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  • July 2001 (Revised February 2003)
  • Case

Recall 2000: Bridgestone Corp. (A)

By: Lynn S. Paine
In September 2000, the president of Bridgestone-Firestone, the U.S. subsidiary of Japan's Bridgestone Corp., was invited to appear before a U.S. congressional subcommittee investigating the August 2000 recall of more than 6.5 million tires made by the subsidiary. The... View Details
Keywords: History; Crisis Management; Business Processes; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Rubber Industry; Rubber Industry; Rubber Industry; Japan; United States
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  • 23 Mar 2010
  • First Look

First Look: March 23

Tâmega FernandesHarvard Business School Case 810-084 In 1931, during one of the worst economic crises in U.S. history, Du Pont announced the discovery of an innovative rubber synthetic product-neoprene. Yet at the time of the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 01 Jun 2020
  • What Do You Think?

Will Challenged Amazon Tweak Its Retail Model Post-Pandemic?

Apparently not, given my own experience with a standing order for rubber gloves for which I’m still waiting. Canceled orders for items to which I have, for some time, subscribed for periodic, automatic delivery are especially annoying.... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett; Retail
  • 01 Jun 2002
  • News

Up to the Challenge: Lori Schock - Listen and Learn

stuffing 59 party bags with HBS mementos for Admit Day festivities,” she laughs. “I really owe him!” Schock will soon get a chance to repay the favor. After graduation, she plans to work in London in the Engineered Products Division of Goodyear Tire & View Details
Keywords: Kathleen Brill
  • Web

Wartime Innovation - Georges F. Doriot : Educating Leaders, Building Companies, Baker Library, Harvard Business School

production of Army trucks from major car companies including Ford and General Motors. He also boosted rubber supply through a program of higher production and greater citizen conservation. In 1942, Doriot became chief of the Research and... View Details
  • 01 Jan 2007
  • News

Donna L. Dubinsky, MBA 1981

Embroidery. There she experienced all aspects of a small business, from sales to quality control to delivering merchandise. "Every businessperson should have sales experience," she says. "That's where the rubber meets the road. It is also... View Details
  • 15 Jan 2020
  • News

The Business of Access

organizations serve, but also for the people who have chosen to work for such organizations. “I laugh all the time that nonprofits work with duct tape and rubber bands,” says Lisle. “The goal is not to do that. It’s to get staff ample pay... View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon
  • 27 Apr 2015
  • Lessons from the Classroom

Leadership Lessons From Outer Space

Equipped with rubber bands, the bags un-fussily but effectively deal with garbage in a weightless environment. "It sounds silly, but trash in space is a big deal," he said. "Sometimes the best technology is the... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Aerospace
  • April 2024
  • Supplement

Recycle & Re-Match: The Future of Soccer Turfs

By: George Serafeim
Keywords: Carbon Emissions; Carbon Abatement; Sustainability; Recycling; Waste Management; Technology; Entrepreneurial Management; Business Growth and Maturation; Business Model; Decisions; Energy Conservation; Investment Return; Profit; Technological Innovation; Patents; Growth and Development Strategy; Market Entry and Exit; Digital Platforms; Wastes and Waste Processing; Business Strategy; Competition; Expansion; Technology Adoption; Sports; Environmental Sustainability; Entrepreneurship; Rubber Industry; Rubber Industry; Rubber Industry; Rubber Industry; Rubber Industry; Denmark; Netherlands; France; United States; Pennsylvania; Europe
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  • 10 Nov 2009
  • First Look

First Look: Nov. 10

rubber markets during the boom years of 1870-1910 shows that the government generated 1.3% of GDP through an export tax on rubber but that it could have generated 4.7% in total, had the government set the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 01 Sep 2024
  • News

The Exchange: Lessons from the Edge

those? But on Monday morning, when the rubber meets the road in Jakarta or Bogota, the way that we were being taught to do things was not going to work there. Jones: Business schools in Latin America, South Asia, and Africa all use the... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Educational Support Services; Educational Services
  • 01 Sep 2004
  • News

American Dream

carried on the family business and expanded Wall Drug into the phenomenon so many souvenir-loving vacationers know today. Yes, Wall Drug is well-known for its kitsch (Hustead draws the line at tacky) — its jackalopes, rubber tomahawks,... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries; Arts, Entertainment; Accommodation; Hospitality
  • 04 Apr 2011
  • Research & Ideas

Attention Medical Shoppers: What Health Care Can Learn from Walmart and Amazon

hospital bed for immobile patients and a rubber heel for walking casts.) But retail billionaires such as Walmart's Walton family generally make their money by figuring out the most effective ways to manage goods and services, even if the... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Health
  • 01 Sep 2011
  • News

‘Green’ Trailblazers

scarcity Nicole Sherwood (MBA 2005) Jonathan Rose Companies New York Green real estate policy, planning, development, civic-development, and investment firm Scott Smith (MBA 1991) Opflex Solutions West Hyannisport, Massachusetts Manufactures, markets, and sells... View Details
Keywords: Health, Social Assistance; Management; Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services; Professional Services
  • 01 Dec 2000
  • News

A Plastic Fantastic Friendship

A. Reynolds Morse (MBA 1939), founder of Ohio-based Injection Molders Supply Company and a longtime friend of artist Salvador Dalí, died last August in Florida. He was, the St. Petersburg Times (August 22, 2000) reported, "a political conservative who developed a... View Details
Keywords: Salvador Dali; Plastics and Rubber Products Manufacturing; Plastics and Rubber Products Manufacturing; Plastics and Rubber Products Manufacturing; Plastics and Rubber Products Manufacturing
  • 14 Oct 2009
  • First Look

First Look: October 14

fiscal and risk premium data for Brazil states between 1891 and 1930 to show that Brazilian states with natural endowments that were allowed to export commodities high in demand (e.g., rubber and coffee) ended up having higher revenues... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 01 Oct 2002
  • News

What's Cookin'

on-site visits. "The rubber meets the road in the stores - it's important for everyone in the corporate office to remain focused on that fact and get out there with some regularity." On store visits, Castaldo puts himself in the... View Details
Keywords: Hanna, Julia
  • Web

Innovation & the War Effort - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School

Rubber Company, and Lever Brothers. Here Polaroid began producing polarizing filters for gunsights, binoculars, periscopes, rangefinders, and infra-red night viewing devices. With variable density goggles, anti-aircraft and machine... View Details
  • 07 May 2013
  • First Look

First Look: May 7

join Julia's family plastics business. After the business was sold, they struck out on their own to search for a similar business. They purchased Elasto Therm, with $8 million in revenue from manufactured rubber and urethane components,... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 09 Apr 2008
  • Research & Ideas

The Matchmaker of the Modern Economy

risk-taking, and this particular war proved the value of taking risks on new technologies and methods of production beyond one's imagination. As just one example, the rapid development of the synthetic rubber industry demonstrated that... View Details
Keywords: by Spencer E. Ante