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Amory Houghton
Houghton diversified Corning Glass products and expanded, for the first time, into the field of consumer goods. He sharply reduced the prices for beakers, Pyrex ovenware, and electric light bulbs, making them more attractive as... View Details
Keywords: Fabricated Goods
Joseph P. Spang, Jr.
Spang is credited with rejuvenating Gillette after the depression. He was a pioneer in sports marketing and endorsements and was instrumental in leading Gillette into diversified product lines, most notably with the acquisition of the... View Details
Keywords: Personal Care & Home Products
Henry W. Bloch
Bloch diversified H & R Block by purchasing Personnel Pool of America, CompuServe, and Hyatt Legal Services. By the mid-1980s, H & R Block was spending at least $20 million a year on advertising. By 1992, Bloch had expanded the... View Details
Keywords: Services
Wallace R. Persons
During his twenty year tenure, Persons took Emerson from a small fan and motor maker with sales of $50 million to a large diversified industrial manufacturer with sales of over $900 million. Noted for continuously cutting costs and... View Details
Keywords: Fabricated Goods
William A. Fairburn
European counterparts. In 1915, 100% of Diamond Match’s profits came from match sales. Fairburn diversified the company so that by 1940 only 50% of Diamond Match’s revenues came from match sales. View Details
Keywords: Fabricated Goods
Walter R. Young, Jr.
When Young joined Champion Enterprises, the diversified housing and recreational vehicle company had just filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. In his first six months in office, he drastically reorganized the leadership structure.... View Details
Keywords: Construction & Real Estate
- 13 Feb 2020
- Blog Post
Know Your Audience – Recruiting HBS Students for Manufacturing
The manufacturing sector is one that encompasses many different facets including highly diversified manufacturing, aerospace and defense, transportation, and airlines. As such, students interested in the field have varied backgrounds and... View Details
Keywords: Manufacturing
Adolph Coors
Golden Brewery in Golden, Colorado. His business flourished, quickly becoming the leading brewery in the western United States. He brought new innovations to the brewery business and diversified the company’s product line by offering... View Details
Keywords: Food & Tobacco
Richard L. Gelb
Gelb orchestrated Bristol-Myers' successful acquisition of Squibb creating the second largest pharmaceutical company in the world. In diversifying Bristol-Myers from a personal care company to pharmaceutical giant, Gelb achieved stellar... View Details
Keywords: Healthcare
- 13 Jun 2017
- Research & Ideas
Why Global Investments Are Still a Good Bet
sense to be diversified than it used to in the past, since, at the end of the day, all markets are moving together,” says Luis Viceira, George E. Bates Professor and Senior Associate Dean for International Development at Harvard Business... View Details