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- 01 Dec 2009
- News
One Man Crime Wave
military matériel at factories in upstate New York. World War II carried MacDonald to India in 1943, and then to Burma, Ceylon, and China as an OSS ordnance officer. To pass the time, and since regular letters were heavily censored, he... View Details
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
Step Change
joined venture capital firm 500 Global as partner in its newly opened offices in a renovated factory near Cairo University. Founded in Silicon Valley in 2010, with $2.8 billion in assets under management, 500 Global had already invested... View Details
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List of Videos by Professor Bower
By: Joseph L. Bower
Bower, Joseph L. "Interview with Bertrand Collomb, Honorary Chairman and Director, Lafarge." Succession Series. Boston, MA: Harvard Business School, 2008. Video.
Bower, Joseph L. "Interview with Reuben Mark, Chairman & CEO, Colgate Palmolive Co."... View Details
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Harvard Business School
and implemented programs to improve the company's factory sourcing. Prior to joining Walmart, Jackson was president and COO at Dollar General Stores, where he led significant new store openings and improved same-store results. Previously,... View Details
- 30 Jan 2020
- Research & Ideas
The Upside of Highlighting a Product's Downsides
customers more control and set their brands apart. The online apparel retailer Everlane provides detailed descriptions about the factories that produce its clothing. And Lemonade has upended traditional insurance by taking a set portion... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
The Robots Are Coming to Save Your Job
becoming even more acute over time.” Beyond answering short-term labor needs, Eckert thinks these kinds of co-bots also have the potential to upend traditional factory economics. “For a generation now, you had to go to a low labor cost... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- 28 Jul 2014
- Research & Ideas
Eyes Shut: The Consequences of Not Noticing
hypothetical fires. A garment factory in a Third World country with minimal governmental regulatory oversight burns down, killing half of the three hundred women and children employed there; it subsequently becomes clear that the... View Details
William Blackie
Blackie took Caterpillar Tractor from a small U.S. based factory in Peoria, Illinois to a multinational corporation. Blackie was instrumental in creating new markets for Caterpillar products. He invested heavily in international expansion... View Details
Keywords: Construction & Real Estate
- Web
Expatriate Traders in the Treaty Port Communities - A Chronicle of the China Trade
of business of the merchant or agent, who was called a “factor.” “We were not allowed to go beyond the limits of the factories (about a hundred yard square) except to the ’Hongs’ (places of business of the Hong merchants) and for exercise... View Details
- 06 Jan 2012
- News
Where Are They Now?
Mahesh checks in from the factory floor. Courtesy Krishna Mahesh Related Links Alum startup wins HBS contest New Venture Contest: Call for entries Upcoming webinars for entrepreneurs HBS New Ventures group on LinkedIn “I am still amazed... View Details
- Sep 2014
- Article
What It Takes to Reshore Manufacturing Successfully
The data on comparative labor and energy costs may seem compelling, but the process of bringing assembly work back to domestic factories from abroad is substantially more challenging than the economics alone would predict. This paper... View Details
John T. Underwood
Purchasing the rights to the only “visible” typewriter available at the time, Underwood led his company to extreme success. By 1915, he had created the “largest and most complete typewriter factory in the world,” and his company was... View Details
Keywords: Fabricated Goods
Ohio C. Barber
Barber’s own match manufacturing company consolidated with three other firms in 1881 to form the Diamond Match Company, controlling about 85% of the trade in the industry. Diamond Match produced the first modern automatic match machine. In the 1890s, Barber developed... View Details
Keywords: Fabricated Goods
- Web
Industrial Life Photograph Collection | Baker Library
companies. The images include men and women at work, production methods, research laboratories, factory exteriors, offices, completed products, and manufactured equipment, such as agricultural and road-building machinery, in use. Most... View Details
- 18 May 2011
- News
U.S. Manufacturing Comeback?
recently announced it would invest $2 billion to add up to 4,000 jobs at 17 American plants. The Los Angeles Times reports that chip maker Advanced Micro Devices Inc. will open a $4.6 billion semiconductor factory north of Albany, New... View Details
- 09 Jan 2019
- News
Why New England Needs New Ideas
machine,” they write, “but his innovations contributed to the US economy in ways that cannot be overstated.” They also note that New England has also seen the flip side of innovation, represented in the region’s “fading factory towns.”... View Details
Keywords: New England
- 03 Dec 2018
- Research & Ideas
How Companies Can Increase Market Rewards for Sustainability Efforts
sentiment have been undervalued.” Domino's vs. Cheesecake Factory In one of the paper’s examples, Domino’s Pizza and The Cheesecake Factory both scored an average ESG performance of 5.2 (out of 10) on MSCI’s... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- Portrait Project
Liz Delozier
invention after the managers in charge had given up. Fifty years later, I graduated from high school and the Fisher Plant was bulldozed after hundreds of layoffs. Grandpa’s pension evaporated. College now meant picking a major that would never leave me laid off. Yet... View Details
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
An SUV Built for African Roads—by African Workers
production facility that are different from typical original equipment manufacturers (OEMs). And the vehicle’s design allows for an efficient production process at low volumes and with manual labor. Because of these innovations, Yong says the View Details
Keywords: Amy Yee
- 23 Feb 2021
- Research & Ideas
COVID-19 Shines New Light on Working Conditions in Supply Chains
purchase in their contracts, and also by having the brand’s staff or a third party audit these supplier factories to check. Kost: Do you think that consumers are aware of the working conditions among the suppliers for their favorite... View Details