Motorola - Publications - Faculty & Research

Paul V. Galvin

Creating the Motorola car radio, Galvin emerged as the premier producer of car radios in the 1930s. Galvin also invented the walkie-talkie, producing some 40,000 during World War II. In 1947, Galvin introduced the first practical... View Details

Keywords: Computers & Electronics

Robert W. Galvin

Galvin led Motorola to become the second largest producer of semiconductors in the nation in the mid-1960s, and by 1984, Motorola had $2.5 billion in semiconductor sales. In the 1970s and 80s, Galvin also... View Details

Keywords: Computers & Electronics

18 Sep 2000
Research & Ideas

Big Deals: Financing Large-Scale Investments

instead of traditional, on-balance sheet corporate finance. Consider, for instance, Iridium LLC, a $5.5-billion global satellite communications firm backed by Motorola that filed for bankruptcy in August, 1999, and appears to be worth... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

William P. Lear

Long before he invented the autopilot and the executive jet that bears his name, Lear was a pioneer in the development of radio technology. A self-taught engineer, Lear developed the prototype for the first practical automobile radio which he sold to View Details

Keywords: Automotive & Aerospace

24 Apr 2014
News

Helping India’s energy crisis, one bulb at a time

experience with Motorola Mobility, Yarlagadda saw a safe and economical solution. Yarlagadda developed a solar-powered LED lantern that turns a few hours of sunlight into more than double the lighting power. “I priced my lanterns at $25... View Details

16 Jan 2014
Research & Ideas

Resolving Patent Disputes that Impede Innovation

licensors and licensees tend to have differing opinions about what constitutes "fair" and "reasonable." Hence the spate of recent lawsuits. For instance, last September a federal jury ruled in favor of Microsoft and against Google-owned View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Technology; Legal Services

Profile

Raghu Yarlagadda

image and video processing. For four years, he worked at Motorola Mobility among the engineers who developed high-definition television technology. In the third year of his employment, he contributed to one of the first wireless set-top... View Details

01 Jun 1999
News

Moir Donelson

creating a youth development program in rural Louisiana while serving in the Army or increasing revenues (by $39 million) as an engineer and administrator at Motorola in Texas (where he also tutored students), Donelson has shown great... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

14 Feb 2005
Research & Ideas

The World in Your Palm?

the function, Miner said. "A lot of people buy phones today for fashion purposes," he said, noting that his own Motorola Razr phone, one of the hottest-selling on the market, is great on looks, but has a clunky user interface.... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

01 Dec 2006
News

Inside Intel

Intel “was under full siege.” At stake was the fate of the 8086 [a 16-bit microprocessor], which Bill Davidow [head of Intel’s microcomputer division] labeled, with some hyperbole, “the linchpin of the entire corporation.” The principal attackers were Zilog and... View Details

Keywords: Richard S. Tedlow; Hanna, Julia; technology; manufacturing; innovation; Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing; Manufacturing

14 Jun 2004
Research & Ideas

The Big Money for Big Projects

corporate finance. A good example is Iridium, the $6 billion global satellite telecommunications firm that went bankrupt in August 1999. Had Motorola financed this investment on balance sheet or guaranteed all the debt, it might have... View Details

Keywords: by Ann Cullen; Financial Services

30 Oct 2012
First Look

First Look: October 30

acquisition of Motorola by Google, the Microsoft-Nokia alliance, the rise of Samsung, and the extensive patent wars-each raised questions about how HTC could continue its upward trajectory. In a rapidly evolving and increasingly... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Sep 2014
News

Afghanistan’s Hope and Light

matching the entire US division in revenues. “After that I was hit up by Motorola to run their GSM [Global System for Mobile communications] operation in Pakistan, which is where I discovered mobile—and the rest, as they say, is history.”... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

19 Feb 2019
First Look

New Research and Ideas, February 19, 2019

smartwatch industry recently saw a dramatic uptick in competition. Apple had introduced its smartwatch the prior year, other established technology companies such as Samsung and Motorola offered smartwatches, U.S.-based fitness tracker... View Details