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- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Professorship Brings Brierley's HBS Connection Full Circle
ever dreamed that frequentflier miles would become a multibillion-dollar source of incremental airline revenue," he notes. In 1982, Brierley was named vice president of sales and advertising for Pan American World Airways, where he... View Details
- 08 May 2006
- Research & Ideas
The Cost of Cutting in Line
standing in line at the airport, it occurred to me that waiting lines appeared to be another example for a missing-markets problem. Why do I have to wait at airports? Why don't the airlines offer a service that would allow me to pay $20... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Feb 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research, February 28
company, DO & CO, growing geographically with its existing businesses while also adding new brands to its portfolio. The company had $1 billion in revenues in 2015 from its three divisions: airline catering; international event... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
HBS Faculty Explore Ideas Around the World
responsibility shared by so many business leaders in countries with great income disparities. Learn more at www.hbs.edu/businesshistory/emerging-markets Global Case Writing Shaped by Faculty Interests Assistant Professor Doug Chung’s interest in the View Details
Keywords: faculty research
- 10 Oct 2007
- Research & Ideas
“Blank” Inside: Branding Ingredients
aftermarket. Think cars with Michelin tires, Dolby stereo systems and Champion spark plugs. Today, the most impressive—and unlikely—ingredient brand promises to be the Boeing 787. On July 8, 2007, Boeing unveiled the 787 to the public. Over 650 orders have already been... View Details
- Feb 2014
- Case
Flying High, Landing Low: Strengths and Challenges for U.S. Air Transportation
areas. It becomes clear that individual airlines have often been managed back to health and focus on innovation, but the overall system itself and its governmental connections need attention, including the desire for NextGen air traffic... View Details
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
Harvard MBAs Rule?
strengths has been to furnish corporate America with executive leadership at the highest levels. Seeking perspective on this flurry of HBS alumni promotions, the magazine asked Continental Airlines president Gregory Brenneman (MBA 1988)... View Details
- 22 Jul 2024
- News
Viral Marketing’s Early Muse
Illustration by John Weber In 2008, Canadian musician Dave Carroll saw United Airlines employees manhandling his $3,500 Taylor guitar on the tarmac in Chicago. When he arrived at his destination, the guitar was in pieces. Carroll... View Details
- 01 Apr 2000
- News
The World at a Click
services for leisure and small-business travelers. Consumers enjoy one-stop shopping for airline tickets, car rentals, vacation packages, hotels, and cruises, as well as a wealth of travel news and merchandise. "Preview Travel and... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelly
- Web
Awards | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
included, and the amounts must be calculated into U.S. dollars. The traveler can be reimbursed for these expenses after the trip has occurred and upon presentation of appropriate documentation. Airline & Train Expenses View Details
- 11 Mar 2020
- News
Making It Rain
business dashboards, and other tools for clients. The end results are “microweather” forecasts for clients ranging from major airlines to roofing companies to individual users through a smartphone app. “We’re the only private weather... View Details
Keywords: Lisa Scanlon Mogolov
- Student-Profile
Omar Olivarez
The seeds of Omar Olivarez’s (he/him) interest in AI and the future of work were planted in an undergraduate course in business analytics and machine learning. After graduating with his BBA, he followed a natural path into industry, working at Southwest View Details
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
Clean Slate
time and a whole heap of permitting, Wieland explains. Meanwhile, Massport is electrifying its ground-service equipment, such as the trucks that ferry luggage and equipment around the tarmac, and installing the charging stations to power them. As View Details
- 06 May 2019
- News
Startup Talk in Chicago
in which the best ideas are able to flourish.” Behind the Scenes at American Airlines Alumni and guests from the HBS Club of Dallas (HBSCD) and the Harvard Business School Publishing Corporate Learning Partners were treated to a business... View Details
- 23 Jul 2016
- News
The Art of Persuasion
When Radhika Piramal (MBA 2006) returned to India in 2009, she noted two developing trends with direct implications for VIP Industries, her family’s luggage and bag business. First, air traffic was increasing rapidly with the introduction of new View Details
- Portrait Project
Sacha Yabili
become an airline pilot. In this despairing time, I remembered how my grandfather stood up against tribal customs that he considered wrong and, against all odds, moved his family to the city in hope for a better life. I remembered that... View Details
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
Enhancing Students’ Cultural Intelligence
travel stores to help the airline enhance customer satisfaction—provided insight on Mexico’s travel industry and, equally important, a new perspective on teamwork. “There were no designated leaders in the teams we were assigned to in... View Details
- 01 Feb 1997
- News
OPM Reunion Snapshots
notes Kathy. Bernard Foulquies (3rd OPM) Representing the fifth generation of his family in the industrial textile business in England and France, Bernard Foulquies attended OPM after filling out an application he found in an airline... View Details
- 20 Jul 2016
- Research & Ideas
Airplane Design Brings Out the Class Warfare in Us All
behavior. The leading causes of passenger disruptions on airplane flights. (Source: Research Report: Physical and Situational Inequality on Airplanes Predicts Air Rage.) Source: Micaela Brody They pored through a private database of all air rage incidents from a large... View Details
- Portrait Project
Michael Nkansah
century. Africa's economic rise has set the stage for a transportation revolution—one I intend to help shape. I will build an airline that links the remotest parts of the continent, connecting its people and markets. I learned the value... View Details