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- 02 Mar 2016
- News
The New Space Race
billion to legacy transporter Boeing, $2.7 billion to upstart SpaceX—was a sign of changing attitudes. It also showed the benefits of market competition: Since the space shuttle program shut down, the United States has relied on Russia... View Details
Keywords: Robert S. Benchley
- 01 Sep 2023
- News
That Was Then, This Is Now
It started with a question. But before that, it started in the classroom. Tony Deifell (MBA 2002) loved the discussions in his LEAD course, taught by Professor (and now former Dean) Nitin Nohria; wanting to make them more tangible, Deifell adapted the idea of... View Details
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
Breaking News
diverse country. On the funding side, you’re building both an investment thesis and an impact model. What does each of those look like and what happens in the space between? Yeah, if we were solely impact focused, we would not necessarily... View Details
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
Up on the Corner
and wealth creation. Though prohibited by the Fair Housing Act of 1968, redlining had lasting implications—as did related real estate practices such as blockbusting, which encouraged white flight by playing on fears of racial integration,... View Details
- 11 Apr 2017
- News
Keeping the Missions Under Control
Norman Knight (GMP 9, 2010) is Executive Flight Director at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. In this interview, he talks about the unique blend of scientific and technical skills and the... View Details
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
Facing Ambiguity
On February 1, 2003, the space shuttle Columbia disintegrated upon reentry into the Earth’s atmosphere, killing all seven astronauts onboard. In a new multimedia case, “Columbia’s Final Mission,” by HBS assistant professors Michael... View Details
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Terry Virts (GMP 11, 2011)
among many other physical factors. “It’s an awesome job,” says Virts, a native of Maryland whose parents both worked at Goddard Space Flight Center. “Mondays are still Mondays, but there’s nothing else I’d... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
Flying High
idea that there is an enormous opportunity to make air travel better.” The startup saw space in the market between premium commercial airline options that were increasingly inconvenient and the ever-more expensive choice of private air... View Details
Keywords: April White; aviation; airlines; entrepreneurship; leadership; innovation; Air Transportation; Transportation
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
Rural Renewal
began to think that “the compensation was no longer commensurate with the risks.” With the aim of cutting back on the workload, she and her partner decided to stop raising new funds. At the same time, her growing appreciation of greener View Details
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
Deep Dive
lose their lives in their quest to reach the world’s pinnacle. Inside the compact submersible, Vescovo was as comfortable as anyone on a long-haul flight in coach. But he knew that just 90 millimeters of titanium protected him from 12,000... View Details
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Lesson from the Fall
is unclear and the spirit of the law is open to interpretation. A close reading of the record suggests that much of Enron’s behavior fell into this penumbra. But that same record also suggests that Skilling lost his way in this shadowed View Details
- 05 Mar 2020
- News
Green Light
to the larger-scale model in the back left corner of the facility. In June 2018, Crop One won a bid to provide leafy greens to Emirates Airlines’ flight catering company, and it is in the midst of building a 130,000-square-foot facility... View Details
- 01 Dec 1996
- News
An Entrepreneurial Journey
ready for my Nicotrol somewhere over Mount Rushmore; unfortunately, it's tucked away in my briefcase, which is jammed in the overhead compartment behind some clown's trombone case. I try to explain to the flight attendant that I really... View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Letters to the Editor
schools meet the challenge? Abdulhay Y. Zalloum (AMP 93, 1984) Amman, Jordan AWOL Leadership As an HBS graduate, Class of 1948, I was very pleased to see the December Bulletin devote so much space to the question “Who Will Lead?” I hope... View Details
- 01 Dec 2001
- News
September 11: A Community Reflects
encourage shared reflection and support. The Class of 1959 Chapel became a gathering place for those wanting a quiet space for prayer and contemplation, and in the late afternoon, many members of the community came together outside the... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young;Deborah Blagg
- 13 Mar 2018
- News
Leadership Lessons from the “Lone Survivor” Mission
was to get back in there as soon as we could, and at least bring everyone home. And so that next night, we flew a single helicopter back into the crash site. We landed, and we brought the remains back to base, and transferred them into the unit that would then prepare... View Details
- 01 Mar 2019
- News
The Fight Beyond
The flight had been arranged by secret military cable. An elaborate code of flares and signal fires was agreed upon, and the US Army Air Force’s 52d Fighter Group staged a midair diversion over the Adriatic Sea. But these attempts at... View Details
- 01 Jun 2020
- News
Keeping the Beat
semester at HBS began. She decided she could do both, which mostly meant going to class during the week and touring on the weekends. But there was one week in November when Gandhi had to fly back and forth between Boston and New York every day—she’d be in class until... View Details