Isle of Man - Publications - Faculty & Research

December 2014 (Revised March 2018)
Case

John D. Rockefeller: The Richest Man in the World

By: Tom Nicholas and Vasiliki Fouka

By the late nineteenth century scale and managerial hierarchies had extended to several major industrial sectors of the U.S. economy. Although the precise mechanisms often varied, this process mainly involved horizontal integration, some form of legal or administrative... View Details

Keywords: Horizontal Integration; Wealth; Business History; Vertical Integration; Consolidation; Personal Development and Career; Energy Industry; United States

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January 2019 (Revised February 2020)
Case

Jay Gould, 'The Most Hated Man in America'

By: Tom Nicholas, John Masko and Matthew G. Preble

Railroad magnate Jay Gould, a controversial figure in the history of U.S. capitalism, was a disruptive influence on an industry that had previously relied on formal and informal agreements to move traffic long distances across lines operated by different companies.... View Details

Keywords: Railroads; Gould; Vanderbilt; Rail Transportation; History; Consolidation; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Competition; Strategy; Rail Industry; United States

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07 Dec 2012
News

The oil man who figured out fracking

27 Oct 2017
News

Lessons for 2017 from a Man Who ‘Called’ the Crash of 1929

16 Nov 2015
HBS Seminar

Vish Krishnan, Professor of Innovation, Technology & Operations, University of California San Diego Rady School of Man

05 Jan 2016
News

Why China's richest man is building Hollywood of the East in Qingdao

28 Oct 2015
News

A Dedication to Creation: India's Ad Man Ranjan Kapur

February 2007
Module Note

A Man for All Seasons Summary: Reasoning from Multiple Moralities

By: Sandra J. Sucher

A summary of the major themes discussed in the eight class of The Moral Leader (EC curriculum). View Details

Keywords: Ethics; Leadership; Decision Choices and Conditions

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28 Oct 2015
Research & Ideas

A Dedication to Creation: India's Ad Man Ranjan Kapur

One day in 1966 while Ranjan Kapur was walking in midtown Manhattan, a black limo pulled up alongside. A man he instantly recognized as advertising icon David Ogilvy, founder of the agency where Kapur had... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Advertising