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James H. Rand, Jr.

Rand grew his father’s small ledger company into a multinational conglomerate that made a wide array of office products, including filing systems, typewriters and adding machines. Under Rand’s leadership, company sales grew 100 fold from... View Details

Keywords: Fabricated Goods

09 Oct 2015
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Students, Alumni, and Colleagues Gather to Discuss Leadership in the Energy Industry

conglomerates manage or adjust their investments in coming years? What are the key opportunities for businesses in the cleantech space? How long will it take for the oil markets to rebound, what represents a fair price, and how will that... View Details

Orlando F. Weber

Weber and an associate pooled their resources to merge several small chemical companies into one conglomerate that came be known as Allied Chemical. Weber maintained stability at the chemical company throughout the early years of the... View Details

Keywords: Chemicals & Industrial

2009
Other Unpublished Work

When Do Analysts Add Value? Evidence from Corporate Spinoffs

By: Emilie Feldman, Stuart Gilson and Belen Villalonga

Keywords: Value Creation; Business Conglomerates

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March 2008 (Revised November 2012)
Teaching Note

GE's Imagination Breakthroughs: The Evo Project (TN)

By: Christopher A. Bartlett

Teaching Note for [907048]. View Details

Keywords: Business Conglomerates; Creativity; Consumer Products Industry; Media and Broadcasting Industry

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Known for his autocratic and direct management style, Revson built Revlon into the second largest cosmetics company in the U.S. Revson's unique talent of grasping the female psyche, bolstered by his fiercely competitive nature, allowed Revlon to grow from a nail polish... View Details

Keywords: Personal Care & Home Products

Nicholas M. Schenck

When Marcus Loew died in 1927, Schenck assumed control over all of his holdings, including Loew’s theatre company and its production arm, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM). Despite the onslaught of the Depression, though, Schenck’s attention to efficiency and to “the bottom... View Details

Keywords: Entertainment & Broadcast Media

William S. Paley

After entering the media and entertainment field on somewhat of a whim, Paley grew his small radio concern into a media conglomerate with success in radio, television, music, media equipment and more. CBS competed heavily with the larger,... View Details

Keywords: Entertainment & Broadcast Media

Marjorie M. Post

Under Marjorie’s leadership, Postum Cereal was expanded through acquisitions, which enabled her to take the company public. The company was eventually reorganized to form the General Foods Corporation, which remains one of the largest food View Details

Keywords: Food & Tobacco

James J. Ling

Ling was a maverick in the development of the conglomerate business model, building in 14 years the 14th largest industrial corporation in the United States. A major risk taker, Ling extensively used debt to sustain parent company growth... View Details

Keywords: Fabricated Goods

Harold S. Geneen

Geneen diversified International Telephone and Telegraph through acquiring shares of companies ranging from the Sheraton Hotel Chain to the Hartford Insurance Company. Geneen grew his firm from $765 million to $8.5 billion in revenues to become one of the largest... View Details

Keywords: Communications

Robert T. B. Stevens

plant closings and relocations, expansion into new fabric areas, and numerous other cost-saving measures that helped the large textile conglomerate remain successful throughout Stevens’ tenure. View Details

Keywords: Fabric & Apparel

13 Apr 2015
News

Jeffrey Immelt Is Putting His Own Stamp on Jack Welch’s G.E.

Keywords: Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing; Manufacturing

Victor Emanuel

including the Crosley Corporation for $20 million in 1945 and Bendix Home Appliances in 1950. These purchases helped to transform AVCO into one of the early conglomerates by the early 1950s. View Details

Keywords: Automotive & Aerospace

June 2013 (Revised August 2014)
Supplement

Ayala Corporation & the Philippines: Asset Allocation in a Growing Economy (B)

By: Eric Werker, Yasmin Mandviwala, Henry Motte-Munoz and Arthur Wit

Keywords: Asset Allocation; Assets; Business Conglomerates; Philippines

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number one or number two in their respective industries. Welch helped GE become one of the most efficient conglomerates of its time, being an industry leader in everything from aircraft engines to television (NBC). View Details

Keywords: Fabricated Goods

Henry E. Singleton

allowing Teledyne to have sales of $10.5 million in 1962, just two years after the firm’s creation. Singleton’s penchant for acquisitions led Teledyne to become a $3 billion conglomerate in 1981, with major interests in almost every field... View Details

Keywords: Fabricated Goods

William R. Hearst

journalism" enabled him to capitalize on the public's thirst for exaggerated stories, and in the process, his circulation numbers soared. Though he was reviled as a journalist, Hearst built the largest publishing conglomerate in the... View Details

Keywords: Publishing & Print Media

Alfred P. Sloan, Jr.

GM, one that gave each divisional manager more autonomy and allowed the larger conglomerate to function more smoothly. By the time Sloan left the presidency to become chairman of the board, GM’s earnings had grown to over $460 million. View Details

Keywords: Automotive & Aerospace

June 2016 (Revised December 2017)
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The Cheese and the Oligarchs: The Politics, the Media, and Israel's Dream of a Start-Up Nation

By: Rafael Di Tella and Christine Snively

Israel enjoyed the highest concentration of technology start-ups in the world per capita. Despite regional instability, the country maintained strong economic growth and was considered a high-tech powerhouse. But not all Israelis benefited. Between the 1980s and 2010s,... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Information Technology; Business Conglomerates; Business Startups; Israel

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