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    William A. Patterson

    Patterson consolidated four smaller airlines to form United Airlines, and subsequently used United to propel forward many safety initiatives in the airline industry, such as lights for night flying and two-way air-ground telephones. The... View Details
    Keywords: Transportation

      Charles Ringling

      Charles Ringling organized his siblings to form what would eventually become “the Greatest Show on Earth.” When the siblings began performing, they used only their personal talents, but under Charles’ leadership, the show grew into a large traveling enterprise and... View Details
      Keywords: Entertainment & Broadcast Media

        Carl Laemmle

        Laemmle, one of the most outstanding figures in Hollywood, created the “star” system that was to dominate American filmmaking. He consolidated independent studios and was responsible for the development of countless movie stars. Laemmle... View Details
        Keywords: Entertainment & Broadcast Media

          Thomas C. du Pont

          duPont consolidated the military powder production industry to the point where the duPont Corporation was producing 90% of all explosives in the U.S. In a matter of four years, duPont acquired the stocks of more than 100 of his... View Details
          Keywords: Chemicals & Industrial
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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

            Sidney W. Winslow, Jr.

            Following the death of his father, Sidney Winslow Jr. took an increasingly important role in the family company, which had been consolidated into the holding company, United Shoe Machinery Corporation. Winslow went on to expand the... View Details
            Keywords: Fabric & Apparel
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            HBS - Financials | Statement of Activity & Cash Flows

            2023 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

              Ernest T. Weir

              Having formed National Steel through the consolidation of three small steel firms and a furnace company, Weir managed his enterprise in a somewhat hard-line manner, implementing whatever profit-generating methods he deemed appropriate.... View Details
              Keywords: Metals

                Harry F. Sinclair

                After ill-fated attempts to make money by buying and selling oil leases, Sinclair entered the refining business in 1906, acquiring several companies that were eventually consolidated into Sinclair Oil. Once the larger venture was created,... View Details
                Keywords: Utilities & Energy

                  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
                  • January 2006
                  • Article

                  Hospital Integration and Vertical Consolidation: An Analysis of Acquisitions in New York State

                  By: Robert S. Huckman
                  Keywords: Integration; Health; Consolidation; Theory; Mergers and Acquisitions
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                  Financials | Annual Report 2024

                  CFO Statement of Activity & Cash Flows Consolidated Balance Sheet Supplemental Financial Information Financial Highlights From the Chief Financial Officer Operating revenues increased 3 percent to $1.1 billion, while operating expenses... View Details

                    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
                        • 01 Dec 1997
                        • News

                        Peter Wendell (MBA '76)

                        infrastructure of capital and advisory talent. "You have this magic chemist's brew of people, ideas, capital, and hard work that you stir in a beaker and presto," he says, gesturing toward the consolidation of firms that surround Sierra's... View Details
                        • 04 Aug 2014
                        • Op-Ed

                        Why Small-Business Lending Is Not Recovering

                        Structural barriers also appear to be impeding bank lending to small businesses, including consolidation within the banking industry, high search costs, and higher transaction costs associated with small business lending. A decades-long... View Details
                        Keywords: by Karen Mills; Banking; Financial Services

                          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
                          • 15 Feb 2000
                          • Research & Ideas

                          Growing Pains: Prescriptions for U.S. Health Care

                          realize the potential threat posed by these new technologies, they invariably enter a downward spiral of cost-cutting and consolidation in a futile effort to become competitive again at the market's low end. Ironically, this 'thumbscrew... View Details
                          Keywords: by Staff; Health

                            Linda J. Wachner

                            women to touch, something that had never been done before. Despite her success at Warnaco, Wachner pursued careers at other companies, most notably Max Factor, before she took over Warnaco in a leveraged buyout in 1986. Cutting low-selling fashion lines and View Details
                            Keywords: Fabric & Apparel