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Victor Emanuel
During World War II, Emanuel produced all types of military aircraft, including giant bombers, aircraft carriers, and cruisers. After the war, Emanuel led the conversion of AVCO from a producer of aircraft and heavy goods to a View Details
Keywords: Automotive & Aerospace
James B. Duke
Five principal cigarette manufacturing companies merged to form American Tobacco in 1890 with Duke as head and with a capitalization of $25 million. In 1895, Duke began an aggressive campaign to absorb companies making other kinds of... View Details
Keywords: Food & Tobacco
William Wrigley III
produced several new lines, including Freedent for denture wearers, the sugar-free Orbit, the bubble gum Hubba Bubba, and the cinnamon-flavored Big Red. Under William III’s leadership, Wrigley’s was able to maintain its position as the world’s largest View Details
Keywords: Food & Tobacco
George S. Lannom, Jr.
Though he began his business as a tannery for the production of saddles and other equine equipment, Lannom was forced to diversify when the automobile gained popularity. To save his business, Lannom turned to the manufacture of baseballs... View Details
Keywords: Fabricated Goods
- 15 Sep 2003
- Research & Ideas
The Lessons of New-Market Disruption
of a mini refrigerator and stacked on top of other line equipment. Better yet, this tighter integration would greatly reduce the manufacturing costs. The second technology was Windows NT. Teradyne's test systems included various software... View Details
Floyd L. Carlisle
manufacturing firm in the nation. Carlisle diversified St. Regis significantly when he led the company into the plastics field with the purchase of Panelyte Corporation in 1928. Carlisle also diversified the St. Regis product line. View Details
Keywords: Wood, Paper & Forestry
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
The Robots Are Coming to Save Your Job
in manufacturing,” says Eckert. A 2015 report by Deloitte and the Manufacturing Institute found that 2 million of the nearly 3.5 million anticipated open manufacturing jobs in the United States in the next... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
John A. Kimberly
Kimberly built one of the largest manufacturers of pulp and paper products in the world. His company introduced two big sellers, which are widely sold today – a sanitary napkin (“Kotex”) and a disposable handkerchief (“Kleenex”). View Details
Keywords: Wood, Paper & Forestry
Richard J. Egan
Egan co-founded EMC and built it into the world’s largest independent manufacturer of memory storage devices. Between 1979 and 1986, EMC’s revenues doubled each year catapulting it into the Fortune 500 in less than 10 years. View Details
Keywords: Computers & Electronics
- 07 Dec 1999
- Research & Ideas
Henry Heinz and Brand Creation in the Late Nineteenth Century
Richard Tedlow has written, "most manufacturers were unknown to the people who bought their products." 50 Heinz would not have used the words "brand creation" to describe his initiatives. This term is a product of the... View Details
Keywords: by Nancy F. Koehn
Charles R. Walgreen
Though Walgreen was trained as a pharmacist, he was an equally astute businessman. Walgreen personally manufactured some of his drugs in order to be able to maintain profitable low prices, and he also offered Walgreens branded merchandise... View Details
Keywords: Retail
Philip Sporn
transmission, distribution, and utilization. In 1954, Sporn received the Charles A. Coffin Medal for pioneering advancement in engineering. He was cited for two advances made by his company: operation of the country’s first 330K volt transmission line and initiation of... View Details
Keywords: Utilities & Energy
LeRoy A. Petersen
In his 22 years with Otis, Petersen helped the elevator manufacturer transition from war to peacetime production and become increasingly profitable in the process. Though the firm’s defense division still remained an integral part of... View Details
Keywords: Fabricated Goods
Adolph Coors
Golden Brewery in Golden, Colorado. His business flourished, quickly becoming the leading brewery in the western United States. He brought new innovations to the brewery business and diversified the company’s product line by offering malted milk items and non-alcoholic... View Details
Keywords: Food & Tobacco
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Industrial Film Collection | Baker Library
manufacturing shop processes. In addition, the collection includes films produced by HBS for teaching topics like labor relations, the human aspect of administration, business policy, and management. Use the Collection Industrial Film... View Details
Uncas A. Whitaker
Whitaker built the world’s largest manufacturer of electrical devices and connectors. His company was instrumental in the development of miniature components and advanced computer technologies which have been incorporated into literally... View Details
Keywords: Computers & Electronics
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
Tipping Point
Illustration by Erin Robinson At one end of the global coffee supply chain are the diners who gather for brunch at the sidewalk tables outside Chloe’s Cafe in San Francisco’s Noe Valley neighborhood. Regulars there order the fluffy banana-walnut pancakes and steaming... View Details
- 17 Apr 2017
- News
Jeff Immelt Wants a Radical Transformation of GE
Jeff Immelt (MBA 1982) wants to change just about everything at GE, from its image as a slow-moving corporate behemoth, to the focus of its core businesses, to the location of its corporate offices. In May, the company that made the first lightbulb, as well as... View Details
- 23 Feb 2017
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