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From Purpose to Impact (Spanish version)
Craig, Nick; Snook, Scott A.Article HBS-R1405HStrategyOver the past five years, there's been an explosion of interest in purpose-driven leadership. Academics, business experts, and even doctors make the case that purpose is a key to exceptional leadership and the pathway to greater well-being. Despite this growing understanding, however, a big challenge remains. Few leaders have a strong sense of their own individual purpose, the authors' research and experience show, and even fewer can distill thei...Starting at €8.20
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Scotty Smiley
Snook, Scott A.; Crandall, DougCase HBS-412058-ELeadership and People ManagementU.S. Army Lieutenant Scotty Smiley faces the biggest challenge of his young life. What will he do after learning that the wounds he received from a car bomb in Iraq have left him permanently blinded? On April 6, 2005, Lieutenant Scotty Smiley was grievously wounded by a suicide bomber while leading his infantry platoon during a combat patrol in Iraq. This is a biographical case that outlines who Scotty was prior to this incident and asks readers ...Starting at €8.20
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Friendly Fire, Teaching Note
Snook, Scott A.Teaching Note HBS-408078-ELeadership and People ManagementTeaching Note to (404-083). An abstract is not available for this product.Starting at €0.00
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Hubway (A): Bike Sharing in Boston
Gomez-Ibanez, Jose; Johnston, TrevorCase HBS-KS1180-EIn the summer of 2014, Alta Bicycle Share, Inc had just won its second contract to operate the Hubway bike sharing system in the cities of Boston, Brookline, Cambridge and Somerville in Eastern Massachusetts. Emily Stapleton, Hubway's General Manager, was engaged in conversations with project managers from each of the four client municipalities about when and where to expand the system. Expansion was on the agenda because Hubway was widely percei...Starting at €8.20
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Uber Comes to Boston
Gomez-Ibanez, Jose; Hogge, PaulCase HBS-KS1240-EOn August 5, 2016, Governor Charlie Baker signed into law Massachusetts' first statewide regulations on ride-sharing services like Uber and Lyft. The law was a monumental victory for the ride-sharing companies given that a few years earlier state officials tried to ban the startups from doing business in Massachusetts. The outcome was a major defeat for the taxi industry, whose drivers and license holders argued that their livelihoods were severe...Starting at €8.20
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Restructuring Mass Transit in Singapore (Abridged)
Gomez-Ibanez, Jose; Goh, BenjaminCase HBS-KS1246-EEconomicsIn July 2016, Singapore's Minister for Transport announced that Singapore Mass Rapid Transit Ltd (SMRT) had agreed to sell its trains, tracks, and other operating assets to the government for $1 billion. SMRT would continue to operate and maintain MRT services but as an "asset light" company with the government responsible for financing the assets needed and leasing them to the company. Five months later, Temasek Holdings, Singapore's sovereign w...Starting at €8.20
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Restructuring Mass Transit in Singapore (Abridged), Teaching Note
Gomez-Ibanez, JoseTeaching Note HBS-KS1247-EEconomicsTeaching note for case KS1246.Starting at €0.00
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Ho Chi Minh City
Gomez-Ibanez, Jose; Xuan Thanh, NguyenCase HBS-HKS115-EEconomicsIn March 2008 the People's Committee of Ho Chi Minh City, formerly known as Saigon, approved a revised master plan designed to guide the development of the city through the year 2025. Vietnam's economy had been growing at rates of 6 to 8 percent per year for nearly two decades, and much of that growth was located in its cities, and in Ho Chi Minh City in particular. Real estate prices were at all time highs, development pressures threatened the h...Starting at €8.20
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Regulating Broadband in Chile: The Debate Over Open Access, Teaching Note
Gomez-Ibanez, Jose; Martabit, Jorge TarzijanTeaching Note HBS-HKS669-EEconomicsTeaching Note for HKS670.Starting at €0.00
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Yogyakarta Bus Terminal: The Private Provision of Municipal Infrastructure Teaching Note
Gomez-Ibanez, JoseTeaching Note HBS-HKS735-EEconomicsTeaching Note for HKS734Starting at €0.00