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Thomas W. Mastin
Mastin was instrumental in the development and commercialization of many of Lubrizol’s products, the world’s largest manufacturer of chemical additives for lubricants. Mastin was a published chemist who held over 20 patents for new... View Details
Keywords: Chemicals & Industrial
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Innovation as P&G’s Key
CHARAN: Drawing on his global consulting experience. LAFLEY: Customers are “the boss.” Photo courtesy Proctor & Gamble What does it take to delight low-income Mexican buyers of sanitary pads? The answer is not a punch line to a poor joke; instead it’s a successful... View Details
- 06 Oct 2020
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2+2 Where Are They Now Spotlight: Curtis Wu (MBA 2018)
role sits at the intersection of R&D and Manufacturing. Once a high-potential drug candidate is identified, several critical milestones must be met prior to marketing a medicine. These milestones include generating data to confirm the candidate can be View Details
Naomi Sims
After as short, distinguished career in modeling, Sims decided to pursue her real dreams of being an entrepreneur. An outgrowth of her modeling experiences, Naomi devoted her efforts to manufacturing “realistic” wigs for black women.... View Details
Keywords: Personal Care & Home Products
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Archival Collections - Georges F. Doriot : Educating Leaders, Building Companies, Baker Library, Harvard Business School
Harvard Business School, including an extensive collection of student reports from the Manufacturing course. This collection also contains documents from Doriot's involvement with American Research and Development (ARD), including his... View Details
- 13 Jan 2021
- News
Stress Test
the manufacturer to each individual, Kelley says. “They need to be sure 100 percent of the vaccines are administered to the community in the right way.” —April White The COVID-19 vaccines currently on the market went from concept to... View Details
Anthony Overton
A pioneer black manufacturer, Overton established Hygienic in 1898 and produced baking powder, extracts, and toilet preparations. After moving the firm from Kansas to Chicago, he began to manufacture a full line of cosmetics and perfumes... View Details
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Ralph Lauren
designer who manufactures as well as licenses his designs. In addition to men’s and women’s clothes, he created his own line of fragrances and home furnishings. View Details
Keywords: Fabric & Apparel
C. Donald Dallas
repeal the four-cent a pound excise tax on imported copper. To increase Revere’s reach internationally, Dallas acquired a half-interest in a brass and copper manufacturing plant in Sao Paulo, Brazil. View Details
Keywords: Metals
- 01 Apr 1998
- News
Emerging Information
membership in exchange for the company's frank assessment of the service. More recently, Mueller added information about Russian and Chinese aviation in response to a request from a large aerospace manufacturer that, up to that point, had... View Details
Keywords: Paul Michelman
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
Faculty Research Online
Are We Thinking Too Little, or Too Much? In the course of making a decision, managers often err in one of two directions: either overanalyzing a situation or forgoing all the relevant information and simply going with their gut. Associate Professor Michael Norton... View Details
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
Turning Point: Makeover
Vicky Tsai (MBA 2006) (Illustration by Gisela Goppel) Vicky Tsai (MBA 2006) (Illustration by Gisela Goppel) My first job was as a derivatives trader. The markets fascinated me; the testosterone-driven culture of the trading floor did not. I tried to fit in, but being... View Details
- 04 Dec 2013
- News
A Problem Shared Is a Company Aligned
- 19 Nov 2013
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Can Damon Silvers Save Organized Labor?
- 01 Apr 2002
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Q&A - Mark Fields
Concluding a successful tenure at Mazda, Mark Fields was appointed on April 19 to head the Premier group, a London-based unit of Ford Motor Company, which controls Mazda. The Premier group, a $23 billion company, includes brands such as Volvo, Jaguar, Aston Martin, and... View Details
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Oscar Mak
Oscar is currently a Senior Director at NORD/LB, a leading bank in financing renewable energy and infrastructure projects. He previously led strategic investments (e.g., M&A, corporate VC, joint ventures) in North America for Toyota Tsusho, a diversified trading... View Details
Pierre S. du Pont
per month to 1 million pounds per day. duPont manufactured close to 1.5 billion pounds of military explosives during the war, and employed a high of 86,000 workers. In the process, duPont totally reorganized the explosives industry. View Details
Keywords: Chemicals & Industrial
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
Faculty Books
and can change the course of history. By analyzing the hidden patterns of their careers, Mukunda sheds important new light on how the best leaders can be identified. Producing Prosperity: Why America Needs a Manufacturing Renaissance by... View Details