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- 01 Apr 2020
- News
What My Time in Vietnam Taught Me About Dealing with Shortages
shortages, we set up a special system called “Flagpole Reports.” (“Run it up the flagpole so everyone can see it.”) The first reports from Vietnam identified emerging shortages in aircraft flares, 40-mm ammunition, collapsible petroleum... View Details
- 12 Apr 2018
- Op-Ed
Op-Ed: The Trouble with Tariffs
aircraft with a 25 percent duty, the applicable weight range of 15-45,000 kg meant that only 24 older-generation Boeing 787-800s would be impacted, not any of its newest 737 Max aircraft or any widebodies,... View Details
Keywords: by Willy C. Shih; Manufacturing; Auto; Steel; Air Transportation; Technology; Telecommunications
- 28 Sep 2017
- News
Alumni-Founded Aerospace Pioneer Orbital Acquired for $7.8 Billion
capital supplied by maxed-out credit cards, Orbital Sciences Corporation launched in April 1982, the first corporate entrant at the prime contractor level in nearly three decades. According to Bloomberg, the acquisition is the largest defense industry deal since... View Details
- Profile
Joe Stenger
two fighter aircraft flew low and fast directly over me. To this day, I remember the rumbling I felt in my chest as they turned on their afterburners. As they tore through the sky, I imagined the sensation of piloting such a machine, and... View Details
- 01 Apr 2000
- News
Porter's Paradox
decisive, enduring advantages, therefore, become unique local centers of innovation for the likes of mutual funds, venture capital, and biotechnology in Greater Boston or aircraft equipment and design, boat- and shipbuilding, and metal... View Details
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
One-on-One with Thomas Riley
an aircraft carrier, meeting with the King, police escorts when I travel. But you get used to that — well, maybe not the aircraft carrier. Security is tight, but any freedom of movement I have to give up is... View Details
- 26 May 2016
- News
W. James McNerney Jr., MBA 1975
General Electric 1997 Named President and CEO, GE Aircraft Engines 2000 Named Chairman and CEO, 3M 2005 Named Chairman, President, and CEO, Boeing 2015 Named CEO of the Year by Chief Executive magazine 2016 Retires from Boeing Retired... View Details
- 13 Aug 2008
- Research & Ideas
The Inner Life of Leaders
mantra was measurement. As secretary of defense, McNamara developed, along with key subordinates, including Robert Anthony of the HBS control faculty, long-range procurement cycles. He even tried to get the U.S. Navy to subscribe to a common View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 21 Apr 2020
- Research & Ideas
7 Successful Battle Strategies to Beat COVID-19
instructor, and later as a strategist for the Pentagon: O: Observe O: Orientate D: Decide A: Act Boyd's insight came from the need to develop a strategic approach—simple in nature, easy to execute and communicate—that made up for the fact that the enemy at the time was... View Details
Keywords: by Euvin Naidoo
- 15 Nov 2016
- News
Transferring Skills From The Military to the Private Sector
of growing responsibilities. On the USS Decatur, a guided missile destroyer, she led 18 sailors on the Tomahawk Land Attack Missiles team. She then studied engineering at the Naval Nuclear Power School and served on the aircraft carrier... View Details
- 15 Nov 2016
- News
China IFC: Global Access, Global Perspective
Kirby, a leading scholar of China and faculty chair of the Harvard Center Shanghai, parlayed their contacts into valuable educational opportunities for the students. Highlights of the trip included visiting the R&D center for state-owned Commercial View Details
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Charlie Williams (MBA 1939, DCS 1952)
York, before joining the Navy in 1941, before Pearl Harbor. A few months later, I was aboard the aircraft carrier USS Lexington when Japanese planes attacked us in the Battle of the Coral Sea. I was a supply and disbursing officer, and... View Details
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
Flying High
years—about the time she expects that the next generation of green aircraft will debut. She isn’t sure which of the innovations currently in development—such as planes powered by hydrogen or battery power—will win the race to the runway,... View Details
Keywords: April White; aviation; airlines; entrepreneurship; leadership; innovation; Air Transportation; Transportation
- Profile
Malory Mclemore
her cat Robby, and she would tell me stories of my grandfather Bo, who had been an aircraft mechanic and owner of a local Wendy’s franchise. Bo died of cancer just before I was born. Mimi would tell me stories of her time in Huntsville,... View Details
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
David “Bull” Gurfein: Bronze Star citation
fields. The Cobras engaged the enemy north of the berm for several minutes until one of the aircraft mistakenly fired a HELLFIRE missile that hit one of the M1A1 tanks located only seventy meters from Major Gurfein. The civilian bulldozer... View Details
- 21 Jan 2009
- First Look
First Look: January 21, 2009
JetBlue moved from a single aircraft type (i.e., the Airbus 320, or A320) to a fleet with two types of aircraft by adding the smaller Embraer 190, or E190. Students are initially asked to consider the impact... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- Profile
Rebecca Greenbaum
then the Strike Officer, leading 18 sailors on the Tomahawk Land Attack Missiles team. After further education at the Nuclear Engineering School, the Navy's most advanced school, Rebecca served on the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson,... View Details
Keywords: Financial Services
- 01 Aug 2001
- News
Bert W.M. Twaalfhoven (MBA '54)
nine associated firms specializing in the manufacture and repair of turbine engines for the aircraft and other industries. But in addition to his business career, Twaalfhoven has long carried the flag for the cause of entrepreneurial... View Details
- 01 Dec 2000
- News
A Latin American Vision: New HBS Research Center Opens
in Latin America. The two-day event featured a case discussion (on Embraer, the Brazilian commercial aircraft manufacturer), presentations and analysis of new research, and discussions on the complexities of case writing throughout the... View Details
- 26 Jul 2016
- Research & Ideas
Where will Pokémon Go with Your Personal Information?
educating people about augmented reality. It’s a very clever introduction to the technology and beautifully illustrates the merging of the cyber and the physical. We’ve seen other things work similarly before—Google Glass, and heads-up displays in View Details