RAND Corporation

Summary

RAND Corporation is a think tank^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of think_tank entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,436 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• RAND Corporation's field of work was family policy^[3].
• RAND Corporation's field of work was health policy^[4].
• RAND Corporation's field of work was education policy^[5].
• RAND Corporation's field of work was cultural policy^[6].
• RAND Corporation's field of work was national security^[7].
• RAND Corporation's field of work was science policy^[8].
• RAND Corporation was a member of ORCID, Inc.^[9].
• RAND Corporation was a member of Association of American University Presses^[10].
• RAND Corporation is in the country of United States^[11].
• RAND Corporation's image is recorded as Randcorporationsantamonica.JPG^[12].
• RAND Corporation's instance of is recorded as think tank^[13].
• RAND Corporation's instance of is recorded as nonprofit organization^[14].
• RAND Corporation's founder is recorded as Henry H. Arnold^[15].
• RAND Corporation's founder is recorded as Donald Wills Douglas, Sr.^[16].
• RAND Corporation's founder is recorded as Curtis LeMay^[17].
• RAND Corporation's logo image is recorded as Rand Corporation logo.svg^[18].
• RAND Corporation's headquarters location is recorded as Santa Monica^[19].
• RAND Corporation's ISNI is recorded as 0000000403707685^[20].
• RAND Corporation's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 136758914^[21].
• RAND Corporation's GND ID is recorded as 1001716-1^[22].
• RAND Corporation's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n78083407^[23].
• RAND Corporation's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 118669763^[24].
• RAND Corporation's IdRef ID is recorded as 026419068^[25].
• RAND Corporation's NACSIS-CAT author ID is recorded as DA00966134^[26].
• RAND Corporation's child organization or unit is recorded as RAND Corporation^[27].

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Founding

Founders include Henry H. Arnold^[15], Donald Wills Douglas, Sr.^[16], and Curtis LeMay^[17]. +1948-05-14T00:00:00Z marks the founding of RAND Corporation^[28].

Identity

RAND Corporation's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'it'}^[29].

Leadership

RAND Corporation's director / manager is recorded as Michael D. Rich^[30].

Operations

RAND Corporation's headquarters location is recorded as Santa Monica^[19]. Subsidiaries include it^[27], a nonprofit organization^[31], in United Kingdom^[32], founded in 1948^[33], headquartered in Cambridge^[34].

Industry

Fields of work include family policy^[3], a type of policy^[35]; health policy^[4], an academic discipline^[36]; education policy^[5], an academic discipline^[37]; cultural policy^[6], a type of policy^[38]; national security^[7], a type of security^[39]; and science policy^[8].

Why It Matters

RAND Corporation ranks in the top 2% of think_tank entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,436 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[40] It is known by 29 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[41]