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Industry Information - Alumni

Download covers aerospace and robotics, as well as the latest in all things technology. + – Publishing/Communications/Advertising AdAge Leading trade publication of the marketing and media landscape. Tiered subscription model (free... View Details
  • January 2017
  • Case

Danaher Corporation, 2007–2017

By: John R. Wells and Gabriel Ellsworth
On July 2, 2016, Danaher Corporation completed the spinoff of Fortive Corporation. The previous day, Danaher’s stock price had reached an all-time high. In 2015, Danaher had decided to split off its test and measurement, fuel and fleet management, and automation... View Details
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    Frederick C. Crawford

    Inheriting a struggling firm in 1933, Crawford set upon a path to rebuild and diversify Thompson Products. He expanded the traditional auto parts product line to include key applications for the aircraft and aerospace industry. A strong... View Details
    Keywords: Automotive & Aerospace
    • September 2013 (Revised August 2015)
    • Background Note

    Leadership and Teaming

    By: Ethan Bernstein
    Small differences in the leadership of teams can have large consequences for the success of their efforts. Many initiatives fail not because of a fatal error in judgment or insufficient ideas, knowledge, motivation, or capabilities to deliver a solution. They fail... View Details
    Keywords: Teams; Teaming; Leadership And Managing People; Leadership; Team Effectiveness; Team Performance; Team Design; Team Leadership; Teamwork; Team Process; Team Function; Team Launch; 60/30/10 Rule; Team Boundary; Distribution Of Leadership Authority; Self-Managed Teams; Virtual Teams; Unbounded Teams; Acts Of Leadership; Execution Teams; Decision Making Teams; Creativity Teams; Team Size; Task Design; Team Timeline; Team Roles; Team Representation; Diversity; Team Familiarity; Collective Intelligence; Team Stages Of Development; Team Coaching; Performance Pressure; X-Teams; Team Focus; Interaction; Management Teams; Managerial Roles; Management Systems; Management Style; Management Skills; Management Practices and Processes; Organizational Design; Organizational Structure; Performance Effectiveness; Performance Efficiency; Performance Productivity; Groups and Teams; Networks; Social Psychology; Behavior; Conflict and Resolution; Creativity; Social and Collaborative Networks; Satisfaction; Prejudice and Bias; Power and Influence; Personal Characteristics; Familiarity; Cognition and Thinking; Attitudes; Projects; Organizational Culture; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Leadership Development; Leadership Style; Leading Change; Knowledge Use and Leverage; Knowledge Sharing; Collaborative Innovation and Invention; Innovation and Management; Innovation Leadership; Design; Interpersonal Communication; Aerospace Industry; Aerospace Industry; Aerospace Industry; Aerospace Industry; Aerospace Industry; Aerospace Industry; Aerospace Industry; Aerospace Industry; Aerospace Industry; Aerospace Industry; Aerospace Industry; Aerospace Industry; Aerospace Industry; Aerospace Industry; Aerospace Industry; Aerospace Industry; Aerospace Industry; Aerospace Industry; Aerospace Industry; Aerospace Industry; Aerospace Industry; Aerospace Industry; Aerospace Industry; Aerospace Industry; Aerospace Industry; Aerospace Industry; Aerospace Industry; Aerospace Industry; Aerospace Industry; Aerospace Industry; Aerospace Industry; Aerospace Industry; Aerospace Industry; Aerospace Industry; Aerospace Industry; Aerospace Industry; Aerospace Industry; Aerospace Industry; Aerospace Industry; Aerospace Industry; Aerospace Industry; Aerospace Industry; Aerospace Industry; Aerospace Industry; Aerospace Industry; Aerospace Industry; Aerospace Industry; Aerospace Industry; Aerospace Industry; Aerospace Industry; Aerospace Industry; Aerospace Industry; Aerospace Industry; Aerospace Industry; Aerospace Industry; Aerospace Industry; Aerospace Industry; Aerospace Industry; Aerospace Industry; Aerospace Industry; Aerospace Industry; Aerospace Industry; Aerospace Industry; Aerospace Industry; Aerospace Industry; Aerospace Industry; Aerospace Industry; Aerospace Industry; Asia; North and Central America; South America; Atlantic Ocean; Central Asia; Europe; Latin America; Middle East; Oceania; West Indies
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    • 01 Mar 2016
    • News

    A Club for the Cosmos

    In May, as Khaled Al-Hashmi (GMP 11, 2011) was introducing the UAE Space Agency at the Global Space and Satellite Forum in Abu Dhabi, another launch was taking place inside the confines of the larger conference. The Harvard Business School View Details
    Keywords: Robert S. Benchley
    • 31 May 2016
    • HBS Case

