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- 17 Mar 2011
- News
Make or Break for the USA?
that was hoped for back in 2003, when the December Bulletin’s cover was titled “Manufacturing’s New Reality: Will Innovation Save the Day Again?” Several HBS alumni have recently been asked by the White House to help figure out how to fix these problems. A year ago,... View Details
- 26 May 2016
- News
2016 Alumni Achievement Awards
capture an audience most completely. That is the most gratifying feeling.” Jim McNerney (MBA 1975) Retired Chairman, The Boeing Company “I was born in Providence, Rhode Island, the oldest of five. I don’t know if there’s something to... View Details
- 17 Feb 2014
- Research & Ideas
Companies Detangle from Legacy Pensions
Companies that traditionally offered defined benefit plans have closed them to new hires, and even frozen them for existing employees. Just look to Seattle, where Boeing workers on January 3 narrowly ratified a contract that will convert... View Details
- 06 Mar 2018
- First Look
First Look at Research and Ideas, March 6, 2018
young company in the months and years ahead? Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/417048-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 118-020 Accounting Turbulence at Boeing Unlike its rival Airbus, View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Nov 2019
- News
Seismic Shift
Ventures), Culture Shift Labs founder Andrea Hoffman, and Boeing executive Ted Colbert (photo by E. Lee White Tyson Clark (MBA 2009), general partner at GV (formerly Google Ventures), Culture Shift Labs founder Andrea Hoffman, and View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon
- 01 Jun 2004
- News
The Sky’s the Limit
from the University of Washington and worked for Boeing, testing the 747 autopilot. His penchant for design led Hamilton to quit Boeing and launch the People Products Company, a consumer products outfit that had success with an invention... View Details
- 01 Dec 2000
- News
Core Values Keep Airline Flying High
ticketing, the airline maintains a relatively young fleet of Boeing 737s — and no other models — to save money, increase reliability, and boost efficiencies since pilots and crews need only focus on the requirements of a single type of... View Details
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
3-Minute Briefing: Frank Blethen (PMD 35, 1978)
1968 or 1969, and Seattle was on an economic roll. People were apologetic when you called them up because they were late on their bill. And they'd get you the money. The following year was the big Boeing bust. My boss had a serious... View Details
- Profile
Venus Miller
consulting." Attracted to the University of Washington for its program in international business, Venus participated in four years of internships, each in a different functional area, at Boeing. In her junior year, Boeing sponsored... View Details
- Profile
Frank Mycroft
mindset, the willingness to look beyond tactical issues. "When I was at NASA," Frank explains, "I realized I was personally more geared toward strategic thinking. I didn't want to be the world's leading expert on designing one little widget." His... View Details
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
June 2021 Books and Podcasts
Alumni Books Boeing Metamorphosis: Launching the 737 and 747, 1965–1969 by John Fredrickson and John Andrew (MBA 1959) Schiffer Military History Welcome to the world of corporate decision-making, workplace gambles, and myriad human... View Details
- 13 Nov 2000
- Research & Ideas
Managing to Learn: How Companies Can Turn Knowledge into Action
product-improvement process and evaluate a new item's potential in the marketplace. Boeing has used learning from experience to smooth out difficulties facing its new development projects. For example, a high-level employee group that had... View Details
Keywords: by Laurie Joan Aron
- 01 Mar 2010
- Op-Ed
A Golden Opportunity for Ford and GM
This will take enormous effort, ingenuity, and discipline along with massive investments. In this regard, Ford has the jump on GM. When Mulally was hired from Boeing in 2006, Ford was in trouble. The company was stretched thin with too... View Details
- 10 Jun 2008
- First Look
First Look: June 10, 2008
how he might retain the delicate balance among stakeholders while still maintaining liquidity in the market. Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=808100 The Boeing Company: Moonshine Shop... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 06 Jun 2013
- Op-Ed
How to Do Away with the Dangers of Outsourcing
and on and on—a coalition of associates that spanned the earth and in the end proved nearly as dysfunctional as the real United Nations often seems. Outsourcing woes cost the 787 an estimated three extra years of development, required View Details
- 06 Feb 2023
- Blog Post
Meet the Black Investment Club
aerospace industry where she led highly technical teams at The Boeing Company developing disruptive technologies to usher in the future of mobility and responsible innovation. The major focus of her work was on space exploration, product... View Details
- 26 Apr 2004
- Research & Ideas
A Clear Eye for Innovation
well. Most successful enterprises are adept at refining their current offerings, but they falter when it comes to pioneering radically new products and services. Kodak and Boeing are just two of the more recent examples of once dominant... View Details
- 08 Dec 2014
- Research & Ideas
A Manager’s Guide to International Strategy
individual businesses? In determining your firm's global advantage, the question is simply what advantage you seek to create or exploit by virtue of being an international player." For example, if it's easy for an organization to sell an identical product all over the... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 02 Mar 2016
- News
The New Space Race
closer to Earth. Two years ago, the agency awarded a nearly $7 billion contract to SpaceX—launched in 2002 by PayPal and Tesla Motors cofounder Musk—and Boeing to transport US astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS) starting... View Details
Keywords: Robert S. Benchley
- 17 Jan 2012
- First Look
First Look: January 17
decisions now facing its board as it encounters investor pressure to improve performance. Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/112040-PDF-ENG Boeing 737 Industrial Footprint: The Wichita Decision Willy Shih and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne