Ronald Ahrens

James A. Bailey helped create the modern circus by distilling Detroit’s spirit of innovation and promotion.

As state and local businesses large and small grapple with the effects of COVID-19, we provide forecasts for 10 industry sectors, including automotive, banking, real estate, health care, and logistics.

A pioneer of efficiency consulting, Frederick Winslow Taylor studied factory processes to increase productivity.

Artificial intelligence in the form of Industry 4.0, where machines are armed with sensors, can enhance every aspect of manufacturing — from the back office to the loading dock.

How a Detroit boy of French heritage pioneered local radio, became a missionary priest, and gained a top-level security clearance for nuclear bomb production.

Hollywood portrays Ford’s winning ways in a lavish new film.

Complexity, risk, and frustration abound as the recreational cannabis industry in Michigan moves out of the shadows.

Russel Wheel and Foundry Co. in Detroit produced rail cars, logging equipment, and structural steel until being wiped out by the Great Depression.

Ellen Browning Scripps helped her brothers build a national newspaper empire from Detroit.

Olympian, ad genius, and tech innovator Jam Handy made Detroit industry his cinematic subject.