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- 07 Jul 2011
- What Do You Think?
So We Adapt. What’s the Downside?
Steel put it, "if something's worth doing, it's worth doing wrong Get on with it and see if it works." We are often admonished to "try a lot of things and keep... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 01 Feb 1999
- News
Too Much of a Good Thing?
fail. Furthermore, he says, industries with large sunk costs - typically, basic manufacturing operations such as steel plants - are often the ones in which the consequences of excess capacity are the most severe View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- Web
Teacher Profiles - Case Method Project
History, Business Law NJ Genny Allard Bergen County Technical School, Teterboro Teterboro, NJ Subjects: Introduction to Law and Justice, Constitutional Law NJ George Alvarez Bergenfield High School Bergenfield, NJ Subjects: US History I... View Details
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
Bridging the Gap
brought an extra white shirt for the afternoon; the first would be gray by the time they got back to the office. A manufacturing hub for everything from Buster Brown socks to Chris-Craft boats—with plenty of steel View Details
- 10 Oct 2023
- Blog Post
Policy Drivers for Environmental Justice: What Businesses Need to Know
manufacturing facility in Weirton, West Virginia,[67] made possible by the clean energy manufacturing incentives in the IRA. Weirton, a historic steel town, was chosen because of the “historic steel... View Details
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The 20th Century Zeitgeist - Leadership
Act Federal Trade Commission established Personal income tax reinstituted Influence: Low 20 1920 s 19 U.S. Steel and Alcoa withstand antitrust accusations Personal and... View Details
- Web
Yinka Shonibare CBE RA Wind Sculpture (SG) V 2019 | About
Yinka Shonibare CBE RA Wind Sculpture (SG) V , 2019 Yinka Shonibare CBE RA (British-Nigerian, born 1962), Wind Sculpture (SG) V , 2019, stainless steel armature with hand painted glass reinforced polyester cast, 275 1/2 × 100 × 78 5/8 in.... View Details
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Annual Report 2020 - Annual Report 2020
Present: The Case of U.S. STEEL, 1930–1960 The U.S. Steel photograph collection, housed in Baker Library’s Special Collections, was brought to life—and the public eye—through an exhibition, catalog, and... View Details
- 01 Jan 2011
- News
Karen Gordon Mills, MBA 1977
"For most of the eighties," recalls the unflappable mother of three and wife of a college president, "I was pregnant, walking through steel mills, and buying companies." Now... View Details
- 12 Sep 2023
- Blog Post
Harvard Climate Entrepreneurs Circle: Taking Climate Solutions from Idea to Action, Faster
the campus as a “living lab,” to lower Harvard’s own environmental footprint. Aatish is not alone. When CarbonRe started in the Climate Circle, they knew they could use AI to help decarbonize heavy industry and save energy, but they were... View Details
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Historical Data & Sources - Business History
Extension University, 1924), map no. 6. Tata Group International Businesses Tata Consultancy Services Taj Group Tata International Tata Motors Tata Steel Tata Global Beverages Tarun Khanna and Krishna... View Details
- 01 Sep 2023
- News
End Game
Illustration by James Steinberg In the 1960s and 1970s, as the environmental movement dawned in the United States, a new generation of activist-minded entrepreneurs appeared. Among them were companies like Body Shop, Aveda, Tom’s of Maine, and Whole Foods—all founded... View Details
- 07 Feb 2019
- Book
How Big Companies Can Outrun Disruption
innovation strategy, design a system for creativity, and build up an enterprise’s cultural DNA. Pisano, the Harry E. Figgie, Jr. Professor of Business Administration, shares insights in our Q&A. Martha Lagace: Your title, Creative... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 28 Mar 2024
- Blog Post
IFC India: RMZ EcoWorld
includes materials, like steel and cement, as well as energy to support the building process. RMZ has a target to reduce embodied carbon by 44% in new developments, but they expressed that the path to this... View Details
- 01 Aug 1998
- News
High Honors
a wide assortment of consumer durables. Two years later, Barford took Beatty into the big time, buying up a larger competitor, General Steel Wares, Inc. (GSW). As head of the new concern, Barford reorganized GSW View Details
Henry J. Kaiser
the first integrated steel mill on the West Coast and a major aluminum company. His most enduring achievements were the employee health plan and... View Details
Keywords: Construction & Real Estate
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Charts & Statistics - Leadership
Breakup of Standard Oil and American Tobacco Clayton Antitrust Act Federal Reserve Act First Federal-Aid Highway Act Federal Trade Commission established Personal income tax reinstituted Influence: Low 20 1920 s 19 U.S. View Details
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Labor Practices | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School
United State Steel Corporation, Aluminum Company of America, The Westinghouse Corporation, Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company, Koppers Company, Dravo Corporation , 95. 39 J. Carlisle MacDonald, View Details
- May 05 2015
- Testimonial
Taking Your Abilities—and Your Company—to the Next Level
Arthur V. Davis
Davis was at Alcoa when Charles Hall invented the process for producing commercial aluminum. While Davis was head of Alcoa, the company continued to discover new uses for aluminum, most notably in the field of aviation. Davis manufactured View Details
Keywords: Metals