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30 Jul 2013
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First Look: July 30

Boeing, the differences between hedging with FX options versus FX futures, counterparty risk, and hedge accounting, among other considerations. Purchase this case: http://hbr.org/search/213080-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 113-003 View Details

Keywords: Anna Secino

December 2013 (Revised August 2015)
Case

Viva Macau (A)

By: Dante Roscini and G. A. Donovan

A fast-growing Macau-based airline backed by private US investors faces a dramatic expropriation in the wake of the first change of head of government since the former Portuguese colony became a Special Administrative Region of China. The case allows students to... View Details

Keywords: Risk Management; Air Transportation; Ownership; Foreign Direct Investment; Government and Politics; Emerging Markets; Venture Capital; China; Macau

May 2019 (Revised September 2019)
Case

Mobike and ofo: Dancing with Titans (A)

By: Shikhar Ghosh and Haibo Zhao

This case address pacing issues – how fast does a company need to scale? It also examines the role of investors in determining company strategy and exit.
Mobike and ofo were two dominant players in China’s emerging dockless bike-sharing market, that allowed users... View Details

Keywords: Information Technology; Venture Capital; Financing and Loans; Competition; Value Creation; Governance; Economics; Business Startups; Strategy; Business Exit or Shutdown; Entrepreneurship; Infrastructure; Transportation; Bicycle Transportation; China

November 2024
Case

FedEx Cyberattack (A): Navigating the NotPetya Storm

By: Hise Gibson, Frank Nagle, Alicia Dadlani and Martha Hostetter

In 2017, FedEx’s European division — acquired the year before for $5 billion — was hit by a devastating cyberattack that destroyed thousands of computers and business systems across several countries. Corporate Chief Information Officer Rob Carter put the company’s... View Details

Keywords: Cybersecurity; Crisis Management; Disruption; Planning; Transportation Industry; United States; Europe

August 2017 (Revised August 2018)
Case

Busbud: Building a Data Company

By: Srikant M. Datar, Alistair Croll and Caitlin N. Bowler

The case features the work of LP Maurice (HBS '08) as he decides to take on the fragmented bus travel industry and launch an online business that aggregates and shares bus schedules for routes around the world. His first challenge: finding that the data he needs is... View Details

Keywords: Data Science; Analytics and Data Science; Business Startups; Knowledge Acquisition; Customers; Measurement and Metrics; Transportation Industry

March 2016
Supplement

Trouble at Tessei

By: Ethan Bernstein and Ryan W. Buell

In 2005, Teruo Yabe is asked to revive Tessei, the 669-person JR-East subsidiary responsible for cleaning its Shinkansen ("bullet") trains. Operational mistakes, customer complaints, safety issues, and employee turnover are at or near all-time highs, even as the... View Details

Keywords: Service Management; Employee Engagement; Employee Motivation; Leadership And Managing People; Quality Improvement; Efficiency; Japan; Operational Transparency; Employee Coordination; Transparency; Leadership; Service Delivery; Service Operations; Employees; Quality; Transportation Industry; Japan

May 1993
Teaching Note

MASSPORT TN

By: Regina E. Herzlinger

Keywords: Transportation Industry; Massachusetts

August 2009 (Revised October 2009)
Case

Indian Railways: Building a Permanent Legacy?

By: Tarun Khanna, Aldo Musacchio and Rachna Tahilyani

Keywords: Government and Politics; Managerial Roles; Size; State Ownership; Performance; Transportation Industry; India

October 2008
Supplement

The Hertz Corporation (A) Teaching Note Courseware

By: Timothy A. Luehrman

Keywords: Teaching; Information; Education; Transportation Industry

October 2007 (Revised March 2008)
Supplement

The Hertz Corporation (B) courseware

By: Timothy A. Luehrman

Keywords: Education; Transportation Industry

November 2002 (Revised April 2004)
Case

TCS: An Entrepreneurial Air-Express Company in Pakistan

Introduces Khalid Awan, co-founder of TCS, an entrepreneurial air-express company in Pakistan. Awan has succeeded in building a sizeable company despite serious obstacles, including pressure from the public postal system, an environment prone to corruption, and a... View Details

Keywords: Family Business; Emerging Markets; Entrepreneurship; Leasing; Transportation Industry; United Arab Emirates; Pakistan

September 2000
Case

TruckitNow.com Business Plan

By: Myra M. Hart and Judith Marie Dror

Presents an original business plan. Students are challenged to develop assumptions and create financial projections and statements based on business plan text. View Details

Keywords: Business Growth and Maturation; Business Plan; Finance; Framework; Value Creation; Transportation Industry

November 1985 (Revised February 1992)
Case

New Technologies at Tiner Trucking Co. (A)

By: Richard E. Walton

Keywords: Information Technology; Transportation Industry

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June 1998 (Revised November 1998)
Case

TNT Limited's Logistics Services in Asia (D): Managing the "Asian Contagion"

By: Michael Y. Yoshino, Carin-Isabel Knoop and Cate Reavis

Supplements the (A) case. View Details

Keywords: Transportation Industry; Asia; China; Thailand; Indonesia

August 1997 (Revised October 1997)
Case

TNT Limited's Logistics Services in Asia (C), "The Grind"

By: Michael Y. Yoshino and Carin-Isabel Knoop

Supplements the (A) case. View Details

Keywords: Transportation Industry; Asia; China; Thailand; Indonesia

Fast Answer

Urban development

transportation or highway planning, infrastructure financing, building materials, and parks. This link leads to a search result in a variety of EBSCO databases. Journal of Planning Literature covers topics such as urban... View Details

01 Dec 2002
News

Clusters and Competition

fascinating paradox that we've seen all over the world,” he observed. “In the age of globalization — with open markets, high-speed communication, and rapid transportation — location still matters.” For more on the role of clusters in... View Details

Sep 2014
Survey

An Economy Doing Half Its Job

As a start, business leaders must take action to address the structural problems that linger for the nation, even as the cyclical recovery continues. The survey delves into three elements of the business environment that play a key role in restoring U.S.... View Details

September–October 2013
Article

The Role of Organizational Scope and Governance in Strengthening Private Monitoring

By: Lamar Pierce and Michael W. Toffel

Governments and other organizations often outsource activities to achieve cost savings from market competition. Yet such benefits are often accompanied by poor quality resulting from moral hazard, which can be particularly onerous when outsourcing the monitoring and... View Details

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20 Apr 2021
Blog Post

Leadership In Challenging Times: Thierry Ibri (MBA 1997)

rescue, transportation – as ‘feeding the line’ because it’s meeting acute hunger needs across our 59-county region in Minnesota and western Wisconsin. We also work to ‘shorten the line’ (prevent need for emergency hunger services) through... View Details

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