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IFC: India; Development While Decarbonizing - India’s Path to Net Zero - Course Catalog
zero, and the need and ways to build a sustainable future. Students will explore the balance of maintaining basic development goals, such as improving infrastructure, reducing poverty, energy access, housing, transport services, water,... View Details
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
The Sparkles in Our Skies
carbon offsets to account for the energy used in transportation and logistics. “Our diamonds are carbon negative, but as a company we’re currently carbon-neutral,” Hagemann explains. He’s not content with that: “Our goal is to be carbon... View Details
- 01 Sep 2016
- News
The Taxi Wars of Jakarta
1.4 taxis for every 1,000 people in Jakarta compared with 10.2 in Bangkok, and most of those were concentrated in the downtown area where the office jobs and wealthier residents congregate, despite the fact that taxis were often seen as a lower- class 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
Keywords: Investment; Rail Transportation; Information Technology; Competitive Strategy; Performance Evaluation; Performance Effectiveness; Cost vs Benefits; Technology Adoption; Technological Innovation; Customers; Quality; Rail Industry
Hertenstein, Julie H., and Robert S. Kaplan. "Burlington Northern: The ARES Decision (A)." Harvard Business School Case 191-122, February 1991.
- March 2022 (Revised March 2023)
- Case
Commercial Space Stations, Chickens and Eggs, and Demand for Activity in Low-Earth Orbit
By: Matthew C. Weinzierl and Brendan L. Rosseau
With the International Space Station set to retire in January 2031, NASA has made clear its desire to transition to commercially-led space stations in low-earth orbit (LEO). But the history of commercial station attempts has been fraught, characterized by a lack of... View Details
- February 2021
- Supplement
HNA Group: Global Excellence with Chinese Characteristics (C)
By: William C. Kirby, Billy Chan and John P. McHugh
July 2017 was supposed to be a triumphant month for HNA Group. The latest Fortune Global 500 list showed the company had again skyrocketed in its ranking to no. 170, an improvement of over 200 positions from the year prior. Yet earlier that same July, the mysterious... View Details
Keywords: Conglomerate; Airline Industry; Coronavirus; Financial Risk; Debt; Bankruptcy; Global Strategy; Restructuring; Health Pandemics; Financial Markets; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Financial Condition; Globalized Firms and Management; Business and Government Relations; Air Transportation Industry; Air Transportation Industry; China
Kirby, William C., Billy Chan, and John P. McHugh. "HNA Group: Global Excellence with Chinese Characteristics (C)." Harvard Business School Supplement 321-123, February 2021.
- October 2017
- Teaching Note
Canadian Pacific's Bid for Norfolk Southern
By: Benjamin C. Esty and E. Scott Mayfield
Teaching Note for HBS No. 216-057. View Details
- April 2016
- Supplement
Canadian Pacific's Bid for Norfolk Southern Spreadsheet Supplement
By: Benjamin C. Esty and Scott Mayfield
In December 2015, Canadian Pacific Railroad (CPR) has just made its third bid to acquire Norfolk Southern Corporation (NSC), one of the largest railroads in the United States. Having rejected the prior offers, NSC’s CEO James Squires and the NSC board must now value... View Details
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Trade Publications - Bubbles, Panics & Crashes – Historical Collections – Harvard Business School
Poor, 1868-1918). Full text (1868-1880) available as a networked resource Automobile Topics (New York: s.n., 1900-1948). Full text (August – September, 1922) available as a networked resource Transport World (London: Carriers Publishing... View Details
- 01 Dec 1996
- News
Victory Lap: Frazier, Olympics COO, Reviews the Games
countries won medals than ever before, befitting the record number of athletes and nations that took part. What were the problem areas? For an event of this magnitude, perfection is elusive. Transportation delays were inevitable,... View Details
- 26 Jul 2016
- First Look
July 26, 2016
Business School Case 716-444 Detroit: On the Right Track? As this case opens in 2012, a cross-sector alliance to bring new rail transport to the Motor City seems about to collapse, and civic leaders have one last chance to save it. The... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Feb 2024
- Blog Post
IFC India: JSW Steel and Cement and the Quest to Capture Carbon in Hard to Abate Sectors
economics for buyers. Clustering would help reduce transportation and liquefaction costs and make the supply chain frictionless as it would require no or very few investments in pipeline network. Storage: the difficulty of storing carbon... View Details
- 15 Oct 2019
- News
Understanding Challenges Across the Supply Chain
nearly 20 times. During classroom discussions, presentations, and talks by guest speakers, participants explore topics ranging from climate change and the environmental impact of agribusiness, to the demand for better protein sources and non-GMO sustainable produce, to... View Details
- July 2014 (Revised November 2015)
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American Airlines in 2011
By: Willy Shih
The American Airlines in 2011 case was developed to provide a setting for the comparative analysis of two very different business models in the U.S. domestic airline industry—the network carrier and the low cost carrier (LCC). These models offer very different value... View Details
Keywords: American Airlines; Network Carrier; Low-cost Carrier; LCC; Business Model; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Competition; Competitive Strategy; Disruption; Transportation Industry; Transportation Industry; Transportation Industry; United States
Shih, Willy. "American Airlines in 2011." Harvard Business School Case 615-009, July 2014. (Revised November 2015.)
- 06 Oct 2022
- News
Untapped Potential
because a student who is severely dehydrated or afflicted with diarrhea can’t learn effectively. Water can also be a matter of gender equality. In some communities that lack adequate indoor plumbing, women and young girls are responsible for View Details
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Supercharged
planning and strategy at Ford’s Asia Pacific operations in Shanghai and a panelist at HBS’s “Moving the Future” transportation conference this past February. Just as significantly, charging infrastructure is set to get a boost. According... View Details
- 17 Apr 2015
- News
A Driving Force for a Sustainable World
Fabienne Herlaut (MBA 1984) has strived for sustainability in the greater world and in her own life. The founder and managing partner of Ecomobilité Ventures, a 25 million multi-corporate venture fund based in France and committed to green transportation, Herlaut... View Details
- 07 Jan 2008
- Research & Ideas
Pursuing a Deadly Opportunity
venture. In return for body donations, each organization offered comparable levels of financial assistance covering transportation and cremation costs and returning the ashes when requested. In their research Anteby and Hyman discovered... View Details
- February 2018
- Teaching Plan
Tesla in 2015
By: Lynda M. Applegate, Olivia Hull and Sarah Mehta
Teaching Note for HBS No. 817-081. View Details
Keywords: Electric Vehicle; Internal Combustion Vehicle; Battery; Product Distribution; Platform Disruption; Vertical Integration; Patents; Disruption; Innovation and Invention; Disruptive Innovation; Innovation Leadership; Innovation Strategy; Technological Innovation; Energy; Entrepreneurship; Leading Change; Product Marketing; Information Technology; Digital Platforms; Transportation; Transportation Industry; Transportation Industry; Transportation Industry; Transportation Industry; Transportation Industry; Transportation Industry; California
- 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