textiles - Publications - Faculty & Research

23 Jul 2001
Research & Ideas

How the Giants of Enterprise Seized the Future

nineteenth century. From a bobbin boy in a steam-driven textile mill, where he was paid $1.20 a week, he moved on to a telegraph office, then to the Pennsylvania Railroad, and eventually to the gigantic complex of mills on the Allegheny... View Details

Keywords: by Richard S. Tedlow

01 Apr 2002
News

Student Conferences Spark Discussion, Promote Interaction

history of women in business to give her audience some perspective on the transformational effects of economic independence. Among the first places U.S. women worked outside the home were textile factories in Massachusetts, she noted. The... View Details

Keywords: H Naylor Fitzhugh; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Mar 2008
News

Innovation, Inc.

of Textiles that fosters fashion education, research, and training. The fashion industry did not actively co-opt these organizations for their own means, however; the organizations were self-interested, evolved alongside the industry, and... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Mary Tripsas; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Management

01 Mar 2013
News

Making Change

these new businesses with education and advocacy for public health and hygiene will have a significant and sustainable social and economic impact on communities. What aspect of your organization makes you most proud? People from around the world—from Ethiopian View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley; housing; gay rights; diabesity; disability; Construction of Buildings; Construction; Educational Services; Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information; Real Estate

01 Feb 1998
News

Women at the Top

19th-century textile mogul Francis Cabot Lowell, oil tycoon John D. Rockefeller, and technology titan Bill Gates. "It was a great way to start the program, because it gave us a background and context for what's happening in business... View Details

Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso and Susan Young

13 Jul 2010
First Look

First Look: July 13

profit on these branded infant socks Kentucky Derby Hosiery Co. faces financial distress. In a generally bleak North American textile environment, Nichol ponders the most promising negotiating strategy and tactics to rescue this product... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

25 Mar 2014
First Look

First Look: March 25

Co. Ltd. Founded in 1986, Red Star had become the leading department store in China for furniture and home equipment products (bathroom, lamps, textiles complements, etc.). The business model of Red Star was to provide adequate space for... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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