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Introduction - The Collection - The Human Factor – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections
Davenport were doggedly systematic in amassing images that illustrated workers in a variety of manufacturing operations. They also gathered expansive views of factory exteriors and research laboratories, as well as close-ups of equipment... View Details
- 09 Apr 2014
- Research & Ideas
A Playbook for Small-Business Job Creation
jobs must include entrepreneurs." Mills is approaching her work at the Competitiveness Project through a framework she calls a job-creation playbook, which is broken down into three categories: institutions (accelerators, economic clusters, and View Details
- 01 Jun 2002
- News
Up to the Challenge: Lori Schock - Listen and Learn
manufacturing workers on a computer system used for data reconciliation. The assignment proved challenging. “I was a total outsider running a class designed to change the work patterns of an experienced View Details
Keywords: Kathleen Brill
Frederick B. Rentschler
A talented inventor of aviation equipment, Rentschler created and manufactured many revolutionary aircraft engines, including those used in the planes of Charles Lindbergh, Amelia Earhart and James Doolittle. View Details
Keywords: Transportation
Walter H. Wheeler, Jr.
Wheeler served as CEO or Chairman of Pitney-Bowes for over three decades. Under his leadership, Pitney-Bowes grew from a regional postage meter manufacturer generating $3 million in revenues to a $300 million diversified direct mail... View Details
Keywords: Computers & Electronics
Barry Schwartz
Schwartz is the business half of Calvin Klein Inc.’s leadership, and without his industry savvy, Klein’s popular fashion designs could not have become so successful. Schwartz’s attentive management style allowed the company to purchase its long time View Details
Keywords: Fabric & Apparel
Joseph I. Miller
Under Miller’s direction, Cummins Engine was transformed from a small domestic engine producer to the largest provider of diesel truck engines in the world. He dramatically expanded the company’s presence in the international marketplace and was instrumental in... View Details
Keywords: Fabricated Goods
William B. Bell
Bell diversified American Cyanamid, developing the company into the 5th largest producer of chemicals in the U.S., manufacturing over 5,000 products. Bell developed new processes for the commercial production of prussiate of soda,... View Details
Keywords: Chemicals & Industrial
Bruce D. Henderson
Henderson founded one of the most influential strategy consulting organizations in the world. During its heyday, the Boston Consulting Group popularized such notions as the “experience curve” – the more a company manufactures a given... View Details
Keywords: Services
Jules S. Bache
Bache took over his uncle’s brokerage business and built it into one of the premier financial services firms in the early decades of the twentieth century. His operation helped to facilitate the reorganization of the American Spirits View Details
Keywords: Finance
Vincent R. Shiely
Shiely continued Briggs & Stratton’s (world’ largest manufacturer of small gasoline engines) three decade long top financial performance – even during the energy crisis of the 1970’s. For 30 years, Briggs and Stratton has been a top... View Details
Keywords: Fabricated Goods
- 24 Oct 2024
- Blog Post
Trailblazing Success with Global Reach and Impact: Scott Wallinger (AMP 82, 1979)
executives decide which divisions to sell and which companies to buy. Coming from a manufacturing background, I was more focused on enhancing manufacturing efficiency, modernizing operations, and expanding... View Details
Charles S. Davis
In 1928, fifteen auto parts manufacturers merged to form Borg-Warner Corporation with Davis as president. Davis expanded Borg-Warner’s reach until the firm included 27 subsidiaries and operated 30 View Details
Keywords: Automotive & Aerospace
- 30 Jun 2019
- News
Alumni in France honor self-made entrepreneurs; Shih talks trade in Buffalo
Clubs News Clubs News Buffalo Alumni Explore the Future of Manufacturing Amid Global Turbulence The HBS Club of Buffalo hosted HBS Professor Willy Shih as a guest speaker in April for a talk on the impacts of global trade disputes on... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
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
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Polaroid Corporation Collection | Baker Library
fostered invention and creativity within the culture of a small, science-based research and manufacturing company. The records of the Polaroid Corporation records span nearly 3500 linear feet of material related to the company’s... 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
John D. Nichols
Though not a name brand, Illinois Tool Works, a manufacturer of component industrial parts, has been recognized by Wall Street and Fortune for superior financial and management performance. Much of that credit is due to Nichols. He... View Details
Keywords: Fabricated Goods
- 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