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The Rise and Fall of Intel: Lessons from Innovation and Organizational Challenges

Is This the End of Low-Cost Airlines in the U.S.?

Immigration and the Gig Economy: The Hands Behind Your Holiday Cheer

Rethinking Returns: The Invisible Battleground of Modern Retail

Combating Retail Shrinkage with Technology and Social Interventions

Brewed to Order: Starbucks, CosMc’s, and the Latte-est Trends in Mass Customization

Right to Repair: McFlurries and Apples

Will AI Make Us More Productive and Help Us Learn Faster?

Resilience vs. Economies of Scale in the Modern Supply Chain: A Case Study on the IV Fluid Crisis and Climate-Induced Vulnerabilities

We Wanted 140 Characters, Instead We Got Flying Cars

The Shrimp Supply Chain: A Complex Web of Production, Labor, and Ethical Concerns

The Race to Scale Supershoes

Quick Service Restaurants and Robots: From Autocado to AI

Evolving Through Crises: The Role of Structure and Founder Mode

The Costco Paradox: Leveraging Low Margins, Erratic Availability, and Customer Loyalty for Long-Term Success

From Third Place to Third Wave. Will Starbucks’ New CEO Change More Than Just the Coffee?

A Spoonful of Sugar and a Pinch of Panic: Managing the Candy-Coated Chaos of Social Media Supply Chains

Bridging Cultures: The Challenge of Transplanting TSMC’s Success to the U.S.

Economies of Density in Cold Supply Chains: Understanding the Lineage IPO

Delta’s CrowdStrike Debacle: A Service Failure Analysis

The Olympics and the Great Condom Shortage: A Gold Medal in Logistics

Summer Travel and the Changing Landscape of Airline Loyalty Programs

The Great Strava Debate: To Free or Not to Free

The Impact of Gen AI on Service Jobs

Good Taylorism, Bad Taylorism

Running on Lies: How Spring Energy’s ‘Awesome Sauce’ and Toyota’s Safety Scandals Misled Consumers

New York’s Controversial Delay of Congestion Pricing

Challenges and Trends in Shifting Global Supply Chains: When De-risking Becomes Re-risking

The Economics and Operations of Vintage Clothing

The Rise and Retreat of Ghost Kitchens: A Culinary Revolution Reconsidered

Sweetgreen’s Sizzling Steak Strategy: Attracting Men, Scaling Up, and Crunching Numbers

Robotaxis: Uber’s Autopilot Anxiety

Navigating the Complexity of Drug Shortages in the Healthcare Industry

Scramble for the Table: Reservations and Scalping

Time is Money … What if Less Time is More Money?

The Retail Battleground: The Convergence of Automation, Outsourcing, and Labor Laws

From Expansion to Exasperation: How Scalability Became the Consulting World’s Achilles’ Heel

The Cocoa Supply Chain: On Monocropping and Financial Hedging

Reddit and Scaling Laws

On Bags, Fanny Packs, and Airlines

Uber is Finally … Profitable: What Drove This?

Wendy’s Flips on Dynamic Pricing

Fast Dining: Marc Lore’s Wonder in the Shift from Food Trucks to Food Halls

Amazon’s Strategic Moves to Counter Temu’s Competitive Edge: The BuyBox Innovation

Rethinking the Retail Apocalypse: A Closer Look at Retail’s Evolution

Gig Economy, AI, and LLM: Friends or Foes?

Vroom Goes Bust: A Cautionary Tale in the Fast Lane of Online Used-Car Sales

Navigating the Turbulence of Modular Strategy, Innovation, and Quality Control at Boeing

Balancing Speed and Sustainability: The Operational Dilemma of Reusable Cups in Drive-Thrus

Manufacturing Jobs Might Come Back: Safer and Fair? Not Clear

To Clear or Not to Clear