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Samuel F. Hinkle
Starting as a chemist with Hershey, Hinkle played a prominent role in the development of Hershey’s Chocolate Syrup, Krackel, Mr. Goodbar and fortified chocolate bars issued as K, C, and D rations during World View Details
Keywords: Food & Tobacco
Bernard F. Gimbel
and Milwaukee, Gimbel ran Saks Fifth Avenue stores in New York, Chicago, Detroit and Beverly Hills. During World War II, Gimbel earned huge profits on scarce consumer goods, which he had purchased earlier at... View Details
Keywords: Retail
- 31 Jul 2015
- Research & Ideas
The Faculty Reader: Who is Reading What This Summer?
Forgotten Holocaust Of World War II, by Iris Chang, is such a poignant book about the lesser known, perhaps, Holocaust of World War II, and helps... View Details
- 01 Sep 2007
- News
Getting Security Right
foreign policy, because for the last 100 years, we’ve always had strong allies. China, Russia, and Europe all sided with us against Germany and Italy during World War II, but our role in the View Details
- 01 Jun 2003
- News
Leading the Charge
In the first days of military action in Iraq, with Americans unsure of what lay ahead, one commanding, symbolic image in this media–intensive war held sway: a U.S. Marine, ripping down a huge poster of Saddam Hussein in a town in southern... View Details
Edward V. Rickenbacker
Prior to purchasing Eastern in 1938, Rickenbacker had successful careers in automobile racing and the auto industry at large, in addition to his distinguished service in the United States military in World View Details
Keywords: Transportation
Paul W. Litchfield
substantial expansion and investments. Under his direction, Goodyear began to experiment in the development of airplane parts and fighter aircraft, becoming one of the ten largest producers in this field during World View Details
Keywords: Automotive & Aerospace
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
HBS Global Forum Set for June
upward of 1,000 alumni to consider the interweaving of the public and private worlds and the impact on financial markets, innovation and technology, executive compensation, and society as a whole. The forum will feature presentations by... View Details
Richard J. Reynolds
increased their popularity by giving them away to World War I soldiers, one of the many advertising schemes that grew Camel into one of the most popular cigarette brands. View Details
Keywords: Food & Tobacco
Frank A. Seiberling
Despite being forced out of his firm during its post World War I financial troubles, Seiberling’s diligence and faith in the growth of the rubber business allowed his company to become the largest... View Details
Keywords: Automotive & Aerospace
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Management Training Program: 1945 - 1955 | Baker Library
School. Crossroads for Educated Women After World War II, the Training Course in Personnel Administration was renamed the Management Training Program and experienced a brief postwar enrollment boom. The new... View Details
- 23 Dec 2014
- First Look
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consequences of a range of alternative policies. Publisher's link: http://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Publication%20Files/15-045_4e9f7d2d-24c3-4d8c-8843-1eb9016bc016.pdf December 2014 Negotiations in Times of Conflict Better Deals Through Level View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
Robert D. Stuart, Jr.
Joining the family firm after serving in World War II, Robert Jr. was responsible for Quaker Oats’ biggest diversification since his Uncle John was president. Much of Stuart’s expansion came in non-food... View Details
Keywords: Food & Tobacco
Charles M. Schwab
Though Bethlehem was originally spun off from U.S. Steel, Schwab positioned the company to become a major competitor of its former parent. Under Schwab’s leadership, Bethlehem was a large supplier for Allied Forces in World View Details
Keywords: Metals
Victor Emanuel
During World War II, Emanuel produced all types of military aircraft, including giant bombers, aircraft carriers, and cruisers. After the war, Emanuel led the conversion of AVCO from a producer of aircraft... View Details
Keywords: Automotive & Aerospace
Samuel M. Vauclain
States and its World War I allies, including Russia, France and Britain. Combining his vision for Baldwin with his support of post-war rehabilitation in Europe, Vauclain expanded Baldwin into 12 countries,... View Details
Keywords: Transportation
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
Pearson Hunt
gave me his recording with the instruction: "Don't change a word of it." I never learned if he was pleased with what he saw in print. There was little routine during World War II, when the School hosted a... View Details
Keywords: Pearson Hunt
James S. Love
Beginning as a rayon producer, Love built the world’s largest textile mill by the mid-1950s. Love, the architect of the company’s growth, expanded the company to 22 plants by 1936 and bought six hosiery mills. After World View Details
Keywords: Fabric & Apparel
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
A Capital Asset
the bodies up there.’ We ignored that advice.”) Cohen is also proud of her part in effecting the transfer of authority over remote Midway Island from the Navy to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. For decades, the Navy had restricted access to the View Details
Juan T. Trippe
supporting the Allied Forces in the Pacific during World War II. Such dealings, in conjunction with Trippe’s acquisition of landing rights all over the world, helped PanAm become an industry leader in... View Details
Keywords: Transportation