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  • 09 Nov 2009
  • Research & Ideas

Come Fly with Me: A History of Airline Leadership

63-year-old CEO of Southwest Airlines had come to arm wrestle his company's latest nemesis: Kurt Herwald, the 38-year-old weightlifting CEO of Stevens Aviation, an aircraft maintenance company based in South Carolina. Herwald had recently... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Air Transportation
  • 11 Sep 2012
  • First Look

First Look: September 11

acquire after spending the early part of their career in manufacturing at GE's Aircraft Engine division in Lynn, MA. Their offer of $1.1 million, or 6.9x times 2011 EBITDA of $159,292, was a pleasant surprise, but Owen was not interested... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 07 Dec 2010
  • First Look

First Look: Dec. 7

(Ex-Im), and his team struggled to find a way to help finance the sale of Boeing aircraft to Emirates. Ex-Im responds to the challenges in the credit market with an innovative offering. This case provides students with an opportunity to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 10 Apr 2018
  • First Look

First Look at New Research, April 10, 2018

“Civic” of the private jet market). In 2015, the company’s HondaJet received FAA certification. The HondaJet is now the number one selling jet in the very light jet segment of the market, and the CEO of Honda Aircraft Corporation,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 09 Nov 2010
  • First Look

First Look: November 9, 2010

excel in small firms, where they can set a goal and then empower others to work toward it. Navy and Air Force officers, who operate expensive, complex systems, such as submarines and aircraft carriers, are trained to follow processes to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 17 Jan 2012
  • First Look

First Look: January 17

Aircraft," HBS No. 612-035. Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/612036-PDF-ENG Modularity in Design and Manufacturing: Application to Commercial Aircraft Willy Shih and Margaret PiersonHarvard Business School... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • Web

Oral Histories | Baker Library

aircraft would have any takers. All kinds of things related to it. The company was run by Dee d'Arbeloff, who went on to run Millipore, whose brother is the founder of Teradyne. And it was a very interesting experience to work for Dee. He... View Details
  • 01 Dec 2016
  • News

Alumni Books of 2016

institutional racism. This book uncovers, frames, and connects the dots of a historical narrative that defines the vision and values class on the Island as well as the Age of Brooke and the Age of Obama. Training the Right Stuff: The View Details
  • 10 Mar 2021
  • News

New Releases: Alumni and Faculty Books, Podcasts

landing on an aircraft carrier in darkness, flying combat missions over Korea, breaking the sound barrier, and then teaching others to do the same. This is the story of that journey. The Big Ordeal: Understanding and Managing the... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information
  • 02 Oct 2015
  • News

The ‘F’ Word

government and saved my earnings. Afterward I invested the money to develop a life-saving aviation technology but couldn’t attract resources to commercialize it. I was offered the chance to fly it on the Rutan Voyager (the first aircraft... View Details
Keywords: Walt Disney Studios