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- October 1989 (Revised May 1998)
- Teaching Note
Collision Course in Commercial Aircraft: Boeing-Airbus-McDonnell Douglas--1991 (A) & New Theories of International Trade, Teaching Note
By: David B. Yoffie
Teaching Note for (9-391-106) and (9-390-001). View Details
- April 1989 (Revised August 1989)
- Case
Burlington Northern (A)
Describes the forces that led to the development of a logistics analysis program by the Burlington Northern Railroad. The first half of the case describes changes in industrial structure, technology, demographics, shipper practices, and government regulation that led... View Details
- April 1989 (Revised March 1990)
- Case
Burlington Northern (B)
Describes the experiences of a seasoned Burlington Northern (BN) sales representative after the introduction of ShipSmart, a decision support system developed by the BN to help its employees and customers analyze logistics problems. After a brief description of a... View Details
- March 1989
- Supplement
People Express, Update - January 1989
By: D. Quinn Mills and G. Bruce Friesen
Follow-up to People Express (A). Describes what happened to People Express Airlines after 1985. View Details
- December 1988
- Article
Strategic Responses to Automobile Emissions Control: A Game-Theoretic Analysis
By: Dennis Yao
This paper examines the dynamics of standard-setting regulation under technological uncertainty and asymmetric information about technological capability. A two-period model which allows fully strategic action is developed and applied to the regulation of automobile... View Details
- October 1988
- Background Note
Note on Airline Reservations Systems (Revised), Part I
By: F. Warren McFarlan and Duncan G. Copeland
- October 1988
- Background Note
Note on Airline Reservations Systems (Revised), Part II
By: F. Warren McFarlan and Duncan G. Copeland
- September 1988
- Case
Frontier Airlines, Inc. (A) (Condensed)
Describes a regional airline that is on the losing end of a strategic application of information technology. Management is focusing on internal data processing issues while its principal, and larger, competitor is using its computerized reservations system to gain... View Details
- September 1988 (Revised November 1989)
- Case
Honeywell, Inc.: International Organization for Commercial Avionics (A)
Keywords: Air Transportation Industry
- September 1988
- Case
Frontier Airlines, Inc. (B) (Condensed)
By: F. Warren McFarlan and Duncan G. Copeland
Keywords: Air Transportation Industry
- June 1988 (Revised August 1988)
- Case
Air Canada: The Privatization Option
- April 1988 (Revised September 1992)
- Case
Frito-Lay, Inc.: The Backhaul Decision
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
- 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
- September 1987
- Case
USAir and Piedmont in the Airline Industry
By: Pankaj Ghemawat and Forest L. Reinhardt
Keywords: Air Transportation Industry
- February 1987 (Revised December 1992)
- Case
Honeywell Commercial Aviation Division (B)
By: Michael Beer
Keywords: Air Transportation Industry