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- 25 Mar 2015
- News
The Greening of Houston
Ask most people to name a city with a lot of parks and chances are Houston won’t be the first one they name. “For better or worse, our built environment is known for the lack of zoning,” says Daniel M. Gilbane (MBA 2005), senior vice president of Gilbane Building Co.... View Details
Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman; Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing; Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing; Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing; Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing; Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing; Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing; Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing; Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing
- 01 Oct 1996
- News
Uhlmann Award Winners Focus on French Retailer
strike a balance between private label and manufacturer brands, and reemphasize food products instead of venturing too far into nonfood items. Although they foresee a fierce battle among retailing Goliaths, the authors conclude that... View Details
- 23 Jan 2014
- News
Market Reaction
- 01 Jan 2004
- News
Minoru Makihara, 75th AMP, 1977
enterprises have long held a special place in society, and none more so than Mitsubishi. Its origin goes back to the 1870s, when three sailing ships transported raw materials to Japanese manufacturers and carried exports to markets... View Details
- 29 Jul 2021
- News
Support System
20 percent premium—and educational and retirement benefits is not good just for the workers and their families, says Akuete. It’s also ideal for her brands. By keeping the processing and manufacturing in Ghana, where the companies have... View Details
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
Buffett Preaches Investment Discipline
remember that equally hot industries have cooled with time. Once there were some two thousand companies manufacturing trucks and cars in America, Buffett said, but today "only three have finished the race." Between 1979 and 1998, he... View Details
- 01 Jun 2000
- News
Of Dugouts and Sweatshops
another of Reich's interventions. He recounted the controversy surrounding accusations that clothing promoted by Kathie Lee Gifford had been manufactured in a sweatshop environment. Even though Gifford had no legal liability in the... View Details
Keywords: Eileen K. McCluskey
- 20 Jan 2016
- News
Water for the World
Jon Olafsson (OPM 24, 1996), a former music industry executive and media mogul, is chairman and cofounder of Icelandic Glacial, the world’s first certified carbon-neutral manufacturer of natural spring water. In this video, he talks about... View Details
- 17 Dec 2015
- News
Applying Strategy Concepts In Innovative Ways Through Technology
aggregated into an industry. Team members study data and collaborate on beer design, pricing, and packaging, as well as on decisions about manufacturing and marketing. After each round of play, reports are generated that include balance... View Details
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
Seven Honored with Alumni Achievement Award
On October 19, the School conferred its highest honor, the Alumni Achievement Award, on seven distinguished individuals. Since 1968, the School has selected outstanding men and women for the award, recognizing their accomplishments in the public and the private... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young; awards; fishing; Beverage and Tobacco Product Manufacturing; Beverage and Tobacco Product Manufacturing; Beverage and Tobacco Product Manufacturing; Beverage and Tobacco Product Manufacturing; Beverage and Tobacco Product Manufacturing; Beverage and Tobacco Product Manufacturing
- 22 Jun 2012
- News
At the i-lab, a New Use for Silk
- 01 Jun 2005
- News
Do You Speak Business?
is America’s absorption of Japanese manufacturing techniques in the 1980s.” Over time, with this kind of ongoing cross-pollination, today’s system of global management, to the extent it can still be called American, will look less like it... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Aug 2001
- News
Cleveland Global Alumni Conference a Sold-Out Success
had to undertake a complete transformation of how Merck operates," he said, outlining strategies that included stepping up resources devoted to scientific research and marketing, integrating divisions of the company, and heading off problems in the clinical process by... View Details
- 01 Jan 2004
- News
Donald P. Nielsen, MBA 1963
self-cleaning rat cages for psychology labs. Learning that pharmaceutical companies use large quantities of rats, they negotiated a deal with him and over the next few months also executed a roll-up strategy that eventually made them the largest U.S. View Details
- 01 Jan 2006
- News
Philip L. Yeo, MBA 1976
which makes it slightly smaller than New York City. Yet with Yeo's hand on the rudder of its economy, it tacked from the manufacturing of labor-intensive finished goods like washing machines and televisions in the 1980s to the making of... View Details
- 28 Oct 2014
- News
The First Five Years: Nick Soman (MBA 2010)
Manufacturing had good lessons on systems thinking and building a learning organization.” What advice do you have for current HBS students thinking about launching their own companies? “Find a great work partner, find a great life... View Details
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Your Taxi Is Waiting
travelers with a tool that enables them to do something that they can’t do on their own.” Leiman and Ogden went on a road trip after graduation, visiting VLJ manufacturers in Albuquerque (Eclipse Aviation), Denver (Adam Aircraft), Wichita... View Details
- 01 Apr 1997
- News
Learning from the Past
works know themselves less well than they might, and to their cost." Strassler credits his successful business career with giving him the time and wherewithal to undertake and finance the project. In 1963, he and his associates took over the management of an ailing... View Details
Keywords: James E. Aisner