Michigan - Publications - Faculty & Research

William W. George

George is credited with Medtronic’s phenomenal growth from a small producer of pacemakers to an international manufacturer of a broad line of medical devices. Through strategic acquisitions and organic growth, George catapulted revenues from $1 billion to $6 billion. View Details

Keywords: Healthcare

Henry Ford

In 1908, Ford introduced to the market the Model T automobile. Through cost-cutting production methods, Ford was eventually able to reduce the price of the Model T to $260, making it affordable for the mass market. Establishing the continuously moving assembly line,... View Details

Keywords: Automotive & Aerospace

Harlow H. Curtice

Curtice took the helm of General Motors during the height of the post-war automobile boom. He dramatically impacted the boom by approving a $1 billion investment in the company. In so doing, General Motors expanded the scale and scope of its operations even though it... View Details

Keywords: Automotive & Aerospace

Guy S. Peppiatt

During the nineteen years Peppiatt served the company in an executive capacity, the net sales of Federal-Mogul increased dramatically from $25 million (1950) to $263 million (1969). This tenfold increase was fostered by his commitment to retaining and building a strong... View Details

Keywords: Automotive & Aerospace

Terrence E. Adderley

Taking over his stepfather's role, Adderley was responsible for Kelly’s rapid growth. He expanded Kelly’s services and global reach while achieving revenue growth from $60 million in 1967 to over $4 billion today. Today, Kelly is the global leader in supplying... View Details

Keywords: Services

Daniel K. Ludwig

Ludwig created the largest shipping company in the United States (the world’s third largest) and one of the world’s biggest private multinational corporations. His operations spanned 23 countries, employed more than 2,000 people, and controlled several billion dollars... View Details

Keywords: Transportation

Harold V. Haverty

Haverty achieved over 5 consecutive years of 25%+ return on equity ratios and double digit revenue growth. He is credited with diversifying Deluxe – expanding into electronic funds processing from off-line check printing. Haverty was cited by Forbes in 1991 as the most... View Details

Keywords: Finance

Frederic G. Donner

An accountant by training, Donner was recognized as one of the sharpest financial minds in business. His overwhelming command of the financial aspects of running GM led him to set new records for sales, profitability, and dividend payments. He is principally credited... View Details

Keywords: Automotive & Aerospace

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Hillary Mann

Hillary Mann (MBA, Babson ’15; University of Michigan ’04) is a Corporate Relations Director who manages relationships with organizations in Consumer Products, Retail & Luxury Goods, Hospitality, Agribusiness, and Sustainability.... View Details

Keywords: Consumer Products; Education; Entertainment / Media; Hospitality; Publishing / Communications / Advertising; Real Estate; Retail; Social Enterprise; Sports; Startup - Joiner; Entrepreneurship

26 Feb 2007
Research & Ideas

The Power of the Noncompete Clause

associate professor of technology and operations management, their paper—available for download—is titled "Noncompetes and Inventor Mobility: Specialists, Stars, and the Michigan Experiment." What they found: While noncompetes... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

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2017 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity

University of Michigan (Ann Arbor) and the Center for Gender in Organizations at Simmons School of Management (Boston). She is also a Visiting Scholar with the Harvard Business School Leadership Initiative, researching the influence of... View Details

01 Sep 2004
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Charles Stoddard (MBA 1969)

Born in East Lansing, Michigan, Charles Stoddard grew up with banking in his blood. As a teenager, he worked as a teller in the bank his father founded. After earning degrees from Michigan State University and HBS, he held banking and... View Details

Keywords: Finance

24 Jul 2018
Blog Post

The Global Classroom: From Boston to Jakarta

Stephanie Schwartz (MBA 2019) grew up in Michigan before attending the Ross School of Business at Michigan for her undergraduate degree in Business Administration. Prior to coming to HBS, Stephanie lived in... View Details

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2014 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity

Teaching, and Global Collaborations Jane Hassinger , University of Michigan Women On Purpose: Lessons from North-South Community-based Research Collaborations Lubna Khalid , Working for Change Through Culture, Religion, and Hijab—Women... View Details

01 Dec 2011
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Professors Recognized with New Chair Appointments

in 2001 after teaching at the University of Michigan Business School. His research investigates the structured finance market and how investor reliance on rating agencies and unsound pricing models led to the market’s rise and collapse.... View Details

Profile

Jay Khil

A childhood in the United States, an adolescence in South Korea, a semester abroad in China, and a career launch in Dearborn, Michigan – by any measure, Jay Khil is a woman with an international perspective that comes from her core. “The... View Details

24 Apr 2014
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Taking MBA know-how on tour across America

Thirty-two MBAs from business schools at Babson College, Columbia University, HBS, Stanford University, the University of California/Berkley, and the University of Michigan traveled this past summer across the country into the heart of... View Details

29 Feb 2016
News

How Joe Shoen Got U-Haul Back on Track

Dressed in black pants and a black U-Haul shirt, Joe Shoen, 66, is sitting in a conference room in the middle of a meeting. His cellphone buzzes. Brenda, a customer moving from Michigan to Florida, is furious about a U-Haul phone operator... View Details

Keywords: Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management; Truck Transportation; Transportation