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    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,” View Details
    Keywords: Fabricated Goods

      Jon M. Huntsman

      of chemicals and plastics with revenues exceeding $7 billion. Huntsman grew his operation through a series of targeted acquisitions and effective cost containment. View Details
      Keywords: Fabricated Goods

        Arde Bulova

        Profoundly influencing the art of watch making, Bulova is credited with establishing numerous manufacturing processes that permitted the standardization of parts and movements. Bulova also designed a considerable number of special tools,... View Details
        Keywords: Fabricated Goods

          Charles F. Knight

          produced 41 consecutive years of increased earnings and earnings per share and 42 consecutive years of increased dividends - both unparalleled among U.S. industrial manufacturers. View Details
          Keywords: Fabricated Goods

            Joseph I. Miller

            Under Miller’s direction, Cummins Engine was transformed from a small domestic engine producer to the largest provider of diesel truck engines in the world. He dramatically expanded the company’s presence in the international marketplace View Details
            Keywords: Fabricated Goods

              Stanley C. Gault

              Taking the helm of the company his father helped to found, Gault was instrumental in reorganizing and revitalizing Rubbermaid from a small household gadget company into a streamlined and efficient... View Details
              Keywords: Fabricated Goods

                Clarence W. Seamans

                After making a name for himself in sales at E. Remington and Sons, Seamans and his associates bought the company and eventually merged it into what became Union Typewriter.... View Details
                Keywords: Fabricated Goods
                • 21 Feb 2012
                • First Look

                First Look: Feb. 21

                  PublicationsThe Rise of the Modern Firm Authors:Geoffrey Jones and Walter A. Friedman, eds. Publication:Northampton, Mass: Edward Elgar Publishing, Inc., 2012 This authoritative volume focuses on the rise of modern firms, from their... View Details
                Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

                  Herbert V. Kohler

                  Kohler built the second largest plumbing supply company in the United States. He is also responsible for widening the company’s scope of production. Today, Kohler makes electric generators for standby power systems, yachts, motor homes, lawn View Details
                  Keywords: Fabricated Goods

                    Elmer A. Sperry

                    A prolific inventor, Sperry was instrumental in creating technological advances in navigation. He invented gyroscopic compasses and stabilizers that became fundamental components for both ships and... View Details
                    Keywords: Fabricated Goods

                      Royal Little

                      Little, often referred to as “the Father of Conglomerates,” was famous for his “unrelated diversification” theory. He built one of the world’s largest and most successful conglomerates. Starting as a textile manufacturer, by the mid-1960s... View Details
                      Keywords: Fabricated Goods

                        Roy L. Ash

                        In 1953, Ash and his partner, Tex Thornton, bought Litton Industries, a small West Coast producer of microwave tubes. Litton embarked on an aggressive acquisition course. By 1961, the same year Ash became president of the company, Litton... View Details
                        Keywords: Fabricated Goods
                        • 01 Oct 2024
                        • Research & Ideas

                        How Politics Drives Business Decisions in a Polarized Nation

                        good or bad, but the cleanest evidence we have points in the direction that too much political homogeneity is bad,” she says. “You seem to lose something when you don’t have differing viewpoints when making decisions.” You Might Also... View Details
                        Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald

                          Elwyn L. Smith

                          Son of founder Wilbert Smith, Elwyn Smith joined the family company, becoming president in 1951. Smith continued the success of his father and uncles, and was the driving force behind the creation of... View Details
                          Keywords: Fabricated Goods

                            Robert F. Bensinger

                            Bensinger, the last Brunswick family member to run the company, is credited with the company’s survival and prosperity. Taking the helm of the family company at the brink of the Depression, Bensinger embarked on a growth View Details
                            Keywords: Fabricated Goods

                              Herbert W. Hoover, Jr.

                              Grandson of Hoover Company’s founder, Herbert Hoover Jr. joined the family firm at a young age, working on the assembly line in summers between school. As he gradually moved up through the company, succeeding his father as president in 1954, Hoover learned the ins... View Details
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                                Ralph J. Cordiner

                                Cordiner established the decentralized management structure at General Electric in the 50’s – an organizational structure that still exists today and is often cited as one of GE’s most important assets. Cordiner generated top market value... View Details
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                                  Raymond H. Herzog

                                  During 40 years of service at 3M, Herzog served in a variety of roles, but he is particularly well known for helping to start 3M’s copier business that was a huge success in the 1950s. Herzog also left his mark on the company by refining quality control View Details
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                                    John D. Biggers

                                    Biggers is recognized for strong labor-management relations. He was a key figure in bringing the Toledo Labor Peace Plan to nation-wide attention. In 1947, Biggers was head of one of the world’s largest manufacturers of flat glass with sales of $100 million View Details
                                    Keywords: Fabricated Goods

                                      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
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