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Bringing the Next Pandemic Vaccine to Your Doorstep with MIMIX - Blog: Health Supplement

technology of vaccine delivery, but also in manufacturing. We saw how many businesses were slowed and nearly grounded as supply chains were interrupted. To that end, Vaxess went vertical and invested in manufacturing. The challenge is that MIMIX View Details

Henry S. Dennison

In 1916, Dennison Manufacturing established the first employer-initiated unemployment insurance system in the United States. Dennison also initiated a program to end absentee stockholder control over company policy, called the “Management... View Details

Keywords: Wood, Paper & Forestry

27 Sep 2021
News

Sewn with Love

supply chain. The gowns were produced by a tight circle of manufacturers that had begun to shut down as a result of COVID-19. “The system works very well when the demand is stable,” notes Hanazawa. It was clear, however, that the supply... View Details

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Georges F. Doriot

of HBS graduates—more than 7000 second-year students took his transformative Manufacturing course—and in 1946, Doriot created the first venture capital firm in the United States. American Research & Development (ARD), based in... View Details

20 Oct 2009
First Look

First Look: October 20

with internal design work, and then manufacture using the company's leading edge manufacturing facilities. Initial implementation challenges led to delays and additional engineering work, but as the... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

24 Jul 2006
Research & Ideas

How Kayak Users Built a New Industry

was recently published in the working paper How User Innovations Become Commercial Products: A Theoretical Investigation and Case Study. The authors believe that their research "provides a first opportunity for both user-manufacturers and established View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Entertainment & Recreation

01 Jun 2009
News

Dispatches from the Global Classroom

talks to Dionisio Garza Sada (MBA ’08), program manager for autoparts manufacturer Nemak. Photographs by Selma Fernandez & Marcela Taboada There are no cold calls here. No laptops, or blackboards, or Sky Deck. Thousands of miles from... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

01 Dec 2022
News

3-Minute Briefing: Yla Eason (MBA 1977)

Back in 1985, my son Menelik, who was three years old, told me he couldn’t be a superhero because he wasn’t white. That was a shock. When children don’t see themselves represented, research shows it has a negative effect on self-esteem, development, and ability to... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; entrepreneurship; diversity; leadership; Miscellaneous Manufacturing; Miscellaneous Manufacturing

17 Nov 2015
News

How to Prepare for Shark Tank

What’s it like to appear on ABC-TV’s popular start-up series Shark Tank? In a word, nerve-wracking. Just ask Desiree Stolar and Nate Barbera (both MBA 2015), cofounders of Unshrinkit, a Harvard-born startup that has developed a formula that brings shrunken sweaters... View Details

Keywords: Chemical Manufacturing; Chemical Manufacturing

John A. Young

Marking the exit of H-P founders Bill Hewlett and David Packard, Young’s rise to CEO came at a time when H-P was enjoying a resurgence of growth. Under Young’s leadership, H-P continued the success of the HP-3000 computer, which was popular with View Details

Keywords: Computers & Electronics

Rene C. McPherson

McNealy has created one of the most powerful and influential computer manufacturers in the world. His laser focus on the networked computer model has enabled his firm to supply the backbone computing power for thousands of businesses. His... View Details

Keywords: Automotive & Aerospace

Milton S. Hershey

Hershey founded the first mass market chocolate company in 1900. His chocolate bar was so popular that the company did not advertise it until 25 years after his death. The company’s sales grew rapidly from $622,000 in 1901 to $55 million in 1941. The Hershey factory... View Details

Keywords: Food & Tobacco

Willard H. Dow

Dow grew the company his father had founded through acquisitions and mergers. He acquired a 75% interest in Midland Ammonia in 1930, partnered with Ethyl Gas in 1933, joined with Cleveland-Cliffs Iron in 1935, and acquired the Great Western Electro-Chemical Company... View Details

Keywords: Chemicals & Industrial

11 Sep 2019
Research & Ideas

Germany May Have the Answer for Reducing Drug Prices

to prove that a new medication’s benefits merit a higher price if cheaper, similar drugs are available. The process rewards companies whose drugs are more novel or help patients more, while forcing manufacturers of equally or less... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Health

Howard R. Hughes, Jr.

Hughes began his business career at the age of nineteen by taking over his father’s business, Hughes Tool Company. Hughes parlayed this small business into a highly successful and well-regarded aircraft manufacturing operation. Through... View Details

Keywords: Automotive & Aerospace

Henry F. Henderson, Jr.

After working at Richardson Scale Company for a number of years, Henderson’s entrepreneurial spirit led him to start Henderson Industries (HI) in 1952. Winning a contract from Richardson, HI began growing rapidly. Manufacturing... View Details

Keywords: Fabricated Goods

02 Sep 2015
Research & Ideas

Explaining China's Crash

regarding manufacturing activity, exports, and imports. When China made a currency adjustment, market participants took fright, fearing a much bigger slowdown than they expected. The wheels came off an over-exuberant Chinese stock market,... View Details

Keywords: by Christina Pazzanese; Financial Services

11 Sep 2007
First Look

First Look: September 11, 2007

Limited was facing significant pricing pressure in their cash cow business, that primarily consisted of manufacturing Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (APIs). To combat this commoditization, Biocon's leadership had chosen an... View Details