homeland security - Publications - Faculty & Research

03 Feb 2003
Research & Ideas

Homeland Security: A Ready-made Market

September 11 and the establishment of a Department for Homeland Security (along with a budget of nearly $38 billion for FY 2003) have created immediate opportunities and challenges for the industry,... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Service

01 Mar 2007
News

Security Chief

arena, where he was president and CEO of GE Commercial Insurance, and into something with strong growth prospects. Four months later, Parker’s wish came true: He became president and CEO of GE’s new Homeland Protection unit. In July 2005... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; technology-based security business; Management; Corporate, Subsidiary, and Regional Managing Offices; Management

06 Apr 2017
News

From Lobster Traps to Border Fencing

an expanded metal wall,” says Jim Knott Sr. (OPM 17, 1991), president and CEO of Riverdale Mills Corporation. In a recent interview with the Voice of America News, Knott noted that Riverdale’s security fencing is already in use along... View Details

Keywords: Donald Trump; homeland security; Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing

01 Feb 2018
Video

Safety and security at HBS

24 Oct 2013
News

Engineering a More Secure World

says Anthony Harris (MBA 1979), president and CEO of the Fiberscope's maker, Campbell/Harris Security Equipment Company (CSECO). "If you catch vehicles going southbound, you generally interdict cash." This truck was going south: In the... View Details

Keywords: Francis Storrs; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

09 Apr 2014
News

Power suits

27 Jun 2005
Research & Ideas

Asian and American Leadership Styles: How Are They Unique?

is in different areas of business—telecommunications, security, and high-end IT—and is very interested in becoming a contractor in the emerging homeland security construct in America. With Li Ka-shing, the... View Details

Keywords: by D. Quinn Mills

Web

Podcast - Business & Environment

discusses her journey from co-founding NASA Harvest, a global program addressing food security with satellite data, to leading NASA Acres, which focuses on U.S. agriculture. She explains how AI and satellite technology are changing the... View Details

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The Gift of Global Talent

higher. This is a must-read for policy makers. ” Janet Napolitano President of the University of California, former Secretary of Homeland Security and Governor of Arizona Podcast The gift of global talent:... View Details

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Harvard Business School

Broadcast executive and businessman W. Don Cornwell was hired by Goldman Sachs in 1971 and later promoted to chief operating officer of the investment banking division's corporate finance department. In 1988, Cornwell left the securities... View Details

24 Apr 2014
News

Detection devices that outsmart the criminally minded

Anthony Harris (MBA 1979) is engineering a more secure world as president and CEO of Campbell Security Equipment Company (CSECO), the world’s leader in portable contraband-detection equipment. Devices made... View Details

05 Feb 2019
News

Protecting the Power Grid

US Army War College was having a three-day workshop on critical infrastructure threats. He wangled an invitation from a retired general and drove seven hours from his home in New Hampshire to Carlisle, Pennsylvania, where he listened to speaker after speaker from the... View Details

Keywords: Ralph Ranalli; terrorism; Electric Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution; Utilities

01 Jun 2016
News

How Do We Win the Cyberwar?

for example, filters down to retailers or health care providers in any useful or timely way. There is some forward movement, though. Lefkowitz notes that the Department of Homeland Security began sharing... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; illustrations by Victo Ngai

19 Feb 2020
News

Running a Decathlon

Group, a small company that advises and invests in aerospace, defense, and homeland security companies and whose advisory board includes a number of U.S. Air Force generals, several of whom Patton met at the... View Details

Keywords: Lisa Scanlon Mogolov

25 May 2010
First Look

First Look: May 25

associated with improved productivity are also linked to lower greenhouse gas emissions. Download the paper: http://www.stanford.edu/~nbloom/BloomGenakosMartinSadun.pdf Watch What I Do, Not What I Say: The Unintended Consequences of the View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

26 Mar 2007
Research & Ideas

Learning from Failed Political Leadership

of Illusion: American Leadership in the Media Age. The book weaves together insights from economics, leadership studies, history, geopolitics, and national security to make a case for strategic independence and improved leadership... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

01 Dec 2006
News

MBA vs. MBA

says. “It’s not only helped me in my campaign, but it’s also helped me in my work in homeland security and national defense. The title of ‘Harvard MBA’ doesn’t win many votes, but the problem-solving ability... View Details

Keywords: Kathryn Jones; Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Government

01 Dec 2016
News

Alumni Books of 2016

sound decision making as it is about money. And when it works, innovative finance gives us the tools, motivation, and security to invest in our shared future. Off Script: An Advance Man’s Guide to White House Stagecraft, Campaign... View Details

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