Publications

June 1988 (Revised August 1988)
Case

Air Canada: The Privatization Option

By: Malcolm S. Salter

Keywords: Competition; Corporate Governance; Privatization; Air Transportation Industry; Canada

April 1988 (Revised September 1992)
Case

Frito-Lay, Inc.: The Backhaul Decision

By: Janice H. Hammond

Prior to the Motor Carrier Act of 1980, companies with private trucking fleets were generally prohibited from selling transportation services to other companies. The deregulation of the trucking industry in 1980 allowed private carriers to offer for-hire transportation... View Details

Keywords: Cost Management; Revenue; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Marketing Strategy; Distribution; Service Operations; Sales; Salesforce Management; Transportation; Food and Beverage Industry

Educators

February 1988 (Revised August 2000)
Background Note

Note on the U.S. Freight Transportation Industry

By: Janice H. Hammond and John E. P. Morrison

Describes the major modes of domestic freight transportation (motor carrier, rail, air, water, and pipelines). Examines the characteristics of the transportation service that each mode provides and discusses changes in the industry that have resulted from recent... View Details

Keywords: Change; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Industry Structures; Logistics; Service Operations; Transportation; United States

Educators

October 1987
Case

Malaysian Airline System

By: James I. Cash Jr. and Arthur L. Gilbert

Keywords: Air Transportation Industry; Malaysia

September 1987
Case

USAir and Piedmont in the Airline Industry

By: Pankaj Ghemawat and Forest L. Reinhardt

Keywords: Air Transportation Industry

June 1987
Case

Aircraft Industry's Political Profile

By: Malcolm S. Salter

Keywords: Business and Government Relations; Air Transportation Industry

February 1987
Case

Air Canada: Organizing for Public Relations and Media Relations (B): The Manager and the Media

By: Stephen A. Greyser

Keywords: Business Organization; Strategy; Air Transportation Industry

February 1987 (Revised December 1992)
Case

Honeywell Commercial Aviation Division (B)

By: Michael Beer

Keywords: Air Transportation Industry

November 1986
Supplement

People Express - May 1985

By: D. Quinn Mills

Describes situation facing Don Burr at People Express in May of 1985. Purpose is to get students to make a business policy decision. Follow-up to People Express - March 1984. View Details

Keywords: Decisions; Policy; Management Teams; Air Transportation Industry

October 1986 (Revised November 2001)
Case

Consolidated Rail Corporation (Conrail)

By: Carliss Y. Baldwin

Keywords: Rail Transportation; Rail Industry; United States

March 1986 (Revised February 1987)
Case

Air Canada: Organizing for Public Relations and Media Relations (A)

By: Stephen A. Greyser and Roy V. Eales

Keywords: Business Organization; Strategy; Air Transportation Industry

January 1986
Background Note

Note on the U.S. Airline Industry in the 1980s

By: George C. Lodge and Charles C. Heckscher

Keywords: Air Transportation Industry; United States

March 1985 (Revised December 1986)
Supplement

Eastern Air Lines, Supplement

By: George C. Lodge

Keywords: Air Transportation Industry

February 1985 (Revised May 1986)
Case

Allied Van Lines, Inc.

By: Stephen A. Greyser

Keywords: Transportation Industry

January 1985 (Revised April 1985)
Case

Eastern Air Lines

By: George C. Lodge

Keywords: Air Transportation Industry

winter 1985
Article

The Nonpecuniary Costs of Automobile Emissions Standards

By: Timothy F. Bresnahan and Dennis Yao

An important component of the costs of automotive air-pollution control has been nonpecuniary: a decline in vehicle performance characteristics. This regulatory impact on what the auto industry calls "drivability" has never been quantified, although there is... View Details

Keywords: Transportation; Pollutants; Cost; Standards; Performance; Quality; Auto Industry