Air Transportation Industry - Publications - Faculty & Research

25 Aug 2022
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Ready for Departure

accelerate construction projects. And now, finally, travel plans are back on. Here, alumni from the field share insights into how the industry has readied itself for your arrival at the airport—and what to expect in the next era of travel... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; illustrations by Chris Gash; Air Transportation; Air Transportation

20 Jan 2023
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Free Spirits

Illustrations by Edmon DeHaro “Cheers!” As her father’s wedding toast comes to a close, Vanessa Royle (MBA 2022) raises her champagne flute into the evening air to clink glasses with the groom, Andy. She tilts her glass to take a sip and,... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Food Services and Drinking Places; Hospitality

01 Jun 2017
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Ask the Expert: On the Fly

always been intriguing to me,” says Carty, which explains his five decades in the field—starting at Air Canada, moving on to American Airlines (where he served as chairman and CEO), and including board stints with Porter Airlines, Virgin... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

01 Jun 2004
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The Sky’s the Limit

he recalls. “What I kept thinking about was that I absolutely love flying.” So Hamilton set about figuring out a way to get into the aviation industry and make a living. He renewed his pilot’s license, bought a Diamond Star four-seater... View Details

Keywords: Seattle Avionics; Transportation; Transportation; Transportation

December 1982 (Revised May 1983)
Case

General Electric Aircraft Engine Business Group (B)

By: Arthur Schleifer Jr.

Keywords: Machinery and Machining; Air Transportation; Aerospace Industry

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13 Sep 2021
Research & Ideas

Science: The Unlikely Frontier for New Business Ideas

technical drawings of the products’ mechanisms, McKesson’s application also cited 15 scientific articles. Coca-Cola’s filing didn’t refer to any past research. Even patent applications for some medical devices—arguably, an industry with... View Details

Keywords: by Avery Forman

October 1988
Background Note

Note on Airline Reservations Systems (Revised), Part II

By: F. Warren McFarlan and Duncan G. Copeland

Keywords: Air Transportation; System

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31 May 2017
What Do You Think?

Can Amazon Do What Walmart Couldn’t, Stop the 'Wheel of Retailing'?

for growth for the company; what would consumers want to purchase online that would fit into a rapid response distribution model? Students rejected numerous options involving lower-value items such as dog food, which would require expensive storage and View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Retail

31 Aug 2011
Research & Ideas

Improving Fairness in Flight Delays

arrival rate into a congested airport; in an AFP, the FAA uses the same approach to adjust the amount of traffic flying into congested airspace. These two tools account for approximately 30 percent of all air View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Air Transportation; Air Transportation

May 2020 (Revised March 2022)
Case

The Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic and the Global Economy (A)

By: Alberto Cavallo and Christian Godwin

In April 2020, the world struggled to contain the exponential escalation of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Dozens of countries had imposed restrictions on travel, work, and social gatherings. A large share of the global population was under lockdowns and... View Details

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December 1995 (Revised September 2001)
Teaching Note

Tale of Two Airlines in the Information Age: Or Why the Spirit of King George III Is Alive and Well! TN

By: F. Warren McFarlan

Teaching Note for (9-195-240). View Details

Keywords: Air Transportation; Information Technology

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Airline industry: overviews & statistics

Australian, and global markets Statista - quick statistics and articles on the topic Additional resource: United States Bureau of Transportation Statistics Federal Aviation Administration Global and European View Details

March 2022 (Revised August 2022)
Case

Swvl: Smart Mobility for the Masses

By: Krishna Palepu, Esel Çekin and Menna Hassan

The case focuses on strategy and governance issues at Swvl, a tech-enabled mass mobility marketplace. It describes the journey of CEO and Chairman Mostafa Kandil on his journey from founding the company to its listing on Nasdaq. Since its founding in Egypt in 2017,... View Details

Keywords: Corporate Governance; Growth and Development Strategy; Initial Public Offering; Innovation and Invention; Business Startups; Transportation Industry; Transportation Industry; Middle East; North Africa

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10 Jul 2000
Research & Ideas

Privatization and the New European Economy

markedly, and in 1998 the company recorded its first profit in forty years. Reutlinger sees Sabena's shift from state to private ownership as part of a major and growing trend in the transportation and other View Details

Keywords: by James E. Aisner; Air Transportation; Air Transportation

01 Feb 2002
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It's academic. (Not!)

Wasserman. "They have a lot of senior people at the top and very few junior people below them. Several other industries that started out that way - such as investment banking and consulting - have evolved into big, pyramid-shaped... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Jun 2015
News

Lessons from a Megacity

The first step in researching the public transportation system in Buenos Aires: send the private driver home. “How could we be there studying public transportation and not use it?” asks Eryn Schultz (MBA... View Details

Keywords: April White; Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation; Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation

01 Jun 2023
News

Batteries Included

economy.” Globally, shipping transports more than 10 billion metric tons of cargo each year. According to Yale Climate Connections, almost all of these ships run on fossil fuels and emit carbon pollution. Maritime shipping causes about 3... View Details

Keywords: Catherine O’Neill Grace; Water Transportation; Water Transportation

2011
Book

Detour: My Unexpected, Amazing, Life Changing Journey With OnStar

By: Chet Huber

Detour is the story behind the launch of OnStar’s now well known blue button, as told through the eyes of its founder and CEO of over fourteen years, Chet Huber. It’s a personal narrative that describes the events that led up to General Motors’ unexpected choice... View Details

Keywords: General Motors; OnStar; Technological Innovation; Business Startups; Transportation; Safety; Personal Development and Career; Creativity; Success; Business History; Auto Industry

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07 Apr 2010
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Economizing Corporate Travel

Keywords: Air Transportation; Air Transportation

September 2013 (Revised August 2015)
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Leadership and Teaming

By: Ethan Bernstein

Small differences in the leadership of teams can have large consequences for the success of their efforts. Many initiatives fail not because of a fatal error in judgment or insufficient ideas, knowledge, motivation, or capabilities to deliver a solution. They fail... View Details

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Ready for Departure

Free Spirits

Ask the Expert: On the Fly

The Sky’s the Limit

General Electric Aircraft Engine Business Group (B)

Science: The Unlikely Frontier for New Business Ideas

Note on Airline Reservations Systems (Revised), Part II

Can Amazon Do What Walmart Couldn’t, Stop the 'Wheel of Retailing'?

Improving Fairness in Flight Delays

The Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic and the Global Economy (A)

Tale of Two Airlines in the Information Age: Or Why the Spirit of King George III Is Alive and Well! TN

Airline industry: overviews & statistics

Swvl: Smart Mobility for the Masses

Privatization and the New European Economy

It's academic. (Not!)

Lessons from a Megacity

Batteries Included

Detour: My Unexpected, Amazing, Life Changing Journey With OnStar

Economizing Corporate Travel

Leadership and Teaming