Generations of Corning
The Life and Times of a Global Corporation
1st Edition
Published on 21. June 2001
553 pages
978-0-19-803231-1 (ISBN)
Description
A history of Corning Incorporated, chronicling how one of the oldest business enterprises in the world maintained its place as a global leader in technology for over 150 years. It tells the stories of its founding family, the inventors, and the adventures, behind Corning's achievements.
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Content
- Intro
- Contents
- Houghton Family Tree
- List of Chairmen and Presidents
- Foreword
- Preface
- 1 Corning and Glass
- I. FIRST GENERATION
- 2 Founding and Foundering, 1851-1875
- II. SECOND GENERATION
- 3 The Rise of Corning Glass Works, 1875-1908
- III. THIRD GENERATION
- 4 Pyrex, the Ribbon Machine, and a Wider World, 1908-1928
- IV. FOURTH GENERATION
- 5 Surviving and Thriving in the Depression Decade, 1928-1939
- 6 Corning Goes to War, 1939-1945
- 7 A Decade of Unbounded Opportunities, 1945-1954
- 8 Ambitious Expansion: TV Glass, Pyroceram, and Corning Ware, 1954-1960
- V. FIFTH GENERATION
- 9 Encountering Limits and Diversifying, 1960-1966
- 10 International Growth and the Roots of Fiber Optics, 1966-1971
- 11 Digging Out and Tough Economic Times, 1972-1975
- 12 Cutting Costs and Changing Direction, 1975-1983
- 13 Emphasizing Performance, Quality, and Diversity, 1983-1989
- 14 Refocusing and Reengineering, 1990-1996
- VI. NEXT GENERATION
- 15 Growing in the New Economy, 1996-
- Notes
- Index
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