3M Company | Further Reading

Further Reading

"And Then There Were Two," Economist, November 18, 1995, pp. 74–75.

Arndt, Michael, "3M: A Lab for Growth?," Business Week, January 21, 2002, pp. 50–51.

Byrne, Harlan S., "A Changed Giant," Barron's, July 3, 2000, pp. 18, 20.

A Century of Innovation: The 3M Story, St. Paul, Minn.: 3M Company, 2002.

Conlin, Michelle, "Too Much Doodle?," Forbes, October 19, 1998, pp. 54–55.

DeSilver, Drew, "Aftershock Layoffs Seen for 3M's Spin-Off," Minneapolis/St. Paul CityBusiness, November 17, 1995, pp. 1, 45.

Dubashi, Jagannath, "Technology Transfer: Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing," Financial World, September 17, 1991, pp. 40–41.

Fiedler, Terry, "3M Innovation to Be Tested," Minneapolis Star-Tribune, December 10, 2000, p. 1D.

——, "3M Rides the Tsunami: Asia's Struggles a Big Factor in Payroll-Cut Decision," Minneapolis Star-Tribune, November 22, 1998, p. 1D.

Fredrickson, Tom, "3M Unifies Its Empire in Europe," Minneapolis/St. Paul CityBusiness, August 13–19, 1993, pp. 1, 29.

Gilyard, Burl, "Tale of the Tape," Corporate Report Minnesota, January 1998, pp. 35–38.

Goldman, Kevin, "Scouring-Pad Rivals Face 3M Challenge," Wall Street Journal, January 11, 1993, p. B5.

Houston, Patrick, "How Jake Jacobson Is Lighting a Fire Under 3M," Business Week, July 21, 1986, pp. 106–07.

Huck, Virginia, Brand of the Tartan: The 3M Story, New York: Appleton-Century-Crofts, 1955.

Kelly, Kevin, "The Drought Is Over at 3M," Business Week, November 7, 1994, pp. 140–41.

——, "It Really Can Pay to Clean Up Your Act," Business Week, November 7, 1994, p. 141.

——, "3M Run Scared? Forget About It," Business Week, September 16, 1991, pp. 59, 62.

Larson, Don, Land of the Giants: A History of Minnesota Business, Minneapolis: Dorn Books, 1979.

Lublin, Joann, Matthew Murray, and Joe Hallinan, "GE's McNerney Will Become 3M Chairman," Wall Street Journal, December 5, 2000, p. A3.

Lukas, Paul, "3M: A Mining Company Built on a Mistake Stuck It Out Until a Young Man Came Along with Ideas About How to Tape Those Blunders Together As Innovations—Leading to Decades of Growth," Fortune Small Business, April 1, 2003, pp. 36+.

Martin, Neil A., "Too Far, Too Fast: 3M Shares Have Been on a Tear That Could Be About to End," Barron's, September 1, 2003, pp. 17–19.

"The Mass Production of Ideas, and Other Impossibilities," Economist, March 18, 1995, p. 72.

McSpadden, Wyatt, "3M Fights Back," Fortune, February 5, 1996, pp. 94–99.

Mitchell, Russell, "Masters of Innovation: How 3M Keeps Its New Products Coming," Business Week, April 10, 1989, pp. 58–63.

Our Story So Far: Notes from the First 75 Years of 3M Company, St. Paul, Minn.: 3M Public Relations Department, 1977.

Peters, Thomas J., and Robert H. Waterman, Jr., In Search of Excellence, New York: Harper and Row, 1982.

Studt, Tim, "3M—Where Innovation Rules," R & D, April 2003, pp. 20+.

Tatge, Mark, "Prescription for Growth," Forbes, February 17, 2003, p. 64.

"3M: New Talent and Products Outweigh High Costs," Financial World, February 18, 1992, p. 19.

"3M: 60,000 and Counting," Economist, November 30, 1991, pp. 70–71.

Useem, Jerry, "[3M] [GE]+ ?," Fortune, August 12, 2002, pp. 127–28, 130, 132.

Weber, Joseph, "3M's Big Cleanup," Business Week, June 5, 2000, pp. 96–98.

Weimer, De'Ann, "3M: The Heat Is on the Boss," Business Week, March 15, 1999, pp. 82–84.

Weinberger, Betsy, "3M Breaking New Ground with Plan for China Plant," Minneapolis/St. Paul CityBusiness, April 9, 1993, pp. 1, 24.

Weiner, Steve, "A Hard Way to Make a Buck," Forbes, April 29, 1991, pp. 134–35, 137.

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