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  • January 2020
  • Case

Sunset Limited or Full Speed Ahead? Amtrak Talks to Congress
By: John D. Macomber
Richard Anderson took the helm of Amtrak in 2017 after leading a successful turnaround at Delta Airlines. Amtrak is a US state owned enterprise with about $3.5 bn in annual revenue (and a large operating loss) that is responsible for substantial segments of passenger...  View Details
Keywords: Railroad; Passenger Transportation; Urbanization; Cities; U.s. Congress; Infrastructure; Transition; Transportation; Rail Transportation; Climate Change; Urban Scope; Strategic Planning; Business and Government Relations; Rail Industry; United States
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  • January 2019 (Revised February 2020)
  • Case

Jay Gould, 'The Most Hated Man in America'
By: Tom Nicholas, John Masko and Matthew G. Preble
Railroad magnate Jay Gould, a controversial figure in the history of U.S. capitalism, was a disruptive influence on an industry that had previously relied on formal and informal agreements to move traffic long distances across lines operated by different companies....  View Details
Keywords: Railroads; Gould; Vanderbilt; Rail Transportation; History; Consolidation; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Competition; Strategy; Rail Industry; United States
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  • May 2016 (Revised September 2017)
  • Case

Canadian Pacific's Bid for Norfolk Southern
By: Benjamin C. Esty and E. Scott Mayfield
In December 2015, Canadian Pacific Railroad (CPR) has just made its third bid to acquire Norfolk Southern Corporation (NSC), one of the largest railroads in the United States. Having rejected the prior offers, NSC’s CEO James Squires and the NSC board must now value...  View Details
Keywords: Capital Structure; Cash Flow; Cost of Capital; Financial Strategy; Investment Activism; Bids and Bidding; Negotiation Offer; Corporate Strategy; Rail Transportation; Mergers and Acquisitions; Transformation; United States; Canada
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  • April 2016
  • Supplement

Canadian Pacific's Bid for Norfolk Southern Spreadsheet Supplement
By: Benjamin C. Esty and Scott Mayfield
In December 2015, Canadian Pacific Railroad (CPR) has just made its third bid to acquire Norfolk Southern Corporation (NSC), one of the largest railroads in the United States. Having rejected the prior offers, NSC’s CEO James Squires and the NSC board must now value...  View Details
Keywords: Capital Structure; Cash Flow; Cost of Capital; Financial Strategy; Investment Activism; Bids and Bidding; Negotiation Offer; Corporate Strategy; Rail Transportation; Mergers and Acquisitions; Transformation; United States; Canada
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  • March 2016
  • Teaching Note

Advanced Leadership Pathways: Howard Fischer, Eric Jacobsen, and Gratitude Railroad's Impact Investing
By: Rosabeth M. Kanter and Ai-Ling Jamila Malone
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  • 2015
  • Case

Advanced Leadership Pathways: Howard Fischer, Eric Jacobsen, and Gratitude Railroad's Impact Investing
By: Rosabeth M. Kanter and Daniel Lennox-Choate
In 2013, Howard Fischer (hedge fund founder) and Eric Jacobsen (serial entrepreneur and private equity investor) established Gratitude Railroad as a community of impact investors in nine different "tracks." Each track represented a different concept for using...  View Details
Keywords: Impact Investing; Environmental And Social Sustainability; Social Change; Sustainable Business And Innovation; Investment; Social Issues; Environmental Sustainability; Venture Capital; Business Startups; Entrepreneurship; Leadership; United States
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  • February 2014 (Revised June 2014)
  • Background Note

The Information Superhighway Meets the Highway: Technology and Mobility Trends and Opportunities
By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter and Kevin Rosier
Technological innovation is considered a competitive strength for America, but the nation does not score as high in deploying its technology. U.S. transportation systems are in need of repair and renewal, and the sector is at the cusp of a technological revolution. The...  View Details
Keywords: Technology; Infrastructure; Transportation
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  • September 2009
  • Case

J.P. Morgan
By: Richard S. Tedlow and David Ruben
An account of J.P. Morgan's remarkable career in government, railroad, and industrial finance.  View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Business History; Personal Development and Career
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  • November 2003 (Revised May 2016)
  • Case

Weetman Pearson and the Mexican Oil Industry (A)
By: Geoffrey Jones and Lisa Bud-Freirman
Taught in the MBA Evolution of Global Business course, a business history course on the growth of multinationals. Explores the role of the British entrepreneur Weetman Pearson in developing the Mexican oil industry before 1914. Shows this entrepreneur's evolution from...  View Details
Keywords: History; Risk and Uncertainty; Non-Renewable Energy; Growth Management; Multinational Firms and Management; Entrepreneurship; Investment; Developing Countries and Economies; Energy Industry; Mexico
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  • September 1998 (Revised September 1998)
  • Teaching Note

