by William Mahoney - Publications - Faculty & Research

William L. Clayton

In 1916, Clayton moved Anderson, Clayton and Company’s headquarters to Houston, Texas, where he grew the company into the world’s largest cotton trading organization. During World War I, the firm handled 1 million bales of cotton a year. View Details

Keywords: Agriculture & Mining

William G. Mather

Mather headed the company for 50 years. He was instrumental in consolidating several mining operations into one powerful force. He also embarked on a major diversification program by investing in iron-ore industries and steel operations. View Details

Keywords: Agriculture & Mining

William Guthy

Guthy was a pioneer in the use of Infomercials. He was the first to market Infomercials with a brand on the lower left corner of the television screen and he gained success by focusing on quality products and services. His branding and... View Details

Keywords: Retail

Portrait Project

Chris Williams

Money is nothing more than stored time. I already have plenty of time so why let life pass me by while trying to store up more of it? I want to watch the game with my buddies. I want to keep in touch with my classmates. I want to meet the... View Details

13 Jan 2003
Research & Ideas

The Subconscious Mind of the Consumer (And How To Reach It)

thinking? HBS Working Knowledge staffer Manda Mahoney questioned Zaltman about the new book, published by Harvard Business School Publishing. Mahoney: You state that 95 percent of all cognition occurs in the... View Details

Keywords: by Manda Mahoney

02 Apr 2019
News

Remembering William Wilder

Canadians by endowing the William P. Wilder (MBA 1950) Fellowship and by helping to spearhead the HBS Canadian Initiative, which provides financial assistance to admitted... View Details

William G. McGowan

McGowan built a $4 billion telecommunication business that defeated the AT&T monopoly. Acting as a self-employed consultant, McGowan rescued MCI by paying off its debts and created a lean competitor to AT&T View Details

Keywords: Communications

William E. LaMothe

LaMothe enabled Kellogg to capitalize on the health food consciousness of the 80’s by introducing new products, and, in so doing, he continued Kellogg’s 41-year run of increased sales. He is credited with dramatically expanding Kellogg’s... View Details

Keywords: Food & Tobacco

William T. Kerr

Kerr expanded Meredith Corporation by focusing on its core business and directly managing its financial performance. Over the last few years, the company compounded its earnings per share at 33% per year and tripled its profit margin to... View Details

Keywords: Publishing & Print Media

William T. Grant

Grant had established a chain of 30 stores, the 25 cent-limit on merchandise was raised to one dollar. W. T. Grant Company evolved into one of the largest retailing companies in the nation. By the time of Grant’s death in 1972, the... View Details

Keywords: Retail

William M. Allen

In 1945, when Allen was appointed CEO, Boeing faced cancellation of $1.5 billion in wartime contracts. Under Allen’s leadership, Boeing kept course and later prospered. In 1952, Boeing’s B-52 was chosen by the Air Force as its... View Details

Keywords: Automotive & Aerospace

William L. Mellon

Under Mellon’s management, the firm became a pioneer on several fronts. He opened the nation’s first service stations in 1913 became and expanded into international oil exploration. By the mid-1920s, Gulf’s refinery at Port Arthur, Texas,... View Details

Keywords: Utilities & Energy

William R. Kelly

Kelly was a pioneer in creating the temporary employment agency. During the post-war era, American industry was in great need for clerical workers and Kelly’s idea of temporary office help became extremely popular among women (accounting for 95% of his workers). View Details

Keywords: Services

Awards

East China Normal University. Honorary Professor

By: William C. Kirby

Awarded an Honorary Professorship by East China Normal University in 2011. View Details

01 Dec 2004
News

One-on-One with William H. Donaldson

Donaldson Illustration by Joe Ciardiello When William Donaldson (MBA ’58) was sworn in as the 27th chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 18, 2003, Wall Street and the commission... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Finance; Administration of Economic Programs; Government

01 Jan 2006
News

William H. Donaldson, MBA 1958

groups make it clear that there are always approaches and angles to a problem that you can't think of by yourself. They make you appreciate other people's points of view. That carries over into business, where it's advantageous to... View Details

William L. Moody, Jr.

Moody built a $400 million diversified enterprise. He founded the American National Insurance Company, which under his guidance grew into the largest enterprise of its kind in the southwest. By 1954, it had nearly $3 billion worth of... View Details

Keywords: Finance

30 Sep 2002
Research & Ideas

Use the Psychology of Pricing To Keep Customers Returning

pricing and the merits of billing over time. Also, see an excerpt from a recent Harvard Business Review article by Gourville and collaborator Dilip Soman. Mahoney: What are some first steps managers can take once they have decided to... View Details