?
Technology & Operations Magazine ArticleSupply chain management (SCM) is a competitive differentiator for many types of businesses, and CEOs who neglect it may be putting their firms in jeopardy.... -
Strategic Sourcing: To Make or Not To Make
Operations and supply chain management Magazine ArticleMake or buy decisions can be a catalyst for industrial renewal. -
A Simpler Way to Modernize Your Supply Chain
Technology & Operations Magazine ArticleConventional wisdom says it takes three to five years and tens of millions of dollars to digitize a corporation's supply chain. However, a few companies... -
Supplier Diversity Programs Are Failing Black-Owned Businesses
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleFive recommendations to help your organization become a better partner. -
The Achilles’ Heel of Supply Chain Management
Operations strategy Magazine ArticlePoint-of-sale scanners and electronic inventory systems were supposed to revolutionize supply chains by connecting manufacturing directly to consumers. But there’s a big problem: bad data.
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IBM: Building with Blockchain
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details IBM needed a win. Facing flattening sales and increasing analyst concerns, the century-old giant that had reinvented itself so often before was in search... -
Allbirds: Decarbonizing Fashion
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details Allbirds is a footwear startup focused on simple design, comfort, and sustainable natural materials. The case describes the company's product development... -
Blockchain: The Insights You Need from Harvard Business Review
22.95View Details Can blockchain solve your biggest business problem? While the world is transfixed by bitcoin mania, your competitors are tuning out the noise and making... -
Amanda and Kristen: Mented Cosmetics
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details The co-founders (Black HBS alumnae) of an e-commerce beauty startup explore the unmet needs within the beauty industry. This case study examines the entrepreneurial... -
Process Reengineering in Emerging Markets: An Automaker's Experience (B)
Technology & Operations Case Study5.00View Details Supplement to case IMB615. Set in early 2009, Part (A) of the case describes the operational challenges faced by a growing subsidiary firm of a global... -
SeeCommerce: Enhancing Supply Chain Velocity at DaimlerChrysler
Technology & Operations Case Study8.95View Details Performance measurement is an important part of supply chain management. Timely, accurate, and detailed performance monitoring can allow a company to... -
General Electric--Thermocouple Manufacturing (A)
Technology & Operations Case Study8.95View Details GE is considering introducing a "just-in-time" production system to reduce inventory in its thermocouple manufacturing area. The case presents students... -
RFID at the METRO Group
Technology & Operations Case Study8.95View Details Introduces radio frequency identification (RFID) as the next generation of automatic identification technologies that is expected to improve the performance... -
Li & Fung: Internet Issues (B)
Technology & Operations Case Study5.00View Details Supplements the (A) case. -
Hindustan Gum, Jodhpur: Managing Agribusiness Supply Chain Risks
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details Hindustan Gum is an agro-processor in Jodhpur, Rajasthan. It is primarily in the business of processing guar gum. The market volatility in demand and... -
Waste not, want not: Eliminating Patagonia's Pre- and Post-Consumer Textile Waste
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details Patagonia has set a goal of eliminating all textile waste by 2025. As a leader in the sustainable apparel industry, this includes not only the cut-and-sew... -
Nestle: Sustainable Agriculture Initiative
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details Swiss food giant Nestle attempts to improve the performance of its suppliers of agricultural commodities to raise quality, lower costs, and contribute... -
The Service Activity Sequence, SAS
Technology & Operations Case Study8.95View Details The SAS describes the activities to transform an idea to a service delivery reality that is in constant change. It acknowledges a service as an unfinished... -
The Armenia Earthquake: Grinding out Effective Disaster Response in Colombia's Coffee Region
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details This case describes the relief supply chain in the initial 72 hours following a large-scale natural disaster. Taking the earthquake in Armenia as an example,... -
STMicroelectronics E-Chain Optimization Project: Achieving Streamlined Operations Through Collaborative Forecasting and Inventory Management
Technology & Operations Case Study8.95View Details In 1998, STMicroelectronics initiated the e-Chain Optimization (eChO) project with one of its major customers in a joint effort to streamline the company's... -
Li & Fung: Growth for a Supply-Chain Specialist
Global Business Case Study8.95View Details Hong Kong-based Li & Fung Group was a trading company renowned for skillful management of its supply chain. The bulk of its business came from the trading... -
Internet-Enabled Collaborative Store Ordering: Veropoulos Spar Retailer (A)
Technology & Operations Case Study8.95View Details In 2001 Veropoulos Spar, a 770 million Euro retailer in Greece and the Balkan region, intiated the implementation of a new Internet enabled collaborative... -
Asian Agri and the Future of Palm Oil
Sales & Marketing Case Study8.95View Details For Asian Agri and other Indonesian palm oil producers, the future promised rising demand from fast-growing Asian populations, but also intensifying criticism... -
Quantum Corp.: eSupplyChain Group
Technology & Operations Case Study8.95View Details The eSupplyChain group has been recently formed with Quantum Corp.'s Hard Disk Drive Group to evaluate Internet/IT-based approaches to improving supply... -
Ocado Versus Tesco.com
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details In 2009 several companies were competing in the UK for a share of the fast-growing online grocery market, using two different business approaches. Ocado,...
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A More Sustainable Supply Chain
Operations and supply chain management Magazine ArticleCompanies tend to focus on their top-tier suppliers, but the real risks come lower down. -
Global Supply Chains in a Post-Pandemic World
Supply chain management Magazine ArticleCompanies need to make their networks more resilient. Here’s how. -
Building a Transparent Supply Chain
Operations and supply chain management Magazine ArticleBlockchain can enhance trust, efficiency, and speed. -
Strategy for Start-ups
Competitive strategy SpotlightFirst answer two questions; then explore four paths. -
The Circular Business Model
Business models Magazine ArticlePick a strategy that fits your resources and capabilities. -
The State of Globalization in 2022
Globalization Digital ArticleIts collapse has been vastly overstated, according to an analysis of international flows of trade, capital, information, and people. -
How to Negotiate with Powerful Suppliers
Negotiating skills Magazine ArticleA framework for assessing your strategic options -
Putting the Service-Profit Chain to Work
Supply chain management Magazine ArticleEditor’s Note: This article sets out a simple, elegant, and ultimately tough-minded way to build profitability in a service business. Originally published in 1994, it offers as much today as it did then and is a perennial best seller. ♦ UPDATE: Learn about companies that are applying this timeless advice today. Top-level executives of outstanding […] -
The Strategic Challenges of Decoupling
Global Business SpotlightMost business executives who have put time, effort, and investment into developing a presence in China resist the notion of decoupling. With the Biden... -
Overselling Sustainability Reporting
Communication Magazine ArticleFor two decades progressive thinkers have argued that a more sustainable form of capitalism would arise if companies regularly measured and reported on...