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  • 01 Apr 1998
  • News

Speakers Share Triumphs and Challenges

other manufacturers have abandoned it to seek cheaper labor elsewhere. Since corporations are the center of wealth and power in this country, they are the only ones that can make a difference in addressing poverty and unemployment."... View Details
Keywords: James E. Aisner
  • 01 Jan 2007
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Hansjörg Wyss, MBA 1965

fixation of broken bones had been produced in Switzerland by a separate manufacturing company and distributed in the United States. Wyss undertook a vigorous change of direction, first building a View Details
  • 05 Aug 2014
  • News

A Diversified Portfolio

demonstrated its unique value proposition in the large electronic b-to-b payments space with significant market traction and consistent year-over-year growth. Organizations across many industries are using NVoicePay to significantly reduce AP View Details
Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman
  • 01 Mar 2005
  • News

Answering the Call

they “enjoyed eating in exotic surroundings but were deeply mistrustful of exotic foods.” He also determined that labor cost and availability was the key problem in the U.S. restaurant business and that eliminating the conventional... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services
  • 01 Mar 2014
  • News

The Solution to the Global Food Crisis Just Might Come from Nigeria

call, Masha knew he would be returning home. Ndidi and Mezuo Nwuneli Cofounders, AACE Food Processing & Distribution Ltd. In a country where 90 percent of processed food comes from imported ingredients, AACE sources its spices from local growers, reducing View Details
Keywords: Francis Storrs; John H. Davis; Michael Halse; Food Manufacturing; Food Manufacturing; Food Manufacturing; Food Manufacturing; Food Manufacturing; Food Manufacturing
  • 01 Jan 2002
  • News

Marjorie M.T. Yang (MBA '76)

Brooks Brothers, Marks & Spencer, and Nordstrom. What isn't known to consumers is the name behind all these labels-a family-owned textile and apparel manufacturer headquartered in Hong Kong called The Esquel Group. With seventeen plants... View Details
  • 22 Feb 2022
  • News

Case Study: Welcome Aboard

invented an entirely new one. While that meant restarting their R&D efforts, it also means that they now own the IP. Finally, after navigating pandemic-related setbacks to their product-testing and manufacturing plans, the company was... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
  • 01 Dec 2010
  • News

This Is What I Do

leadership on this issue.” As for the current situation in Afghanistan, Lemmon believes women must be truly represented in any power-sharing arrangement under consideration. “A true peace cannot be achieved,” she says, “if it is brokered on the backs of women and at... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons; time travel; Apparel Manufacturing; Apparel Manufacturing; Apparel Manufacturing; Apparel Manufacturing; Apparel Manufacturing; Apparel Manufacturing; Apparel Manufacturing
  • 01 Mar 2023
  • News

Family Matters

excited for the opportunity, spending three years as a manufacturing manager at Frito-Lay, but apprehensive about the cost of the MBA Program. “Everyone in my neighborhood and my community was so excited and... View Details
Keywords: April White
  • 07 Sep 2021
  • News

Green House

craned into place on site. Factory construction enabled the six layers of insulation and air-resistant and moisture-wicking materials to be cut and adhered with precision. And the triple-paned windows and doors, manufactured in Poland,... View Details
  • 17 Oct 2019
  • News

Venturing Away from Venture Capital

end in itself may prematurely rule out all kinds of businesses that could otherwise prove successful—businesses like his own Mesken, a direct-to-consumer website that sells custom window treatments manufactured in Bahadir’s native Turkey.... View Details
Keywords: Alexander Gelfand
  • 01 Mar 2018
  • News

Case Study: On the Record

sell 100 vinyl records a month or have their songs stream on Spotify 1.5 million times,” says Kelleher, who led music app partnerships at Google Play before founding Austin-based record manufacturer Gold Rush Vinyl. The company grew out... View Details
Keywords: April White
  • 03 May 2013
  • News

Looking Through Glass, Historically

the chore I had dreaded. Almost all my writing was spared, including a number of puns, evidently not noticed. I was allowed to update all early costs and prices, assign date ranges, and bury citations unobtrusively in the text. By... View Details
Keywords: Visual arts; crafts; glass making; Miscellaneous Manufacturing; Miscellaneous Manufacturing
  • 01 Mar 2009
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Buddy, Can You Spare a Trillion

was through exporting manufactured goods to the insatiably spendthrift U.S. consumer. To ensure that those exports were irresistibly cheap, China had to fight the tendency for the Chinese currency to strengthen against the dollar by... View Details
Keywords: Finance; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information
  • 17 Nov 2022
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Alumni Leaders on Decarbonization Strategies for Combating Climate Change

– our scientists and engineers have delivered massive design improvements and our manufacturing and supply chain leaders have delivered unbelievable cost improvements. If you take the View Details
  • 06 Dec 2021
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What's the Word?

says. “And that was overly optimistic; it worked only when everything clicked.” The subsequent national conversation about minimizing risk through reshoring—that is, bringing American manufacturing facilities back to the United... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; illustrations by Martha Rich; Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Manufacturing
  • 01 Jan 2007
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A. Malachi Mixon, III, MBA 1968

and War, by Nathaniel Philbrick In 1979, Mal Mixon parlayed $10,000 of his own money to engineer the purchase of an Ohio-based wheelchair maker that nobody else wanted. Today Invacare is the world's leading manufacturer and distributor of... View Details
  • 01 Sep 2005
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WATER Ltd.

and for investors, who’ve sent water-related stocks soaring 113 percent over the last five years. As replacement costs for old facilities and equipment combine with increasingly stringent and expensive regulations, more and more... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons; Waste Management and Remediation Services; Corporate Services; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services
  • 01 Feb 2001
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Drilling Down

you never have it figured out. Unlike other industries, you can't manufacture endless quantities of the product on a predictable cost curve." As the hunt for oil goes on, even optimists agree that the search... View Details
Keywords: Hanna, Julia; Matthew R. Simmons; Oil and Gas Extraction; Mining; Natural Gas Distribution; Utilities
  • 02 Oct 2015
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The ‘F’ Word

made it far enough to launch a spring and fall collection and received widespread media coverage. The brand was slowly starting to gain traction with customers, too. But by the end of 2012, the startup—running low on cash and plagued by operational and View Details
Keywords: Walt Disney Studios
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