aviation - Publications - Faculty & Research

30 Sep 2014
First Look

First Look: September 30

value. In just a few weeks the company's license to operate is to be reviewed by the United Kingdom's Civil Aviation Authority, competitors are publicly questioning the company's viability, and seasonal working capital needs are about to... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Mar 2011
News

James McNerney Jr.

history of aviation is such a romantic part of our culture. Do you have a favorite figure from the past century? Listen, the people who built and flew airplanes at the very beginning are all heroes — Bill Boeing, Charles Lindbergh. Then... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; interview; Transportation Equipment Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Air Transportation; Transportation

01 Dec 1999
News

A Class Act

Class of 1925 February 1940 The first known casualty among the alumni of the Business School during the present war was Lt. Claus von Bohlen und Halbach, son of the head of the Krupp works in Essen, Germany. He was an aviator in the... View Details

Keywords: Nancy O. Perry

02 Oct 2015
News

The ‘F’ Word

to enroll at a local university. University was the bridge to who I am today. Frank Magwegwe (AMP 185, 2013) Segment Head, Momentum Retail A dream grounded I’ve been intrigued by aviation since childhood. After HBS I spent several years... View Details

Keywords: Walt Disney Studios

17 Jul 2012
First Look

First Look: July 17

and civil aviation authorities might undertake over time horizons of months to years as well as tactical measures that may be adopted on a daily basis in response to dynamic, "real time" developments like poor weather or... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

06 Dec 2021
News

New Wave

Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission and the UN Global Compact. None of this is news to Smith. A former US Navy aviator who worked at Bendix Aerospace and Booz Allen Hamilton before running (and eventually selling) an advertising... View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; photographed by Chris Sorensen

22 Aug 2011
Research & Ideas

Getting to Eureka!: How Companies Can Promote Creativity

to the aviation reward, the X PRIZE Foundation is offering similar carrots for breakthroughs in sequencing the human genome, designing fuel-efficient cars, and even reaching the moon. And the US government is experimenting with prizes as... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

20 Jan 2017
Research & Ideas

Here’s How Businessman Trump Is Likely to Approach the Presidency

Having a very long record of reinforcement in making good decisions, for anybody, that would make them think they’ll be expert in other areas, whether it’s aviation or welfare or defense. I think an early indicator will be: Can he... View Details

Keywords: by Christina Pazzanese

22 May 2020
Blog Post

Reflections on Service - Armed Forces Alumni Association Student Profiles

with high demands, but the perspective that I gained is probably the most valuable profession- al experience that I’ve had to date. Bryan Lee | 25th Combat Aviation Brigade US Army ENTERED SERVICE FROM: San Francisco, CA REASON FOR... View Details

01 Dec 2016
News

Alumni Books of 2016

making the process too complicated and focusing on the BSC process rather than the outcome. Dead Eye Trilogy by Burt Avedon (MBA 1950) An action-adventure retelling of Avedon’s life, chronicling almost 100 years of war and dynamic social realignment. The main focus is... View Details

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