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- September 2003 (Revised February 2010)
- Teaching Note
Zipcar: Refining the Business Model (TN)
Teaching Note for (9-803-096), (9-806-717), and (9-806-718). View Details
- March 1996 (Revised April 2001)
- Case
HMS Thetis and Apollo XIII
Explores the management of technical disasters in which time plays a central role. Uses the experience of HMS Thetis and Apollo 13 to look at both successful and unsuccessful approaches. View Details
Upton, David M., and Sari Carp. "HMS Thetis and Apollo XIII." Harvard Business School Case 696-097, March 1996. (Revised April 2001.)
- 01 Dec 2006
- News
Rolling Thunder
HEAVY METAL: Stephen Julius and family aboard an Indian motorcycle, a classic brand that in late 2007 will once again hit the streets. PHOTO COURTESY STEPHEN JULIUS Vrrooom that’s the sound of the classic Indian brand motorcycle, revving up for a comeback. Founded in... View Details
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
Gaining Currency
REYNOLDS: Weak dollar cuts both ways. To illustrate the global impact of fluctuating exchange rates, the New York Times (December 11, 2004) focused on two small, family-owned manufacturers, one located in Germany and the other in the United States. For Pennsylvania’s... View Details
- 30 Jan 2006
- HBS Case
The Case of the Mystery Writer’s Brand
Patterson, and book clubs. In nineteenth-century agricultural marketing, farmers transported their crops to market and waited for people to buy them, much as the publishing industry today ships books to stores and waits for customers to... View Details
- 04 Jun 2024
- Blog Post
ClimateCAP 2024
programs across the country! Two events stand out to me. On the first night there was a dinner event where people separated into tables and I had the chance to have in depth conversations on infrastructure for transporting hydrogen with... View Details
- 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
- 01 Mar 2019
- News
Ask the Expert: Auto Pilot
driverless? Is it an advertising space? A connected entertainment center? A personal transportation sanctuary? —Jeff Zeller (MBA 2016) KAPOOR: The internal space will be very different. Up until now, cars have been designed for a scenario... View Details
- 02 Oct 2012
- News
Green Pioneer
strategic advice to the environmental and transportation engineering and consulting industry. Perhaps just as important for Zofnass, EFCG allows him to “merge my vocational interests with my avocational passions, particularly with regard... View Details
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
Facing Ambiguity
On February 1, 2003, the space shuttle Columbia disintegrated upon reentry into the Earth’s atmosphere, killing all seven astronauts onboard. In a new multimedia case, “Columbia’s Final Mission,” by HBS assistant professors Michael Roberto and Richard Bohmer, HBS... View Details
- 29 Feb 2016
- News
How Joe Shoen Got U-Haul Back on Track
The most recent issue of Forbes magazine has a long piece on Amerco, U-Haul’s parent company, and its return to dominance following decades-long internal turmoil. Leading the charge is Amerco CEO Joe Shoen (MBA 1973), who has a longstanding habit of... View Details
- 20 Jul 2020
- Op-Ed
It's Time for a Bipartisan Health Plan for Employers and Employees
are politically infeasible for public insurance. For example, they could offer policies that transport members for care from high-cost locations to high-quality, low-cost ones. Public insurance, in contrast, could not offer a policy that... View Details
- 01 Oct 2021
- Blog Post
Alumni Spotlight: Career Advice from Alums Working in Climate
around the world adapt and lead. Climate jobs have never more robust or exciting. From transportation to tech to agriculture, regardless of your experience, I’d encourage all MBAs to make climate a part of your next role." Nathan Nemon... View Details
Keywords: Energy / Cleantech
- January 2017 (Revised April 2017)
- Supplement
Bridj and the Business of Urban Mobility (B): A New Model in Kansas City
By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter and Jonathan Cohen
In late 2016, Bridj was expanding its digital platform to help address urban mobility problems faced by cities across the country and the world. Its founder and CEO, Matt George, weighed up several possible strategies for growth as he aimed to responsibly build the... View Details
Keywords: Mobility; Digital; Mobile App; Mobile; Data; Platform; Organization; Startup; Start-up Growth; Startup Management; Responsibility; Corporate Responsibility; Entrepreneurship; Information Technology; Transportation; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Growth and Development Strategy; Digital Platforms; Mobile and Wireless Technology; United States; District of Columbia; Massachusetts; Kansas; Mexico
Kanter, Rosabeth Moss, and Jonathan Cohen. "Bridj and the Business of Urban Mobility (B): A New Model in Kansas City." Harvard Business School Supplement 317-047, January 2017. (Revised April 2017.)
- January 2006 (Revised December 2006)
- Case
Toyota Motor Corporation: Launching Prius
By: Forest L. Reinhardt, Dennis A. Yao and Masako Egawa
In 1995, Hiroshi Okuda, president of Toyota Motor Corp., considers whether to push for a more aggressive launch of the Toyota Prius--an automobile that incorporates Toyota's new and technically advanced hybrid power train. This launch decision allows discussion of the... View Details
Keywords: Environmental Sustainability; Product Launch; Transportation; Brands and Branding; Manufacturing Industry; Green Technology Industry; Auto Industry; Japan
Reinhardt, Forest L., Dennis A. Yao, and Masako Egawa. "Toyota Motor Corporation: Launching Prius." Harvard Business School Case 706-458, January 2006. (Revised December 2006.)
- 01 Mar 2025
- News
Agenda: Frank Lorenzo (MBA 1963)
In the early 1970s, Frank Lorenzo (MBA 1963) was CEO of Texas International Airlines, a struggling regional operation. There were whispers of change coming for the airline industry as Washington considered the pros and cons of ending regulation. “If there was a list of... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
Timothy G. Brier: The Price is Right
As a young man, Tim Brier was so smitten with flying that he used to take dates to watch planes land and take off when he was growing up in Staten Island, New York. It's not surprising, therefore, that he would later embark on a career in the airline industry. But even... View Details
Keywords: James E. Aisner
- 19 Feb 2018
- Sharpening Your Skills
Amazoned: Is Any Industry Safe?
iPhoto Jeff Bezos, visiting a Harvard Business School classroom 21 years ago, told skeptical students his goal with Amazon.com was to "sell everything to everyone everywhere." Even dog food? students wondered, which would require expensive storage and View Details
- June 2022
- Teaching Plan
Lifebank Nigeria
By: Brian Trelstad, Pippa Tubman Armerding and Wale Lawal
The aspiration of addressing maternal deaths in Nigeria, which were mostly caused by blood shortages, led Temie Giwa-Tubosun to found LifeBank in 2015. LifeBank developed an online platform that enabled hospitals to connect and purchase blood from local blood banks and... View Details