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Igor I. Sikorsky
Sikorsky was a pioneer in the aircraft industry. The father of the helicopter, Sikorsky patented and flew the first helicopter in 1939. Revolutionizing the transport industry, Sikorsky Aircraft eventually supplied helicopters for both... View Details
Keywords: Automotive & Aerospace
William M. Allen
In 1945, when Allen was appointed CEO, Boeing faced cancellation of $1.5 billion in wartime contracts. Under Allen’s leadership, Boeing kept course and later prospered. In 1952, Boeing’s B-52 was chosen by the Air Force as its... View Details
Keywords: Automotive & Aerospace
Guy S. Peppiatt
During the nineteen years Peppiatt served the company in an executive capacity, the net sales of Federal-Mogul increased dramatically from $25 million (1950) to $263 million (1969). This tenfold increase was fostered by his commitment to retaining View Details
Keywords: Automotive & Aerospace
Charles Erwin Wilson
Despite his reluctance to produce military goods, Wilson was nonetheless an excellent manager during World War II and helped his company garner over $14 billion worth of military contracts. In the post war era, Wilson’s success continued... View Details
Keywords: Automotive & Aerospace
John D. Hertz
Hertz founded the Yellow Cab Company in 1915 as a way to provide transportation services at a modest price. At the time, livery services were targeted only to the upper echelons of society, and Hertz believed that there was a vast... View Details
Keywords: Automotive & Aerospace
Frederic G. Donner
An accountant by training, Donner was recognized as one of the sharpest financial minds in business. His overwhelming command of the financial aspects of running GM led him to set new records for sales, profitability, and dividend... View Details
Keywords: Automotive & Aerospace
Thornton A. Wilson
Wilson took over the struggling Boeing Company during the recession of the early 1970s. A radical cost cutter, Wilson slashed two thirds of the work force and made the company profitable again. During his 17-year tenure, Wilson pushed... View Details
Keywords: Automotive & Aerospace
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
Mr. Start-Up
$1,500 he and two MIT friends scraped together from personal funds and a $10,000 prize for winning MIT’s business plan contest. In 1996, the youthful trio sold the company to Artisoft for $13 million. Prior... View Details
- 04 Aug 2003
- What Do You Think?
Are We Facing an Attitude Shortage?
of nearly all respondents to the August questions of the month. And many respondents believe they know who is responsible for the "attitude deficit": leaders and managers. Edward Hare summed up the... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 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 View Details
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Drone Policy | About
debate amongst the aviation community. The FAA, the US agency responsible for regulating the nation’s airspace, continues to refine their plans for safely integrating civil unmanned aircraft systems into the national airspace. HBS... View Details
- 01 Jan 2008
- News
Jeffrey R. Immelt, MBA 1982
Jeff Immelt’s night table—Railway Age, Aviation Week, Broadcasting & Cable—represents just a few of the industries encompassed by General Electric, the company founded by Thomas Edison where Immelt is entering his ninth year as chairman... View Details
- 01 Oct 1996
- News
Sherman Baldwin: Leadership under Fire
conditions and often with extraordinary and unheralded courage -- to fulfill the mission they have been given by the President and the American people as the nation's first... View Details
Keywords: James E. Aisner
- 23 Sep 2024
- Blog Post
2024 Summer Internships in Business & Environment
a collaborative approach to commercialize fusion energy on the fastest track possible to mitigate climate change. Mike's role prior to HBS was a U.S. Army Aviation Officer and Helicopter Pilot. Ines Gurmendi... View Details
- 28 Mar 2018
- News
Fueling the Future
and then added basic materials and aerospace and defense.” After seven years leading teams at Vista, Kovatch joined Covanta, a renewable energy... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 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
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
Ink: Start Small, Rise Above
degree in aerospace engineering and several years at a real estate development and investment firm. But they collaborated on multiple ventures over the last 17 years. The most... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
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This lists media reports covering my firm dollarDEX Investments or me (or my colleagues), or columns written by me (or my colleagues). There are all... View Details
- 17 Jan 2025
- News
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
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