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At Specialty Cheese Co. in Reeseville, Wisconsin, founder Paul Scharfman (MBA 1979) heads up a company that makes one of the state’s best-known exports: cheese. But as its name suggests, Specialty’s 250 employees manufacture products more... View Details

Keywords: manufacturing; labor; innovation; cheese; Food Manufacturing; Food Manufacturing

23 Feb 2017
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Alcan CEO Remembered

Keywords: manufacturing; Alcan; obituary; leadership; Manufacturing

26 Jan 2021
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Numbers Talk at Tesla

When Zachary Kirkhorn (MBA 2013) became CFO of Tesla in early 2019, few envied him. The electric carmaker had just reduced headcount by 7 percent. Tesla needed to cut costs and its vehicle prices to avoid bankruptcy, CEO Elon Musk told analysts. Then longtime finance... View Details

Keywords: finance; automotive; manufacturing; innovation; Manufacturing

01 Mar 2024
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Come Sail Away

When Michael Sard (MBA 2018) arrived at HBS, he owned about 50 Hawaiian shirts. “It was one of the few items in a man’s closet that could have a ritual to it around going out, like a tuxedo does,” he says. Purchase options, however, seemed limited to two extremes:... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; entrepreneurship; manufacturing; career path; Apparel Manufacturing; Apparel Manufacturing

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How Reshoring American Manufacturing Will Inspire Climate Tech Innovation

What You Won’t Hear About Trade and Manufacturing on the Campaign Trail

Practice Makes Perfect: Why Chinese Manufacturers Have A Production Advantage

Coming Home—A Growing Number of American Companies are Moving their Manufacturing Back to the United States

4 Manufacturing Issues to Watch Under a New Trump Administration

Practice Makes Perfect: Why Chinese Manufacturers Have A Production Advantage

Factories without walls: How Autodesk is redesigning the work of architecture, construction, and manufacturing

The dynamic effects of computerised VAT invoices on Chinese manufacturing firms

Q&A: U.S. Should Focus on Fostering the Right Kind of Manufacturing

5 Reasons Why Quality Audits Need To Become Routine In Manufacturing

How the U.S. Government Is Innovating in Its Efforts to Fund Semiconductor Manufacturing

Apple to invest in India: Can the country overtake China as a manufacturing leader?

Manufacturing jobs return to US during election year – but not quite like before

Countries Lavish Subsidies and Perks on Semiconductor Manufacturers as a Global Chip War Heats Up

U.S. Manufacturing costs are almost as low as China’s, and that’s a very big deal

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Alcan CEO Remembered

Numbers Talk at Tesla

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