Northwestern United States - Publications - Faculty & Research

February 1996 (Revised June 1996)
Supplement

Indianapolis: Activity-Based Costing of City Services (B)

By: Robert S. Kaplan

Supplements the (A) case. View Details

Keywords: City; Service Operations; Infrastructure; Service Industry; Indiana

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Purchase

February 1996 (Revised May 1996)
Teaching Note

Fidelity Investments: Spartan Florida Municipal Fund (TN)

By: Andre F. Perold and Wai Lee

Keywords: City; Investment Funds; Florida

Citation

Lamm created the only publicly traded car importer in the United States through the founding of Subaru of America. He introduced the United View Details

Keywords: Automotive & Aerospace

01 Jun 2002
News

Steel Tax

more cheaply than the United States, Spar said, “The industry has been seeking and receiving protection for almost thirty years. Parts of the industry have already restructured and become quite competitive in certain niches.” However, she... View Details

01 Mar 2024
News

Research Brief: The Real Cost of Countering China

Illustration by Patric Sandri Over the last five years, global supply chains have come under unprecedented stress from the pandemic, natural disasters, geopolitical events, and general anti-globalization sentiments. Nowhere is this more evident than in the trade... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Myers; Miscellaneous Manufacturing; Manufacturing

01 Feb 2002
News

When a Rainy Day Comes: The Economics of Happiness

involving some 300,000 individuals in Europe and the United States over the last 25 years. Participants were asked to describe their state of mind by selecting one of three... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

Samuel P. Colt

Colt organized United States Rubber into a vertically integrated business with a centralized administration. Colt also diversified United States... View Details

Keywords: Chemicals & Industrial

John M. Franklin

Franklin served as the CEO for United States Lines both prior to and after World War II. Under his leadership, United States Lines grew from a... View Details

Keywords: Transportation

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BiGS Fellows | Institute for Business in Global Society

Onyeador Assistant Professor in the Management and Organizations Department at the Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University Understanding peoples' reactions to group-based inequality As the View Details

Fast Answer

Black Business Leaders and Entrepreneurship

education, and veteran status. See list of survey subjects. United View Details

01 Mar 2011
News

The Path to Economic Revival

article, “Restoring American Competitiveness,” which lays out their views in detail. Despite their dire analysis, Pisano and Shih remain cautiously optimistic that the United States can regain its... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Manufacturing

15 Oct 2001
Op-Ed

Lessons from the Rubble

whose knowledge and expertise may prove irreplaceable. People resent the United States for its prosperity, for its power, and for the presumption that prosperity and power give it the right to judge and... View Details

Keywords: by Debora L. Spar

Student-Profile

Do Yoon Kim

I was born in Seoul, South Korea and spent most of my life there. For my undergraduate degree, I went to Northwestern and majored in Math, Economics, and Mathematical Methods in the Social Sciences (MMSS). Since my sophomore year at... View Details

Oscar S. Wyatt, Jr.

Using his Ford automobile as collateral, Wyatt entered the gas distribution and energy pipeline business with $800 in 1955. His tenacity and determination quickly secured gas contracts throughout Texas, and in short order, Wyatt had built one of the largest suppliers... View Details

Keywords: Utilities & Energy

03 Oct 2019
News

Clubs Convene to Focus on Health Care

Cleveland Clinic Canada; and Panel Moderator Kazi Ahmed (MBA 2011) President, HBS Club of Toronto “They talked about both the current and future states of medicine,” says Ahmed. “We had an informal Q & A format, and the group talked about... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley; Health, Social Assistance

01 Jun 2004
News

Charlie Rose Interviews Goldman CEO Paulson

encouraged than discouraged.” As one of the key business leaders who has spoken out about corporate responsibility, Paulson praised the free-market system and cautioned that the United States must be careful... View Details

Keywords: Goldman Sachs; Finance

11 Dec 2019
News

A Righteous Path

the New York–based nonprofit, which was founded five years ago to provide legal assistance to young refugees who arrive in the United States alone. Launched with a single full-time employee, the organization... View Details

Keywords: April White; Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance

Francis B. Davis Jr.

In 1928, United States Rubber lost $10 million due to the collapse of the world crude rubber market. Taking over the helm in 1929, Davis reorganized the company, putting in place a multi-divisional... View Details