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Uncas A. Whitaker
Whitaker built the world’s largest manufacturer of electrical devices and connectors. His company was instrumental in the development of miniature components and advanced computer technologies which have been incorporated into literally thousands of business operations...
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Computers & Electronics
Olive Ann M. Beech
In 1932, Beech assisted her husband in forming the Beech Aircraft Corporation, and within a short time, the company prospered and dominated the market for privately-owned small, commercial planes. Beech Aircraft was also an important defense contractor during World War...
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Automotive & Aerospace
Alan C. Greenberg
As head of one of the nation’s leading securities trading, investment banking, and brokerage firms, Greenberg became a legend with his ability to both deliver profits and champion ethics. Greenberg encouraged his Bear Stearns employees to uncover errors by rewarding...
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Finance
Walter P. Chrysler
In 1924, Chrysler created a car, which bore his name, and offered new innovations to the automobile, including the four-wheel hydraulic brakes and a high compression engine. In 1928, Chrysler purchased the Dodge Brothers Company for its manufacturing facilities,...
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Automotive & Aerospace
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Kira Epler
For Kira Epler, attending HBS meant a dramatic shift in scale. "My graduating class of chemistry majors was smaller than a HBS section," she says. The fourth generation in her family to graduate from Kansas State University,...
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Anthony Overton
A pioneer black manufacturer, Overton established Hygienic in 1898 and produced baking powder, extracts, and toilet preparations. After moving the firm from Kansas to Chicago, he began to manufacture a full line of cosmetics and perfumes...
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Personal Care & Home Products
Joy Morton
Morton founded the Morton Salt Company, which became the most important firm in the salt industry under his leadership. By 1927, the company produced upwards of 600,000 tons of evaporated salt per annum and also distributed 400,000 tons of rock salt, which it processed...
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Food & Tobacco
- 18 May 2017
- News
Pioneer Spirit
program in the 1960s to his role today as president and CEO of Pioneer Group, which creates affordable housing through the renovation and preservation of historic buildings in the American Midwest. Freeman grew up in a small Kansas town,...
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Constantine von Hoffman
- 27 Oct 2022
- News
John Middleton’s Big Swing
A recent article in the New York Times tracks the team’s World Series appearance back to the decision-making of principal owner John Middleton (MBA 1979). Specifically, the article notes that Middleton spent considerably to sign marquee players, including superstar...
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- 07 Jan 2020
- News
Models of Success
For Rebecca Feickert (MBA 2018), who grew up in the town of Goodrich, North Dakota, population 126, basketball was a stepping stone to success in the wider world. The skills she had honed playing against the boys in her hometown earned her a spot on the University of...
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- 01 Mar 2023
- News
Action Plan: Casting Call
Bert Berkley (MBA 1950) calls it “the dumbest thing I’ve ever done in my life.” Having served in the US Army during World War II for three-and-a-half years, he was offered (and accepted) the chance to go home one day early if he signed up for the Army Reserves. Called...
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Julia Hanna;
hobbies;
balance;
meaning;
longevity;
aging;
Paper Manufacturing;
Manufacturing
- 2001
- Other Unpublished Work
Clusters of Innovation Initiative: Wichita
This study contains a conceptual framework for assessing the competitiveness of regional economies, an analysis of the Wichita region overall, as well as detailed assessments of two representative clusters—aerospace vehicles and defense and plastics. The report...
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Clusters;
Economics;
Industry Clusters;
Economy;
Growth and Development;
Industrial Products Industry;
Aerospace Industry;
Kansas
Porter, Michael E. "Clusters of Innovation Initiative: Wichita." Council on Competitiveness, Washington, DC, October 2001. (Report.)
- 18 Apr 2005
- Lessons from the Classroom
NFL Players Touch Down at HBS
Pennsylvania. When the group assembled on day one, football was the main subject of discussion, said Jones. But the talk quickly became all business. "I came in at 10:30 [p.m.] and there were three or four guys talking about a case," recalled Todd Collins, a...
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- 01 Jun 2005
- News
NFL Players Tackle Cases at HBS
quarterback for the Kansas City Chiefs. As frequent targets of investment pitches, some of which turn out to be scams, several participants said they had already learned enough to be more astute in evaluating proposals that come their...
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- 01 Sep 2015
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Keith Clinkscales (MBA 1990)
singer from Kansas City, Kansas. Leisure time? “No. No. No. In all truth and candor, when you’re launching a media property in this kind of environment, you just don’t have what you’re speaking about.” On his desk: A photo of his dad, a...
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- 29 May 2001
- Research & Ideas
Good News, Not Blues, For the Inner City
suburb of Lenexa, near Kansas City, but was burdened by high employee turnover. When Sprint changed course and opened a call center at 18th Street and Vine, in the inner city of Kansas City, the company was...
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by Martha Lagace
- 27 Sep 2019
- Blog Post
HBS Alumni and Students Take On the Climate Crisis
of algae biofuel, both a clean energy source for heavy transportation modules (trucks, planes, trains, and ships) and a carbon-catching technology. A MARKET-BASED APPROACH TO SOLVING THE WORLD’S WATER CRISISJennifer Tisdel Schorsch (MBA 1992) is president of Water.org,...
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- Student-Profile
Olivia Zhao
Originally from Overland Park, Kansas, Olivia Zhao (she/her) grew up a rabid baseball fan, following her beloved Kansas City Royals and still to this day catching ball games at Fenway Park in Boston. Even as a young girl, she was...
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- 01 Oct 1996
- News
Uhlmann Award Winners Focus on French Retailer
buck the odds, and to succeed where others have failed is truly remarkable." First presented 24 years ago, the Uhlmann Award has been offered to HBS students by several generations of the Uhlmann family of Kansas City, Missouri -- most...
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- 07 Nov 2018
- News
A Market-Based Approach to Solving the World’s Water Crisis
Jennifer Tisdel Schorsch (MBA 1992) is president of Water.org, a Kansas City–based nonprofit dedicated to bringing safe water and sanitation to the world through market-driven initiatives. In this interview she discusses the way the...
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