We support rigorous research that is immediately applicable to real-world situations related to the choices and challenges faced by today’s global value chain leaders.
Projects may be structured as theoretical or model-based research, empirical research, or detailed field-based studies in any the following themes:
- Electronic commerce
- Global trade dynamics
- Retail supply chains
- Agricultural value chains
- Data-driven decision-making
- Electronic marketplaces
- Omnichannel fulfillment and logistics
- Service value chains
- Product digitization
- Shared value chain strategies
- Social media in the value chain
Responsible Sourcing in Supply Chains
We analyze the sourcing decision of a buyer choosing between two supplier types: responsible suppliers are costly but adhere to strict social and…
U.S.-to-China B2C E-Commerce: Improving Logistics to Grow Trade
The U.S.-to-China business-to-consumer e-commerce market, a large and expanding trade corridor, presents a sizable opportunity for U.S. merchants…
Technological Disruption and Innovation in Last-Mile Delivery
Technology is driving a heightened level of innovation in product and service offerings in the last mile parcel delivery market, and is…
Frontier Services Group: Building a Pan African Logistics Provider (A)
In June 2015, Peter Phillips, Chief Operating Officer of Frontier Services Group (FSG), was preparing an update for the board on how operations…
Systematic Motorcycle Management and Health Care Delivery: A Field Trial
In rural areas of resource-poor countries, basic access to health workers, medicines, and supplies is often stalled by the poor condition of…
Carrots or Sticks? Improving Social and Environmental Compliance at Suppliers Through Incentives and Penalties
Firms are increasingly looking to eradicate social and environmental non-compliances at their suppliers in response to increasing regulations,…
Supply Chain’s New Role in Protecting IP
Intangible assets and intellectual property (IP) are increasingly important in today’s knowledge-based economy. Yet, all too often protection of a…
Everything is Connected: A New Era of Sustainability at Li & Fung
Li & Fung Limited (LF), a Hong Kong-based multinational, was a global leader in consumer goods design, development, sourcing, and distribution…
Transforming Access and Delivery of Essential Medicines
This presentation is an overview of supply chain best practices that can improve health access and delivery in emerging economies.
Maturity in Responsible Supply Chain Management
Today’s multinational companies are held to myriad social, environmental, and ethical standards in their supply chains. But despite efforts at…
Using Fairness Models to Improve Equity in Health Delivery Fleet Management
Inefficiency and inequity are two challenges that plague humanitarian operations and health delivery in resource-limited regions. Increasing…
Similarities in Managing Supply Chain Sustainability and Intellectual Property
Over the last few years, a growing number of companies have put increased attention on issues related to social and environmental responsibility.…
Experian MicroAnalytics Accelerating the Development of Mobile Financial Services in Developing Markets
As the world population exceeded 7 billion by the end of 2011, various agencies working to alleviate poverty had come to a general consensus that…
Mekelle Farms Poultry Entrepreneurship in Ethiopia
Nike's Strategy to Improve Conditions in its Global Supply Chain – A Case Study
Nike’s approach to managing supplier responsibility has greatly evolved since the 1990s, when the media uncovered claims of child labor, underpaid…
Responsible Supply Chain Practices and Performance
Despite multinational firms’ continued investments in factory audits and other practices aimed at tackling social and environmental issues in…
B2B Integration: Business Value and Adoption Trends
An increasingly demanding business environment, combined with more complex and distributed supply chains, have led a growing number of companies…
B2B Managed Services: Business Value and Adoption Trends
In today’s global and often fragmented market, Business-to Business (B2B) capabilities are critical for successful collaboration with supply chain…
McDonald's India: Optimizing the French Fries Supply Chain
PCH International (B) Supply Chain Solutions Take Off
This is an update to GS-61, describing developments at the company through 2011, including a major acquisition, distribution in China, and an…
Innovative Logistics in Extreme Conditions: The Case of Health Care Delivery in Gambia
For millions of people across Africa, health interventions such as vaccines, HIV counseling and treatment, and other public health expertise are…
The Pharmaceutical Supply Chain
Laws, regulations, and enforcement have controlled drug counterfeiting the United States, but there is growing evidence of organized groups…
Incentivizing Sustainability in Your Chinese Supply Chain
Information Transmission and the Bullwhip Effect: An Empirical Investigation
The bullwhip effect is the amplification of demand variability along a supply chain: a company bullwhips if it purchases from suppliers more…