Aviation - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Jun 2024
News

Alumni Achievement Awards 2024

Photographed by Susan Young; Edited by Julia Hanna MORE ON THE RECIPIENTS Read more about the 2024 recipients, and learn about past recipients. ALUMNI ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS SITE MORE ON THE RECIPIENTS Read more about the 2024 recipients, and learn about past recipients.... View Details

01 May 2020
Blog Post

5 Reasons to Join a Club at HBS

lived in New York City prior to HBS, where he was a consultant at Deloitte Consulting. He is passionate about commercial aviation and looks to pursue a career in the space after HBS. Ryan’s undergraduate degree is in Chemical Engineering... View Details

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Investing in Emerging Industries | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

the emerging enterprises he believed represented the greatest areas of growth. An early supporter of the aviation industry, Robert served on the board and was a backer of Pan American Airways Corporation, which started with flights to... View Details

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The 20th Century Zeitgeist - Leadership

Influence: Medium 30 1930 s 19 Advances in aviation Nylon Fiberglass Instant photography Air-conditioning begins to realize commercial potential Influence: High 40 1940 s 19 Planes and ships built in less than a day for the war effort... View Details

02 May 2016
Blog Post

5 Facts about Clubs at HBS

Capital & Private Equity, Social Enterprise) many clubs are smaller and cater to distinct interests or affiliations (e.g. Aviation & Aerospace, Midwest Students Association). Check out the full list of clubs here. And if you have... View Details

01 Dec 2004
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Marquis Jet Takes Off

aircraft and 2,800 pilots. Marquis Jet’s customers, in effect, would be buying flight time on NetJets’ planes. Simple as it may sound, the Marquis Jet concept created a new niche in the staid aviation business. Heretofore, private-jet... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Air Transportation; Transportation

11 Apr 2024
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Mission Control

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. By the time Peter Platzer (MBA 2002) was a teenager, he knew he wanted to be a physicist—and he was fascinated by space, eagerly engrossed in space-time diagrams... View Details

12 Nov 2018
Blog Post

Student Portraits - Armed Forces Alumni Association

called to our teammates. Flying isn’t about airplanes. It’s about people working together to make a mission happen. My fellow aviators came from every state, every type of background, and every walk of life. It was the trust and... View Details

06 Sep 2004
Research & Ideas

The Innovator’s Battle Plan

motivation. And if this happens early enough, entrants don't have the time to refine their asymmetric skills. The result is often a bruising battle for market share. This concept helps explain the no-win situation facing many players in the View Details

Keywords: by Clayton M. Christensen, Scott D. Anthony & Erik A. Roth

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Faculty - Race, Gender & Equity

Lietz is the founder of... Hise O. Gibson Senior Lecturer of Business Administration Hise Gibson graduated from West Point, where he was a member of the Division-1A Army football team. Following graduation, he commissioned in the US Army as an View Details

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Charts & Statistics - Leadership

popularity of automobile Influence: Medium-High 20 1920 s 19 KDKA, first radio station First talking movie, Influence: Medium 30 1930 s 19 Advances in aviation Nylon Fiberglass Instant photography Air-conditioning begins to realize... View Details

20 Feb 2019
Research & Ideas

Rocket-tunity: Can Private Firms Turn a Profit in Space?

in space colonies, the cultural transformation will be significant. “People will start to think of it as another branch of civilization,” he says. Space Sidebar Commercial human space travel is regulated by the Federal Aviation... View Details

Keywords: by Scott Wallask; Aerospace; Tourism; Transportation

12 Nov 2021
News

Alumni Business Leaders on Confronting the Climate Change Challenge

buying bioplastics, and more and more airlines are doing the same with Sustainable Aviation Fuel. New regulations and financial reporting rules are being drafted to force companies to disclose climate risks they face. The investment... View Details

Madame Nguyen Thi Phuong Thao

Keywords: Aviation

01 Jun 2004
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The Sky’s the Limit

Flying has it all — science, freedom, beauty, and adventure,” says Robert A. Hamilton (MBA 1985), by way of quoting Charles Lindbergh. “I wholeheartedly agree.” These days, Hamilton is getting huge doses of those four elements at Seattle Avionics, the start-up View Details

Keywords: Seattle Avionics; Transportation; Air Transportation; Transportation

Peter F. Hurst

In 1940, Hurst, an engineer by training, invented two new products that were critical to the growing aviation industry – detachable, reusable hose fittings and self-sealing couplings. As aviation took hold... View Details

Keywords: Fabricated Goods

Frederick B. Rentschler

A talented inventor of aviation equipment, Rentschler created and manufactured many revolutionary aircraft engines, including those used in the planes of Charles Lindbergh, Amelia Earhart and James Doolittle. View Details

Keywords: Transportation

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Burden Park | About

studied the developing airline industry at MIT and was an aviation business analyst until the early 1940s. His impact on HBS began in 1942 when he partnered with Dean Donald K. David to establish the HBS Research Program on Aviation; he... View Details

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