Publications

Publications

Filter Results: (1,108) Arrow Down
Filter Results: (1,108) Arrow Down Arrow Up

Show Results For

Show Results For

← Page 24 of 1,108 Results →

    James W. Thompson

    Though the firm JWT was incorporated in 1896, Thompson began revolutionizing the advertising industry in 1898. Seeing that women were becoming the primary household shoppers and that grouping magazines together as a unit would be more beneficial to advertisers,... View Details
    Keywords: Services

      Louis F. Swift

      Capitalizing on his father’s success, Louis Swift continued to expand the meat packing company even further. During his tenure the family company became the largest meat packer in the United States and was also one of the most efficient, always focusing on improving... View Details
      Keywords: Food & Tobacco

        Andrew W. Preston

        Under Preston’s leadership, United Fruit grew from a small banana seller into a large tropical fruit enterprise, with extensive distribution networks and landholdings, as well as operations in the U.S., Europe, the Caribbean and Latin America. View Details
        Keywords: Food & Tobacco

          Vaughn L. Beals, Jr.

          Beals and fellow AMF executives orchestrated a leveraged buyout of Harley-Davidson in 1981 when it was on the brink of collapse. Through the adoption of quality management approaches and prudent investments, Beals and his team are credited with the resurrection of... View Details
          Keywords: Automotive & Aerospace

            Crawford H. Greenewalt

            As the tenth president of duPont Corporation, Greenewalt built the Savannah River Plant for nuclear processing, one of the largest construction projects in the United States. As CEO, Greenewalt generated a stellar return on equity performance for over a decade placing... View Details
            Keywords: Chemicals & Industrial

              Edward A. Filene

              Filene developed the world’s largest specialty store. In 1912, when Filene opened his new mega-store in Boston, 715,000 people came through the doors of the new store within one week. With the inauguration of the new store, Filene’s sales jumped from $4.8 million to... View Details
              Keywords: Retail

                Marshall Field

                Field was one of the early pioneers in the retail industry. Moving to Chicago when it was still a vastly unsettled western outpost, Field built one of the largest department stores in the world. His department stores included innovations such as displayed price tags,... View Details
                Keywords: Retail

                  Richard J. Egan

                  Egan co-founded EMC and built it into the world’s largest independent manufacturer of memory storage devices. Between 1979 and 1986, EMC’s revenues doubled each year catapulting it into the Fortune 500 in less than 10 years. View Details
                  Keywords: Computers & Electronics

                    William Durant

                    Beginning his career as a carriage and wagon manufacturer, Durant made the switch to automobile manufacturing in 1904 by reorganizing a failing Buick Motors. He believed that the key to success in the automobile industry was creating an organization that made a wide... View Details
                    Keywords: Automotive & Aerospace

                      Arthur V. Davis

                      Davis was at Alcoa when Charles Hall invented the process for producing commercial aluminum. While Davis was head of Alcoa, the company continued to discover new uses for aluminum, most notably in the field of aviation. Davis manufactured and sold aluminum pots and... View Details
                      Keywords: Metals

                        Frederick C. Crawford

                        Inheriting a struggling firm in 1933, Crawford set upon a path to rebuild and diversify Thompson Products. He expanded the traditional auto parts product line to include key applications for the aircraft and aerospace industry. A strong proponent of progressive... View Details
                        Keywords: Automotive & Aerospace
                        • 02 Aug 2021
                        • Blog Post

                        ALUMNI WORK TO REVERSE BIAS THROUGH PHILANTHROPY

                        17 other executives of color from leading Massachusetts corporations. Pursuing an innovative, state-focused approach, the fund specifically targets Black- and brown-led nonprofits closely tied to the people and problems in under-resourced... View Details
                        • Profile

                        Krishna Yeshwant

                        Krishna worked with the Corporate-Sponsored Research and Licensing Department at Massachusetts General Hospital. The department is responsible for overseeing technology development at the hospital and determining appropriate licensing... View Details
                        • Web

                        Career Outcomes | Research Associates

                        training with for-credit courses. Sample Next Steps Graduate Programs PhD, Harvard Business School PhD, Stanford University PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology PhD, London School of Economics JD, Harvard Law School JD, New York... View Details
                        • Web

                        Dan Bricklin Classroom, Aldrich Hall 108 | About

                        technology entrepreneur, has been an active part of the computing industry continually since the 1970s. Upon graduating from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Bricklin worked for Digital Equipment Corporation until 1976, when he... View Details
                        • 27 Oct 2021
                        • Blog Post

                        HBS Impact Investing Fund Course: An Experiential Education in Social Financing

                        barriers to capital, with the dual goals of making profits and creating social change. Entrepreneurs of color in Massachusetts have an unmet capital demand in the order of $574 million annually, according to The Boston Foundation and... View Details
                        • Web

                        VBHCD Initiative - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

                        Intermountain Healthcare Joslin Diabetes Center Kaiser Permanente Maine Medical Center Massachusetts General Hospital Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary Mayo Clinic MD Anderson Cancer Center Memorial Sloan... View Details

                          William M. Wood

                          After successfully managing a mill for his father in-law, Frederick Ayer, Wood organized the American Woolen Mills Company in 1899, combining the enterprises of Ayer and several other businessmen. Capitalized at $60 million, American Woolen owned some 40 mills across... View Details
                          Keywords: Fabric & Apparel

                            Sidney W. Winslow, Jr.

                            Following the death of his father, Sidney Winslow Jr. took an increasingly important role in the family company, which had been consolidated into the holding company, United Shoe Machinery Corporation. Winslow went on to expand the company internationally and also to... View Details
                            Keywords: Fabric & Apparel

                              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 Paper Mate Companies. View Details
                              Keywords: Personal Care & Home Products