Ericsson

T. Stepimki, L. Ericsson, M. Gustafsson - Uppsala Uni.. B. Vagnhammar -lAR Systems. Sweden. 

Vagnhammar B., L.Ericsson, T. Stepinski and B. Grelsson, Improved defect detection in ultrasonic inspection of bonded structures. Report UPTEC 97 105R, Uppsala University, June, 1997... 

Andrews, J. Blanchard, T. Stepinski, L. Ericsson, Ultrasonic spectroscopy for NDT, Presented at Int. Symp. Non-Destructive Testing in Civil Engineering (NDT-CE), Berlin, 1995... 

Although the engine was not a success, Ericsson s trip to London allowed him to meet John Braithwaite, a machine manufacturer, who had the expertise to put Ericsson s ideas into practice. In 1828 Ericsson, with Braithwaite, patented the principle of artificial draft in steam boilers. The principle of forced draft was applied to a fire engine and a locomotive entered for the Rainhill locomotive trials of 1829. 

Undated illustration of John Ericsson s solar engine. (Corbis Corporation)... 

Once in New York, Ericsson met with Harry DeLameter of the DeLameter Iron Works and immediately sought out backers for his inventions. Work... 

A subsequent trip was made to Washington, a round trip of some five hundred miles. Unfortunately, the ship sank in April in freak weather conditions and, although successfully salvaged, her engines were replaced with steam engines. Ericsson s detractors claimed the ship was underpowered and... 

The failure of the caloric ship and the financial losses incurred by his backers did not diminish Ericsson s enthusiasm for the air engine. The stationary steam engine had weaknesses It required skilled operators and incurred heavy insurance costs. Ericsson again successfully raised funds to develop a small open-cycle stationary caloric engine with only a rudimentary regenerator. For Ericsson and his backers it was a financial success. Marketed as requiring no water, it could be operated by unskilled labor and, perhaps most important of all, would not explode. 

During the American Civil War, Ericsson designed a steam-driven iron-clad ship, a concept initially rejected by the Navy Board as being too novel. The Monitor, built through the intervention of President Lincoln, but at Ericsson s expense, brought to a sudden end the era of wooden warships. 

Shortly after joining the army, Ericsson met and later became betrothed to Carolina Lillieskold, the daughter of an army captain. From this relationship, Ericsson s only child, a son FIjaimer, was born in... 

For all Ericsson s years in America, he rarely travelled outside of New York. Because of failing health he withdrew from public life, but resolved to die in harness and continued inventing. John Ericsson passed away, in seclusion, on the morning of March 8, 1889. 

Congress, which had had an uneasy relationship with the living Ericsson, and unable to decide how to honor the inventor of the Monitor, acquiesced to a suggestion from the Swedish government that Ericsson s body be returned to Sweden. In 1926 Ericsson was finally honored with a statue unveiled in Washington, D.C. by President Calvin Coolidge and Gustaf Adolf, Crown Prince of Sweden. 

Church, W. C. (1890). The Life of John Ericsson. New York Scribner. 

Ericsson, J. (1875). Contributions to the Centennial Exhibition. Philadelphia John Ericsson. 

See also Ericsson, John Siemens, Ernst Warner von Stirling Engines. 

A global mentoring scheme for managers In the consumer products division, by Malln Boultwood of Ericsson... 

Ericsson is the world s leading supplier of telecommunications with the largest customer base, including the world s top ten operators. Four out of every ten mobile calls are handled by Ericsson equipment. The company has been in business since 1876 and now operates in more than 140 countries, employing 100,000 people. Ericsson is split into five business divisions one of these is known as the Consumer Products Division and presents the focus of this case study. 

Increasing the awareness of Ericsson Mobile Phones culture and values. 

The scheme has been marketed through company websites and invitation letters. Half of the mentors recruited for the program were internal to Ericsson and typically recommended by senior management. The other half, the external mentors, were recruited with help from the business school IMD - they supplied a range of individuals who committed to mentoring on a voluntary basis. In the recruitment of mentees, Boultwood received assistance from HR and line managers in other countries, who nominated candidates. Selection criteria for mentors included that they had to be ... 

In general since Ericsson is a Swedish company the peopie from Asia and the US wanted internai mentors to iearn more about the company cuiture and the Swedish cuiture. The peopie from Europe have in generai been more interested in externai mentors. 

Malin Boultwood of Ericsson - An Internationally Implemented Mentoring Scheme... 

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