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  • 2009
  • Chapter

Chinese Railroads, Local Society, and Foreign Presence: The Tianjin-Pukou Line in pre-1949 Shandong

By: Elisabeth Koll
This chapter explores issues of how Chinese railroads improved social mobility and standards of living along major trunk lines, and how foreign investment shaped the integration of the Chinese railroad network from the early 1900s to 1949. As this case study of the... View Details
Keywords: Foreign Direct Investment; Business History; Industry Growth; Welfare or Wellbeing; Rail Transportation; Rail Industry; China
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  • 15 Nov 2012
  • Research & Ideas

Funding the Design of Livable Cities

urban population, expected to reach 3 billion over the next four decades, will require housing, places to work, and transportation systems. Second, the natural resources necessary to support this growing population, including freshwater... View Details
Keywords: by Lisa Chase; Construction; Real Estate; Energy; Utilities
  • 1998
  • Chapter

Economic Performance, Strategic Position, and Vulnerability to Ecological Pressures among U.S. Interstate Motor Carriers

By: Jack A. Nickerson and Brian S. Silverman
Keywords: Truck Transportation; Environmental Management; Competitive Strategy; Performance; Shipping Industry; United States
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  • March 2003 (Revised January 2006)
  • Case

Threshold Sports

By: Richard G. Hamermesh and Todd H Thedinga
Describes the sales, marketing, and operating issues facing Threshold Sports, a small cycling event management company that produces the Pro Cycling Tour. Examines the issues facing the company as it approaches breakeven and attempts to grow the business substantially.... View Details
Keywords: Growth Management; Bicycle Transportation; Service Delivery; Sports; Bicycle Industry; Service Industry
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  • 30 Oct 2018
  • Working Paper Summaries

The Value Structure of Technologies, Part 2: Technical and Strategic Bottlenecks as Guides for Action

Keywords: by Carliss Y. Baldwin; Air Transportation; Air Transportation; Air Transportation
  • Portrait Project

Esther Hsu

glinting sun off the coast of Kenya, and the wintry sunrise over the Charles River. But I love the photos that transport me to a time and a place when I was lost, confused, or full of heartache. They capture the faces of my family,... View Details
  • Web

Introduction - Railroads and the Transformation of Capitalism | Harvard Business School

Railroads Finance Management Business Analysts Mass Distribution Mergers & Syndicates Research Links Introduction More than 240,000 miles of railroad track laid down in the United States from the mid-to-late 1800s connected vast regions of the country, View Details
  • 21 Aug 2014
  • Blog Post

HBS Social Enterprise Initiative Visits NYC

adverse weather and climate change impacts. Urvesh was motivated to pursue this internship by his belief, as he explained, “that efficient and reliable transportation is a critical public service, and that it stands to become only more... View Details
Keywords: Nonprofit / Government
  • 19 Sep 2016
  • News

A Fresh Approach to Urban Farming

problem of sustainable food using business. “Singapore imports 90 percent of its food. By the time it gets to Singapore, it’s degraded, it’s expensive, its quality is terrible, and I won’t even start on the impact on the environment of View Details
  • Article

Highways and Spatial Location within Cities: Evidence from India

By: Ejaz Ghani, Arti Grover Goswami and William R. Kerr
We investigate the impact of the Golden Quadrilateral (GQ) highway project on the spatial organization and efficiency of manufacturing activity. The GQ project upgraded the quality and width of 3,633 miles of road in India. We use a difference-in-difference estimation... View Details
Keywords: Infrastructure; Transportation; India
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  • July 2024
  • Article

JUE Insight: Infrastructure and Finance: Evidence from India's GQ Highway Network

By: Abhiman Das, Ejaz Ghani, Arti Grover, William Kerr and Ramana Nanda
We use data from Reserve Bank of India to study the impact of India's Golden Quadrilateral (GQ) highway project on finance-dependent activity. Loan volumes increase by 20-30% in districts along GQ and are stronger in industries more dependent upon external finance.... View Details
Keywords: Highways; Finance; Development; Infrastructure; Banks and Banking; Transportation Networks; Financing and Loans; Growth and Development; India
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  • 21 Dec 2013
  • News

Kenneth A. Schechter, 83, Dies; With Help, He Flew Blind

Keywords: Korean War; Navy; obituraries; Insurance Carriers and Related Activities; Finance
  • Profile

Seth Moulton

Why was earning your MBA at HBS important to you? HBS has given me an excellent introduction to a wide range of business topics, while also giving me the opportunity to pursue particular interests in greater depth. As someone coming out of the military with great... View Details
Keywords: Nonprofit / Government; Entrepreneurship
  • June 1991 (Revised May 1995)
  • Case

Jay Gould and the Coming of Railroad Consolidation

Concerns the role of Jay Gould in causing the creation of large regional rail systems after the Civil War in the United States. In class it will be used to show the inevitability of consolidation in that industry. View Details
Keywords: Rail Transportation; Industry Growth; Consolidation; Rail Industry; United States
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  • 24 Feb 2016
  • News

Did William Alden Invent the Car of the Future in the 1960s?

and remarkably prescient.” Now 89, Alden is again in the PRT—personal rapid transit—business: ”After decades away from PRT, he reunited with a group of other transportation experts to build a new system called Airport Personal Transport,... View Details
  • Summer 2018
  • Article

Scale versus Scope in the Diffusion of New Technology: Evidence from the Farm Tractor

By: Daniel P. Gross
Although tractors are now used in nearly every agricultural field operation and in the production of nearly all crops, they first developed with much more limited application. Early diffusion was accordingly rapid in these narrower applications but limited in scope... View Details
Keywords: Technology Diffusion; Spatial Technology Diffusion; Farm Tractors; R＆D; General-purpose Technologies; Technology Adoption; Agribusiness; Transportation; Research and Development; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; United States
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Benefits & Compensation | Research Associates

including options for child care, transportation discounts, and real estate and mortgage resources. To sweeten the deal, your Harvard ID card acts as your passport to a University-wide offering of libraries, museums, and events, as well... View Details
  • 01 Mar 2011
  • News

Making Their Way

Support of America’s Manufacturing Base and Import/Export Sector Ward: Rail is helping drive U.S. business rebirth amid 21st-century economic realities. Photo Courtesy CSX Related Links In a railroad setting, Michael Ward explains how train View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons; Rail Transportation; Rail Transportation; Rail Transportation; Rail Transportation; Rail Transportation; Rail Transportation
  • 01 Dec 1997
  • News

Making Real Progress in the Middle East: The Bottom-Up, Economic Solution

situation; indeed, they can help to shape it. Up until several months ago, for example, there was no door-to-door transport agreement between Jordan and Israel. This meant that a company wanting to transport... View Details
Keywords: Michael Porter, Yagil Weinberg, and Noreena Hertz
  • Fast Answer

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 Air View Details