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- 19 Nov 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...
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- October 2008 (Revised June 2011)
- Case
JetBlue Airways: Managing Growth
By: Robert S. Huckman and Gary P. Pisano
Considers the situation facing David Barger, President and CEO of JetBlue Airways, in May 2007 as he addresses the airline's need to slow its growth rate in the response to increasing fuel costs and the effects of major operational crisis for the airline in February...
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Keywords:
Growth and Development Strategy;
Growth Management;
Operations;
Performance Capacity;
Performance Efficiency;
Competitive Strategy;
Air Transportation Industry
Huckman, Robert S., and Gary P. Pisano. "JetBlue Airways: Managing Growth." Harvard Business School Case 609-046, October 2008. (Revised June 2011.)
- January 2005 (Revised June 2005)
- Case
Zipcar: Influencing Customer Behavior
By: Frances X. Frei and Hanna Rodriguez-Farrar
At Zipcar, customers share the use of cars and, as a result, rely on each other for their service experience. Customers are required to keep the car clean and the gas tank full and to return the car on time. Told from the perspective of two customers: Sal Fishman, who...
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Keywords:
Information Technology;
Governance Controls;
Behavior;
Service Delivery;
Service Operations;
Consumer Behavior;
Leasing;
Transportation Industry;
Transportation Industry;
United States
Frei, Frances X., and Hanna Rodriguez-Farrar. "Zipcar: Influencing Customer Behavior." Harvard Business School Case 605-054, January 2005. (Revised June 2005.)
- 31 Jan 2014
- News
Body, Heal Thyself
molecules responsible for transporting DNA code from a cell's nucleus to the ribosomes that create proteins. mRNA Therapeutics, as the company calls this new drug application, gives patients' cells the code they need to begin creating...
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- 12 Nov 2021
- News
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...
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- July 1997 (Revised September 2004)
- Case
Depreciation at Delta Air Lines and Singapore Airlines (A)
By: William J. Bruns Jr. and Jeremy Cott
Depreciation policies at Delta Air Lines and Singapore Airlines are compared and contrasted against a summary of operating data from each airline. Questions focus attention on differing depreciation policies.
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Bruns, William J., Jr., and Jeremy Cott. "Depreciation at Delta Air Lines and Singapore Airlines (A)." Harvard Business School Case 198-001, July 1997. (Revised September 2004.)
- June 2018
- Case
American Airlines' Value Pricing (Abridged)
By: Alvin J. Silk and Sunil Gupta
This is an abridged version of the 1992 case where American Airlines (AA) launched "Value Pricing" in an attempt to simplify the pricing structure of the airline industry. AA expected that this plan would benefit not only consumers, but also AA and the entire airline...
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Keywords:
Consumer Marketing;
Market Segmentation;
Pricing;
Pricing Strategy;
Demand Analysis;
Competition;
Marketing;
Segmentation;
Price;
Strategy;
Demand and Consumers;
Analysis;
Air Transportation Industry
Silk, Alvin J., and Sunil Gupta. "American Airlines' Value Pricing (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 519-019, June 2018.
- April 2005 (Revised June 2005)
- Compilation
Boeing 787: The Dreamliner
By: Richard L. Nolan and Suresh Kotha
Boeing dominated the commercial airline manufacturing business since bringing out the first commercial airline jet airliner. But in 2005, it delivered fewer new planes than its fast-moving competitor, Airbus. Boeing responded by transforming its manufacturing business...
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Keywords:
Competitive Strategy;
Risk Management;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Air Transportation Industry;
Air Transportation Industry;
United States
Nolan, Richard L., and Suresh Kotha. "Boeing 787: The Dreamliner." Harvard Business School Compilation 305-101, April 2005. (Revised June 2005.)
- 05 Nov 2009
- Research & Ideas
A Market for Human Cadavers in All but Name?
academic year. If cadavers were available and the schools agreed to cooperate, the transportation and embalming costs could be reimbursed by the end user. In practice, however, school administrators did not consider this competing for...
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- 20 Sep 2021
- Blog Post
Student Spotlight: Summer Internships in Business and Environment
fermentation in a carbon-negative biotechnology process. Solugen envisions a global-scale network of automated, carbon-sequestering mini-mills that are multi-product, drastically impacting the way chemicals are produced and transported...
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- Web
Understanding Entrepreneurial Opportunity in Kazakhstan - Global Activities 2020
the largest economy in Central Asia, and a quickly changing one; the GDP in the former Soviet republic has grown six-fold since 2002 and the country serves as a transportation link between China and Western Europe. The case is an example...
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- Web
Entrepreneurial Management Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research
of Government Spending” to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, United States House of Representatives, Sept 29, 2010. Lauren H. Cohen: Winner of an Institute for Quantitative Investment Research (INQUIRE) Grant in 2010 for...
