How 100-Year-Old Companies Survive

Monday, July 14, 2014

Jacoby's German Biergarten

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While moving my son to Detroit last week, he decided he needed a beer break.  Being unfamiliar with the city we drove around for a while and...
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Wednesday, July 2, 2014

These Companies Celebrated Their 200th Anniversary in 2013

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Since I don't have a record of any companies still in operation that were founded in 1814, I will profile the two I found that celebrate...

Aunt Millie's

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  While making my breakfast this morning I discovered another 100-year-old company.  Reading bread wrappers isn't the most efficient ...
Friday, June 13, 2014

Old Dutch Companies

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Hanze University in Groningen, Netherlands offers a three-week summer program on "Doing Business in Europe" in which Hope College ...
Sunday, June 1, 2014

Co-ops Have A Better "Survival" Rate

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I have received some information from a person associated with the USDA that there are many (134) farm cooperatives over 100 years old.  Tha...
Tuesday, May 20, 2014

New Addition to the Michigan "100 Over 100"

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Though this now brings the number to something more like 105 Michigan companies over 100 years old, I love adding new businesses to the ...
Wednesday, May 7, 2014

Another U.S. Generational Business Over 200 Years Old

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Bachman Funeral Home may appear to be like any other funeral home, but there have been changes in its 245 years as a business in Strasburg, ...
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Vicki TenHaken
Professor of Management at Hope College in Holland, MI; Ruch Director of the Baker Scholars Program; 2007/08 Fulbright Scholar at the Krakow University of Economics in Poland. 25 years of business experience including positions as VP of Marketing, Founder & General Manager of Herman Miller Retail, and EVP of Strategy with Herman Miller, Inc., and in Human Resource Management with General Electric. Served on the boards of SoundOff Signal, Resthaven Care Community, and Hope College. Publications include articles in the areas of leadership, corporate longevity, global business and entrepreneurship.
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