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- October 2015 (Revised September 2016)
- Technical Note
Flight: Now without Humans Aboard
By: Mitchell Weiss, Karim Lakhani, HT Kung and Kerry Herman
This note provides an overview of the unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs, or drones) industry in September 2015. UAVs offered many potential applications in industries as diverse as aerial imaging and photography, agriculture, construction, infrastructure inspection and... View Details
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Fast Forward
Illustration by Chris Gash The School’s US Competitiveness Project launched four years ago with a simple but ambitious goal: figure out how companies in the United States can better compete in the global economy while raising living... View Details
Henry B. Spencer
After serving as vice president of the Southern Railway System until 1917, Spencer formed the Fruit Growers Express to transport perishable goods and provide ventilated and refrigerated car services. With Fruit Growers owning its own cars... View Details
Keywords: Agriculture & Mining
- 29 Jun 2016
- News
The Latest Local Motor: A Self-Driving Bus
Local Motors—which is led by Jay Rogers (MBA 2007)—posted to its co-creation community: build an urban public transportation system. It’s all part of the company’s unique design model: "Most of our vehicles are designed by people who... View Details
- 10 Jun 2022
- Blog Post
New Venture Competition 2022: Business and Environment Ventures
lithium ion battery. Earth GridTroy Helming, MBA 1979Our vision is to build a subterranean network of tunnels to rapidly eliminate fossil fuels, reach 100% renewable energy, and offer quantum ultra-high-speed Internet, sustainable clean... View Details
- 20 Apr 2021
- Blog Post
Leadership In Challenging Times: Thierry Ibri (MBA 1997)
in 5 kids, were food insecure. At Second Harvest Heartland, one of the country’s largest and most efficient food banks, we distributed more than 105 million meals to our network community partners and programs last year. We refer to that... View Details
- 25 Apr 2014
- News
A revolution in healing
Stéphane Bancel (MBA 2000) is president and CEO of Moderna Therapeutics, which is producing a new drug application that could revolutionize the biotech world. It hinges on messenger RNA, or mRNA, the molecules responsible for transporting... View Details
Donald C. Burr
early 1980s, allowing the company to profitably offer lower fares than its competitors. In 1983, People stock, issued at $8 dollars a share, rose to a high of $50 and split two for one. In 1985, Burr purchased Frontier Airlines, making... View Details
Keywords: Transportation
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This lists media reports covering my firm dollarDEX Investments or me (or my colleagues), or columns written by me (or my colleagues). There are all... View Details
Robert R. Young
Young set out to take over the holding company that owned the C&O Railroad, and despite losing substantial backing from a group of General Motors executives, Young eventually gained control of the company. Soon after that victory... View Details
Keywords: Transportation
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
Getting on Board
Membership on a corporate or advisory board seems like a natural fit for MBAs with solid managerial skills and career experience. But according to the experts, unless you are a prominent CEO, finding a seat at the boardroom table today requires considerable effort.... View Details
- 19 Nov 2021
- Blog Post
Alumni Spotlight: Career Advice from Alums Working in Climate
there is a broad ecosystem of what we refer to today as climate tech, from renewable energy to advanced transportation to AgTech, to name just a few. From a job function perspective, you can work at an operating View Details
- 01 Oct 2021
- Blog Post
Alumni Spotlight: Career Advice from Alums Working in Climate
there is a broad ecosystem of what we refer to today as climate tech — from renewable energy to advanced transportation to AgTech to name just a few. From a job function perspective, you can work at an operating View Details
- 26 Jun 2000
- Research & Ideas
Presentation Round-Up
their hybrid-fiber-coaxial (HFC) network lose out to the All Fiber Network (AFN) developed by the electric power companies in concert with RCN-inspired entrepreneurs. No, wait.... View Details
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Bringing It Back Home
Hugo Moreno, attended one of the School's executive social enterprise programs, and the more Grossman learned of the company and its plans the more he was impressed. "Salud Digna was expanding rapidly in Mexico, and what was interesting... View Details
Edward E. Carlson
When he assumed the CEO position of United Airlines, Carlson inherited a company that had just produced a record $40 million loss. Despite no prior experience in the airline industry, Carlson embarked on a stringent cost reduction and... View Details
Keywords: Transportation
- 05 Jun 2017
- News
Women on Boards: A Course Becomes a Movement
Chapman Professor of Business Administration. His research has confirmed what many senior-level women already know: governing boards often rely on networks of predominantly male executives to fill openings. “Women can’t break into those... View Details
Keywords: Margaret Kelley
Gordon M. Bethune
When Bethune took over Continental, the company was nearly out of cash, there was conflict between employees and management, and the airline ranked last in customer satisfaction. Bethune initiated a market research campaign to determine... View Details
Keywords: Transportation
Herbert D. Kelleher
Kelleher is the founder of a low cost and highly profitable airline. Southwest has refined the low-cost, no-frills, no-reserved seats approach to air travel, providing over 2,300 flights daily to about 52 cities in 26 states, with a fleet of 280 aircraft. The View Details
Keywords: Transportation