Northwestern United States - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Jun 2016
News

Escape from Alcatraz

Illustration by Noah MacMillan Illustration by Noah MacMillan The first challenge of Boda Borg is describing it. The Swedish company—headed by president and CEO David Spigner (MBA 1987) and imported to the United View Details

Keywords: April White

Crawford H. Greenewalt

As the tenth president of duPont Corporation, Greenewalt built the Savannah River Plant for nuclear processing, one of the largest construction projects in the United States. As CEO, Greenewalt generated a stellar return on equity... View Details

Keywords: Chemicals & Industrial

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Company Filings and Annual Reports | Baker Library

investment decisions. Public companies of specific asset size listed in the United States (including foreign firms) must file registration statements, periodic reports, and other forms electronically.... View Details

01 Jun 2013
News

Minding The Gap

neighborhoods across Baltimore, with competitive admissions) is annually ranked among the best public schools in the United States. This year, 96 percent of the school's graduates are college bound, many to elite institutions in the View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Blagg, Deborah; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Educational Support Services; Educational Services; Elementary and Secondary Schools; Educational Services

01 Mar 2015
News

A Boomtown's Echo

Manufacturing Gains Professor Richard H.K. Vietor A train carrying oil tank cars near Gladstone, North Dakota. “The gas from this shale revolution has made petrochemicals, cement—almost everything, really—cheaper in the United View Details

Keywords: Oil and Gas Extraction; Mining

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Music & Activism: Market Research Resources

code/local level? Cambridge, MA Town Gown Reports – yearly report produced for the City of Cambridge by each local university, including demographic information on students SimplyAnalytics generates tables and maps for the View Details

27 Apr 2018
News

Placing Nurses Where They Are Needed

Alejandro Moreno (MBA 1988) is CEO of Nightingale Nurses, a service that provides traveling nurses to hospitals and health care facilities across the United States. In this interview, he talks about the advantages of flexibility and the... View Details

Keywords: Ambulatory Health Care Services; Health, Social Assistance

Scott G. McNealy

McLeod presided over a period of infrastructure investment and development for Moore. During his tenure, Moore became one of the premier providers of business forms and printing services in the United States... View Details

Keywords: Computers & Electronics

01 Sep 2020
News

Building a Strong and Prosperous Society

political climate in the United States today, do you think that democracy is in jeopardy? Rebecca Henderson: Yes, I think democracy is in trouble, and there are two key indicators. One is that in the View Details

Ivan J. Houston

Houston was instrumental in streamlining Golden State’s operations and enabling it to profitably expand. He moved the company into the group insurance field securing business from organizations such as Ford, General Motors, and AT&T. Under his tenure, Golden View Details

Keywords: Finance

05 Nov 2012
Research & Ideas

What Wall Street Doesn’t Understand About International Trade

on with X.” Global sales are critical to the success of most big businesses. In fact, for companies in the S&P 500, some 46 percent of sales came from outside the United States in 2011. "When nearly half... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

01 Jun 2002
News

East Side Story

In January, veteran New York state senator Roy Goodman (MBA '53) was appointed president and CEO of the United Nations Development Corporation by New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg (MBA '66). In accepting... View Details

17 Jul 2017
Op-Ed

Op-Ed: As America Recedes from Global Leadership, Its CEOs are Stepping Up

Germany, earlier this month, President Trump was “odd man out” on both global trade and climate change. China, Russia, and India joined the European nations in fostering global trading commitments and climate change. As Trump pulled the View Details

Keywords: by Bill George

William K. Coors

Under Coors' leadership, the brewery underwent a period of massive growth. Though it was a regional brewery, it held the top market share in 10 of the 11 western states in which its product was distributed, becoming the 4th largest brewer... View Details

Keywords: Food & Tobacco

James J. Ling

Ling was a maverick in the development of the conglomerate business model, building in 14 years the 14th largest industrial corporation in the United States. A major risk taker, Ling extensively used debt to sustain parent company growth... View Details

Keywords: Fabricated Goods

01 Dec 2011
News

A Modest Tax Proposal

profits, as most industrialized countries use.Â In a pure territorial system, the profits of multinational companies based in the United States would be taxed only by the country in which the profit is... View Details

Keywords: Robert C. Pozen; tax holidays

11 Oct 2024
Research & Ideas

How AI Could Ease the Refugee Crisis and Bring New Talent to Businesses

says. “What we’re asking is, can we build algorithms that will help find better matches that will allow people to integrate more easily?” The paper presents data from Switzerland and the United States that... View Details

Keywords: by Ben Rand; Technology; Information Technology

01 Sep 2006
News

Redefining Health Care

particular medical conditions. A recent report shows that Medicare costs for identical conditions vary greatly from state to state, and even within states, with no apparent difference in the quality of care. How do you explain those... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services; Health, Social Assistance

15 Jun 2021
News

Turning Point: Tell Me More

to the people who came to the United States illegally and learn how they escaped unimaginable conditions and couldn’t wait to enter the country legally. To do this, we don’t need to be professional... View Details

Keywords: politics; communication; voting; demographics