BMW’s supply chain in the face of isolationism
BMW manages the risk caused by increasing isolationism through a combination of its global production network and active currency hedging.
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Netflix Can’t Afford to Chill: Content Wars in Digital Streaming
As Netflix faces increasing competition from fellow media titans, can its original content production supply chain become a competitive advantage?
BP and Oil & Gas: Embracing Digitization out of Necessity
BP – and the oil and gas industry as a whole – has been forced to respond to the downturn in commodity prices by embracing digitization as a means for cost-cutting.
A Studio in Every Home: DAWs, Plug-ins and the democratization of the recording studio
Ever wondered why the music economy has shifted to a singles-driven ecosystem? Although digital distribution platforms have affected consumption, do not underestimate the technological revolution in home recording and the proliferation of quality music.
Wine – a Californian dream – or nightmare?
Climate change is posing a serious threat to Californian family run vineyards.
Will Climate Change Skunk the Beer Giant?
Climate change has undoubtedly affected AB InBev's operations, but will it also affect the prices consumers pay for their beer?
Why does Syngenta promote synthetic products that increase air pollution?
Population growth, climate changes and limited natural resources have challenged agricultural production to grow and become more efficient. Despite Syngenta’s efforts in developing integrated solutions to increase productivity, little attention has been given to synthetic fertilizers and herbicides. These chemicals incur in high emissions of nitrous oxide, a greenhouse gas 300 times stronger than carbon dioxide [1]. Would the $54 billion [2] crop protection market opportunity be misleading Syngenta’s priorities?
Regulation on the Film Industry
Film sets are notoriously wasteful environments. Imagine that a city is built overnight to service 400 people for 3 months, and just as quickly as they arrived any person to hold accountable for the mess disappears leaving behind a […]
Made Eyewear- Innovating convenience, quality, and personalization in affordable products
Background Made Eyewear is an online store for customizable eyewear. The website provides a customer-friendly platform that allows users to select the design and customize their glasses, insert their prescription details, send finalized samples to their address to try at home, […]
ZARA: Sprinting past traditional retail
ZARA has developed a large-scale, super-fast supply chain to allow it to capitalize on trends as soon as they happen.