    Who Owns Space?

    itself and the public sector can piggyback on it, that’s a pretty efficient and sustainable model” The Blue Origin case focuses on the aerospace engineering company Jeff Bezos began in 2000, just six years after founding Amazon. As his... View Details
    Keywords: Re: Matthew C. Weinzierl; Aerospace
    • 17 Dec 2015
    • News

    Acquiring Business Skills To Advance A Career Trajectory

    As a boy in Asheboro, North Carolina, George Sondecker (MBA 2016) developed a fondness for launching rockets that evolved into a passion for working in the aerospace industry. A fellowship provided by gifts to the HBS Fund is helping him... View Details
    Keywords: Machinery Manufacturing; Manufacturing
    • Profile

    Andrew Pratt

    What’s the one thing you’re most excited about learning at HBS? In my previous life, I worked on making spacecraft and satellites – aerospace has always been a passion of mine. When I came to Harvard, I wanted to come at it from a... View Details
    Keywords: Manufacturing/Energy
    • Profile

    Malory Mclemore

    Why did you choose this path at this point in time? Before HBS, I spent 5 years working as an aerospace engineer. I really loved the mission behind the work I was doing, but I wanted to go faster. I learned that an MBA could provide me... View Details
    • 01 Jun 2024
    • News

    Case Study: Ready for an Upgrade

    Illustration by Alvaro Dominguez The Los Angeles–based startup Stell was borne of a pain point almost as old as recorded history itself: paperwork. One of Stell’s cofounders, Malory McLemore (MBA 2022), had landed a job as an engineer at Airbus after earning a... View Details
    Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Computer Systems Design and Related Services; Professional Services
    • Web

    Frost & Sullivan | Baker Library

    Frost & Sullivan Reports and market trends encompassing various technology, energy, and manufacturing-related fields. Read More Report types are limited to: Industry Research Technology Research Industry Megatrends Specific subject areas include: View Details
    • Career Coach

    Eli Litchman

    Eli is excited to help students figure out what they are looking to accomplish now and throughout their careers. His personal background is in the aerospace and defense industry working as an engineer. Professionally, he maneuvered his... View Details
    • 13 Feb 2020
    • Blog Post

    Know Your Audience – Recruiting HBS Students for Manufacturing

    The manufacturing sector is one that encompasses many different facets including highly diversified manufacturing, aerospace and defense, transportation, and airlines. As such, students interested in the field have varied backgrounds and... View Details
    Keywords: Manufacturing
    • 01 Jun 2007
    • News

    2020 Vision

    to make a difference,” Hodgson told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution (November 9, 2006), adding that for most elected officials, “it’s become job preservation instead of service.” A Georgia Tech alum with a degree in aerospace... View Details
    Keywords: Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services
    • 29 Oct 2013

    2+2 Information Session: University of Virginia

    The information session is an opportunity for college and master degree students to learn more about the 2+2 application process to the MBA program and ask questions to an Admissions Board Member. The session will begin at 5:30 PM EST in the Mechanical View Details

      Royal Little

      Little, often referred to as “the Father of Conglomerates,” was famous for his “unrelated diversification” theory. He built one of the world’s largest and most successful conglomerates. Starting as a textile manufacturer, by the mid-1960s he had acquired nearly 70... View Details
      Keywords: Fabricated Goods
      • 11 Jul 2025
      • News

      Utah Club Dives into Great Salt Lake’s Challenges; Colorado Alumni Talk Defense Over Breakfast

      partnership with the National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA) and the Colorado Space Business Roundtable (CSBR), recently hosted a Breakfast Roundtable to explore the impact of deglobalization on the aerospace and defense... View Details
      Keywords: Margie Kelley
      • Career Coach

      Irtaza Ali

      Irtaza started his career in investment banking at Credit Suisse New York, after completing undergrad at Wharton. At Credit Suisse he covered industrials and aerospace & defense companies. He then returned home to Pakistan to join... View Details
      • 01 Sep 2005
      • News

      Flying High

      Jim McNerney (MBA ’75) departed GE in 2000 to become, at 3M, a chief executive for the first time. Named chairman, president, and CEO of The Boeing Company in July, McNerney is the aerospace giant’s third leader since 2003, a period... View Details
      Keywords: Air Transportation; Transportation
      • Career Coach

      Christopher Canario

      Chris has spent his career hyper-focused on the space industry. This includes an undergraduate degree in aerospace engineering, working for the International Space Station program at NASA, and supporting commercial spaceflight at Axiom... View Details