Publications

16 Jul 2024
Op-Ed

Corporate Boards Are Failing in Their No. 1 Duty

the enterprise and repeatedly tried short-term fixes, all while depending too heavily on financial earnings, rather than innovation. Boeing: The world leader in aviation for 100 years, Boeing lost sight of... View Details

Keywords: by Bill George

February 2022 (Revised September 2022)
Case

Lilium: Preparing for Takeoff

By: Navid Mojir, Vincent Dessain, Mette Fuglsang Hjortshoej and Emer Moloney

Lilium is a German company focused on developing electric vertical takeoff and landing vehicles (eVTOLs) that can be used to offer air taxi services. The company went public in September 2021 through a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) deal, raising more than... View Details

Educators

May 1996
Case

Honeywell Defense Avionics

By: D. Quinn Mills and Paul Clark

Keywords: Information Technology; National Security; Aerospace Industry; Aerospace Industry; Aerospace Industry

17 Feb 2003
Research & Ideas

Tales of the Newly-minted MBA

accompanies most jobs. "Networking and building relationships are key—pay attention to those 'softer' skills," advised Gonsalves, sector head of Goldman, Sachs & Co.'s Aerospace & Defense... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

January 1992 (Revised April 1993)
Case

FBO, Inc.

By: Steven C. Wheelwright

FBO, Inc. is a fixed-base operator at a large metropolitan airport. The general manager must decide if the current pooling format is the appropriate way to staff the commercial refueling operations. If pooling is deemed inappropriate then the implementation of a... View Details

Keywords: Selection and Staffing; Labor Unions; Operations; Labor and Management Relations; Aerospace Industry

Educators

April 1986 (Revised February 1989)
Case

Orbital Sciences Corp. (A)

By: William A. Sahlman and Howard H. Stevenson

Keywords: Aerospace Industry

October 1978 (Revised July 1981)
Case

Airframe Industry (A)

By: Benson P. Shapiro and Rowland T. Moriarty Jr.

Keywords: Aerospace Industry

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... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

11 May 2015
Research & Ideas

A Road Map to Fix America’s Transportation Infrastructure

Any highway commuter who has wasted hours stuck in traffic can see the cracks in the United States' transportation system, as can any airline passenger who has been stranded overnight in an airport. Yet while many agree that the need for infrastructure change is... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Transportation

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"... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

17 Jun 2008
First Look

First Look: June 17, 2008

founders reacquired many of the assets of the company and focused it on industrial and military applications. The case focus presents a question of whether the company should sell out again, this time to a... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

30 Jul 2013
First Look

First Look: July 30

Business School Case 213-080 FX Risk Hedging at EADS In 2008, EADS, the European aerospace group that owns Airbus, was faced with the decision of how best to hedge a large and growing mismatch between its... View Details

Keywords: Anna Secino

October 1994
Supplement

American Airlines' Value Pricing (C)

By: Alvin J. Silk and Jamie Harper

Designed as a follow-up to American Airlines' Value Pricing (A). View Details

Keywords: Aerospace Industry

15 Mar 2016
First Look

March 15, 2016

collection of startup aerospace engineering companies that were intent on disrupting the American space sector with new technologies, management approaches, and competitive pressure. NASA hoped to leverage... View Details

04 Apr 2018
Op-Ed

Op-Ed: Why Private Investors Must Fund 'New Nuclear' Power Right Now

nuclear designs are subject to rigorous casualty testing and national licensing, there is no reason to think of nuclear power any differently than we think of other technologies and their use in civil... View Details

Keywords: by Joseph Lassiter; Energy; Green Technology

January 1999 (Revised October 1999)
Supplement

STT Aerospace, Supplement

By: Richard G. Hamermesh and Jeremy Dann

Supplements the case. View Details

Keywords: Aerospace Industry

17 Jan 2012
First Look

First Look: January 17

PublicationsUncommon Service: How to Win by Putting Customers at the Core of Your Business Authors:Frances Frei and Anne Morriss Publication:Harvard Business Review Press, forthcoming An abstract is not available at this time.... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

May 2012
Supplement

Columbia's Final Mission (Abridged) (B)

By: Amy C. Edmondson and Kerry Herman

Keywords: Cognitive Biases; Teams; Organizational Learning; Ambiguous Threat; Risk and Uncertainty; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Leadership; Corporate Disclosure; Groups and Teams; Decision Making; Organizational Culture; Aerospace Industry; Aerospace Industry