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William P. Lear
Long before he invented the autopilot and the executive jet that bears his name, Lear was a pioneer in the development of radio technology. A self-taught engineer, Lear developed the prototype for the first practical automobile radio which he sold to Motorola... View Details
Keywords: Automotive & Aerospace
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 company to the point where there... View Details
Keywords: Services
Elmer F. Pierson
Pierson founded the Vendo Company in 1937 after perfecting the development of the first truly workable vending system - a lid called “The Red Top.” Originally designed for Coca-Cola bottles, the new vending machines were quickly converted to handle a variety of... View Details
Keywords: Food & Tobacco
Gordon M. Binder
Binder led Amgen to become the first commercially successful and largest independent biotechnology company in the world employing over 6,000 individuals and generating in excess of $3 billion in revenue. In 1999, Binder was named Chairman of the Biotechnology Industry... View Details
Keywords: Healthcare
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 conservatively acquiring only smaller... View Details
Keywords: Fabricated Goods
M. Kenneth Oshman
As one of the principal founders of Rolm, Oshman is credited with the design and development of a sophisticated private branch exchange or PBx switch that has become a central component of telecommunication systems. Over the course of fifteen years, Oshman built Rolm... View Details
Keywords: Communications
Paul H. O'Neill
Not only did O'Neill lead Alcoa to become the world's largest aluminum conglomerate, he gave the company a solid image of integrity, emphasizing life-long learning by all employees, and making occupational safety and environmental concerns synonymous with good... View Details
Keywords: Metals
W. Alton Jones
Jones, as president of Cities Service Company (a holding company controlling petroleum, natural gas, and power subsidiaries), was responsible for completing oil pipelines from Texas to major East coast cities (3,128 miles). View Details
Keywords: Utilities & Energy
Wayne Hicklin
Hicklin played a critical role in the international expansion of Avon and its diversification into new product lines, most notably apparel for men and women. Capping off his 43-year career, Hicklin doubled Avon’s sales and earnings between 1967 and 1972 – enabling the... View Details
Keywords: Personal Care & Home Products
David D. Glass
Glass is credited with leading Wal-Mart through an aggressive expansion program – increasing sales ten-fold (from $16 billion to $165 billion), developing the SuperCenter concept combining groceries and general merchandise, and opening hundreds of retail locations... View Details
Keywords: Retail
Harrington Drake
Drake presided over a decade of top financial performance – growing revenues from $480 million to over $2 billion. He achieved ten consecutive years of top market value performance and expanded D&B’s core services, most notably with the acquisition of A. C. Nielsen... View Details
Keywords: Services
Jean Paul Getty
After accumulating a one-third interest in Getty Oil Company, Getty negotiated for a controlling interest in the company after the death of his father. Getty went on to merge Tidewater Oil Company, Skelly Oil Company, and the Missouri Oil... View Details
Keywords: Utilities & Energy
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Nelya Nikonova
about discovering and improving the world, I left a familiar life in Russia and set off alone to study in America with just $20. My adventure turned out to be the American dream, a quilt of colorful patches: from living on a farm in View Details
- 01 Feb 2000
- News
OPM Honors Marty Marshall with Professorship
appreciation." Marshall worked his way through the University of Missouri and was commissioned in the U.S. Navy before matriculating at HBS and joining the faculty in 1949. For two decades he helped shape the Marketing area through his... View Details
- 01 Oct 1996
- News
Uhlmann Award Winners Focus on French Retailer
buck the odds, and to succeed where others have failed is truly remarkable." First presented 24 years ago, the Uhlmann Award has been offered to HBS students by several generations of the Uhlmann family of Kansas City, Missouri -- most... View Details
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Where Are They Now?
Marty also developed excellent cases and created superb interpretive weekly student assignment memos — a technique I adopted and still employ.” A Missouri native, Marshall was in college when World War II broke out. He enlisted in the... View Details
- August 2013
- Supplement
Lyric Dinner Theater (Video Supplement)
By: Jim Sharpe
Keywords: Turnarounds; Operations; Boards Of Directors; Family-owned Business; Hiring; Entrepreneurship; Family and Family Relationships; Family Business; Family Ownership; Entertainment; Negotiation; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Saint Louis
Sharpe, Jim. "Lyric Dinner Theater (Video Supplement)." Harvard Business School Video Supplement 813-729, August 2013.
- February 1996
- Supplement
Wainwright Industries (B): The Customer Challenge
By: Rosabeth M. Kanter and Norman Klein
Supplements the (A) case. View Details
Kanter, Rosabeth M., and Norman Klein. "Wainwright Industries (B): The Customer Challenge." Harvard Business School Supplement 396-220, February 1996.
- February 1996 (Revised November 1996)
- Case
Wainwright Industries (A): Beyond the Baldrige
By: Rosabeth M. Kanter and Norman Klein
Traces the growth of Wainwright, a small automotive supply company, focusing on its commitment to quality in 1981 and the evolution of its quality culture. Breakthrough programs that stress "trust and belief" in the workforce and commitment to customers result in... View Details
Keywords: Quality; Customer Satisfaction; Customer Relationship Management; Ethics; Business or Company Management; Standards; Machinery and Machining; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Culture; Auto Industry; Missouri
Kanter, Rosabeth M., and Norman Klein. "Wainwright Industries (A): Beyond the Baldrige." Harvard Business School Case 396-219, February 1996. (Revised November 1996.)
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
The Inside Story of the New American Writers Museum
Mark Twain in front of his childhood home in Hannibal, Missouri (photos courtesy of American Writers Museum) Before he arrived at HBS, Jay Hammer (MBA 1979) was pursuing a PhD in literature at Johns Hopkins. Daunted by the increasingly... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna