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- 01 Jun 2010
- News
Three Profs Win McKinsey Award
lost not only its ability to develop and manufacture high-tech products like televisions, memory chips, and laptops, but also the expertise to produce emerging “hot products” such as the Kindle e-reader, high-end servers, solar panels,... View Details
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Anil Doshi
TOM Program In working closely with TOM faculty, I have gained the skills to produce knowledge that is both academically rigorous and relevant to practice and society. A key strength of the TOM unit is the diversity of the faculty, in... View Details
- 15 Feb 2023
- Blog Post
Creating Emerging Markets Sustainability Series - Closing the ‘Intention-Action’ Gap
intention-action gap with tools such as effective marketing which communicates their sustainable practices in a recognizable and transparent way. The CEM project offers a unique insight into the issue from the perspective of leading executives in emerging markets,... View Details
- 19 Nov 2001
- Research & Ideas
Alfred Chandler on the Electronic Century
defining the computer industry's products. In large computer systems its most successful competitors were those enterprises that produced and sold IBM-designed "plug-compatible" hardware and "unbundled" software. In... View Details
- 09 Apr 2016
- News
Introducing Panera 2.0
asked if I could talk to him about this. I think he thought he was going to get fired. I just wanted to understand why he did this, when there is a Panera two blocks away. He said he worked on the help desk and couldn't leave the desk. So I thought why isn't Panera... View Details
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Industrial Life Photograph Collection - Photography Collections - Historical Collections
1920s to the early 1940s—from hardhats operating rail trucks in the depths of the International Salt Company mines to uniformed women of the California Fruit Growers Exchange packing produce in cavernous factory spaces. Detroit, Michigan... View Details
Robert H. Sorensen
Sorensen led Perkin-Elmer to become one of the premier diversified technology companies in the United States. It developed the first commercial super minicomputer in 1979. During his CEO tenure, sales and earnings more than tripled and Perkin-Elmer grew to become the... View Details
Keywords: Computers & Electronics
Kaufman T. Keller
Under Keller’s leadership, Chrysler Corporation became second among the world’s largest auto producers (Plymouth, Dodge, DeSoto and Chrysler). During his tenure, the firm pioneered many of the engineering advances that are standard today,... View Details
Keywords: Automotive & Aerospace
Harvey S. Firestone, Jr.
Firestone inaugurated the company’s Liberian manufacturing operations and developed and expanded the company’s auto supply and service stores. Firestone manufactured over 50% of all mobile anti-aircraft gun units during World War II and View Details
Keywords: Automotive & Aerospace
- 14 Dec 2022
- Blog Post
Creating Emerging Markets Sustainability Series - Reducing Plastic Pollution on a Global Scale
turning to the market to stop buying plastic bags [ ] The market amplifies our actions when every one of us makes an economic decision and makes it possible to produce planet-wide results.” Take a look at these video clips for more about... View Details
- 25 May 2011
- News
Race to the Finish?
“alliance,” not a merger), he is the only person ever to simultaneously head two Fortune 500 companies. This “alliance” has brought together two companies that maintain their substantially different cultures but nonetheless operate in a beneficial collaboration. Nissan... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
Anthony J. F. O'Reilly
When he took the helm of Heinz in 1979, O’Reilly pursued an aggressive expansion plan including a reinvestment in core brands, a slashing of expenses, and an international acquisition program. The plan produced stellar financial returns... View Details
Keywords: Food & Tobacco
Donald V. Fites
During his tenure as CEO, Fites grew Caterpillar, the world’s #1 producer of earth-moving machinery, from a $10 billion company to a $20 billion plus company. Fites successfully implemented a $1.8 billion modernization program to cut... View Details
Keywords: Construction & Real Estate
Henry P. Crowell
Whereas traditional producers marketed oatmeal to wholesalers, Crowell packaged and marketed his brand of oatmeal, Quaker Oats, nation-wide as a breakfast cereal, a unique product at the time. Crowell utilized aggressive marketing... View Details
Keywords: Food & Tobacco
- 03 Jun 2002
- What Do You Think?
Are We Entering an Era of European Management Leadership?
produce sustained economic superiority or a model to be emulated in the U.S. is debatable. While some would like to see a convergence around the best features of the European and U.S. approach to management, there was limited confidence... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 03 Oct 2012
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Can We Bring Back the “Industrial Commons” for Manufacturing?
Summing Up Where Is the Leadership Necessary to Regenerate the "Industrial Commons" In their book Producing Prosperity, Gary Pisano and Willy Shih pointed to the lack of long-term thinking and investment as well as education... View Details
James S. McDonnell
McDonnell built one of the most successful government-contracted industrial space and aircraft production businesses in the U.S. His company produced the Phantom jet fighters, the Mercury Space Capsule, and the Gemini spacecraft. In 1967,... View Details
Keywords: Automotive & Aerospace
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
The New Venture Competition's Digital Democracy
The annual alumni New Venture Competition (NVC) is giving the power to the people. As in past years, the HBS regional alumni clubs held local qualifying rounds, producing a dozen or more NVC finalists. But instead of traveling to Boston... View Details
Keywords: New Venture Competition
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Greta Garbo and Rouben Mamoulian on the set of Queen Christina - The Human Factor – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections
The Message The Product The Production The Worker The Audience Bibliography previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 next Greta Garbo and Rouben Mamoulian on the set of Queen Christina ca. 1934 Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America... View Details
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
A Force for Good
School’s agenda for the 21st century. Back to the Future In 1979, a team of HBS researchers produced Energy Future, a national bestseller with a road map for U.S. energy independence. A look at this still timely book and at current energy... View Details