How 100-Year-Old Companies Survive

Thursday, April 30, 2015

The Corporate Longevity Model

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Based on in-depth interviews and subsequent surveys of companies in business for more than one century, five factors were identified that t...
Wednesday, April 29, 2015

Survival is the Ultimate Corporate Performance Measure

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Following is the introduction to my book, tentatively titled "Survival is the Ultimate Performance Measure: Management Practices of th...
Tuesday, April 28, 2015

Management Practices of the Business Century Club

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How I Got Interested in Old Companies After over 25 years in business, the last decade as an executive in a $3 billion international co...
Tuesday, March 31, 2015

Oldest Hotels in the United States

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At least five hotels make claims to be the oldest hotels in the Unites States, but my records show the oldest is the Seaside Inn in Kennebun...
Thursday, March 26, 2015

20 Companies Turn 115 in 2015

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At least twenty U.S. companies will celebrate their 115th anniversary in 2015. I'm sure there are more - especially small, privately-ow...
Tuesday, March 24, 2015

165th Anniversary Companies

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Founded in 1850 and still going strong, here are the companies in my data base turning 165 this year. As with other anniversary posts, ...
Tuesday, March 17, 2015

Michigan Century Club

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Yesterday I listened to a story on Michigan Radio (Stateside with Cynthia Canty) that highlighted a few Detroit organizations over 100 year...
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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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