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The 20th Century Zeitgeist - Leadership

door for conglomerate business model Influence: Medium-High 70 1970 s 19 Deregulation of oil and airline industries New energy policies and programs Stagflation cripples economy Environmental protection... View Details

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Winners & Runners-Up | New Venture Competition

online magazine and store to purchase full-size products. Palliative Care of America David Matly Michael Matly Business Track Runner-Up Palliative Care of America provides the best quality of life for seriously and terminally ill patients by providing View Details

16 Mar 2020
Research & Ideas

How the Coronavirus Is Already Rewriting the Future of Business

movies. Another success is how airlines have trained us all to take part in cleaning the plane before landing. During the final approach, a flight attendant asks over the P.A. that we pass our trash and unused items to a crew member in... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

11 Mar 2024
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In Harmony

principles. A few days before the Namsan walk, Korea’s national college entrance exam took place—the test that, in the minds of most, will define their child’s future. Airline flights were suspended during the listening comprehension... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; photograph by Jun Michael Park

14 Mar 2023
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How I Spent My 2+2 Deferral: Dyllan Muller

at the intersection of science and business, but this vision no longer excited me quite as much as before. What really excited me now? The prospect of a career in the airline industry. This might seem like an odd pivot but travelling to... View Details

25 Aug 2003
Research & Ideas

Why IT Does Matter

effectiveness has come the ability to do things truly differently. American Hospital Supply's distribution software and American Airlines' SABRE reservation system are examples of victories in past technologies. The firms were the first in their View Details

Keywords: by F. Warren McFarlan & Richard L. Nolan

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Charts & Statistics - Leadership

environmental protection movements strengthen Vehicle Safety Act and Highway Safety Act Closing merger loophole opens door for conglomerate business model Influence: Medium-High 70 1970 s 19 Deregulation of oil and airline View Details

29 Jul 2013
Research & Ideas

A Manager’s Moral Obligation to Preserve Capitalism

analysts, auditors, and accounting standards—rush in to fill that gap. Even in cases where a certain company dominates a market to create a near monopoly, entrepreneurs can find competitive advantages to create new opportunities—think IBM and Apple, United View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

01 Dec 2022
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My First Job

for a battered dictionary. Late one night, I decided that the chairman of Air India and Indian Airlines was “Russi Modi,” rather than “Mody,” as Parsis would spell it. The next day, when I entered the office, proof of my stupidity was... View Details

Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

12 Nov 2021
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Alumni Business Leaders on Confronting the Climate Change Challenge

process solutions has become clear. And it is driving new business creation, as well as traditional business adaptation, at far higher than previous rates. With the evolution of our great industrial and financial base, we may at last be... View Details

24 Apr 2014
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Building bridges between Asia and the US

Ravi Chidambaram (MBA 1978) talks about helping launch an oil industry coalition to provide low-cost fuel to the airline industry, and his work with the Asia Society, bringing View Details

01 Jun 2017
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Ask the Expert: On the Fly

always been intriguing to me,” says Carty, which explains his five decades in the field—starting at Air Canada, moving on to American Airlines (where he served as chairman and CEO), and including board stints with Porter Airlines, Virgin... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

Cyrus R. Smith

the airline on the cutting edge of the industry with his patronage of new aviation technology, helping American become one of the largest airline carriers in the nation. View Details

Keywords: Transportation

17 Jan 2025
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Tracking Modern Air Travel’s Takeoff

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Frank Lorenzo (MBA 1963) grew up in Rego Park, Queens, the son of Spanish immigrants. As a boy in the 1940s, he would watch the airplanes fly over his backyard and into LaGuardia Airport,... View Details

Portrait Project

Sadiq Gillani

"Good, better, best. Never let it rest. Until your good is better. And your better best." With these words my mother inspired me throughout my childhood I am going to apply that energy to help transform the airline View Details

01 Jun 2007
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Delta’s Flight from Bankruptcy

on Tuesday and did not go home until Friday, September 14,” said Whitehurst, who is now Delta’s COO. Invited to HBS in March by the Hospitality and Travel Industry Club, Whitehurst discussed lessons learned from what he sees as the... View Details

Keywords: Air Transportation; Transportation

22 Feb 2022
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Action Plan: Portfolio Strategy

people’s lives.” And he did, first as a consultant to the airline industry and then as chief commercial officer at a low-cost Brazilian airline. But when the company’s IPO was called off and it was sold,... View Details

Keywords: April White; entrepreneurship; career planning; creativity; Air Transportation; Transportation

01 Dec 2009
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Faculty Books

Don’t Be Atlas: Get the World off Your Shoulders; Dig Deep for the Root Cause; Get Ready for the Long Haul; Never Waste a Good Crisis; You’re in the Spotlight: Follow True North; and Go on Offense, Focus on Winning Now. Entrepreneurs, Managers, and Leaders: What the... View Details