Publications

August 2002 (Revised October 2002)
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Launching the War on Terrorism

Describes the decision-making process employed by President George W. Bush's War Cabinet in the days following the September 11th terrorist attacks. Examines how the president and his advisers framed the problem, exchanged ideas, generated alternatives, and developed a... View Details

Keywords: War; National Security; Decision Making; Crisis Management; Management Teams; Public Administration Industry; United States

29 Oct 2024
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A Fearless Fighter Honored

1944 with a very specific directive: Support the Slovak National Uprising to weaken the Axis forces—and, hopefully, bring a speedy close to WWII. While the group was eventually forced into the Slovak mountains by advancing German... View Details

Jeff Goldman

Practicing solely in the field of immigration law for 31 years; mentor to YC, Techstars, MassChallenge and HBS entrepreneurs; Chair of Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker's Immigration Advisory Council; Founder of Open Avenues Foundation and Build Fellowship which... View Details

December 2001 (Revised February 2004)
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Aviation Security after September 11th: Public or Private?

Was the public or the private sector best positioned to provide security and baggage screening services? The suicide attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, and the plane crash outside Pittsburgh, marked September 11, 2001, as the date of the most severe... View Details

Keywords: Private Ownership; National Security; Air Transportation; State Ownership; Air Transportation Industry; United States

Keywords: National Security and International Affairs; National Security and International Affairs; National Security and International Affairs; National Security and International Affairs; National Security and International Affairs

08 Mar 2017
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Safe, Secure, and Prosperous

country. “I was appointed to the position of Deputy Secretary of the Department of Immigration and Border Protection in Australia. This department now manages our borders, issues the millions of visas in our country. We facilitate all the good things coming in that... View Details

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John Safer Search 1983 | About

John Safer (Harvard JD’49) has had a varied career as a real estate developer, lawyer, and financier, and has served as chairman of the board of the District of Columbia National Bank. In 1965, he began making sculptures, many of them... View Details

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Makers of the nation’s telephones - The Human Factor – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections

Production The Worker The Audience Chapter Introduction Chapter Images Bibliography previous 1 2 3 4 next Makers of the Nations Telephone “Western Electric News,” March 1924 Photograph by Lewis Hine Explore the full size image Makers of... View Details

Gordon S. Rentschler

Rentschler helped grow National City into one of the world’s largest commercial banks. Under his leadership, National City Bank had assets of over $5 billion with branches throughout New York, Latin America... View Details

Keywords: Finance

01 Jun 2011
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Alumni Books

It Happened on the Way to War: A Marine’s Path to Peace by Rye Barcott (MPA/MBA ’09) (Bloomsbury USA) Barcott relates how as a college student he lived in the Kibera slum of Nairobi, Kenya, for part of a summer, seeing poverty he’d never imagined. Wanting to help, he... View Details

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Steven B. Belkin | Baker Library

Steven B. Belkin MBA 1971, Trans National Group (TNG) Play Video duration: 1:00:57 Steve Belkin, HBS 1971. Interview conducted in June 2001 Steve Belkin, HBS 1971, is the founder of the privately held Trans View Details

Stanley C. Allyn

As leader of National Cash Register, Allyn was an ardent supporter of first-class working conditions for employees and a strong believer in corporate citizenship for his company. By 1947, Allyn had tripled View Details

Keywords: Computers & Electronics

Fast Answer

Home sales (existing)

and 3,000+ submarkets. Real Capital Analytics (RCA) records over $40 trillion in commercial property transactions tied to 200,000+ investor and lender profiles, spanning diverse property types and global markets. The National... View Details

01 Mar 2006
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Using IT to Heal U.S. Health Care

costs, and widespread patient frustration. The cure for these ailments lies in better use of health-care technology, says David J. Brailer, national coordinator for Health Information Technology, a newly created position he has held since... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Health, Social Assistance

1989
Other Unpublished Work

The Development and Production of Missiles and Ships - HBS Analysis and Decision Case

By: J. Ronald Fox

Keywords: Ship Transportation; Product Development; Production; Decision Making; National Security; Aerospace Industry

October 2012 (Revised February 2014)
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Keystone XL Pipeline

By: Richard H. K. Vietor

On January 18, 2012, President Obama rejected TransCanada's application for a "national interest" determination to approve construction of the Keystone XL Pipeline. Keystone XL was a 1,700 mile long, 36-inch diameter pipeline to transport 1.1 million barrels a day of... View Details

Keywords: Energy; Petroleum; Environmentalism; United States; Oil Prices; National Security; Environmental Sustainability; Energy Sources; Energy Industry; Canada; United States

Benefiting from his close ties to William Rockefeller and “the Rockefeller crowd,” Stillman was able to not only grow National City’s commercial banking business, but also to expand operations into the investment banking arena. Under... View Details

Keywords: Finance

1967
Other Unpublished Work

TFX (C) - Developing an Air Force/Navy Aircraft - HBS Analysis and Decision Case

By: J. Ronald Fox

Keywords: Air Transportation; Government and Politics; National Security; Product Development; Decision Making