Metals - Publications - Faculty & Research

12 Oct 1999
Research & Ideas

Porter’s Perspective: Competing in the Global Economy

therefore, become unique local centers of innovation for the likes of mutual funds, venture capital, and biotechnology in Greater Boston or aircraft equipment and design, boat and shipbuilding, and metal fabrication in Seattle. The list... View Details

Keywords: Re: Michael E. Porter

06 Apr 2017
News

From Lobster Traps to Border Fencing

an expanded metal wall,” says Jim Knott Sr. (OPM 17, 1991), president and CEO of Riverdale Mills Corporation. In a recent interview with the Voice of America News, Knott noted that Riverdale’s security fencing is already in use along... View Details

Keywords: Donald Trump; homeland security; Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing; Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing

14 Jul 2020
Research & Ideas

Restarting Under Uncertainty: Managerial Experiences from Around the World

perceiving the efforts made by the company, and iv) understand their main concerns. The results of the survey will be used to plan the next phase. Case 2: Influencing employees’ behavior outside the firm SteelCo, an Italian producer of View Details

Keywords: by Raffaella Sadun, Andrea Bertoni, Alexia Delfino, Giovanni Fassio, and Mariapaola Testa

William G. Park

After successfully running his father's steel concern, Black Diamond Steel, Park assembled the Crucible Steel Company from a number of acquisitions, continuing his family's success in the industry. View Details

Keywords: Metals

Ian K. MacGregor

Assigned to handle arms purchases for the British government, MacGregor came to the U.S. during World War II. Sensing a fertile climate for business, MacGregor stayed in the U.S. after the war and became the CEO of American Metal. Through his shrewd cost management... View Details

Keywords: Metals

Arthur V. Davis

Davis was at Alcoa when Charles Hall invented the process for producing commercial aluminum. While Davis was head of Alcoa, the company continued to discover new uses for aluminum, most notably in the field of aviation. Davis manufactured and sold aluminum pots and... View Details

Keywords: Metals

Henry A. Roemer

Roemer assumed the presidency of Sharon Steel during the early years of the Depression when it was losing almost half a million dollars on sales of $10 million. Under his guidance and leadership, Sharon emerged as a strong player in the regional midwest steel industry.... View Details

Keywords: Metals

Richard S. Reynolds, Jr.

After a successful, but brief career in investment banking, Richard Jr. joined his father's company in 1938. Under his leadership, Reynolds Corporation expanded tremendously, buying more government plants and establishing facilities across the globe in such countries... View Details

Keywords: Metals

C. Donald Dallas

Dallas grew Revere Copper & Brass, a merger of six brass and copper companies, into a $100 million annual business. Dallas, keen on communication, wrote a monthly letter, which was sent to the homes of all Revere employees. Following World War II, Dallas... View Details

Keywords: Metals

April 1987 (Revised May 1987)
Supplement

Inland Steel Co. Product Policy (N): 80-Inch Hot Rolling Mill Upgrade Package

By: Benson P. Shapiro and Lawrence B. Levine

Keywords: Metals and Minerals; Steel Industry

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March 1986 (Revised March 1991)
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Inland Steel Co. Product Policy (F): Quality Scheduling

By: Benson P. Shapiro and Lawrence B. Levine

Keywords: Metals and Minerals; Steel Industry

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April 1987 (Revised May 1988)
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Inland Steel Co. Product Policy (D): The Varrick Claim

By: Benson P. Shapiro and Lawrence B. Levine

Keywords: Metals and Minerals; Steel Industry

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April 1987
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Inland Steel Co. Product Policy (C): The Zincrometal Event

By: Benson P. Shapiro and Lawrence B. Levine

Keywords: Metals and Minerals; Steel Industry

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Having formed National Steel through the consolidation of three small steel firms and a furnace company, Weir managed his enterprise in a somewhat hard-line manner, implementing whatever profit-generating methods he deemed appropriate. These measures, coupled with the... View Details

Keywords: Metals

Dennis Sheedy

After making a great deal of money in cattle raising, Sheedy entered the banking business as a vice president of Colorado National City Bank in 1886, a position that later gave him his connection to Globe Smelting. After helping the company reorganize its finances and... View Details

Keywords: Metals

Paul H. O'Neill

Not only did O'Neill lead Alcoa to become the world's largest aluminum conglomerate, he gave the company a solid image of integrity, emphasizing life-long learning by all employees, and making occupational safety and environmental concerns synonymous with good... View Details

Keywords: Metals

F. Kenneth Iverson

Iverson pioneered the mini steel mill and, in the process, reinvented the steel industry. By the early 1980s, Nucor Corporation had grown into the most profitable carbon-steel operation in the world. In 1984, it produced 1.5 million tons of steel, with sales of $660... View Details

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Charles R. Hook

Hook is known more for his progressive employment practices than for building Armco into the leading producer of sheet metal. He was an advocate of full-disclosure and loyalty policies towards employees and was also active in the field of public service, strongly... View Details

Keywords: Metals