Transportation - Publications - Faculty & Research

21 May 2018
Blog Post

Harnessing The Power of Collaboration to Create Opportunity in Chicago

beverage business incubator when it opens later this year. Located right next to a public transportation stop, the new facility will spur economic activity in one of Chicago’s highest need neighborhoods, East Garfield Park on Chicago’s... View Details

Keywords: Nonprofit / Government

25 Jun 2019
News

After the Storm

wanted to work with nonprofits, and Habitat offered a way to begin learning on-the-ground skills like transporting cement blocks over crumbling roads in time to build a house. The plan after graduating from HBS was to work in the... View Details

Keywords: Paul Flannery

19 Jun 2014
News

Turning "Black Gold" to Green

decades and accounts for roughly 5 percent of domestic US oil production. However, it's not particularly environmentally friendly: EOR companies mostly tap naturally occurring fields of CO2, transport the gas to the mature oil fields, and... View Details

Keywords: Ralph Ranalli; Oil and Gas Extraction; Mining

April 2024
Case

Michelin in Motion: Putting Purpose to Work

By: Hubert Joly, Nitin Nohria and Emilie Billaud

When he became CEO, facing limited growth prospects, a low valuation, and therefore a stagnating share price, Menegaux and his team launched a set of initiatives to reposition Michelin. These included (1) articulating a clear purpose (“We care about giving people a... View Details

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October 2002 (Revised December 2003)
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eShip-4U

By: Roy D. Shapiro and Timothy M. Laseter

eShip is a small Israeli start-up with a potentially exciting new concept for the residential package-delivery value chain--the Automatic Delivery Machine (ADM). Much like today's ubiquitous ATMs, ADMs would allow consumers to have parcels delivered to a nearby ADM... View Details

Keywords: Business Startups; Business Model; Service Operations; Logistics; Corporate Strategy; Information Technology; Competitive Strategy; Value Creation; Saving; Innovation and Invention; Transportation Industry; Transportation Industry; Transportation Industry; Israel; United States

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October 1982 (Revised December 1984)
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Air Traffic Controllers (Condensed)

By: Michael Beer

Keywords: Government Administration; Labor and Management Relations; Human Resources; Management; Air Transportation Industry; Air Transportation Industry; United States

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05 Oct 2016
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Can the US Economy Regain the Growth and Prosperity of the Past?

transportation innovations, to name just a few Political headwinds that prevent us from realizing our full potential from new technologies Reviewing Gordon’s arguments, I couldn’t help recalling the comment, “everything that can be... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

21 Mar 2023
Blog Post

Grundfos: Innovation & Inspiration for Sustainable Product Design

different companies we visited and the challenges they collectively face to meet planetary needs for decarbonization. Grundfos operations and climate targets Day three of the trip transported us from a focus on renewable energy and power... View Details

01 Sep 2018
News

New Ways to Stay Connected

the life trajectories of virtually everyone in that room. It was so special to be back in a classroom with other alums. It was like an instantaneous transport back in time to some of the best years of our lives (for many).” Anissa... View Details

February 2017
Supplement

JCDecaux, 2016: Global Leader ... Again

By: John R. Wells and Gabriel Ellsworth

In 2016, JCDecaux was number one in the world in outdoor advertising. This was a far cry from the situation in 2003; at that time, JCDecaux had been unseated by Clear Channel from the number-one spot that it had held for decades, and it was fighting for second place... View Details

Keywords: JCDecaux; Clear Channel Outdoor; OUTFRONT Media; Lamar Advertising Company; Jean-François Decaux; Jean-Charles Decaux; Outdoor Advertising; Street Furniture; Airports; Billboards; Bicycles; Digital Devices; Digital Marketing; Bidding; Advertising; Advertising Campaigns; Acquisition; Mergers and Acquisitions; Business Growth and Maturation; Business Model; Business Organization; Family Business; For-Profit Firms; Joint Ventures; Design; Price; Profit; Revenue; Geographic Location; Geographic Scope; Global Range; Globalization; Global Strategy; Globalized Firms and Management; Multinational Firms and Management; Globalized Markets and Industries; Government Legislation; Business History; Human Resources; Laws and Statutes; Business or Company Management; Goals and Objectives; Growth and Development Strategy; Growth Management; Marketing; Brands and Branding; Marketing Channels; Marketing Strategy; Product Marketing; Demand and Consumers; Supply and Industry; Operations; Distribution; Infrastructure; Logistics; Product; Product Design; Production; Organizational Structure; Property; Public Ownership; Renting or Rental; Problems and Challenges; Business and Community Relations; Business and Government Relations; Family and Family Relationships; Sales; Situation or Environment; Luxury; Strategy; Business Strategy; Commercialization; Competition; Competitive Advantage; Competitive Strategy; Consolidation; Corporate Strategy; Customization and Personalization; Expansion; Segmentation; Mobile Technology; Wireless Technology; Air Transportation; Bicycle Transportation; Rail Transportation; Transportation Networks; Advertising Industry; France; Paris

