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- October 1991 (Revised August 1993)
- Case
Acid Rain: Burlington Northern, Inc. (A)
Burlington Northern (BN) hauls low-sulfur coal from the northern Great Plains to electric utilities in the Midwest. Acid rain legislation may affect the geographic scope of BN's markets. Railroad managers need to assess the economic effects of acid rain controls and... View Details
- February 1991
- Case
Burlington Northern: The ARES Decision (A)
By: Julie H. Hertenstein and Robert S. Kaplan
Burlington Northern's decision whether to invest in ARES, an automated train control system, is a ($350 million) strategic investment in information technology. Although set in a service industry (railroad) the issues around this decision arise in many organizations... View Details
- April 1990
- Teaching Note
Burlington Northern (A) and (B), Teaching Note
Teaching Note for (9-689-081) and (9-689-083). View Details
Keywords: Rail Industry
- 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
- November 1988 (Revised January 1992)
- Teaching Note
Union Tank Car Co., Teaching Note
By: W. Carl Kester
Keywords: Rail Industry
- November 1986 (Revised May 1999)
- Teaching Note
Union Pacific (A), (B), and Introduction, Teaching Note
By: Robert S. Kaplan
Keywords: Rail Industry
- October 1986 (Revised November 2001)
- Case
Consolidated Rail Corporation (Conrail)
- January 1986 (Revised April 1988)
- Case
Union Pacific, Introduction
By: Robert S. Kaplan
Keywords: Rail Industry
- November 1984 (Revised May 1993)
- Teaching Note
Wabash (A) and (B), Teaching Note
- January 1984 (Revised August 1995)
- Teaching Note
Coming of the Railroads, Teaching Note
Keywords: Rail Industry
- November 1983
- Article
On the Problems of Applying Ramsey Pricing to the Railroad Industry with Uncertain Demand Elasticities
By: William B. Tye and Dutch Leonard
- August 1983 (Revised March 1995)
- Case
Railroad Problem and the Solution
A vehicle for a discussion of the causes and consequences of the Interstate Commerce Act. View Details
- April 1978 (Revised August 1978)
- Supplement
Baxley Railroad (B)
By: Michael Beer
Keywords: Rail Industry