Defense - Publications - Faculty & Research

30 Aug 2006
Op-Ed

The Compensation Game

rise of executive pay over time as a product of efficient markets and argued that the increase merely reflects the growing marginal productivity of chief executives. Unfortunately, this standard defense reflects a broad misconception of... View Details

Keywords: by Lucian Bebchuk & Rakesh Khurana

26 May 2016
News

Alan F. Horn, MBA 1971

the Horns to cofound the Environmental Media Association. He also serves as a vice chair of the Natural Resources Defense Council. Hollywood can be a cutthroat world, and many successful people leave a wake of damage, but Alan Horn is not... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

Web

Creating Value Through Corporate Restructuring - Course Catalog

Organization The course is organized around two modules. The first module focuses on the restructuring of debt – and provides a foundation to understand the fundamentals of corporate restructuring and then applies these tools to explore the many offensive and View Details

01 Oct 1996
News

Working Behind the Scenes — Alan F. Horn (MBA 1971)

preachy." Horn was subsequently asked to become a board member of the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) in 1990. "In the face of the Contract with America's rollback efforts, NRDC is a staunch defender of clean air, clean water,... View Details

Keywords: Thomas Frick

27 Apr 2017
News

Fellowship Fuels a Passion for a Career in Aviation

international big-ticket asset financing. After being invited to speak at the HBS Aerospace and Aviation Club, he was inspired to endow a fellowship that would benefit students pursuing careers in the aviation, aerospace, and defense... View Details

02 Oct 2012
News

Green Pioneer

White House conference on environmental quality that convened engineering firms and federal procurement officials, both the Defense Department and the EPA approached the Zofnass Program to learn more about Envision. Zofnass Program... View Details

Keywords: Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Finance; Administration of Environmental Quality Programs; Government

01 Jun 2006
News

A Capital Asset

eleven responses and landed three interviews. “It was,” she says, “a searing experience because I felt it was totally directed at women.” Two job offers came from government — OMB and Defense — but Cohen opted for a private-sector... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Government

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 Group and a managing director in... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

04 Sep 2019
News

In My Humble Opinion: Status Update

teaches my boys to function independently and be responsible for themselves.” Room for boards: “I’m involved in a number of organizations, including LeanIn.org, the Urban Institute, Women for Women International, and the Defense... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

01 Jun 2002
News

Books

Sell High includes chapters explaining the events leading to the creation of the Internet bubble, from the Internet's humble beginnings in the 1960s as a federally funded defense research tool to the “wild excitement” generated several... View Details

Keywords: Nancy O. Perry

09 Dec 2015
Research Event

When Hosts Attack: The Competitive Threat of Online Platforms

sellers find themselves operating in an environment where their hosts could become enemies at any time, and they must figure out a defensive strategy. But platform operators have some strategizing to do as well, deciding when and whether... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Retail; Technology; Web Services

31 Oct 2014
Op-Ed

Ebola’s Call To Arms About Disaster Preparedness

disease threat materializes. For example, hospitals are the first line of defense in an outbreak. Yet the number of patients that our hospitals can manage with extreme cases is extraordinarily low. We have only four bio containment units... View Details

Keywords: by Gautam Mukunda; Health

29 Sep 2020
Blog Post

New Life for Old Tech: Startup Provides Network Security Solutions for Obsolete Devices

the idea originated while she was working at the Department of Defense as an applied research mathematician. She found a vulnerability related to connected devices within the critical security infrastructure, and led a team that solved... View Details

02 Dec 2018
News

An Investor’s Guide to Climate Change: Risks and Opportunities

renewables (wind and solar), nuclear power, battery storage, electric vehicles, and plant-based proteins (“fake meat”). Adaptation technologies, like flood defense and asset protection, also offer potential investment opportunities.... View Details

Keywords: Allison Webster; Electric Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution; Utilities; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

08 Oct 2013
News

The Green Giant

Coca-Cola and Walmart, and governments like South Africa and Bhutan and even China, investing in sustainability," he says. The 51-year-old Atlanta native is married to Jackie Prince Roberts, director of sustainable technologies, climate and air for the Environmental... View Details

Keywords: Ralph Ranalli; World Wildlife Fund

01 Jun 2016
News

How Do We Win the Cyberwar?

reframed the problem. That’s what needs to happen in cybersecurity.” Make Life Harder for the Hackers Ray Rothrock has this condensed history of cybercrime, broken down into eras based on their respective defense strategies. There were... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; illustrations by Victo Ngai

20 May 2013
Op-Ed

Making America an Industrial Powerhouse Again

industries. Research funded by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) sowed the seeds for the internet and advanced computer graphics. And massive investments by the National Institutes of Health in biomedical research,... View Details

Keywords: by Gary Pisano; Manufacturing

05 May 2003
What Do You Think?

Is This a Golden Era for Marketing Productivity?

Summing Up Questions raised in this month's column about the possibility of an era of marketing productivity based on innovative research techniques evoked a number of skeptical comments. However, in defense of such techniques, B. V.... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

01 Dec 1996
News

Organizations and Markets: A Challenging View of the World

The following article is the seventh in a series on the activities and research taking place in each academic unit at HBS. Professor Michael C. Jensen has a simple explanation for why people sometimes don't listen when they are angry and why they get View Details