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James W. Johnson
Johnson brought Band-Aid, an adhesive bandage, to the market. The product developed in 1920 soon became a standard in first-aid kits and one of the staples in the J&J family of products. James Johnson was also responsible for the early international View Details
Keywords: Healthcare
Ross S. Sterling
Using proceeds from his feed store business, Sterling began investing in oil wells in 1909. Forming Humble Oil with several other astute oil businessmen, Sterling led his company through a strong expansion period, during which the... View Details
Keywords: Utilities & Energy
Seth E. Thomas, Jr.
Having joined the company immediately after college, Thomas was responsible for the largest wave of expansion in the history of his great-grandfather’s firm. In addition to introducing a line of electric clocks in 1927, Thomas also raised... View Details
Keywords: Fabricated Goods
Benjamin F. Fairless
Fairless oversaw the world’s largest iron and steel producer with total assets over $2 billion. In 1947 alone, Fairless spent $20 million per month for additions and improvements as part of a $500 million expansion initiative designed for... View Details
Keywords: Metals
Fred M. Nelson
Nelson presided over Texas Gulf Sulphur’s most dramatic period of expansion and profitability. He initiated international expansion and began to diversify the company’s operations. Under his leadership,... View Details
Keywords: Agriculture & Mining
Laurence F. Probst, III
production of videogames and has also branched into educational software through the acquisition of Broderbund. Probst also managed the international expansion of EA. View Details
Keywords: Computers & Electronics
George H. Mead
Mead, who started his career as a chemist and pulp mill foreman, built a paper mill empire. His knowledge of the manufacturing process and the paper market resulted in a steady expansion of the business. Mead was also active in the... View Details
Keywords: Wood, Paper & Forestry
Edward Bausch
In 1882, Bausch, working at his father’s Bausch and Lomb Optical factory, secured his first patent on a Trichnoscope, a microscope designed for use in detecting contaminated meat. He also supplied the lens for the first Kodak camera in 1888. Bausch became president of... View Details
Keywords: Healthcare
Robert T. B. Stevens
plant closings and relocations, expansion into new fabric areas, and numerous other cost-saving measures that helped the large textile conglomerate remain successful throughout Stevens’ tenure. View Details
Keywords: Fabric & Apparel
- July 1973 (Revised August 1987)
- Case
Central Express Corp.
Deals with the choice between debt and equity as a vehicle for financing expansion. Introduces the concept of EBIT charts and raises a number of other issues (e.g. dilution, leverage, etc.). View Details
Barrett, M. Edgar, and Steven E. Levy. "Central Express Corp." Harvard Business School Case 174-001, July 1973. (Revised August 1987.)
Otto D. Donnell
When Donnell took over the presidency of Ohio Oil in 1927, the company had over $104 million in assets with $7 million in net profits. Donnell began a program of expansion in 1930, purchasing various oil companies and service stations. By... View Details
Keywords: Utilities & Energy
Frank W. Woolworth
Woolworth’s stores eventually raised their price limits as they accommodated increasingly diverse goods. Through both domestic and international expansion efforts, his stores came to number about 1,250 by the time of Woolworth’s death,... View Details
Keywords: Retail
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
Allston to Get Harvard Museum
A new Harvard art museum will join the University’s planned life-sciences complex on Western Avenue across from HBS — the first two structures in Harvard’s long-range expansion plan in Allston. University officials announced the selection... View Details
Robert E. Dewar
With a law degree from Wayne State University, Dewar joined S. S. Kresge (K-Mart) in the legal department. However, he became more interested in business than law and eventually led K-Mart’s huge expansion of retail stores nationwide. He... View Details
Keywords: Retail
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
Reaching New Heights
nonprofit to help build schools and libraries in Nepal and supply them with books, the Harbus reported. With expansion into Southeast Asia and soon into Latin America and Africa, Wood’s Room to Read has established 3,600 libraries, built... View Details
- February 1995 (Revised April 1997)
- Case
EG&G Rotron Division
Rotron has recently entered the commercial motor market, after many years of servicing government military contracts. Faced with fierce commercial competition, Rotron has attacked its costs and reduced its delivery times and its plants. A new crisis, however, is... View Details
Upton, David M., and Andrew Matheson. "EG&G Rotron Division." Harvard Business School Case 695-037, February 1995. (Revised April 1997.)
- 25 Jul 2012
- News
Movie Magic
credit-card transactions, and, for those frustrated by slow downloads, the low-tech ease of popping a DVD in the player. With more than 30,000 US locations, a planned expansion into Canada, and a “rent and return anywhere” policy, Kaplan... View Details
- 20 May 2016
- News
The Most Creative People in Business 2016
speed” Chris Young (MBA 2003) Senior Vice President and General Manager of Intel Security Group “For expanding Intel's arsenal” Jill Szuchmacher (MBA 2006) Director of expansion for Google Fiber “For shaking up the hidebound business of... View Details
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
Artful Contributions
The director of the High Art Museum in Atlanta regards two HBS graduates as the “twin pillars” of the museum’s recently completed $124 million expansion project. Terry Stent (MBA ’68), chairman of the museum’s board of directors, and his... View Details