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Plans for a $3.5 billion crude oil pipeline in 2014-17 from the Bakken formation of North Sakota and Canada to a transfer point near Chicago, linked to an existing pipeline to the major refining and export faculities on the US Gulf Coast, run into trouble when the developer, Energy Transfer Partners, encounters a "roadblock" on a section of federal land that is within a reservation of the Flat Ro
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Reference 6379
Published 26 Mar 2018
Topic Responsibility
Region North America
Industry Environmental Services, Transportation/Trucking/Railroad
Plans for a $3.5 billion crude oil pipeline in 2014-17 from the Bakken formation of North Sakota and Canada to a transfer point near Chicago, linked to an existing pipeline to the major refining and export faculities on the US Gulf Coast, run into trouble when the developer, Energy Transfer Partners, encounters a "roadblock" on a section of federal land that is within a reservation of the Flat Ro
The case is a detailed ‘inside’ account of the ‘dieselgate’ scandal at Volkswagen which revealed how engineers had programmed software that enabled its cars to cheat emissions tests.
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Reference 6346
Published 28 May 2018
Topic Responsibility
Region Global
Industry Automotive, Transportation/Trucking/Railroad
The case is a detailed ‘inside’ account of the ‘dieselgate’ scandal at Volkswagen which revealed how engineers had programmed software that enabled its cars to cheat emissions tests.
Careem, a Dubai-based ride-hailing company, was founded in 2012 in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) by two ex-McKinsey consultants who saw a gap in the transport market.
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Reference 6333
Published 15 Dec 2017
Topic Entrepreneurship
Region Middle-East
Careem, a Dubai-based ride-hailing company, was founded in 2012 in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) by two ex-McKinsey consultants who saw a gap in the transport market.
One of the biggest logistics services providers in Colombia, Servientrega started out as a one-man courier operation on the streets of Bogota in 1982. Jesus Guerrero, an enterprising messenger boy, set up his own delivery service at the age of 18.
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Reference 6287
Published 29 Mar 2017
Topic Family Business
Region South America
Industry Transportation/Trucking/Railroad
One of the biggest logistics services providers in Colombia, Servientrega started out as a one-man courier operation on the streets of Bogota in 1982. Jesus Guerrero, an enterprising messenger boy, set up his own delivery service at the age of 18.
This case analyses Tata Motors' strategic move to create and launch the Tata Nano, exploring the factors behind the project's earlier success and the reasons for its execution failure. It illustrates the importance of having a strong and aligned set of value, profit and people propositions in order to create and capture a blue ocean.
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Reference 6275
Published 30 Jan 2017
Topic Strategy
Region Asia
Industry Automotive, Transportation/Trucking/Railroad
This case analyses Tata Motors' strategic move to create and launch the Tata Nano, exploring the factors behind the project's earlier success and the reasons for its execution failure. It illustrates the importance of having a strong and aligned set of value, profit and people propositions in order to create and capture a blue ocean.
As a result of fast-developing mobile technology, companies must deal with increasing business complexity in a high-velocity environment. The Uber vs.
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Reference 6223
Published 14 Nov 2016
Topic Strategy
Region Asia
Industry Automotive, Transportation/Trucking/Railroad
As a result of fast-developing mobile technology, companies must deal with increasing business complexity in a high-velocity environment. The Uber vs.
The case involves tapping global capital markets for an important revenue-driven project in a developing country. It addresses key issues in project and infrastructure finance in the context of a major Peruvian toll road project.
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Reference 6220
Published 22 Jul 2016
Topic Economics & Finance
Region South America
Industry Transportation/Trucking/Railroad
The case involves tapping global capital markets for an important revenue-driven project in a developing country. It addresses key issues in project and infrastructure finance in the context of a major Peruvian toll road project.
This case explores the changes wrought by the “sharing economy”, examining the innovations and controversies surrounding the online ride-hailing service Uber. It provides a unique overview of the challenges posed by new business models like Uber’s, which use the internet to link individual providers of goods and services to customers.
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Reference 6209
Published 29 May 2017
Topic Responsibility
Region Global
Industry Transportation/Trucking/Railroad
This case explores the changes wrought by the “sharing economy”, examining the innovations and controversies surrounding the online ride-hailing service Uber. It provides a unique overview of the challenges posed by new business models like Uber’s, which use the internet to link individual providers of goods and services to customers.
In 2008-09, Toyota Motor Corp. became engulfed in a perfect storm: oil prices spiked, the global financial crisis brought car loans to a halt, the dollar tanked against the yen, and millions of Toyota vehicles in North America were recalled. Toyota posted its first ever loss since 1950.
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Reference 6189
Published 25 Jan 2016
Topic Economics & Finance
Region North America
Industry Automotive, Transportation/Trucking/Railroad
In 2008-09, Toyota Motor Corp. became engulfed in a perfect storm: oil prices spiked, the global financial crisis brought car loans to a halt, the dollar tanked against the yen, and millions of Toyota vehicles in North America were recalled. Toyota posted its first ever loss since 1950.
The Tesla case provides multiple opportunities to discuss core strategy and innovation topics, such as:
• Patterns of innovation, e.g., new technologies competing to replace older generations
• Types of disruption, e.g., low-end versus high-end
• The innovation ecosystem, e.g., thinking beyond a single technology to the interdependence of an ecosystem of supporting technologies
• Systems strategy
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Reference 6174
Published 25 Jan 2016
Topic Strategy
Region Global
Industry Automotive, Transportation/Trucking/Railroad
The Tesla case provides multiple opportunities to discuss core strategy and innovation topics, such as:
• Patterns of innovation, e.g., new technologies competing to replace older generations
• Types of disruption, e.g., low-end versus high-end
• The innovation ecosystem, e.g., thinking beyond a single technology to the interdependence of an ecosystem of supporting technologies
• Systems strategy
A multi-issue 1-on-1 collective bargaining agreement (CBA) negotiation between the Senior Manager of Labor Relations (Monika Schmidt) and the new head of the Astra Workers’ Federation (Karim Faizal). Astra Precision is the Indian subsidiary of a German auto company. Recently, when violence erupted over working conditions, Astra went into a lockout and lost $300 million.
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Reference 6131
Published 24 Jun 2016
Region Global
Industry Automotive, Transportation/Trucking/Railroad
A multi-issue 1-on-1 collective bargaining agreement (CBA) negotiation between the Senior Manager of Labor Relations (Monika Schmidt) and the new head of the Astra Workers’ Federation (Karim Faizal). Astra Precision is the Indian subsidiary of a German auto company. Recently, when violence erupted over working conditions, Astra went into a lockout and lost $300 million.
A multi-issue 1-on-1 collective bargaining agreement (CBA) negotiation between the Senior Manager of Labor Relations (Monika Schmidt) and the new head of the Astra Workers’ Federation (Karim Faizal). Astra Precision is the Indian subsidiary of a German auto company. Recently, when violence erupted over working conditions, Astra went into a lockout and lost $300 million.
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Reference 6131
Published 24 Jun 2016
Region Global
Industry Automotive, Transportation/Trucking/Railroad
A multi-issue 1-on-1 collective bargaining agreement (CBA) negotiation between the Senior Manager of Labor Relations (Monika Schmidt) and the new head of the Astra Workers’ Federation (Karim Faizal). Astra Precision is the Indian subsidiary of a German auto company. Recently, when violence erupted over working conditions, Astra went into a lockout and lost $300 million.