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- 01 Jun 2004
- News
Working the Street
destined to succeed his father, William R. Timken Jr. (MBA 1962), at the helm of The Timken Company, the Canton, Ohio–based multinational manufacturing firm. Indeed, Kurt worked at Timken for five years before HBS, followed by three years... View Details
- 18 Oct 2017
- Research & Ideas
How Economic Clusters Drive Globalization
(Photo source: iStock) Economic cluster theory has been used to describe the growth of many industries, including the automotive business around Detroit, high tech in Silicon Valley, and digital media in Seoul. These regions benefit by a... View Details
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Harvard Business School
for the United States Supreme Court. After HBS, he worked as an investment banker with White Weld & Co., and served as assistant treasurer for Celanese Corporation. He went on to other manufacturing companies, including Valeant... View Details
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the Art of American Advertising - Advertising Products
manufactured the multi-purpose cleansing soap bar Sapolio jumped from $15,000 in 1871 to $400,000 in 1896. By 1905, the company was selling 16.5 million soap cakes a year—an average of one for every American family. Advertising and... View Details
- 24 Jun 2021
- Blog Post
Celebrating the Past, Crafting the Future Part 2: The First HBS/HKS Class
before eventually leading him to his current role at Formlabs, a 3D printing manufacturer committed to making technology accessible. While at HBS and HKS, Winston was eager to learn about for-profit business models since he had spent his... View Details
- 19 Sep 2016
- Research & Ideas
Why Isn't Business Research More Relevant to Business Practitioners?
considered to be especially important. “I have had papers rejected because they are ‘of interest to a specialized audience and not to a general audience,’” says Shane Greenstein, the MBA Class of 1957 Professor of Business Administration and co-chair of the HBS View Details
- 14 Jul 2020
- Research & Ideas
Restarting Under Uncertainty: Managerial Experiences from Around the World
international cosmetic manufacturer based in France decided to support its 100,000+ clients—salons—across Western Europe to help them survive through the first phases of the COVID-19 crisis. The support included financial, operational,... View Details
- 05 Oct 2022
- News
Inside the Chip Shortage
Photo via Digital Chosun Photo via Digital Chosun The shortage of semiconductors that has hamstrung the automotive industry since 2020 isn’t over yet, and Renesas CEO Hidetoshi Shibata (MBA 2001) predicts... View Details
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
Good Odds
manufactured goods go to waste in the production process, Philip Behn says, because items come out too thick, too thin, or otherwise not perfect. “So we put our own private label on them and now we sell broken pretzel bits.” As much as 15... View Details
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Charged Up
Image by Digital Art/Corbis Related Links Listen to a podcast of Professors Rawi Abdelal, Forest Reinhardt, and Richard Vietor discussing the future of energy The catch-all “green” category covers a range of industries, from wind and... View Details
- 10 Jun 2002
- Research & Ideas
Reinventing the Industrial Giant
sharing information electronically with the suppliers . . . auto makers know when to expect the parts needed to assemble a particular car, and they can schedule assembly accordingly. And suppliers can tap into the auto makers' order system to find out what's needed by... View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
E Ink’s Wild Ride
everything from R&D and manufacturing to marketing (the company also owns a small plant in South Hadley, Massachusetts). That vision, which Wilcox attributes to MIT professor Joe Jacobson, was nothing less than the ability to hold all of... View Details
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Brass billets into rods - The Human Factor – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections
Production Chapter Introduction Chapter Images The Worker The Audience Bibliography previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 next Brass billets into rods ca. 1935 Scovill Manufacturing Russell Aikins Explore the full size image Brass billets into rods , ca.... View Details
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Plymouth Motor Corporation Photograph Collection - Photography Collections - Historical Collections
captions describe the manufacturing processes involved. Copyright © Presidents and Fellows of Harvard College Harvard University Harvard Employment Digital Accessibility View Details
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
Making Their Way
clear that if my family was going to stay in manufacturing, we would have to become globally competitive.” The Wisconsin businesses were sold in 2002, and a new company with a new strategy, Chirch Global Manufacturing (CGM), was born.... View Details
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Archival Collections - Georges F. Doriot : Educating Leaders, Building Companies, Baker Library, Harvard Business School
Education Alumni Baker Library Historical Collections MORE EXHIBITS HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS RESEARCH LINKS SITE CREDITS GEORGES F. DORIOT Research Links Archival Collections Baker Archival Collections Baker VC Collections Related Collections Bibliography View Details
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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
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Automobile Industry - Photography Collections - Historical Collections
Motors Corporation and their respective divisions, as well as a number of independent manufacturers such as Hudson Motor Car Company, Packard Motor Car Company, Pierce-Arrow Motor Car Company, and Studebaker. Copyright © Presidents and... View Details
- 11 Dec 2014
- News
Fashion's Retail Revolution
company Value Retail—and HBS alumni are the founders, chairmen, and CEOs of some of the sector’s hottest properties, from textile manufacturing leader Esquel Group to DIY makeup startup Mink. The business minds are suddenly as influential... View Details
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Caterpillar Tractor Co. - Photography Collections - Historical Collections
the world’s leading manufacturers of tractors, was formed in 1925. From early on the company mounted extensive marketing campaigns advertising their products for farming, logging, quarrying, mining, road building, and construction. Over... View Details