Rockwell Automation Inc.


Recent Articles about Rockwell Automation Inc.

"aah Wilbur, My Aching Feet"

By Leslie Brokaw |  Jul 1, 1988

If only Mr. Ed had had MagicCushion Horseshoes, what Pegasus Distributing president Joe McKenna calls "Nikes for horses." Designed by an aerospace enginee...  Read more

Gallium Valley

By Stephen Solomon |  Jun 1, 1984

The quest for faster computers has opened the door to a potentially huge new market in the crowded semiconductor field. Gallium arsenide has been touted f...  Read more

The Long Arm Of Texas

Oct 1, 1984

A year ago we chronicled the Texas campaign that brought Microelectronics and Computer Technology Corp. (MCC) to Austin. Over the ensuing 12 months, this ...  Read more

From The Ground Up

Aug 1, 1984

If the proponents of remanufacturing need a defender, a protector, a champion, if they need a case-in-point that is unassailable, invincible, they need lo...  Read more

The Selling Of The Entrepreneur, 1986

By A. Craig Copetas |  Mar 1, 1986

Everyone loves an entrepreneur -- even an entrepreneur who really isn't. Just ask Frank Bartles, Ed Jaymes, or the little guys at Rockwell.  Read more

The Age Of Alliances

By Joel Kotkin |  Feb 1, 1984

The new semiconductor companies are getting their funding from a powerful combination of hungry venture capitalists, aggressive bankers, and -- suprisingly e...  Read more

High Fliers

By Stephan Wilkinson |  Nov 1, 1983

How corporate wings can give your marketing a lift.  Read more

Freeing Your Inner Think Tank

By David H. Freedman |  May 1, 2005

New ideas are the lifeblood of any company. Here's how to keep them flowing.  Read more

When Parent Companies Create Orphans

By Joshua Hyatt |  Oct 1, 1985

Bill Sanko had good news when he met with his parent company, GTE Corp., in May 1984. The autonomous division he had spent four years creating was just t...  Read more

The Corpocracy's Last Gasp

By STEVEN PEARLSTEIN |  Oct 1, 1987

The raiders accuse corporate managers of incompetence. The managers accuse the raiders of greed. In this case, they're both right  Read more

Private Lives;

By Joseph P. Kahn and Curtis Hartman |  Dec 1, 1983

A sampling of America's pacesetters shows that the CEOs are as diverse as the products and services they sell.  Read more

How to Get Your First Great Idea

By Samuel Fromartz |  Apr 1, 1998

Five rules to follow that will help you recognize valuable business ideas. Includes case studies of entrepreneurs who quickly transformed ideas into start-up...  Read more

Made In Usa

By Joel Kotkin |  Mar 1, 1985

THE CASE FOR MANUFACTURING IN AMERICA  Read more

Let A Thousand Flowers Bloom

By Eugene Linden |  Apr 1, 1984

Some of America's biggest corporations are discovering that their future may depend on thinking small.  Read more

Star Wars, Inc.

By Jay Finegan |  Apr 1, 1987

Whether it's ever even deployed, the space shield is already a $19-billion growth industry  Read more

Against All Odds

By Lucien Rhodes |  Nov 1, 1986

Even with his union and the governor on his side, turning around a troubled company in a troubled industry has proved tricky business for Jim Lambert.  Read more

Strategic Alliances

By Bruce G. Posner |  Jun 1, 1985

The goal is to combine the resources of America's industrial giants with the speed and agility of its fastest-growing companies -- and it's happening in the ...  Read more

Betting the Farm

By Joshua Hyatt |  Dec 1, 1991

Profile of Gateway 2000, the #1 Inc. 500 company.  Read more

Learning To Live With Micros

By Bruce G. Posner |  Jul 1, 1982

CEO Henry Lee, a self-trained microcomputer user, says he had to become "computer literate" to remain in control of his company.  Read more

The Unhappy Marriage Of Coradian And Rolm

By David C. Allon |  Nov 1, 1981

Working together, the two companies made it to the charmed circle of the INC. 100 two years running. But success soured their relationship.  Read more