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JetBlue Airways: Valentine's Day 2007
Huckman, Robert S.; Pisano, Gary P.; Fuller, Virginia A.Case HBS-608001-EService and Operations ManagementDescribes an operational crisis for JetBlue Airways during an ice storm in the eastern United States in February 2007 and chronicles the airline's immediate response. Provides detail concerning the history of the airline from its founding in 1999 through the February 2007 crisis, which forced the airline to cancel more than 1,000 flights over the course of six days. In addition, discusses the initial response to the crisis by CEO David Neeleman a...Starting at €8.20
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If We Blew It Up, Then We Could....
Childress, StaceyCase HBS-309042-EEntrepreneurshipBy setting up a thought experiment, this exercise challenges students to examine their own assumptions about the meaning of the word "public" in public education, as well as to understand competing assumptions held by others.Starting at €8.20
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If We Blew It Up, Then We Could..., Teaching Note
Childress, Stacey; Mahon, JasonTeaching Note HBS-309054-EEntrepreneurshipTeaching Note for [309042].Starting at €0.00
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Rethinking School
Childress, StaceyArticle HBS-R1203E-EEconomicsEconomists have found that the higher a country's academic test scores, the faster its GDP grows. That puts the United States' perennially mediocre test scores in a particularly ominous light. Progress is being made, says Childress, of the Gates Foundation, but at the rate even the most engaged school systems are improving, it will take 80 years to catch up to where China is now. New approaches, including personalized technology, online videos, a...Starting at €8.20
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KIPP 2007: Implementing a Smart Growth Strategy
Childress, Stacey; Merino, MauraCase HBS-308073-ETo maximize their effectiveness, color cases should be printed in color. After opening 60 schools in 8 years through opportunistic growth, the national office of the KIPP schools network has designed a strategy dubbed "smart growth." Each KIPP school is a separately incorporated entity led by a principal who was selected and trained by the national office. The national office proposes to play a screening role whereby a national growth committee w...Starting at €8.20
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NatuRi Corporation
Higgins, Robert F.; Fuller, Virginia A.Case HBS-807027-EFinanceNatuRi Corp. was a start up, founded in 2005, aiming to manufacture a cholesterol-lowering drug made from the byproducts of rice bran oil production. With operations split between Chennai, India and Boston, Massachusetts, NatuRi faced several challenges, including securing funding for the organization. NatuRi had captured the attention of at least four potential investors willing to offer an investment. Its managers were challenged to weigh their...Starting at €8.20
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U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Higgins, Robert F.; Hamermesh, Richard G.; Fuller, Virginia A.Case HBS-807050-ELeadership and People ManagementDescribes the U.S. FDA with particular emphasis on its role in the development of new drugs, biologic products, and medical devices today. Provides context for the drug approval process by describing the FDA's history and organizational structure.Starting at €8.20
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Odyssey Healthcare
Higgins, Robert F.; Fuller, Virginia A.; Raffat, UmerCase HBS-809052-EEntrepreneurshipIn January 2001, Dick Burnham, CEO of Odyssey Healthcare, and Odyssey's Board of Directors were considering selling the hospice care company to a larger provider or making an initial public offering (IPO). With 38 hospice locations in 21 states, Odyssey had been providing care to the terminally ill since its first location opened in 1996. Since then, the company had grown rapidly through a series of acquisitions, development of new hospice locati...Starting at €8.20