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- 18 Nov 2013
- News
Diving into the 'Shark Tank'
the air. But a producer emailed her back to assure it was in fact no mistake, and this past Friday, the Khalife sisters got to pitch their idea to Shark Tank's estimated 6.4 million viewers. On Monday morning, we talked to Donna about the... View Details
Leo H. Baekeland
In 1907, Baekeland invented a high-quality synthetic substance that would change the lives of individuals and businesses forever – plastic (called Bakelite). Products produced with Bakelite were considered to be synonymous with high... View Details
Keywords: Chemicals & Industrial
Arthur J. Decio
Decio transformed his family’s company from a small coach firm in a garage in Indiana into one of the three largest builders of manufactured homes in the United States. Under his leadership, Skyline grew to 25 companies with 3,500 employees in 12 states. In the... View Details
Keywords: Construction & Real Estate
- 23 Oct 2019
- News
Hands-on Simulations Complement the Case Method
During a hands-on simulation, first-year MBA students work in teams to design and implement a complex process to produce electronic circuit boards. During a hands-on simulation, first-year MBA students work in teams to design and... View Details
Keywords: Educational Innovation
- 05 Mar 2001
- What Do You Think?
Fine Coupling: Can Human Resource Management Learn from Supply Chain Management?
computer-design process study by Carliss Baldwin and Kim Clark that underlines the importance of design rules and processes intended to produce compatible components in a finished product. Modularity in the manufacturing and logistics... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
Edward J. Noble
Noble founded the entity that eventually became Life Savers Incorporated and grew it from a failing mint producer into a global business, with sales of $20 million in the mid-1950s. Noble also founded the American Broadcasting Company... View Details
Keywords: Food & Tobacco
Carl Laemmle
Laemmle, one of the most outstanding figures in Hollywood, created the “star” system that was to dominate American filmmaking. He consolidated independent studios and was responsible for the development of countless movie stars. Laemmle founded his own View Details
Keywords: Entertainment & Broadcast Media
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... View Details
Keywords: Metals
Otto H. Falk
As head of Allis-Chalmers, Falk introduced a product line of earth-moving and other heavy machinery, including tractors, which used the internal combustion engine. Falk was hugely successful in leading Allis-Chalmers into the competitive market for farm tractors by... View Details
Keywords: Fabricated Goods
Thomas C. du Pont
duPont consolidated the military powder production industry to the point where the duPont Corporation was producing 90% of all explosives in the U.S. In a matter of four years, duPont acquired the stocks of more than 100 of his... View Details
Keywords: Chemicals & Industrial
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Photograph Albums - Photography Collections - Historical Collections
twelve member companies of the Alabama Mining Institute. Desk stand, 1892. AT&T Bell Laboratories Mss: 583 1931 A512 1 album, 34 photographs This album contains close-up views of telephone equipment produced by Bell Telephone... View Details
Elon H. Hooker
Hooker was the founder of one of the first electrochemical plants in the U.S. at Niagara Falls, N.Y. - a major producer of chemicals and plastics. He was ranked as one of the leading American figures in the field of chemical production. View Details
Keywords: Chemicals & Industrial
John T. Underwood
Purchasing the rights to the only “visible” typewriter available at the time, Underwood led his company to extreme success. By 1915, he had created the “largest and most complete typewriter factory in the world,” and his company was View Details
Keywords: Fabricated Goods
Joseph Boyer
Boyer helped William S. Burroughs develop the adding machine and was the inventor of the first successful pneumatic hammer. In 1900, Boyer moved the Burroughs Adding Machine Company to Detroit. By 1930, at the time of Boyer's death, Burroughs Adding Machine Company was... View Details
Keywords: Computers & Electronics
Jon M. Huntsman
Beginning with a packaging company, which designed the pioneering clamshell container for McDonald’s Big Mac, Huntsman grew his business into the largest privately held diversified chemical company in North America. In addition to View Details
Keywords: Fabricated Goods
Arde Bulova
Profoundly influencing the art of watch making, Bulova is credited with establishing numerous manufacturing processes that permitted the standardization of parts and movements. Bulova also designed a considerable number of special tools, gauges, and complicated... View Details
Keywords: Fabricated Goods
Ambrose Monell
Monell led International Nickel through a major re-capitalization program in 1910. Through this effort, he laid the foundation for building a vertically integrated metal processing operation. Under his leadership, Monell produced a... View Details
Keywords: Metals
Lewis H. Brown
Under Brown’s leadership, Johns-Manville became the world’s largest producer of asbestos building materials, insulation, and allied products. Brown instituted both collective bargaining and the eight-hour day/forty hour week for... View Details
Keywords: Construction & Real Estate
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Sending a warning about climate change dangers
Dan Abbasi (AB 1986, MBA 1998) has produced “Years of Living Dangerously,” a Showtime TV series about the impact of climate change. (Published April 2014) View Details
Paul R. Andrews
Starting as a college textbook salesman in 1935, Andrews rose through the ranks of Prentice-Hall to become its CEO in 1965. During his tenure, the company produced exceptional financial returns and its distribution operations were... View Details
Keywords: Publishing & Print Media