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Lucio A. Noto
Noto first concentrated on consolidating and improving efficiency in Mobil's oil, gas and chemical businesses, including trimming bureaucracy at the corporate level. Noto also revamped Mobil's retail gasoline business, being one of the... View Details
Keywords: Utilities & Energy
William H. Nichols
Nichols was instrumental in the building of the chemical supply business in the United States and was one of the original founders of the American Chemical Society. Under his leadership of General Chemical, its asset base and earnings levels increased threefold. This... View Details
Keywords: Chemicals & Industrial
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HBS - Financials | Statement of Activity & Cash Flows
2021 Annual Report From The Dean Financials PDF Downloads Archive Financials 5 Year Summary From the CFO Financial Highlights Statement of Activity & Cash Flows Consolidated Balance Sheet Supplemental Financial Information Financials 5... View Details
Herman Cone II
Cone consolidated all of the Cone companies under one corporation. The new Cone Mills Corporation had 18 plants, including the huge White Oak plant in Greensboro, the largest denim manufacturer in the world. In 1950, Cone Mills had $163... View Details
Keywords: Fabric & Apparel
John M. Hiebert
In his years of leadership at Sterling, Hiebert consolidated the brand names of Bayer, Centaur-Caldwell and Chas into a single division that became increasingly profitable and also launched the environmentally conscious Zimmerman process,... View Details
Keywords: Healthcare
C. Michael Harper
Through numerous acquisitions, Harper made ConAgra one of the premier food consolidators in America. He expanded its sales from $636 million in 1974 to $9 billion in 1987. Among other products, ConAgra offered frozen-food (sales increased... View Details
Keywords: Agriculture & Mining
Roger Milliken
Deering, Milliken and Company was founded in 1865 and had primarily been a selling house for cloth producers in the south. When Roger Milliken inherited the business in 1947, he changed the focus of the company, buying numerous mills and View Details
Keywords: Fabric & Apparel
Charles G. Bluhdorn
From 1960 to 1965, Gulf and Western’s growth was largely through expansion of its auto parts business. In 1965, Bluhdorn began to move toward diversification. He acquired such companies as New Jersey Zinc Company, Paramount Pictures, the South Puerto Rico Sugar Company... View Details
Keywords: Utilities & Energy
John H. Bryan, Jr.
When Bryan took over Consolidated Foods, later renamed the Sara Lee Corporation, the company was a $2.5 billion dollar conglomerate. Bryan made significant acquisitions including the Hanes Corporation, which experienced a doubling of... View Details
Keywords: Food & Tobacco
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HBS - Financials | Financial Highlights
2022 Annual Report From The Dean Key Metrics Financials PDF Downloads Financials From the CFO Financial Highlights Statement of Activity & Cash Flows Consolidated Balance Sheet Supplemental Financial Information Financials From the CFO... View Details
Amadeo Peter Giannini
Giannini grew Bank of America into the world’s largest bank. Three years after surviving the San Francisco earthquake of 1906, Giannini’s banking operations expanded by opening its first branch in San Jose. He continued to open banks throughout California, View Details
Keywords: Finance
John Wanamaker
Wanamaker thought his “new kind of store,” which was a consolidation of many different kinds of shops into one, was the future of shopping. Not only did his department stores become very successful, they were also part of a merchandising... View Details
Keywords: Retail
William G. Mather
Mather headed the company for 50 years. He was instrumental in consolidating several mining operations into one powerful force. He also embarked on a major diversification program by investing in iron-ore industries and steel operations. View Details
Keywords: Agriculture & Mining
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
Banking on Success
success: “It’s all about having the best systems, the best people, the best products, and the best risk controls,” he told Fortune (April 3, 2006). Since arriving at JPMorgan, Dimon has driven down costs, consolidated systems, and... View Details
Keywords: Management
Samuel Spencer
Spencer was the first president of the Southern Railway System, which was formed by the consolidation of the Richmond and Danville Railroad and the East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railroad. During his tenure, the mileage of the... View Details
Keywords: Transportation
Pete Rozelle
When Rozelle became NFL commissioner in 1960, the league was a loose structure of autonomous teams. Rozelle, seeing the potential for professional sports as a big business, made two very important changes: consolidation of the NFL and AFL... View Details
Keywords: Entertainment & Broadcast Media
Vincent A. Calarco
Calarco, having been awarded the highest honor by the American Chemical Society, is regarded as one of the strongest CEO’s in the specialty chemicals industry. He has been a principal player in the industry’s consolidation and has proven... View Details
Keywords: Chemicals & Industrial
- December 1993
- Case
Bay State Milling Co.
By: Ray A. Goldberg
Flour milling in recent years has had a great deal of consolidation. The fourth generation of a privately held firm is debating how to protect themselves in the industry as consumption, production, competition, logistics, technology, and patterns are all changing. View Details
Keywords: Change Management; Transition; Economics; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Operations; Consolidation
Goldberg, Ray A. "Bay State Milling Co." Harvard Business School Case 594-080, December 1993.
- January 2006
- Article
Hospital Integration and Vertical Consolidation: An Analysis of Acquisitions in New York State
Huckman, Robert S. "Hospital Integration and Vertical Consolidation: An Analysis of Acquisitions in New York State." Journal of Health Economics 25, no. 1 (January 2006): 58–80.
George H. Love
improve its production efficiencies. The operation, which was losing money when he took the helm, was always profitable during his tenure. Love was also highly regarded for his fair union negotiations with John Lewis. In addition to building View Details
Keywords: Agriculture & Mining