Rubber - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Jun 2000
News

Professors Fox, Mace Remembered

rubber stamps for top management. After a three-year stint helping Charles B. ("Tex") Thornton get the fledgling Litton Co. (later Litton Industries) off the ground, in 1958 Mace returned to academic pursuits at HBS, where he remained... View Details

22 Feb 2019
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Empowering a New Generation of Business Leaders

made for great teaching moments and unanticipated creativity and fun,” says Mallory, who also served as a team consultant. “For instance, after a considerable period of anemic sales of their product (neon rubber wrist bands), the Chief... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley; Arts, Entertainment

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

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Arab American Heritage Month | Baker Library

of Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. from 1995 to 2000 and served as its Chief Executive Officer from 1996 to 2003. Early corporate filings for Goodyear are part of Baker's corporate reports collection . Farouk Shami founded Farouk Systems,... View Details

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 Jan 2007
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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

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

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

15 Jun 2020
Blog Post

Black MBA Students Pen Letters to the HBS Community: Letter 1/5

storm government buildings protesting minor inconveniences and now I watch as Black Americans are peppered with rubber bullets and tear gas for marching for their lives in the midst of a deadly pandemic. 5. I am angry that so many of you... View Details

April 2024
Supplement

Recycle & Re-Match: The Future of Soccer Turfs

By: George Serafeim

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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 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

24 May 2004
Research & Ideas

Becoming an Ethical Negotiator

Menkel-Meadow to edit this book and publish it now? What was your thinking when you selected the many essays? Michael Wheeler: I disagree with the cynics. When it comes to ethics, negotiation is where the rubber hits the road. Every time... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

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

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 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

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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

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