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- 19 Jan 2021
- Blog Post
2+2 Where Are They Now Spotlight: Marc Duranteau (MBA 2019)
What was your undergraduate university and major? I have an MSc in mechanical engineering from the Ecole Polytechnique (Paris, France) and another MSc in aerospace engineering from Supaéro (Toulouse, France). Why did you decide to apply... 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
- 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
- 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
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
Ceiling Unlimited
Carl Chen (24th OPM) has come a long way. The Long Beach, California, Press-Telegram (September 13, 1999) reported that when Chen was four years old, his family fled mainland China for Taiwan. In 1968, he won a fellowship to West Virginia University to study View Details
- Web
Club Conferences | MBA
Conference March 9, 2025 Social Impact Club Future of Work Club Entertainment & Media Conference March 29, 2025 Entertainment & Media Club Business of Sports Club Entrepreneurship Club Conference March 30, 2025 Entrepreneurship Club National Security Conference April... View Details
- 06 Dec 2018
- Cold Call Podcast
Honda Created a Civic for Very Light Jets. How High Will It Fly?
- 13 Jan 2020
- Working Paper Summaries
Recognition Incentives for Internal Crowdsourcing: A Field Experiment at NASA
- Portrait Project
Sacha Yabili
purpose of providing his mourning family with shelter, food, and education. Their legacy has since been a compass in my life. When I could not become a pilot because of my deficient eyesight, I chose to dream higher rather than stalling. I became one of a handful of... View Details
- Web
Student Clubs | MBA
Student Clubs Student Club Handbook (login required) A Aerospace & Defense Club Africa Business Club African American Student Union AI Club Armed Forces Alumni Association Art Society Asian-Affinity Business Association Australian & New... View Details
- 30 Jun 2019
- News
Alumni in France honor self-made entrepreneurs; Shih talks trade in Buffalo
“Before his talk, Professor Shih toured three Moog factories in the Buffalo area,” says Sherrill. Moog Inc., which is currently headed by CEO John Scannell (MBA 1999), is a leading aerospace manufacturer, producing critical components for... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 27 Apr 2015
- Lessons from the Classroom
Leadership Lessons From Outer Space
Asked for leadership advice, Terry Virts thought for a moment, letting his microphone float weightless in front of him before responding. "You have to adapt your leadership style to the situation you're in," he said. Nobody knows that better than Virts, who... View Details
- 08 Mar 2019
- Blog Post
“There’s no quick shortcut to success:” Zorpads takes off
traditionally used for absorption in the aerospace and healthcare fields. The insert is a small adhesive square that can fit into any shoe but has more odor-absorbing surface area than a tennis court. Originally called "N'Odor,"... View Details
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
Ideas: Books
executives from the aerospace and defense industries, Fortune 500 presidents, general managers in the Boston area, and heads of nonbusiness organizations about their decision-making. Based on his interviews, Roberto concludes that leaders... View Details
- 01 Apr 1998
- News
Emerging Information
membership in exchange for the company's frank assessment of the service. More recently, Mueller added information about Russian and Chinese aviation in response to a request from a large aerospace manufacturer that, up to that point, had... View Details
Keywords: Paul Michelman
- 29 Aug 2024
- Research & Ideas
Shoot for the Stars: What to Know About the Space Economy
A new space race—one fueled more by commercial conquest than intergalactic domination—is charting solutions to pressing problems in national security, climate change, and communication. With costs poised to drop and innovation on the rise, the economics of cosmic... View Details
- Career Coach
Okan Okutgen
manufacturer. He has also experience of consultancy from Bain & Company. Okan also serves as a mentor to startups as they help try to get seed funding in accelerators. Okan has a Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering degree, but has... View Details
- May 2014 (Revised November 2014)
- Supplement
Houston We Have A Solution: NASA and Open Innovation (B)
By: Michael Tushman, Hila Lifshitz-Assaf and Kerry Herman
Jeff Davis, director of Space Life Sciences Directorate at NASA, has been working for several years to raise awareness amongst scientists and researchers in his organizations of the benefits of open innovation as a successful and efficient way to collaborate on... View Details
Tushman, Michael, Hila Lifshitz-Assaf, and Kerry Herman. "Houston We Have A Solution: NASA and Open Innovation (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 414-057, May 2014. (Revised November 2014.)
- January 2014
- Case
Boeing 787 Manufacturing Footprint
By: Willy Shih
This case looks at the outsourcing strategy for major subsystems of Boeing's 787 Dreamliner, and the risks and production consequences of letting go of core technology. It is intended to be used as a (B) case for 612-036 Boeing 737 Manufacturing Footprint: The Wichita... View Details
- May 2012
- Case
Columbia's Final Mission (Abridged) (A)
By: Amy C. Edmondson and Kerry Herman
This case documents decision-making processes, organizational culture, and other contributors to NASA's failed Columbia mission in 2003. Addresses the question of how organizations should deal with "ambiguous threats" - weak signals of potential crisis - and explores... View Details
Keywords: Cognitive Biases; Teams; Organizational Learning; Ambiguous Threat; Leadership; Organizational Culture; Decision Making; Failure; Crisis Management; Aerospace Industry
Edmondson, Amy C., and Kerry Herman. "Columbia's Final Mission (Abridged) (A)." Harvard Business School Case 612-095, May 2012.