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08 Dec 2013
News

Orbital Sciences Explores Outer Space for Dollars

Keywords: Orbital Sciences; NASA; rockets; Air Transportation; Air Transportation; Air Transportation; Air Transportation

04 Jan 2010
Research & Ideas

Best of HBS Working Knowledge 2009

says HBS professor emeritus Michael Beer. His new book explains what all companies can learn. Q&A. Can Entrepreneurs Drive 'People Movers' to Success? Call them next-generation driverless taxis or people movers, the age of personal rapid View Details

Keywords: by Staff

05 Aug 2024
Research & Ideas

Watching for the Next Economic Downturn? Follow Corporate Debt

countries, the research finds that: 84 percent of outstanding loans in construction and real estate are backed by real estate. In transport and communication, that number drops to 29 percent. The US economy behaves markedly differently,... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

February 2018 (Revised February 2018)
Supplement

HNA Group: Global Excellence with Chinese Characteristics (B)

By: William C. Kirby and Yuanzhuo Wang

This case provides a brief overview of the success and challenges of the HNA Group between 2015 and late 2017 when it grew rapidly through global acquisitions to become 170 on the 2017 Fortune 500 list. A firm that had begun as a provincial airline in China was now a... View Details

Keywords: Internationalization; Scrutiny; Growth; China; Philanthropy; One Belt One Road; Globalized Markets and Industries; Growth and Development; Acquisition; Corporate Governance; Air Transportation Industry; Air Transportation Industry; Air Transportation Industry; China; United States; Europe; Asia; South America; Southeast Asia

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June 2014
Article

Mastering the Intermediaries: Strategies for Dealing with the Likes of Google, Amazon, and Kayak

By: Benjamin Edelman

Many companies depend on powerful platforms which distinctively influence buyers' purchasing. (Consider, Google, Amazon, and myriad others in their respective spheres.) I consider implications of these platforms' market power, then suggest strategies to help companies... View Details

Keywords: Competition; Market Power; Dominance; Advertising Campaigns; Marketing Channels; Agreements and Arrangements; Competitive Strategy; Negotiation; Transportation Industry; Transportation Industry; Transportation Industry

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30 Jan 2019
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Who Will Measure up to These Two Remarkable Leaders?

Summing Up: Which Schools Will Produce the Next Generation of Transformative Leaders? This month’s column featured two leaders who were able to build organizations that literally transformed the mutual fund and airline industries. In the process they created a cadre of... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Air Transportation; Air Transportation

20 Jul 2016
Research & Ideas

Airplane Design Brings Out the Class Warfare in Us All

This scenario may sound familiar, unfortunately: Your flight begins with poking and prodding by the TSA agent, all to wait for the inevitable delayed departure. Boarding extends the indignities: more waiting while your section is called, followed by a squeeze down the... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Air Transportation; Air Transportation; Air Transportation

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By: Willy C. Shih

Professor Shih has taught the Technology and Operations Management (TOM) course and FIELD Global Immersion in the first-year MBA required curriculum. He also has taught Building and Sustaining a Successful Enterprise (BSSE) in the second-year MBA curriculum, as well as... View Details

Keywords: Supply Chain Management; Operations Management; Operations Strategy; Globalization Of Supply Chain; Competitiveness; Globalization; Trade; Operations; Transportation Industry; Transportation Industry; United States; China; Europe; Japan

March 2022 (Revised January 2023)
Case

Innovation at Moog Inc.

By: Brian J. Hall, Ashley V. Whillans, Davis Heniford, Dominika Randle and Caroline Witten

This case focuses on the challenges of incentivizing innovation within Moog, an engineering company based in New York state that designs and builds guidance systems for space, air, and land-based travel. The case enables students to grapple with the challenges of using... View Details

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October 2020
Case

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