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- 25 Aug 2022
- News
Up on the Corner
corridor of Southwest Baltimore. Factories and warehouses supplied the city with everything from furniture to gelato, and people flocked to the strip’s shops, theaters, View Details
- 01 Aug 1998
- News
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... View Details
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
Reimagining the MBA
entrepreneurial. And they are less hierarchical, with flatter management structures. Service and knowledge industries have overtaken traditional manufacturing businesses as the... View Details
- 01 Sep 2015
- News
Faculty Q&A: The Working World
have MBA students who envision a company that has its R&D in India and manufacturing in China with a couple of key executives in London. So a key point that I’ve been narrowing in on is how well companies... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Jan 2004
- News
Barbara Hackman Franklin, MBA 1964
years. "President Bush felt strongly about normalizing relations with China and opening that market to American business," says Franklin. "My mission to Beijing to reconvene the Joint Commission was a... View Details
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
An Rx for Small Business Recovery
business-focused products and broaden access to lending,” says Mills. Research suggests that fintechs were responsible for some 50 percent of PPP loans to Black-owned businesses. “As the recovery evolves,... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
A Force for Good
productive teamwork. Enhance creativity through more flexible organizational structures. Bet on people. Think big. Say no respectfully. McArthur liked to say that the faculty was the “whole ball game,” and... View Details
Keywords: Jeffrey L. Cruikshank; Wood Product Manufacturing; Wood Product Manufacturing; Wood Product Manufacturing; Wood Product Manufacturing; Wood Product Manufacturing; Wood Product Manufacturing; Wood Product Manufacturing; Wood Product Manufacturing; Wood Product Manufacturing; Wood Product Manufacturing; Wood Product Manufacturing; Wood Product Manufacturing
- 12 Feb 2016
- News
Creating Common Ground in Communities of Conflict
organization, which has helped to facilitate peaceful relations in India, Pakistan, Colombia, and Rwanda. In India, for example, the Dreamfly built a high school computer lab in a neighborhood in West Bengal... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 19 Feb 2020
- News
Capitol Ideas to Combat Climate Change
companies,” he said. “The number of CEOs who want to be at the table for the conversation has grown. It’s because the stakeholders that matter to them are all saying to them ‘What are you doing about this?’” Anne Kelly (HKS 1996), VP of Government View Details
Keywords: April White; photos by Jack Conroy
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
The Way You See It
manufactured a product that changed the world by dint of its pervasiveness and indispensability. But as some noted, Ford also introduced revolutionary management, workplace,... View Details
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
Making Their Way
Chirchirillo, “It’s a game-changer. Now we can go from print-to-part faster than anyone in the world.” The coin of the realm: The intricate patterns of metal stampings form the innards of component parts for a variety of manufactured... 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 Sep 2010
- News
Leslie Gold
right. After HBS and a year at Burlington Industries, I bought Bishop Manufacturing Company, a medium-sized, high-volume, custom-window manufacturer. I was 20-something and had... View Details
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
Faculty Research Symposium
manager as accessible; relations between nurses and physicians were characterized as “respectful“ and “collaborative“ with high job satisfaction. As one participant reported,... View Details
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
A U.S. Turnaround?
During the 1960s and 1970s, U.S. textile, apparel, and shoe manufacturing migrated to Latin America and Asia. By 1990 many View Details
Keywords: Byron Wien; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries
- 06 Jan 2012
- News
Where Are They Now?
his company, Sundaram Medical Devices, was awarded in 2010 in the first annual HBS Alumni New Venture Contest. But Mahesh, the founder and CEO of Sundaram, a manufacturing start-up in Chennai, India, that is... View Details
Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
What Industrial Policy?
support, and back-office processing to America. Strengthening the industrial base. Remember, too, that many high-value-added services are often closely connected to manufacturing View Details
Keywords: Gary P. Pisano; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools
- 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
- 01 Dec 2007
- News
Exhibit at Baker Library Marks HBS Centennial
Hawthorne facility’s multiple and diverse production units made most of America’s telephones and related equipment. Four years after the company... View Details
- 01 Jun 2013
- News
Brick by Brick
as a wood workshop in the small town of Billund, Denmark. Carpenter Ole Kirk Kristiansen eventually shifted the business from making houses and furniture to crafting wooden toys. He based the name of his new... View Details
- 01 Sep 2011
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‘Green’ Trailblazers
Waltham, Massachusetts; Seattle, Washington; and Richmond, BC Produces renewable energy and soil enhancement products from discarded organic materials Frank Yang (MBA 2006)... View Details