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- November 1990 (Revised June 1991)
- Case
Final Voyage of the Challenger
Provides a summary of technical and organizational details that led to the decision to launch the Challenger Space Shuttle, and to the ensuing accident. Details of design and testing milestones of the Space Shuttle, with a focus on the Solid Rocket Booster, offer...
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Keywords:
Information Technology;
Risk Management;
Ethics;
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Business Processes;
Aerospace Industry;
United States
Hauptman, Oscar. "Final Voyage of the Challenger." Harvard Business School Case 691-037, November 1990. (Revised June 1991.)
- September 1988
- Case
Honeywell, Inc.: International Organization for Commercial Avionics (B)
Cespedes, Frank V. "Honeywell, Inc.: International Organization for Commercial Avionics (B)." Harvard Business School Case 589-043, September 1988.
- December 1982 (Revised May 1983)
- Case
General Electric Aircraft Engine Business Group (B)
Schleifer, Arthur, Jr. "General Electric Aircraft Engine Business Group (B)." Harvard Business School Case 183-137, December 1982. (Revised May 1983.)
- December 1992
- Supplement
Honeywell Commercial Aviation Division (A1)
By: Michael Beer
Keywords:
Aerospace Industry
Beer, Michael. "Honeywell Commercial Aviation Division (A1)." Harvard Business School Supplement 493-036, December 1992.
- February 1987 (Revised December 1992)
- Case
Honeywell Commercial Aviation Division (A)
By: Michael Beer
Keywords:
Aerospace Industry
Beer, Michael. "Honeywell Commercial Aviation Division (A)." Harvard Business School Case 487-065, February 1987. (Revised December 1992.)
- July 1980 (Revised November 1981)
- Case
Strike in Space
A three-man skylab crew, after repeatedly unsuccessful attempts to influence Houston Mission Control to slow down the work pace, turns off radio communication and refuses to talk. Questions for the class: What leads up to this break? How does one repair it?
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McCaskey, Michael B. "Strike in Space." Harvard Business School Case 481-008, July 1980. (Revised November 1981.)
- June 1969 (Revised November 1977)
- Case
Beech Aircraft Corp.
Keywords:
Aerospace Industry
Salter, Malcolm S. "Beech Aircraft Corp." Harvard Business School Case 369-008, June 1969. (Revised November 1977.)
- January 1997 (Revised July 1997)
- Teaching Note
Atlantic Corporation--Abridged TN
By: Thomas R. Piper
Teaching Note for (9-297-015).
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Keywords:
Aerospace Industry
- March 2022
- Teaching Note
Tomorrow.io Goes To Space
By: Joshua Lev Krieger, Abhishek Nagaraj and James Barnett
Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 822-005. In March 2021, the weather company Tomorrow.io announced a new project to develop satellites equipped with radar for weather monitoring and launch them into Earth’s orbit. Company leadership considers execution strategies.
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- October 2022
- Case
Spaceport America, Public Sector Risk-taking, and Political Accountability (A)
By: Matthew Weinzierl, Dava Newman, Rebecca Browder and Angela Acocella
Sitting quietly in the heart of the New Mexico desert in the summer of 2014, Spaceport America (SA) housed little of the activity its supporters anticipated when opening its hangar doors in 2011. Despite $1 million in annual rent from Virgin Galactic, British...
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Keywords:
Funding Sources;
Risk and Uncertainty;
Public Sector;
Business and Government Relations;
Factories, Labs, and Plants;
Aerospace Industry;
New Mexico
Weinzierl, Matthew, Dava Newman, Rebecca Browder, and Angela Acocella. "Spaceport America, Public Sector Risk-taking, and Political Accountability (A)." Harvard Business School Case 723-011, October 2022.
- July 2020 (Revised October 2020)
- Case
Valentina Tereshkova: Conquering Space
By: Boris Groysberg and Annelena Lobb
On June 13, 1963, Valentina Tereshkova of the USSR became the first woman to fly in space on Vostok 6. Soviet leaders publicly espoused gender equity, but also sent Tereshkova on her mission in order to be the first country to send a woman to space, a milestone they...
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Keywords:
Gender Equity;
Gender;
Equality and Inequality;
Personal Development and Career;
Aerospace Industry;
Soviet Union;
United States
Groysberg, Boris, and Annelena Lobb. "Valentina Tereshkova: Conquering Space." Harvard Business School Case 421-005, July 2020. (Revised October 2020.)
- April 2017 (Revised July 2017)
- Case
ISRO: Explore Space or Exploit CubeSats?
The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) achieved global acclaim by launching successful missions to the moon and Mars at a fraction of the cost of prior Western missions. It is now faced with an important strategic dilemma—whether to continue exploring deep space...
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Choudhury, Prithwiraj, Tarun Khanna, Karim Lakhani, and Rachna Tahilyani. "ISRO: Explore Space or Exploit CubeSats?" Harvard Business School Case 617-062, April 2017. (Revised July 2017.)
- February 2016 (Revised May 2016)
- Case
Astroscale, Space Debris, and Earth's Orbital Commons
By: Matthew Weinzierl, Angela Acocella and Mayuka Yamazaki
An engineer and technology entrepreneur, Nobu Okada, had turned a mid-life crisis into a bold—some would say quixotic—quest to prevent a tragedy of the commons at the global scale. Namely, Okada believed the accumulation of debris in near-Earth orbital space posed a...
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Keywords:
Market Entry and Exit;
Global Range;
Entrepreneurship;
Crisis Management;
Wastes and Waste Processing;
Economics;
Aerospace Industry
Weinzierl, Matthew, Angela Acocella, and Mayuka Yamazaki. "Astroscale, Space Debris, and Earth's Orbital Commons." Harvard Business School Case 716-037, February 2016. (Revised May 2016.)
- September 2013
- Case
Boeing 787: More Electric Architecture
By: Willy Shih
The "more electric architecture" of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner represented a significant shift in the design of secondary power systems for commercial aircraft, compared to traditional designs that employed a mix of hydraulic, pneumatic, and electrical power. While the...
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- 1992
- Other Unpublished Work
Productivity on Missile Development Program 309 - HBS Analysis and Decision Case
By: J. Ronald Fox
- December 1982
- Case
General Electric Aircraft Engine Business Group (A)
Keywords:
Aerospace Industry
Schleifer, Arthur, Jr. "General Electric Aircraft Engine Business Group (A)." Harvard Business School Case 183-136, December 1982.
- October 1968 (Revised November 1977)
- Case
Beech Aircraft Corp. (A)
Keywords:
Aerospace Industry
Greyser, Stephen A. "Beech Aircraft Corp. (A)." Harvard Business School Case 513-050, October 1968. (Revised November 1977.)
- February 1987 (Revised December 1992)
- Case
Honeywell Commercial Aviation Division (C)
By: Michael Beer
Keywords:
Aerospace Industry
Beer, Michael. "Honeywell Commercial Aviation Division (C)." Harvard Business School Case 487-067, February 1987. (Revised December 1992.)
- January 1999 (Revised October 1999)
- Supplement
STT Aerospace, Supplement
By: Richard G. Hamermesh and Jeremy Dann
Supplements the case.
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Keywords:
Aerospace Industry
Hamermesh, Richard G., and Jeremy Dann. "STT Aerospace, Supplement." Harvard Business School Supplement 399-078, January 1999. (Revised October 1999.)