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J. Ogden Armour
Upon the death of his father in 1901, Armour took over the direction of Armour and Company. Under his management, sales increased from $200 million in 1900 to $1 billion in 1920. When Armour retired in 1923, the company employed over 40,000 persons and was a leader in... View Details
Keywords: Food & Tobacco
Walter H. Annenberg
Annenberg built a fledgling, debt-burdened newspaper business into a publishing empire. He introduced Seventeen in 1944 – sparking a new trend in targeted publications to America’s youth. In 1953, he overcame numerous logistical challenges to launch TV Guide, combining... View Details
Keywords: Publishing & Print Media
- 01 Jun 2003
- News
Male Consumers as Man-of-Action Heroes
Thompson of the University of Wisconsin challenge this notion and develop a new model. Holt and Thompson posit that “the pinnacle of American manhood is the man–of–action hero who deftly combines emphasis added the strengths of... View Details
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Research Links: Records of Railroad Companies & Personal Papers - Railroads and the Transformation of Capitalism | Harvard Business School
Pacific Railway, and the Wisconsin Central Railroad. They include correspondence (letterbooks, telegrams, cablegrams, invitations), administrative records (minutes, memos, by-laws, annual reports), financial papers (ledgers, receipts,... View Details
- 18 Jan 2012
- News
Charter Supporter
Burke: A need to close the income gap. After her graduation from HBS, few people could accuse Mary Burke (MBA 1985) of having led a dull life. As reported in the Madison, Wisconsin Capital Times (October 5, 2011), Burke first worked for... View Details
- August 2012 (Revised May 2013)
- Supplement
Milwaukee (B): Civic Leaders
By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter and Matthew Bird
Kanter, Rosabeth Moss, and Matthew Bird. "Milwaukee (B): Civic Leaders." Harvard Business School Supplement 313-058, August 2012. (Revised May 2013.)
- November 2007 (Revised January 2010)
- Case
ThedaCare: System Strategy
By: Michael E. Porter and Sachin H. Jain
Over the 1980s and 1990s, America's changing health care payer environment resulted in mergers of numerous community hospitals into hospital systems. Based in Appleton, Wisconsin, ThedaCare stood out among community hospital systems in its pursuit of service... View Details
Keywords: Value Creation; Health Care and Treatment; Problems and Challenges; Innovation and Invention; Health Industry; Wisconsin
Porter, Michael E., and Sachin H. Jain. "ThedaCare: System Strategy." Harvard Business School Case 708-424, November 2007. (Revised January 2010.)
- August 2012
- Supplement
Milwaukee (B6): Michael Lovell, Chancellor, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter and Matthew Bird
Kanter, Rosabeth Moss, and Matthew Bird. "Milwaukee (B6): Michael Lovell, Chancellor, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee." Harvard Business School Supplement 313-065, August 2012.
- August 2012 (Revised October 2012)
- Supplement
Milwaukee (B3): Paul Jones, CEO, A. O. Smith and Co-chair, Water Council
By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter and Matthew Bird
Kanter, Rosabeth Moss, and Matthew Bird. "Milwaukee (B3): Paul Jones, CEO, A. O. Smith and Co-chair, Water Council." Harvard Business School Supplement 313-062, August 2012. (Revised October 2012.)
- October 2018
- Case
American Family Insurance and the Artificial Intelligence Opportunity
By: Rajiv Lal and Scott Johnson
Keywords: Artificial Intelligence; Machine Learning; Automation; Analytics; American Family; American Family Insurance; Insurance; Business Organization; Transformation; Talent and Talent Management; Employee Relationship Management; Innovation Strategy; Job Cuts and Outsourcing; Risk and Uncertainty; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Technology Adoption; Internet and the Web; Applications and Software; Corporate Strategy; AI and Machine Learning; Digital Transformation; Insurance Industry; Technology Industry; Wisconsin
- August 2012
- Case
Milwaukee (B4): David Garman, Dean, School of Freshwater Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter and Matthew Bird
Kanter, Rosabeth Moss, and Matthew Bird. "Milwaukee (B4): David Garman, Dean, School of Freshwater Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee." Harvard Business School Case 313-063, August 2012.
- 10 Jul 2024
- News
Next Level
inclusion and investing into underrepresented communities,” she says. “Great games can come from anywhere. The company’s called Midwest as they are headquartered in Wisconsin and are focused on highlighting talent from underrepresented... View Details
Keywords: Catherine O’Neill Grace
- 01 Jun 2016
- News
Up by the Roots
deciding to stay for good. Long-heralded for its therapeutic applications, the global market for the bitter root was on the rise, driven by the expansion of the Chinese middle class; today, genuine Wisconsin ginseng can fetch $200 a pound... View Details
Keywords: Francis Storrs
- August 2012
- Supplement
Milwaukee (B5): James Godsil, Co-Founder, Sweet Water Organics
By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter and Matthew Bird
Kanter, Rosabeth Moss, and Matthew Bird. "Milwaukee (B5): James Godsil, Co-Founder, Sweet Water Organics." Harvard Business School Supplement 313-064, August 2012.
- August 2012
- Supplement
Milwaukee (B2): Thomas Barrett, Mayor of City of Milwaukee
By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter and Matthew Bird
Kanter, Rosabeth Moss, and Matthew Bird. "Milwaukee (B2): Thomas Barrett, Mayor of City of Milwaukee." Harvard Business School Supplement 313-061, August 2012.
- January 2005 (Revised December 2006)
- Background Note
Midway's Entry into Milwaukee: An Interactive Game
By: Dennis A. Yao
Provides background and instructions to the Airline Pricing Game courseware (9-705-802), an interactive simulation of a new entry by a lower cost airline. The courseware allows students to make round-by-round competitive pricing decisions and react to changing market... View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
From Bytes to Bites
THOMAS: A career switch from high tech to the restaurant biz calls on every bit of HBS know-how. Photo Courtesy Scherrer As a teen, Laurie Thomas (MBA ’93) didn’t devote her summers to extracurricular activities. Instead, the Wisconsin... View Details
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Alumni Books
I Thought We Were Making Movies, Not History by Walter Mirisch (IA ’43) (University of Wisconsin Press) The producer of such film classics as West Side Story, Some Like It Hot, In the Heat of the Night, and The Magnificent Seven, Mirisch... View Details
- October 2021
- Case
Luke Fuszard
By: Leslie Perlow and Matthew Preble
Luke Fuszard (MBA 2010) shares the personal details of his life leading up to the moment when he was unexpectedly fired from his job in early 2021. View Details
Perlow, Leslie, and Matthew Preble. "Luke Fuszard." Harvard Business School Case 422-026, October 2021.
- August 2012 (Revised May 2013)
- Supplement
Milwaukee (B9): Julia Taylor, President, Greater Milwaukee Committee
By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter and Matthew Bird
Kanter, Rosabeth Moss, and Matthew Bird. "Milwaukee (B9): Julia Taylor, President, Greater Milwaukee Committee." Harvard Business School Supplement 313-068, August 2012. (Revised May 2013.)