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"Miracle on the Hudson" (C): Epilogue
Weeks, Jennifer; Howitt, Arnold; Leonard, DutchCase HBS-HKS715-ELeadership and People ManagementSupplement for case HKS713Starting at €5.74
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Hurricane Katrina (C): Responding to an 'Ultra-Catastrophe' In New Orleans (Abridged)
Howitt, ArnoldCase HBS-HKS194-EStrategyOn Tuesday, August 23, 2005, meteorologists in the US National Weather Service spotted a tropical depression in the southeastern Bahamas. As it strengthened into a tropical storm, weather officials gave it a name, Katrina, and closely tracked it as it turned into a hurricane, crossing south Florida and then moving into the Gulf of Mexico. There, fed by the gulf's warm waters, Katrina turned into a monster: a "Category five" hurricane, with winds ...Starting at €5.74
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"Miracle on the Hudson" (A): Landing U.S. Airways Flight 1549
Weeks, Jennifer; Howitt, Arnold; Leonard, DutchCase HBS-HKS713-ELeadership and People ManagementOn January 15, 2009, shortly after takeoff from LaGuardia Airport, US Airways Flight 1549 struck a flock of Canada geese. The geese were then sucked into the plane's twin engines, causing total engine failure and the loss of power. Case A of this three-part series recounts how over the following four minutes, Flight 1549's Captain Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger and First Officer Jeffrey Skiles grappled with a variety of extreme challenges. Not only...Starting at €8.20
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Voi Technology
Rayport, Jeffrey; Hull, OliviaCase HBS-820099-EEntrepreneurshipVoi Technology, a fast-growing start-up out of Sweden, is competing in the highly contested European e-scooter sharing market. With a presence in nearly 40 cities in Europe by February 2020, the firm is working hard to improve its unit economics to reachStarting at €8.20
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Delivering the Goods at Shippo
Bussgang, Jeffrey J.; Rayport, Jeffrey; Hull, OliviaCase HBS-817065-EEntrepreneurshipLaura Behrens Wu, CEO of software start-up Shippo, prepares her pitch for a Series A funding round following a successful seed round. Customer adoption of Shippo's e-commerce dashboard application, which allows small and medium retailers to compare delivery rates between shipping providers and print package labels, has been steady in the nine months since it went live. But traction with the firm's developer-friendly product, an API that allows la...Starting at €8.20
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GRIT Fitness
Applegate, Lynda M.; Hull, OliviaCase HBS-820016-EEntrepreneurshipIn December 2018, GRIT Fitness was a growing chain of boutique fitness studios offering a variety of workout classes, including weightlifting, high intensity interval training, and cardio dance. With 400 members and three Dallas studios, CEO Brittani Rettig believed her business had found a niche in a crowded industry by promoting female empowerment and psychological resilience through fitness. Rettig wanted to extend GRIT's reach to impact more ...Starting at €8.20
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Rebuilding Aceh: Epilogue
Giles, David; Howitt, ArnoldCase HBS-HKS786-EEconomicsSupplement for HKS785.Starting at €8.20
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Lovepop, Teaching Note
Nanda, Ramana; White, Robert F.; Hull, OliviaTeaching Note HBS-818099-EEntrepreneurshipTeaching note for case 818015.Starting at €0.00
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ZappRx, Teaching Plan
Bussgang, Jeffrey J.; Hull, OliviaTeaching Note HBS-819018-EEntrepreneurshipTeaching note for case 818001.Starting at €0.00
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ZappRx
Bussgang, Jeffrey J.; Hull, OliviaCase HBS-818001-EEntrepreneurshipIn October 2015, ZappRx founder Zoe Barry is deciding between two business models for her health technology start-up. Her product, a software application which aims to expedite the prescription fulfillment process for patients with rare diseases, has attracted interest from specialty drug manufacturers who wish to build an exclusive platform for patients taking their medications. But Barry, against the advice of her management team, is considerin...Starting at €8.20