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  • September 2020 (Revised April 2021)
  • Case

Hitachi Rail Limited (A)

By: David J. Collis, Akiko Kanno and Nobuo Sato
Hitachi must decide whether to make a British executive, who has successfully built its European rail business from scratch, head of its global rail division even though the bulk of revenues for the unit still come from Japan. The case describes the history of Hitachi... View Details
Keywords: Global Strategy; Leadership; Values and Beliefs; Human Resources; Globalized Firms and Management; Organizational Structure; Rail Industry; Japan
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  • January 2014 (Revised May 2014)
  • Background Note

Rail Transportation in the United States

By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter and Matthew Guilford
In the 20th century, automobiles and airlines pushed rail into the background as an often-troubled and neglected mode. After a review of the long history of rail in the U.S., this paper examines the situation in the 21st century, including the rail market structure,... View Details
Keywords: Railroad History; History; Rail Transportation; Rail Industry
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  • January 1993 (Revised July 2003)
  • Case

Texas High-Speed Rail Corporation

By: Timothy A. Luehrman
The finance director of the Texas High-Speed Rail Corp. (THSRC) is considering modifications to the financing program designed to support the development, construction, and operations of THSRC's planned high-speed rail system. The current plan achieves many objectives,... View Details
Keywords: Private Sector; Financial Strategy; Financing and Loans; Taxation; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Strategic Planning; Valuation; Rail Industry; Texas
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  • February 2012 (Revised April 2012)
  • Case

Delhi Metro Rail Corporation

By: V.G. Narayanan and Saloni Chaturvedi
Keywords: Leadership; Projects; Management; Crisis Management; Public Administration Industry; India
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  • April 1998 (Revised July 2005)
  • Case

Acquisition of Consolidated Rail Corporation (A), The

By: Benjamin C. Esty, Lori A. Flees and Mathew M Millett
On October 15, 1996, Virginia-based CSX and Pennsylvania-based Consolidated Rail (Conrail), the first and third largest railroads in the eastern United States, announced their intent to merge in a friendly deal worth $8.3 billion. This deal was part of an industry-wide... View Details
Keywords: Valuation; Mergers and Acquisitions; Decisions; Contracts; Rail Industry; United States
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  • Jan 2014
  • Case

Rail Transportation in the United States

In the 20th century, automobiles and airlines pushed rail into the background as an often-troubled and neglected mode. After a review of the long history of rail in the U.S., this paper examines the... View Details
  • May 1984 (Revised May 1986)
  • Case

Consolidated Rail Corp.

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  • September 1994
  • Teaching Note

Texas High-Speed Rail Corporation (TN)

By: Timothy A. Luehrman
Teaching Note for (9-293-072). View Details
Keywords: Rail Industry; Texas
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  • October 1986 (Revised November 2001)
  • Case

Consolidated Rail Corporation (Conrail)

By: Carliss Y. Baldwin
Keywords: Rail Transportation; Rail Industry; United States
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  • 30 Nov 2013
  • News

Schumpeter: Going off the rails

  • September 2020 (Revised December 2020)
  • Supplement

Hitachi Rail Limited (B)

By: David J. Collis, Akiko Kanno and Nobuo Sato
This supplement describes the strategy and organisation changes made by British executive, Alistair Dormer, after he is made head of Hitachi Rail's global business. The company acquires an Italian company, continues to win contracts in the UK, but struggles to bring... View Details
Keywords: Organization Structure; Leader Selection; Mergers ＆ Acquisitions; Strategy; Global Strategy; Organizational Structure; Leadership; Mergers and Acquisitions; Integration; Values and Beliefs; Rail Industry; Japan
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  • December 2015
  • Teaching Plan

Delhi Metro Rail Corporation

By: V.G. Narayanan
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  • April 1998 (Revised May 2001)
  • Supplement

Acquisition of Consolidated Rail Corporation (B), The

By: Benjamin C. Esty, Lori A. Flees and Mathew M Millett
Eight days after CSX announced it was going to buy Consolidated Rail (Conrail) for $88.65 per share, Norfolk Southern made a hostile $100 per share bid for Conrail. Over the next several months, the potential acquirers upped their bids while exchanging criticism in the... View Details
Keywords: Law; Valuation; Rail Transportation; Bids and Bidding; Governance Controls; Mergers and Acquisitions; Business Strategy; Corporate Finance; Rail Industry; United States
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  • January 1988 (Revised May 1988)
  • Case

Consolidated Rail Corp.: Railcar Identification Project

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  • 2020
  • Case

Brightline: Targeting a Successful Future with High Speed Rail

By: Andrew J. Hoffman
High-speed rail (HSR) is a high-performance transportation technology that is time competitive with airplanes and automobiles, and is an environmentally preferable alternative due to its low carbon dioxide emissions. Brightline is a Florida HSR system in Phase II of... View Details
Keywords: Environmental Sustainability; Marketing Strategy; Segmentation; Transportation Industry
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  • February 2014
  • Case

Ottawa Light Rail Transit Project: Value for Money

By: John Macomber and Lorraine du Peloux de Saint-Romain
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  • 30 Nov 2015
  • News

Connecticut is the problem with Massachusetts rail

  • 13 May 2015
  • News

America’s roads & rails in peril

  • 15 Sep 2022
  • News

How Bad Would a Rail Strike Have Been?

  • June 1998 (Revised May 2001)
  • Teaching Note

Acquisition of Consolidated Rail Corporation, The (A and B) TN

By: Benjamin C. Esty and Mathew M Millett
Teaching Note for (9-298-006) and (9-298-095). View Details
Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Rail Industry
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