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  • 12 Mar 2021
  • News

My Favorite Case

“Hesper Silver” Ray Baxter (MBA 1975), Lawrence Honig (MBA 1975) “Hambrecht & Quist” Steve Wilson (MBA 1989) “Finale” Amy Lieb (MBA 2001) “Carter Racing” Arijit Roy (MBA 2007) “Manila Water Company” Senthilkumar Rajendran (SELP 4, 2019) “Chrysler and BMW: Tritec View Details
Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services
  • 01 Aug 1998
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High Honors

expanded into other parts of the country, added four production facilities, and saw sales top $7 million. In 1960, Barford sold his share of the business to his partners and returned home with his family to Toronto. The following year, he purchased Beatty Brothers, a... View Details
  • 01 Dec 2022
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Full Court Press

matched in ambition by its goals, which include nothing less than creating an economic growth engine that can support the world’s youngest and fastest-growing continental population, says Mark Tatum (MBA 1998), the NBA’s deputy... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
  • 01 Sep 2010
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Start-Ups Make Their Pitch

their start-up pitches to a panel of judges in late April. To his surprise, Mahesh, representing the HBS Club of India, took top honors and was awarded a $25,000 cash prize for his plan to manufacture low-cost medical beds for Indian... View Details
Keywords: awards; Furniture and Related Product Manufacturing; Furniture and Related Product Manufacturing
  • 30 Oct 2018
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Paths of Victory

“We basically went from a revenue-generating ‘idea’ to fully proven and high-growth business model.” Vention currently employs a team of 25 working in growth and customer success, product engineering, and finance and operations, serving thousands of View Details
Keywords: Alumni New Venture Contest; Machinery Manufacturing; Machinery Manufacturing; Machinery Manufacturing; Machinery Manufacturing; Machinery Manufacturing; Machinery Manufacturing
  • 01 Jun 2005
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Profiles from the Class of 2005

creative guy. Since high school, he’s paid homage to both — becoming an engineer who also loves to act in community theater. Still, the question loomed: Could his seemingly opposite sides be united in a common career goal? As a youngster... View Details
Keywords: Roger Thompson; Julia Hanna; James E. Aisner; Graduate profiles; Transportation Equipment Manufacturing; Transportation Equipment Manufacturing; Transportation Equipment Manufacturing
  • 01 Mar 2011
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James McNerney Jr.

"Pilots Push 787 Dreamliner to the Limit" - Watch some take-offs and landings best left to the test pilot professionals. "Capturing the Birth of the Dreamliner" - Photographer Ed Turner documented the global effort of manufacturing the... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; interview; Transportation Equipment Manufacturing; Transportation Equipment Manufacturing; Transportation Equipment Manufacturing; Transportation Equipment Manufacturing
  • 01 Mar 2011
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Making Their Way

clear that if my family was going to stay in manufacturing, we would have to become globally competitive.” The Wisconsin businesses were sold in 2002, and a new company with a new strategy, Chirch Global Manufacturing (CGM), was born.... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons; Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing; Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing; Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing; Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing; Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing; Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing
  • 01 Jun 2012
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Made in the USA

mechanical engineering courses at Northeastern University, and two years as a second lieutenant in the Army (“doing a major’s job”)—proved to be ideal credentials for Knott’s eventual role as founder, president, and CEO of Riverdale Mills... View Details
Keywords: Blagg, Deborah; cheese; lobster fishing; Food Manufacturing; Food Manufacturing; Food Manufacturing; Food Manufacturing; Food Manufacturing; Food Manufacturing
  • 01 Dec 2009
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Losing Our Competitive Edge

not just suppliers of advanced materials, production equipment, and components, but also R&D know-how, advanced process development and engineering skills, and manufacturing competencies. Making matters even... View Details
Keywords: Gary P. Pisano; Manufacturing
  • 01 Mar 2011
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Where the Jobs Are

developing nations as an engine for job creation back home (see article). Innovation is also the ticket to survival for smaller manufacturers, reports Senior Associate Editor Garry Emmons, who talked with the proprietors of family-owned... View Details
Keywords: Roger Thompson; Manufacturing
  • 16 Mar 2018
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Douglas Spreng (MBA 1967)

Douglas Spreng (MBA 1967) Douglas Spreng (MBA 1967) Douglas Spreng (MBA 1967) has always been curious about technology and how things worked. However, while earning a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering at MIT, he realized he... View Details
  • 24 Apr 2020
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Spreading the Love

cofounded the greeting card company in 2015—have backgrounds in engineering and manufacturing, and the company has a team in Vietnam that is well-versed in sourcing materials and shipping to the US. “At our core we’re a design and View Details
  • 01 Jun 2024
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Case Study: Ready for an Upgrade

encountered at a subsequent role in Raytheon’s missile defense program. Highly technical specifications were often tracked in low-tech Excel spreadsheets, which meant engineers lost considerable time to paperwork. That was frustrating,... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Computer Systems Design and Related Services; Professional Services
  • 01 Mar 2023
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Case Study: Power Nappy

had worked as a design engineer at Procter and Gamble, in addition to having cofounded a social enterprise that successfully commercialized biodegradable sanitary pads in India. Saigal started looking into the $10 billion diaper industry... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Miscellaneous Manufacturing; Miscellaneous Manufacturing
  • 17 Dec 2015
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Acquiring Business Skills To Advance A Career Trajectory

the next phase of his career. “I see business playing an increasingly important role in the aerospace industry, going beyond just having the engineering know-how to build a spacecraft. In the past, spacecraft were primarily built and... View Details
Keywords: Machinery Manufacturing; Machinery Manufacturing
  • 01 Mar 2016
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Maiden Voyage

is the United Arab Emirates, which formally introduced its UAE Space Agency on May 25, 2015, during the fifth Global Space and Satellite Forum in Abu Dhabi. The agency tapped Khaled Al Hashmi (GMP 11, 2011), an aerospace engineer with... View Details
Keywords: Robert S. Benchley; Space Research and Technology; Government
  • 01 Mar 2011
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Wyss Celebrated for Career, Conservation

Wyss: Thanks the HBS Health Industry Alumni Association for presenting him with the Beatrice D. Ellerin Alumni Achievement Award. Related Links 2007 Alumni Achievement profile Hansjörg Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering... View Details
Keywords: Ambulatory Health Care Services; Health, Social Assistance; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Personal Services
  • 01 Mar 2019
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The Blue-Green Revolution

engineering algae to get fat without going comatose. As a result, “You can take the brakes off oil formation without putting the brakes on growth,” says SGI’s CEO, Oliver Fetzer. In a study published in Nature Biotechnology in 2017, SGI... View Details
Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; illustration by Eric Nyquist
  • 01 Mar 2006
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Drive-In Nation

repurposing, with input from everybody,” Snow notes. “But what’s really gotten the Japanese to where they are is the use of technology not only in the manufacturing process, but also in engineering and... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons; Motor Vehicle and Parts Dealers; Retail Trade
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