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  • January 2009
  • Teaching Note

The Octopus and the Generals: The United Fruit Company in Guatemala (TN)

By: Geoffrey G. Jones and Marcelo Bucheli
Teaching Note for [805146]. View Details
Keywords: Policy; Vertical Integration; Economy; War; Poverty; Government and Politics; Food and Beverage Industry; Guatemala; North and Central America
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    Bernard M. Baruch

    Intercontinental Rubber Company. During World War I, Baruch served as Chairman of the War Industries Board, where he helped to facilitate the military preparedness of the nation’s businesses. View Details
    Keywords: Finance

      Alfred B. Dick Jr.

      During World War II, under Dick’s direction, approximately 50% of A. B. Dick and Company’s facilities were devoted to war materials production. After the war, Dick launched the 400 series of A. B. Dick... View Details
      Keywords: Fabricated Goods
      • Web

      Letter from Dean Srikant Datar to the HBS Community on Ukraine | About

      region that can help deepen your understanding of the war that is now unfolding. Friday’s Gazette included “ What Happens Next in Ukraine? ” featuring the perspectives of a former Brigadier General, the executive director of the Davis... View Details

        Daniel Willard

        After reviving the battered B&O railway line with $60 million in investment funds he personally solicited from Wall Street, Willard was required to turn over control of the company to the government during World War I. The extensive... View Details
        Keywords: Transportation
        • 01 Dec 2018
        • News

        Trade Off

        started World War I, and it all collapsed. As percentages of GDP, we didn’t return to those earlier levels of global capital flows until the 1990s. Global free trade is not the natural order of things. Globalization is a project, and... View Details
        • 01 Dec 2016
        • News

        Passion Projects

        Understanding the Utah War William P. MacKinnon (MBA 1962) has been researching the often-overlooked Utah War of 1857–1858 for more than 50 years. “I wanted to get this story out,” he says. “It altered... View Details
        Keywords: April White

          Andrew J. Higgins

          biggest suppliers to the military mobilization effort for World War II. Over 90% of the navy vessels produced during the war were designed by Higgins Industries including most of the landing ships which... View Details
          Keywords: Fabricated Goods
          • 02 Mar 2023
          • News

          A Century of Birthday Candles

          resident. “The View From 100” recounts how Duff was 6 years old at the beginning of the Great Depression and just finishing high school when the United States entered World War II. Most of the boys in her class were drafted; not many came... View Details
          Keywords: Educational Support Services; Educational Services
          • 07 Apr 2003
          • Research & Ideas

          How the U.S. Army Develops Leaders

          Snook: Our world changed in 1989. The Berlin Wall came down and the Soviet Union collapsed. Almost fifty years of living in a bipolar world had shaped a very strong and static sense of professional identity built around a Cold War... View Details
          Keywords: by Martha Lagace
          • 01 Apr 2020
          • News

          What My Time in Vietnam Taught Me About Dealing with Shortages

          each problem, and their corrective actions were reviewed personally by the secretary of defense. Second, to ensure that crucial items arrived when they were needed, we put together a rapid-resupply system called the Red Ball Express—a name inherited from the famed... View Details

            Philip K. Wrigley

            In addition to continuing the success of the chewing gum products, PK Wrigley greatly improved labor relations at the firm, instituting an “income insurance” plan, a gradual retirement program, and an extensive pension system. During World View Details
            Keywords: Food & Tobacco

              Richard J. Reynolds

              increased their popularity by giving them away to World War I soldiers, one of the many advertising schemes that grew Camel into one of the most popular cigarette brands. View Details
              Keywords: Food & Tobacco
              • July 2022 (Revised November 2022)
              • Case

              Building a Mishap-Free U.S. Navy

              By: Amy C. Edmondson, Herman B. Leonard, Michael W. Toffel and Michael Norris
              In 2021, Kevin “Bud” Couch, a retired Navy captain who was now working as a civilian employee of the Navy Safety Center, was trying to determine how best to reduce the risk of Navy mishaps. The Navy had experienced a series of major mishaps in 2017 that had led to a... View Details
              Keywords: National Security; Safety; War; Ship Transportation; Risk Management; Operations; Singapore; Tokyo; San Diego
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                Charles S. Woolworth

                Taking control of the family discount goods enterprise upon his brother Frank’s death, Charles Woolworth continued to expand the company. In the 1920s, Woolworth began operations in Cuba and Germany, and American operations were extended into the suburbs following the... View Details
                Keywords: Retail

                  Robert D. Stuart, Jr.

                  Joining the family firm after serving in World War II, Robert Jr. was responsible for Quaker Oats’ biggest diversification since his Uncle John was president. Much of Stuart’s expansion came in non-food business areas, his most notable... View Details
                  Keywords: Food & Tobacco

                    Charles M. Schwab

                    Though Bethlehem was originally spun off from U.S. Steel, Schwab positioned the company to become a major competitor of its former parent. Under Schwab’s leadership, Bethlehem was a large supplier for Allied Forces in World War I, filling... View Details
                    Keywords: Metals

                      Victor Emanuel

                      During World War II, Emanuel produced all types of military aircraft, including giant bombers, aircraft carriers, and cruisers. After the war, Emanuel led the conversion of AVCO from a producer of aircraft and heavy goods to a... View Details
                      Keywords: Automotive & Aerospace

                        Juan T. Trippe

                        supporting the Allied Forces in the Pacific during World War II. Such dealings, in conjunction with Trippe’s acquisition of landing rights all over the world, helped PanAm become an industry leader in international air travel. View Details
                        Keywords: Transportation

                          Herman G. Fisher

                          America’s suburban make-up after World War II, and Fisher’s ability to capture this market through discount mass marketing, revenues at Fisher-Price grew sharply reaching over $26 million in 1966. View Details
                          Keywords: Fabricated Goods