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- November 2005
- Teaching Note
Refinancing of Shanghai General Motors, The (A) (TN)
By: Mihir A. Desai and Kathleen Luchs
- July 2005 (Revised October 2006)
- Case
Recall 2000: Bridgestone Corp. (A) (Abridged)
By: Lynn S. Paine
In September 2000, the president of Bridgestone-Firestone, the U.S. subsidiary of Japan's Bridgestone Corp., was invited to appear before a U.S. congressional subcommittee investigating the August 2000 recall of more than 6.5 million tires made by the subsidiary. The...
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Keywords:
Business or Company Management;
Crisis Management;
Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues;
Product;
Trade;
Organizational Culture;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Auto Industry;
United States;
Japan
Paine, Lynn S. "Recall 2000: Bridgestone Corp. (A) (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 306-020, July 2005. (Revised October 2006.)
- July 2005 (Revised December 2005)
- Case
General Motors U.S. Pension Funds
By: Luis M. Viceira and Helen Tung
In June 2003, General Motors Corp. (GM) successfully marketed the largest corporate debt offering in U.S. history, worth $17.6 billion. The offering included $13.6 billion worth of debt denominated in dollars, euros, and pounds and $4 billion dollars denominated in...
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Keywords:
Decisions;
Bonds;
Investment Return;
Policy;
Borrowing and Debt;
Corporate Finance;
Auto Industry;
United States
Viceira, Luis M., and Helen Tung. "General Motors U.S. Pension Funds." Harvard Business School Case 206-001, July 2005. (Revised December 2005.)
- June 2005 (Revised May 2006)
- Case
Covisint (A): The Evolution of a B2B Marketplace
By: Lynda M. Applegate and Elizabeth Collins
Ford Motor Co., General Motors, and DaimlerChrysler--the three original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) that dominated the automotive industry throughout the 20th century--launched Covisint in February 2000 as an industry supply chain exchange that would drive out cost...
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Keywords:
Business Model;
Supply Chain Management;
Business Startups;
Management Teams;
Auto Industry;
Auto Industry;
United States
Applegate, Lynda M., and Elizabeth Collins. "Covisint (A): The Evolution of a B2B Marketplace." Harvard Business School Case 805-110, June 2005. (Revised May 2006.)
- June 2005 (Revised May 2006)
- Case
Covisint (B): Building an Automotive Supply Chain Exchange
By: Lynda M. Applegate and Elizabeth Collins
Supplements the (A) case.
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Keywords:
Auto Industry
Applegate, Lynda M., and Elizabeth Collins. "Covisint (B): Building an Automotive Supply Chain Exchange." Harvard Business School Case 805-111, June 2005. (Revised May 2006.)
- June 2005
- Case
CarMax
By: Rajiv Lal and David Kiron
Carmax is the largest multi-market used car dealer in the U.S., and has no format-to-format competitor in the $375 billion used car market. CarMax is trying to do what some analysts believed to be impossible: sell used cars profitably on a national scale, and at the...
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- June 2005 (Revised March 2006)
- Case
Domestic Auto Parts
By: Robert S. Kaplan
Describes a meeting of an executive team to discuss strategy for a company turnaround. The exercise is to construct a strategy map and Balanced Scorecard to capture the new strategy.
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Kaplan, Robert S. "Domestic Auto Parts." Harvard Business School Case 105-078, June 2005. (Revised March 2006.)
- March 2005 (Revised March 2006)
- Case
Foreign Exchange Hedging Strategies at General Motors: Competitive Exposures
By: Mihir A. Desai and Mark Veblen
How can a multinational firm analyze and manage currency risks that arise from competitive exposures? General Motors has a substantial competitive exposure to the Japanese yen. Although the risks GM faces from the depreciating yen are widely acknowledged, the company's...
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Keywords:
Multinational Firms and Management;
Currency Exchange Rate;
Competition;
Credit Derivatives and Swaps;
International Finance;
Financial Management;
Investment Funds;
Risk and Uncertainty;
Auto Industry
Desai, Mihir A., and Mark Veblen. "Foreign Exchange Hedging Strategies at General Motors: Competitive Exposures." Harvard Business School Case 205-096, March 2005. (Revised March 2006.)
- March 2005 (Revised January 2006)
- Case
Foreign Exchange Hedging Strategies at General Motors: Transactional and Translational Exposures
By: Mihir A. Desai and Mark Veblen
How should a multinational firm manage foreign exchange exposures? Examines transactional and translational exposures and alternative responses to these exposures by analyzing two specific hedging decisions by General Motors. Describes General Motors' corporate hedging...
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Keywords:
Multinational Firms and Management;
Currency Exchange Rate;
Expansion;
Credit Derivatives and Swaps;
Financial Management;
Investment Funds;
Risk and Uncertainty;
International Finance;
Auto Industry
Desai, Mihir A., and Mark Veblen. "Foreign Exchange Hedging Strategies at General Motors: Transactional and Translational Exposures." Harvard Business School Case 205-095, March 2005. (Revised January 2006.)
- February 2005
- Case
Mahindra & Mahindra: Creating Scorpio
By: Tarun Khanna, Rajiv Lal and Merlina Manocaran
Details the emergence of a private sector automobile manufacturer in India that has created globally competitive and cheap versions of an SUV commonly available worldwide. Asks us to think about the parent corporation's next steps in leveraging this success. In...
