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- 01 Jan 2003
- News
James E. Burke, MBA 1949
from taking capsules contaminated with cyanide. According to the article, Burke's "defining moment" actually came six years earlier when he challenged his fellow executives to either recommit to the company credo or "tear it off the wall." Penned by J&J scion and... View Details
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Andrea Nadosy
advice and support. One time, I mentioned difficulties I was having with a manufacturer in Asia; a classmate came up to me with a Vietnamese connection he trusted. HBS is a safe environment for testing business ideas and making great... View Details
- 14 Jan 2008
- Research & Ideas
Mapping Polluters, Encouraging Protectors
the availability of e-mail addresses in the EPA database, and asked them to describe their environmental management activities, environmental awards, and the "ecolabels" their products use. (An ecolabel is meant to denote that a... View Details
- 01 Dec 2006
- News
2006 MBAs Go to Work
Equity/LBO: 15.4%) (Commercial Banking/Other: 4.1%) Consulting 21.4% Technology/Telecom 5.8% Other Services 5.7% Pharma/Biomedical 4.6% Consumer Products 4.4% Retail 4.3% Other Manufacturing 3.7%... View Details
- 11 Sep 2019
- Research & Ideas
Germany May Have the Answer for Reducing Drug Prices
treatment options. If the panel deems a product equally or less beneficial than one or more drugs already available, the manufacturer can withdraw it from the market, price it no higher than comparable... View Details
Frank A. Seiberling
Despite being forced out of his firm during its post World War I financial troubles, Seiberling’s diligence and faith in the growth of the rubber business allowed his company to become the largest manufacturer of both carriage and... View Details
Keywords: Automotive & Aerospace
- 02 Apr 2024
- Blog Post
IFC India: A Circular Journey Through JSW Cement - From Steel Slag to Stronger Shores
door. Its location, strategically chosen, allows it to directly harness the waste products of steel production. Blast furnace slag becomes a substitute for clinker, the traditional backbone of cement. By incorporating this slag, JSW... View Details
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Martha Tassinari
includes start-up consulting, executive coaching and career counseling. Work Experience: High Tech, 20+ years (mostly start-ups, including UNIFI communications, Exit41, Elm Square Interactive; corporates include Verizon, Octel and Osram Sylvania). Roles: View Details
- Web
From the Director | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School
platforms to promote their services and products and influence public opinion on a global scale. The exhibition also reveals how industrial photographs can be appreciated on many levels. They present the historical record of the View Details
- Web
Buy Now, Pay Later: Credit and Information Technology
over time. For example, D&B began introducing digital products in 1963, and by the mid-1970s, the firm’s data-collection operations were fully computerized. In the dazzle of digital, however, it is easy to forget that the information age... View Details
- 13 Nov 2020
- News
Student Startups Help Fight COVID-19
2,000 conventional ventilators for a population of 210 million people. “When ventilator shortages became an issue in the United States, we knew we had a proven product that could help,” says Gupta. The company moved quickly to establish a... View Details
- 02 Apr 2014
- What Do You Think?
Has the Post-Capitalist Economy Finally Arrived?
able to manufacture many of the things we need on our 3-D printers with recycled materials? Will the Internet of Things and "collaborative commons" enable even greater productivity and efficiency... View Details
- November 2010 (Revised April 2011)
- Supplement
Magna International, Inc. (A) (CW)
By: Timothy A. Luehrman and Yuhai Xuan
Magna International, Inc., a Canadian-based automotive parts manufacturer, is considering whether and how to unwind its dual-class ownership structure. A family trust controlled by the founder owns a 0.65% economic interest in the company but has 66% of the votes via a... View Details
- 19 Oct 2011
- News
A Good Look
Levy: Ingredients for beauty from an unlikely source. Photo courtesy Kerty Levy A company that manufactures the nutritional ingredients used in animal feed doesn’t seem like the most likely incubator for a beauty View Details
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Photographs & Prints | Baker Library
Photographs & Prints Our extensive visual collections include photographs, lithographs, engravings, and advertising trade cards and posters. Special Collections & Archives has more than 32,000 photographs, daguerreotypes, and stereographs of factories, View Details
- 17 Nov 2022
- News
Alumni Leaders on Decarbonization Strategies for Combating Climate Change
achieve price parity with diesel trucks in 2023, five years sooner than previously forecasted. This is leading to big investments by EV battery manufacturers in the US, as well as fleet electrification investment opportunities. While most... View Details
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American Business History Records | Baker Library
resource for understanding the business, social, and cultural world of 19th-century America. Boston Manufacturing Company Records Administrative material, financial records, correspondence, and labor and View Details
- 08 Oct 2014
- Research & Ideas
Who Is the Chief Sustainability Officer?
improving working conditions in their supply chain, creating better safety procedures, and reaping profits from products that address environmental and social problems. "Regulators and investors are asking for it, customers are... View Details
- 01 Oct 1996
- News
Uhlmann Award Winners Focus on French Retailer
strike a balance between private label and manufacturer brands, and reemphasize food products instead of venturing too far into nonfood items. Although they foresee a fierce battle among retailing Goliaths,... View Details
- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Multimedia Simulation Provides Real-World Reality Check
students gain practical exposure to the choices involved in developing a product (beer), bringing it to market, and devising a competitive advantage. The exercise, incorporated into the required Strategy course, was introduced in March to... View Details