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    Edward I. Scott

    Scott capitalized on the growth of in-home bathrooms by being one of the first to produce a product that would eventually replace old newspapers and catalogs which were typically used in outhouses. Scott was also the first to place the toilet tissue on a roll and the... View Details
    Keywords: Wood, Paper & Forestry

      Owen R. Cheatham

      In 1927, Cheatham founded the Georgia Hardwood Company becoming an early pioneer in the Southern timber industry. Over the next 40 years, he significantly expanded the business, as he created a cross-continental lumber empire by acquiring several companies in the... View Details
      Keywords: Wood, Paper & Forestry

        John P. Weyerhaeuser

        The eldest son of Frederick Weyerhaeuser, John P. Weyerhaeuser continued to build the empire his father had begun. When John assumed the presidency, the family holdings numbered well over a dozen companies, ranging from sales entities to actual lumbering firms, and he... View Details
        Keywords: Wood, Paper & Forestry

          George H. Weyerhaeuser

          George Weyerhaeuser, the youngest heir to the Weyerhaeuser timber empire, assumed control of the timber giant after a strong career as a mill foreman and general manager. Under his leadership, the Weyerhaeuser Corporation, as it is now known, has absorbed several new... View Details
          Keywords: Wood, Paper & Forestry
          • 01 Jun 2022
          • News

          Action Plan: Writing the Next Chapter

          Carole Hubscher (PMD 73, 1998) remembers the first box of Caran d’Ache colored pencils she received as a child: the smell of hewn wood, the rainbow of bright hues, and the sense of unlimited possibilities. “You think, what am I going to... View Details
          Keywords: April White
          • 07 Jun 2016
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          June 7, 2016

          May 2016 American Economic Review: Papers and Proceedings International Data on Measuring Management Practices By: Bloom, Nicholas, Renata Lemos, Raffaella Sadun, Daniela Scur, and John Van Reenen Abstract—We examine methods used to... View Details
          Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
          • 22 Jun 2010
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          First Look: June 22

          Chapman Wood, George Westerman, and Charles A. O'Reilly III Publication:Industrial and Corporate Change (forthcoming) Abstract This article empirically explores the relations between alternative organizational designs and a firm's ability... View Details
          Keywords: Martha Lagace
          • 21 Jul 2015
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          First Look: July 21, 2015

          link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=49386   Working Papers Networks and the Macroeconomy: An Empirical Exploration By: Acemoglu, Daron, Ufuk Akcigit, and William Kerr Abstract—The propagation of macroeconomic shocks... View Details
          Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
          • 24 Sep 2013
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          First Look: September 24

          portfolios. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=45597 August 2013 Social Psychological & Personality Science I'm Sorry About the Rain! Superfluous Apologies Demonstrate Empathic Concern and Increase Trust By: Brooks, Alison View Details
          Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
          • 25 Mar 2014
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          First Look: March 25

          link: http://www.palgrave.com/Products/TitlePrint.aspx?PID=362801 August 2013 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Investors Prefer Entrepreneurial Ventures Pitched by Attractive Men By: Brooks, Alison Wood, Laura Huang, Sarah... View Details
          Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
          • 18 Dec 2018
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          New Research and Ideas, December 18, 2018

          Mitigating Malicious Envy: Why Successful Individuals Should Reveal Their Failures By: Brooks, Alison Wood, Karen Huang, Nicole Abi-Esber, Ryan W. Buell, Laura Huang, and Brian Hall Abstract—People often feel malicious envy, a destructive... View Details
          Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
          • 01 Dec 1997
          • News

          Growing Together

          appropriately, were vividly brought to life this past spring, when Gaiter and Mueller attended the SPNM course as participants. "Here were people who were actually dealing with their challenges in the moment," says Sandra P. Wood,... View Details
          Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso and Nancy O. Perry