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Abstract / Summary

Semi-skilled factory workers and chief executive officers alike discuss corporate and industrial development in a variety of packaging fields embraced by Continental: metal cans, crowns and closures, glass and plastic containers, folding and corrugated cartons, fiber drums, grocery and multi-wall bags, paper cups and tubs, and flexible packaging. Manufacturing operations are described in detail, particularly in can plants and paper mills. Prominent themes are technological change through research and engineering, labor relations, mergers and acquisitions, corporate strategies and organization, international business, and government relations. Individual careers are followed, illustrating employee morale, the work ethic, opportunity and mobility in an industrial corporation, the role of personalities in management, the decision-making process, company loyalty, and corporate social responsibility.

Field of Interest

Letters and Diaries

Content Type

Oral history

Format

Related Web resources

URL

https://oralhistoryportal.library.columbia.edu/document.php?id=ldpd_4072540

Publisher

Columbia University. Oral History Research Office

Place Published / Released

New York

Subject

Letters and Diaries, History, Economics, Labor force, World War I, 1914-1918, Great Depression, 1929-1941, World War II, 1939-1945, United States of America, USA, US of A, America, Estados Unidos, North America, United States

Keywords and Translated Subjects

United States of America, USA, US of A, America, Estados Unidos