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- 04 Dec 2013
- Research & Ideas
The Fantastic Horizon: How to Invest in a New City
the fantastic horizon, King Abdullah Economic City is just a glimmer. It's challenged by the fact that it's miles from another city; it's not a satellite of Sao Paolo or Shanghai or Cairo. But, funded by private sources, it is attracting... View Details
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Jason A. Kilar
television. That was in 1979 and the laying of cable across America enabled the creation of ESPN, MTV, the Discovery Channel, HBO, AMC, FX and all the rest. All these things would not exist if not for the emergence of cable and satellite... View Details
- 01 Sep 2024
- News
The Exchange: Lessons from the Edge
a satellite capability to inform people. There’s no insurance market, so he has to figure out a rudimentary insurance system. There’s no physical transport, so he has to physically bring the patients there. There’s no technical help, so... View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Rich Wilson
thrown across the cabin and broke one or two ribs. For twelve hours I couldn’t even reach the satellite phone to call the race doctor because it hurt so much. We do have painkillers, but I didn’t want to take any strong stuff. So sleep... View Details
- 01 Apr 2021
- Blog Post
An Aerospace Engineer Provides a Lift for Underrepresented Innovators and Entrepreneurs
trajectories of satellites and worked on the development of a carrying system for a Venus rover as part of NASA’s Adept mission. “Being able to talk to these scientists and engineers at NASA about different atmospheres and different... View Details
- 01 Jun 2001
- News
Teaching for the Ages: the MBA Classroom in the 21st Century
chronicles the meteoric rise and equally fiery fall of Iridium, Motorola’s spin-off venture into global wireless communications. Although the technology was literally “rocket science,” involving the launch of a whole new satellite... View Details
- 16 May 2012
- Research & Ideas
Can Decades of Military Overspending be Fixed?
Fox, the Tiampo Professor of Business Administration, Emeritus, analyzes efforts since the Kennedy administration to reform defense spending on aircraft, ships, submarines, tanks, missiles, satellites and other major weapons systems. The... View Details
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
Student Conferences Tackle Business Issues
(MBA 1992), president of Staples.com. Keynote speaker Deborah C. Hopkins, EVP and CFO of Lucent Technologies, addressed the group via satellite four days prior to her company’s official announcement of a $2 billion cost-cutting plan.... View Details
- 06 Feb 2012
- Research & Ideas
Kodak: A Parable of American Competitiveness
States didn't always allow technological innovation to run adrift. In the post-World War II era, the country had a tradition of global leadership, spurred in the 1950s and '60s by innovation in semiconductors and in the 1960s through '80s in chip design, aeronautics,... View Details
- 17 Aug 2011
- Research & Ideas
Protecting against the Pirates of Bollywood
Indian satellite television rights to Star India Private Limited for a record $3.3 million. Iyer saw My Name is Khan, a love story whose autistic lead character is frequently compared to the one in the American film Forrest Gump, as part... View Details
- 01 Jun 1999
- News
Conference Brings Global Perspective to Cape Town
audio broadcasting technology to bring satellite radio to all corners of Africa. Koos Bekker, managing director of Naspers, a leading media and communications group in South Africa, discussed his firm's Internet and pay television... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Mar 2025
- News
Patch Work
Upon graduation, Jameson went to work at American Mobile Satellite Corporation as it competed for the nascent mobile-phone market. When he returned to politics, he did so with an entrepreneurial mindset at odds with the typical... View Details
- 20 Oct 2009
- First Look
First Look: October 20
the royalties for satellite radio and from which AM/FM radios were totally exempt. This case examines issues of copyright, the economics of new media, and the specialized laws established to regulate a new subset of an existing industry.... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
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Faculty & Advisors | MBA
startup that designs satellite propulsion systems and hybrid fusion power plants. At Google he was a Vice President, and he was the Project Leader of Project Loon. Mike was the CEO and co-founder of several successful companies and served... View Details
- 26 Jan 2004
- Research & Ideas
What Developing-World Companies Teach Us About Innovation
trucks with global positioning satellite (GPS) locators, allowing dispatchers to arrange deliveries within a twenty-minute window, versus the three hours CEMEX's competitors require. This system—which did not emerge from a central R&D... View Details
- 30 Jun 2009
- First Look
First Look: June 30
by both venture capital firms and venture capital-financed companies in three cities-San Francisco, Boston, and New York. We find that firms open new satellite offices based on the success rate of venture capital-backed investments in an... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 07 Mar 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research, March 7
lines to meet ambitious delivery targets. Meanwhile, Musk was also CEO of SpaceX, which was, while growing its business of launching satellites and cargo into space for commercial and governmental clients, preparing to take astronauts... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Screen Grab
graduates to this field.” “It sounds very cliché to say there will be more change over the next 5 years than there has been over the last 25, but this is one of those rare cases where that may well be true,” says cable and satellite... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; HBO; Netflix; Hulu; Vimeo; YouTube; Telecommunications; Information; Arts, Entertainment
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
A Class Act
October 1986 Business is typical. Forecasts spell wealth greater than imagination; actuals result in delay-the-dividend/bonus one more quarter. How in God's name I ended up in satellite insurance is beyond me. The mindless, youthful... View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
These Are the Good Old Days
materials served up to Americans was exploding: In 1978, Time Inc. published 6 magazines; today it publishes 132. Technology transformed broadcast media as well. In the late 1970s, most Americans had three networks on their TV sets: ABC, CBS, and NBC. When cable and... View Details