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    William L. McKnight

    McKnight built an industrial giant, one of the most successful, innovative, and profitable companies in American industry, whose primary success was achieved through research and development. Among 3M’s... View Details
    Keywords: Fabricated Goods
    • 19 May 2016
    • Blog Post

    Finding the Path: Making Space for Reflection During Recruiting

    that a hobby, even a passionate one, is not necessarily a good career. Hobbies are straightforward – the only requirement is that you enjoy them. You don't have to be good at them, you don't get paid, View Details
    Keywords: Consulting

      Frank C. Ball

      In 1885, Ball Brothers Company, founded by Ball, his brother and uncle, began making glass fruit jars and caps. In 1887, they built a factory in Muncie, Indiana and converted... View Details
      Keywords: Fabricated Goods

        Frederick L. Maytag II

        As president, Maytag II directed a $40 million modernization program, setting up many subsidiary plants in the United States and abroad. He was instrumental in advancing the home laundry appliance field. During his tenure, sales were... View Details
        Keywords: Fabricated Goods

          Rufus L. Patterson

          Patterson founded American Machine as a subsidiary of American Tobacco, and retained control of the independent entity after Tobacco's break up in 1911. Under Patterson's leadership, American Machine became the world's largest maker of... View Details
          Keywords: Fabricated Goods

            Edwin H. Land

            Land was a brilliant innovator whose instant photography invention created a billion-dollar corporation. He is responsible for inventing the Polaroid camera and 3-D glasses. Polaroid Corporation was viewed as one of the most innovative... View Details
            Keywords: Fabricated Goods

              Ole Evinrude

              Evinrude created the recreational boating industry with his development of the first practical outboard motor. In 1920, Evinrude developed the Elto motor, a lightweight, two-cylinder outboard motor. The outboard motor industry thrived and... View Details
              Keywords: Fabricated Goods

                William B. Rayburn

                Rayburn went from service station operator to CEO in a 35-year career with Snap-On. He presided over Snap-On’s impressive growth period achieving 52% market share, becoming the world’s largest independent manufacturer and distributor of... View Details
                Keywords: Fabricated Goods

                  Willis H. Carrier

                  Carrier was a pioneer in the field of mechanical refrigeration. Perfecting an air cooling system, Carrier first introduced air conditioning to theaters in the 1930’s and later went on to develop elaborate, but affordable, air conditioning... View Details
                  Keywords: Fabricated Goods

                    Max De Pree

                    De Pree grew the small family-owned business into the second largest furniture maker in the world. Under De Pree’s leadership, Herman Miller had the unique distinction of being named to three Fortune Top 10 lists – most admired companies, most innovative companies,... View Details
                    Keywords: Fabricated Goods

                      Richard T. Crane

                      concentrate on manufacturing pipe fixtures and plumbing supplies. His choice was fortuitous; new housing construction boomed at the turn of the century, and Crane was able to capitalize on its phenomenal... View Details
                      Keywords: Fabricated Goods

                        Amory Houghton, Jr.

                        biotechnology, medical instruments and fiber optics, which were somewhat young, risky ventures at the time, but now form the profitable core of Corning’s business. Houghton’s strategic vision brought Corning out of several years of... View Details
                        Keywords: Fabricated Goods
                        • 28 Nov 2023
                        • Blog Post

                        Hiring at HBS: How Summer Interns Make an Impact at Duolingo

                        are able to push back. They think outside of the box and can be disruptors, in a good way.” And for a company committed to making language education universally accessible,... View Details
                        Keywords: Technology
                        • 18 Jun 2001
                        • Research & Ideas

                        When In-House Research Isn’t Enough

                        in a marketplace that you have a good chance to dominate. Bottom line: higher margins and more revenues for you. These sorts of assumptions may still prevail in, say, pharmaceuticals, but all bets are off as... View Details
                        Keywords: by Jim Aisner
                        • 16 May 2018
                        • Research & Ideas

                        How Companies Managed Risk (and Even Benefitted) in World War Internment Camps

                        companies from Germany dealt with the incarceration of thousands of their German national employees in India during World War I and World War II in her recent working paper, Countering Political Risk in Colonial India: German... View Details
                        Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Manufacturing
                        • 26 Nov 2007
                        • Research & Ideas

                        Best Practices of Global Innovators

                        partners. They believe it is possible to get it "right the first time" and are surprised and upset when things don't go according to plan. Yet firms are rarely good at... View Details
                        Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
                        • 24 Oct 2017
                        • Research & Ideas

                        Tax Reform is on the Front Burner Again. Here’s Why You Should Care

                        things have gotten better. Primarily due to the 1986 Act, we have lower rates and larger bases. At the first approximation that's a good thing. That's the one thing that we've learned over the last 100 years... View Details
                        Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

                          Elmer H. Maytag

                          Elmer introduced the washing machine concept to his father in the early 1900s – essentially expanding the family business. Maytag presided over both the initial heyday period of Maytag and the subsequent Depression era. Under his... View Details
                          Keywords: Fabricated Goods

                            James F. Lincoln

                            Lincoln, as president of the world’s largest producer of welding equipment, pioneered the incentive wage system. Lincoln’s “Incentive System” rewarded workers according to their productive capacity and made the company the lowest cost... View Details
                            Keywords: Fabricated Goods

                              Robert A. Pritzker

                              A talented engineer, Pritzker's best asset was his ability to take an ailing industrial company and turn into a highly profitable enterprise. Throughout his career, Pritzker revived about 60 companies, all of which were purchased by his... View Details
                              Keywords: Fabricated Goods
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