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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
Thomas G. Stemberg
Stemberg was a pioneer in the retail industry. By contracting directly with manufacturers of office supplies and eliminating the wholesaler, Stemberg was able to offer discounted supplies to small businesses and individuals through his... View Details
Keywords: Retail
Charles L. Coughlin
For 35 years Coughlin served as CEO of Briggs and Stratton – a giant manufacturer of small gasoline engines. From 1950 to 1970, Coughlin generated a return on assets performance that ranked Briggs as one of the top 50 U.S. businesses. View Details
Keywords: Fabricated Goods
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
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Clarence M. Woolley
With the financing help of JP Morgan, Woolley’s American Radiator came to control just about every heating equipment manufacturer in the United States. Seeing that a greater market for gas radiators existed in Europe than in the United... View Details
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- 07 Jan 2015
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The Quest for Better Layoffs
A few years ago, Sandra J. Sucher received worried emails from two MBA students in her first-year Leadership and Corporate Accountability (LCA) class at Harvard Business School. Elana Green (now Elana Silver) and David Rosales (both HBS MBA 2010) had been troubled by a... View Details
- 21 Jul 2014
- Research & Ideas
Is a Gap in Small-Business Credit Holding Back the American Economy?
(Editor's note: This first in a series of articles based on a Harvard Business School working paper by Karen Mills that analyzes the current state of availability of bank capital for small business.) Small businesses are core to America's economic competitiveness. Not... View Details
- 09 Aug 2017
- Blog Post
"A Balance Between Autonomy and Resources to Help Me Learn."
Many MBAs approach their internships seeking new industries to explore. But Jon Wofsy, MBA 2018, remained eager to stay in his field, clean energy, while testing a new role. “I had been in clean energy before I came to HBS,” says Jon. “I always planned to stay, but I... View Details
Keywords: Manufacturing
- 01 Jun 2008
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Grad’s “Claw” Goes to Market
It’s estimated that more than 50 percent of HBS alumni start their own company within ten years of graduation. David Moeller (MBA ’08) got a head start on that stat when he and partner Craig Forest of MIT invented “the Claw,” a bike storage system that works more... View Details
Keywords: Manufacturing
- 18 Jul 2016
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Beyond Symbolic Responses to Private Politics: Examining Labor Standards Improvement in Global Supply Chains
- 29 Aug 2012
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Entrepreneurship and Urban Growth: An Empirical Assessment with Historical Mines
- 21 Jun 2017
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Agricultural Investing: Where Boots Meet Suits
HBS Career & Professional Development (CPD) asked students to describe their career interests and what they are up to this summer. I hope to invest in assets that will be impacted by climate change, and subsequently, mitigate climate change through the power of... View Details
Keywords: Manufacturing
- 16 Jun 2017
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Gibson Brands Transforms Guitar-making into Diverse 'Music Lifestyle' Firm
Keywords: Manufacturing
- 28 Jul 2014
- Research & Ideas
Eyes Shut: The Consequences of Not Noticing
But perhaps armed with more data, you will. Blitz USA was once the largest manufacturer of gas cans in the United States, with approximately 80 percent of the gas can market. Cy Elmburg, the chairman of Blitz USA, has testified that in... View Details
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A Polaroid Timeline 1932–1977 | Baker Library
A Polaroid Timeline 1932–1977 1932 Land-Wheelwright Laboratories Edwin Land and George Wheelwright form Land-Wheelwright Laboratories, a research and manufacturing enterprise that develops synthetic polarizers. 1937 The Polaroid... View Details