Transportation Networks - Publications - Faculty & Research

September 2020
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Uber at a Crossroads (2017)

By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Karen Elterman

This case describes the history of Uber, its business model—including the ways it differed from that of the traditional taxi industry—and its competition with Lyft. The case is set in 2017, a year in which Uber was plagued by even more scandals than usual, though its... View Details

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15 Jun 2009
Research & Ideas

GM: What Went Wrong and What’s Next

government. This is a great deal for Magna, but terrible for Chevrolet. GM's best small cars are engineered (and some are manufactured) by Opel in Europe. But it's not just about design and engineering. The supply chains and factory View Details

Keywords: by Staff; Auto

07 Apr 2015
News

Warrior Spirit

delivering Chinese food, and teaching Muay Thai classes. He maintained a spreadsheet of daily expenses, trying to beat his usual average of $4 a day with tactics that included avoiding public transportation by running or walking to get... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment; Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries; Arts, Entertainment; Technical and Trade Schools; Educational Services

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Finance Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

Award for Teaching Excellence. Lauren H. Cohen : Winner of the Inaugural Hakan Orbay Research First Prize Award in 2015 for “Resident Networks and Corporate Connections: Evidence from World War II Internment Camps” with Umit Gurun and... View Details

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Harvard Business School

cell phone and television network business, and started his own phone company. Ed Jones Jr. MBA 1972 In 1973, the Harvard Business Review published Edward Jones's personal account, “What It's Like to Be a Black Manager.” At the time he... View Details

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Entrepreneurial Management Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

People by Boston Magazine in 2015. Lauren H. Cohen : Winner of the Inaugural Hakan Orbay Research First Prize Award in 2015 for “Resident Networks and Corporate Connections: Evidence from World War II Internment Camps” with Umit Gurun and... View Details

12 Nov 2021
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Alumni Business Leaders on Confronting the Climate Change Challenge

clean gas will arise. The transition from gasoline/diesel to electric transportation will provide numerous new business opportunities. As a global investor and as a service provider to global investors, the business opportunities for... View Details

September 2013 (Revised August 2015)
Background Note

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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October 1994 (Revised September 1995)
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Twinbrook Metro

By: William J. Poorvu

Keywords: Transportation Networks; Rail Transportation; Rail Industry

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01 Jun 2015
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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

December 1978 (Revised May 1993)
Teaching Note

West Side Highway, Teaching Note

By: Regina E. Herzlinger

Keywords: Transportation Networks

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2024 Reunion Presentations - Alumni

expanding trade, ever more efficient logistics, and a relatively benign trading environment. Revolutions in transportation and communications empowered the reconfiguration of global supply chains and a dramatic shift in production to... View Details

20 Oct 2016
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Smart Moves

Photography by Brandon Patoc You think the traffic is bad where you live? Be glad you don’t live in London, where the average driver wastes 101 hours a year—the most of any city in Europe—stuck in traffic, according to the Traffic Scorecard from INRIX, a global... View Details

Keywords: Robert S. Benchley; Support Activities for Transportation; Support Activities for Transportation

01 Jun 2004
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The Sky’s the Limit

also did some consulting work on the side, helping a local aviation museum with marketing. “I’d spent a year before I left Fluke just making contacts and decided I was ready to leave last summer,” he says. The networking paid off when two... View Details

Keywords: Seattle Avionics; Transportation; Transportation; Transportation

01 Sep 2024
News

The Road Less Traveled

Most cars in the United States weigh more than 4,000 pounds, and new models are trending larger, even in countries where people drive less. And the larger the vehicle, the more fuel required to power it, which means more greenhouse-gas emissions that contribute to... View Details

Keywords: Janine White; illustrations by WACSO; Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation; Transportation

June 2020
Teaching Note

The New LAX: Ready for Takeoff?

By: Boris Groysberg, Carin-Isabel Knoop, Kerry Herman and Amy Klopfenstein

This teaching note serves as a supplement to “The New LAX: Ready for Takeoff?” HBS 420-025. View Details

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April 2013 (Revised October 2014)
Case

SaferTaxi: Connecting Taxis and Passengers in South America

By: Peter Coles and Benjamin Edelman

SaferTaxi, a taxi booking service in South America must develop its mobilization strategy; that is, it must attract enough passengers and drivers to make its service worthwhile for all. Drivers hesitate to pay for SaferTaxi's smartphones and service unless these will... View Details

Keywords: Taxi Booking; Smartphone; Transportation Networks; Network Effects; Laws and Statutes; South America; Argentina; Brazil; Chile

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08 May 2014
News

The Sky's the Limit

same opportunities she had. "As a sales person, I'm always asking something of people. I have to give back to the community," she says. She currently devotes time to serve on the board of the Eastern Regional Helicopter Council and several aviation organizations,... View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken; women's issues; avaition; Air Transportation; Air Transportation

October 2016 (Revised March 2017)
Case

uberPOOL

By: Marco Iansiti, Michael W. Toffel and Amram Migdal

This case describes Uber's uberPOOL service, which let multiple Uber users who were headed in the same direction share a ride and pay substantially lower fares. View Details

Keywords: Uber; uberPOOL; Innovation and Invention; Disruptive Innovation; Innovation Strategy; Technological Innovation; Digital Platforms; Transportation; Transportation Networks; Transportation Industry; Transportation Industry; Transportation Industry

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01 Jun 2014
News

Ready for Takeoff

previous World Cup and Olympic hosts. But the country's lack of transportation alternatives—particularly a useful rail system—has also put an extraordinarily heavy burden on the airlines to move fans to disparate match sites. "I don't... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; Air Transportation; Air Transportation

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Uber at a Crossroads (2017)

GM: What Went Wrong and What’s Next

Warrior Spirit

Finance Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

Harvard Business School

Entrepreneurial Management Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

Alumni Business Leaders on Confronting the Climate Change Challenge

Leadership and Teaming

Twinbrook Metro

Lessons from a Megacity

West Side Highway, Teaching Note

2024 Reunion Presentations - Alumni

Smart Moves

The Sky’s the Limit

The Road Less Traveled

The New LAX: Ready for Takeoff?

SaferTaxi: Connecting Taxis and Passengers in South America

The Sky's the Limit

uberPOOL

Ready for Takeoff