Wisconsin Central Ltd. Railroad and Berkshire Partners Series TN
By: Michael C. Jensen and Brian Barry
Teaching Note for (9-190-062), (9-190-070), and (9-891-509).  View Details
Keywords: Rail Industry
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  • April 1998 (Revised July 2005)
  • Case

Acquisition of Consolidated Rail Corporation (A), The
By: Benjamin C. Esty, Lori A. Flees and Mathew M Millett
On October 15, 1996, Virginia-based CSX and Pennsylvania-based Consolidated Rail (Conrail), the first and third largest railroads in the eastern United States, announced their intent to merge in a friendly deal worth $8.3 billion. This deal was part of an industry-wide...  View Details
Keywords: Valuation; Mergers and Acquisitions; Decisions; Contracts; Rail Industry; United States
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  • April 1998 (Revised May 2001)
  • Supplement

Acquisition of Consolidated Rail Corporation (B), The
By: Benjamin C. Esty, Lori A. Flees and Mathew M Millett
Eight days after CSX announced it was going to buy Consolidated Rail (Conrail) for $88.65 per share, Norfolk Southern made a hostile $100 per share bid for Conrail. Over the next several months, the potential acquirers upped their bids while exchanging criticism in the...  View Details
Keywords: Law; Valuation; Rail Transportation; Bids and Bidding; Governance Controls; Mergers and Acquisitions; Business Strategy; Corporate Finance; Rail Industry; United States
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  • March 1996
  • Case

Burlington Northern Railroad: Strategic Repositioning
By: Lynda M. Applegate and Randi Wade Purchia
Keywords: Strategy; Rail Industry
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  • March 1996
  • Case

Burlington Northern Railroad: Back on Track
By: Lynda M. Applegate and Carin-Isabel Knoop
Keywords: Rail Industry
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  • September 1992 (Revised August 1994)
  • Background Note

Note on Railroad and Trucking Regulation
By: Willis M. Emmons III
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  • October 1991 (Revised August 1993)
  • Case

Acid Rain: Burlington Northern, Inc. (A)
By: Forest L. Reinhardt
Burlington Northern (BN) hauls low-sulfur coal from the northern Great Plains to electric utilities in the Midwest. Acid rain legislation may affect the geographic scope of BN's markets. Railroad managers need to assess the economic effects of acid rain controls and...  View Details
Keywords: Rail Transportation; Environmental Sustainability; Development Economics; Government Legislation; Natural Environment; Policy; Metals and Minerals; Industry Growth; Industry Structures; Rail Industry; United States
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  • February 1991
  • Case

Burlington Northern: The ARES Decision (A)
By: Julie H. Hertenstein and Robert S. Kaplan
Burlington Northern's decision whether to invest in ARES, an automated train control system, is a ($350 million) strategic investment in information technology. Although set in a service industry (railroad) the issues around this decision arise in many organizations...  View Details
Keywords: Investment; Rail Transportation; Information Technology; Competitive Strategy; Performance Evaluation; Performance Effectiveness; Cost vs Benefits; Technology Adoption; Technological Innovation; Customers; Quality; Rail Industry
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  • December 1990 (Revised February 2000)
  • Supplement

Wisconsin Central Ltd. Railroad and Berkshire Partners, Video
By: Michael C. Jensen and Brian Barry
Edward Burkhardt, president and CEO of Wisconsin Central, and Carl Freebback, general partner of Berkshire Partners, engage in a question and answer session with the students.  View Details
Keywords: Financial Management; Governing and Advisory Boards; Leveraged Buyouts; Financial Condition; Financing and Loans; Corporate Finance; Rail Industry
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  • November 1989 (Revised March 2000)
  • Case

Wisconsin Central Ltd. Railroad and Berkshire Partners (A): Leveraged Buyouts and Financial Distress
By: Michael C. Jensen, Willy Burkhardt and Brian Barry
Wisconsin Central Ltd. is a regional railroad formed in a leveraged buyout, which is currently in default on its loan covenants. The case uses this situation to examine the financial structure of a typical LBO association and its internal control mechanisms and...  View Details
Keywords: Financial Management; Governing and Advisory Boards; Leveraged Buyouts; Financial Condition; Financing and Loans; Corporate Finance; Rail Industry
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  • November 1989 (Revised December 1996)
  • Supplement

Wisconsin Central Ltd. Railroad and Berkshire Partners (B): LBO Associations and Corporate Governance
By: Michael C. Jensen
Describes the resolution of the default situation. Further examines the internal control mechanisms and distinct role of the board of directors of a typical LBO association.  View Details
Keywords: Corporate Governance; Leveraged Buyouts; Rail Industry
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