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Entrepreneurial Management - Faculty & Research

inequality among Wisconsin school teachers, and an information intervention during the 2023 Writers Guild of America strike. Across all studies, we find that inequality undermines union strength through multiple channels. First, workers... View Details
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Partners - Case Method Project

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Faculty & Research - Entrepreneurship

designs: a vignette experiment with union organizers, a natural policy experiment that increased wage inequality among Wisconsin school teachers, and an information ... More Research July 2025 Article On the Economic Origins of Concerns... View Details
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NVC Regions - Alumni

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  • 01 Nov 2020
  • Research & Ideas

Good Leadership Is an Act of Kindness

Wisconsin has compared practicing kindness and compassion to weight training: "People can actually build up their compassion 'muscle' and respond to others' suffering with care and a desire to help," he said. Great leaders attest that it... View Details
Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Susan Seligson
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Competitiveness of States & Regions - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

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  • 02 Nov 2018
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When Ideas Become Reality: Entrepreneurship at HBS

If entrepreneurs are born that way, then I must be the weird one out.  Last weekend I was back in Wisconsin for a wedding, and my aunt asked me, "what's the hardest thing about starting your own company?" There were many ways I... View Details
  • 01 Jun 2002
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Up to the Challenge: Demola Gbadegesin - In the Right Direction

Okeho, a town of about 2,500, before his family moved to Wisconsin so his parents could attend graduate school. When he was eight, the family returned to Nigeria, where Gbadegesin experienced culture shock in reverse. “I didn't fit in... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young; democracy; family; technology; Finance; Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services; Professional Services

    Catherine T. Clark

    Purchasing a wheat bread recipe from a local Wisconsin baker, Clark went on to build a very successful upscale bakery business. Through the formation of Brownberry Ovens, Clark developed a regional distribution network for her products.... View Details
    Keywords: Food & Tobacco
    • May 2010
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    Clayton Industries, Inc.: Peter Arnell, Country Manager for Italy

    By: Christopher A. Bartlett and Benjamin H. Barlow
    Clayton Industries, a sixty-year-old U.S.-based firm in the HVAC industry (heating, ventilation, and air conditioning), with nearly $1 billion in revenues, has gradually built a presence in a number of countries, including several in Europe. Peter Arnell, previously... View Details
    Keywords: Business Subsidiaries; Multinational Firms and Management; Organizational Structure; Corporate Strategy; Problems and Challenges; Conflict and Resolution; Sales; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Manufacturing Industry; Consumer Products Industry; Wisconsin; Italy; United Kingdom
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    • 01 Jun 2012
    • News

    Made in the USA

    Wisconsin cheddar, but how about Wisconsin Ackawi or Wisconsin Asadero? Twenty years ago, Paul Scharfman (MBA 1979) acquired a small, undercapitalized cheese manufacturing... View Details
    Keywords: Blagg, Deborah; cheese; lobster fishing; Fishing, Hunting and Trapping; Agriculture; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management; Food Manufacturing; Manufacturing

      Earl H. Richardson

      The inventor of the first electronic iron with the unique "Hotpoint" feature, Richardson is credited with laying the foundation for the billion-dollar household appliance industry. Hotpoint's irons were very successful in the early 1900s, owing in large part... View Details
      Keywords: Fabricated Goods

        LeRoy A. Petersen

        In his 22 years with Otis, Petersen helped the elevator manufacturer transition from war to peacetime production and become increasingly profitable in the process. Though the firm’s defense division still remained an integral part of operations throughout his tenure,... View Details
        Keywords: Fabricated Goods

          John Ringling North

          After working in the financial sector for several years, North joined his family's business in the middle of a post-depression upheaval. With his shrewd business skills, North successfully guided the company out of debt, and went on to expand operations into the... View Details
          Keywords: Entertainment & Broadcast Media

            Herbert F. Johnson

            Johnson built his company through extensive advertising (it was the first to establish company sponsorship of a radio show), and in many ways, changed the way Americans lived. He introduced such diverse household products as: “Raid”- the first bug killer that could be... View Details
            Keywords: Personal Care & Home Products

              Otto H. Falk

              As head of Allis-Chalmers, Falk introduced a product line of earth-moving and other heavy machinery, including tractors, which used the internal combustion engine. Falk was hugely successful in leading Allis-Chalmers into the competitive market for farm tractors by... View Details
              Keywords: Fabricated Goods
              • 31 Oct 2019
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              Business Success Means Community Success in Wisconsin; GNN Roundup

              Clubs News Clubs News Wisconsin executives share success More than 100 alumni and guests of the HBS Club of Wisconsin gathered on October 8 at the Fiserv Forum, home arena of the Milwaukee Bucks, to explore... View Details
              Keywords: Margie Kelley

                Orlando F. Weber

                Weber and an associate pooled their resources to merge several small chemical companies into one conglomerate that came be known as Allied Chemical. Weber maintained stability at the chemical company throughout the early years of the Depression and helped grow assets... View Details
                Keywords: Chemicals & Industrial

                  Frederick D. Underwood

                  When Underwood took over management of the Erie Railroad in 1901, it was barely surviving. Though its owner, JP Morgan had brought the company’s debt within a manageable range, the road itself had suffered much deterioration. Undertaking such innovative improvements as... View Details
                  Keywords: Transportation

                    Erwin C. Uihlein

                    Though the company was not producing during Prohibition, Uihlein revived it in 1933 and began a huge wave of modernization and expansion. Spending over $100 million to build new facilities and purchase equipment, he increased the company’s assets from $4 million to... View Details
                    Keywords: Food & Tobacco