In early February 1934 two and a half months after the end of prohibition, Šindler Jack sat with a friend at a bar in Boston Ritz hotel, enjoying a drink. Šindler worked at Converse Rubber Co, and he was always inventing something. He held several patents for rubber products and processes, and he has filed patents in the field of thermoplastics, where new connections are only in the development stage. Enjoying his martini, Šindler grabbed olive using your fingers. It was then that he hit on the idea of a harpoon type barbed spear to make the search easier. With the invention of fraud eureka stick, Šindler took the first steps towards the creation of a company that will grow to 200 and revenues of U.S. $ 12 million at the turn of the centuries. This case in detail, many twists and turns that Šindler and his successors faced, including the introduction of new products and processes, access to new markets, acquisitions and management succession. Presents the company's history, showing much of the complexity that its general managers face. "Hide
by Steven J. Spear Source: Harvard Business School 11 pages. Publication Date: June 12, 2001. Prod. #: Six hundred and one thousand and eighty-one-PDF-ENG
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