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- 31 Mar 2022
- News
A Community Hunger Solution with Global Ambitions
hundred cities. Our Robins would use free Uber rides to help the senior citizens with essentials like groceries and medicines throughout the lockdown.” The partnership with Uber has grown over the past two years, and the company has since offered 100,000 free rides for...
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- 01 Dec 2001
- News
Speaking for the Airlines
role in assembling the rescue package and the financial and operating data required to persuade Congress and the Bush administration to help the carriers." "Airline service is the backbone of our economy," Mullin told the House View Details
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John H. McArthur | About
assignment as a Trustee in Bankruptcy of the Penn Central Transportation Company. For much of that decade, he fielded a team that included future Secretary of State Warren Christopher and future IBM CEO Lou Gerstner to resolve the...
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- August 2016 (Revised July 2017)
- Case
Singapore Airlines: Premium Goes Multi-Brand
By: Rohit Deshpande and Dawn H. Lau
Singapore Airlines had long been considered the gold standard for its innovative customer service. However, the company was faced with new sources of competition, from the rapid growth of Southeast Asian low-cost carriers on the one hand, to the expansion of premium...
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Keywords:
Customer Focus and Relationships;
Economic Slowdown and Stagnation;
Management Teams;
Brands and Branding;
Air Transportation Industry;
Air Transportation Industry;
Singapore
Deshpande, Rohit, and Dawn H. Lau. "Singapore Airlines: Premium Goes Multi-Brand." Harvard Business School Case 517-017, August 2016. (Revised July 2017.)
- March 2022 (Revised August 2022)
- Case
Swvl: Smart Mobility for the Masses
By: Krishna Palepu, Esel Çekin and Menna Hassan
The case focuses on strategy and governance issues at Swvl, a tech-enabled mass mobility marketplace. It describes the journey of CEO and Chairman Mostafa Kandil on his journey from founding the company to its listing on Nasdaq. Since its founding in Egypt in 2017,...
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Keywords:
Corporate Governance;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Initial Public Offering;
Innovation and Invention;
Business Startups;
Transportation Industry;
Transportation Industry;
Middle East;
North Africa
Palepu, Krishna, Esel Çekin, and Menna Hassan. "Swvl: Smart Mobility for the Masses." Harvard Business School Case 122-097, March 2022. (Revised August 2022.)
- February 2017
- Case
Aston Martin: A Second Century of Performance and Luxury
By: Vish V. Krishnan, Karim R. Lakhani and Amram Migdal
Following the March 2016 launch of DB11, Aston Martin Lagonda Ltd.’s first new sports car platform in over a decade, this case discusses the future strategy of the famed British luxury auto manufacturer. Since its founding in 1902, Aston Martin has been characterized...
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Keywords:
Luxury;
Auto Brand;
Luxury Auto;
Growth;
Innovation;
Business or Company Management;
Goals and Objectives;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Brands and Branding;
Product Marketing;
Product Launch;
Product Positioning;
Operations;
Product Design;
Product Development;
Production;
Innovation and Invention;
Transportation;
Innovation and Management;
Innovation Strategy;
Change;
Transformation;
Management;
Marketing;
Auto Industry;
Europe;
United Kingdom;
England
Krishnan, Vish V., Karim R. Lakhani, and Amram Migdal. "Aston Martin: A Second Century of Performance and Luxury." Harvard Business School Case 617-033, February 2017.
- Web
India | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School
countries. Categories of available data points are: national accounts, production, government and public finance, demographic, inflation, foreign trade, balance of payments, banking statistics, investment, transport and telecommunication,...
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- December 2022 (Revised May 2023)
- Case
Iberdrola: Leading the Energy Revolution
By: Juan Alcácer and Emer Moloney
At the end of 2019, Ignacio Galán, the Chairman and CEO of the world's third largest utility, Iberdrola, reflected on his almost 20 years at the company. He managed a portfolio of three very different businesses, each with their own specific opportunities and...
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Keywords:
Energy;
Energy Generation;
Energy Sources;
Non-Renewable Energy;
Renewable Energy;
Engineering;
Innovation and Management;
Innovation Leadership;
Innovation Strategy;
Technological Innovation;
Leadership;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Market Timing;
Industry Growth;
Mission and Purpose;
Strategy;
Energy Industry;
Green Technology Industry;
Utilities Industry;
Transportation Industry;
Auto Industry;
Spain;
United Kingdom;
United States;
Brazil;
Mexico
Alcácer, Juan, and Emer Moloney. "Iberdrola: Leading the Energy Revolution." Harvard Business School Case 723-398, December 2022. (Revised May 2023.)