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Keywords:
Developing Countries and Economies;
Global Range;
Multinational Firms and Management;
Emerging Markets;
Commercialization;
Expansion;
Auto Industry;
India
Khanna, Tarun, Rajiv Lal, and Merlina Manocaran. "Mahindra & Mahindra: Creating Scorpio." Harvard Business School Case 705-478, February 2005.
- November 2004 (Revised April 2009)
- Case
Launching the New MINI
By: Douglas B. Holt and John A. Quelch
Focuses on how strategy is transformed into creative branding materials. Reports on the development of a wide variety of brand communication materials produced to support the MINI launch in the United States. MINI USA executives worked with their ad agency Crispin...
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Keywords:
Advertising;
Brands and Branding;
Marketing Strategy;
Product Launch;
Creativity;
Auto Industry;
United States
Holt, Douglas B., and John A. Quelch. "Launching the New MINI." Harvard Business School Multimedia/Video Case 505-020, November 2004. (Revised April 2009.)
- Article
Designing Sustainability at BMW Group: The Designworks/USA Experience
By: Kellie McElhaney, Michael W. Toffel and Natalie Hill
This case study describes how an industrial design company developed a sustainability management system (SMS) standard, designed and implemented an SMS throughout its business, and then became the first company in the world to achieve third-party SMS certification by a...
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Keywords:
Design;
Governance Compliance;
Management Practices and Processes;
Standards;
Environmental Sustainability;
Auto Industry;
United States
McElhaney, Kellie, Michael W. Toffel, and Natalie Hill. "Designing Sustainability at BMW Group: The Designworks/USA Experience." Greener Management International: The Journal of Corporate Environmental Strategy and Practice 46 (Summer 2004): 103–116.
- March 2004 (Revised May 2005)
- Case
Foreign Exchange Hedging Strategies at General Motors
By: Mihir A. Desai and Mark Veblen
How should a multinational firm manage foreign exchange exposures? Examines transactional, translational, and competitive exposures. Describes General Motors' corporate hedging policies, its risk management structure, and how accounting rules impact hedging decisions....
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Keywords:
Risk Management;
Multinational Firms and Management;
Currency Exchange Rate;
Investment;
Financial Markets;
Auto Industry;
Auto Industry;
Argentina;
Japan;
Canada;
United States
Desai, Mihir A., and Mark Veblen. "Foreign Exchange Hedging Strategies at General Motors." Harvard Business School Case 204-024, March 2004. (Revised May 2005.)
- January 2004
- Teaching Note
Ford Motor Company's Value Enhancement Plan (A) (TN)
By: Andre F. Perold and Peter Tufano
Teaching Note to (9-201-079).
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Keywords:
Auto Industry
- December 2003 (Revised May 2004)
- Case
Sears Auto Centers (A) (Abridged)
By: Lynn S. Paine
In the early 1990s Sears faced and allegations by the California Department of Consumer Affairs that the company's auto repair centers had been overbilling customers and making unnecessary repairs. Top management must evaluate the problem and come up with a plan to...
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Keywords:
Corporate Governance;
Corporate Accountability;
Ethics;
Organizational Culture;
Compensation and Benefits;
Management Teams;
Employees;
Behavior;
Motivation and Incentives;
Performance Improvement;
Auto Industry
Paine, Lynn S. "Sears Auto Centers (A) (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 304-063, December 2003. (Revised May 2004.)
- December 2003
- Supplement
Sears Auto Centers (B) (Abridged)
By: Lynn S. Paine
Supplements the (A) case.
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Keywords:
Auto Industry
Paine, Lynn S. "Sears Auto Centers (B) (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Supplement 304-069, December 2003.
- December 2003 (Revised March 2005)
- Background Note
Who is a Professional?
By: Ashish Nanda
Many occupations lay claim to professional status. Business executives, social workers, musicians, sportsmen, and academics describe their occupations as "professions". Office assistants call themselves "administrative professionals". Obviously, not all occupations...
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Nanda, Ashish. "Who is a Professional?" Harvard Business School Background Note 904-047, December 2003. (Revised March 2005.)
- November 2003 (Revised August 2005)
- Case
Reinventing the Automobile: General Motors' AUTOnomy Project
By: Alan D. MacCormack and Kerry Herman
Describes the history of General Motor's attempts to develop a hydrogen fuel-cell powered car. As of 2003, GM developed several prototypes of such a vehicle to demonstrate the viability of the overall concept. Many uncertainties remained, however, with respect to the...
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Keywords:
Problems and Challenges;
Management;
Information Technology;
Transition;
Competency and Skills;
Disruptive Innovation;
Machinery and Machining;
Auto Industry
MacCormack, Alan D., and Kerry Herman. "Reinventing the Automobile: General Motors' AUTOnomy Project." Harvard Business School Case 604-064, November 2003. (Revised August 2005.)
- November 2003 (Revised November 2015)
- Case
Brazil at the Wheel
By: Geoffrey Jones
Taught in the second-year MBA elective on the Evolution of Global Business. Examines the costs and benefits of the Brazilian government's policies to encourage foreign multinationals to develop an automobile industry during the 1950s. A combination of incentives and...
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Keywords:
Foreign Direct Investment;
Multinational Firms and Management;
Policy;
Government and Politics;
Business History;
Business and Government Relations;
Auto Industry;
Brazil
Jones, Geoffrey. "Brazil at the Wheel." Harvard Business School Case 804-080, November 2003. (Revised November 2015.)
- September 2003
- Supplement
Edmunds.com, Inc. (B)
By: Stephen P. Bradley and Erin Sullivan
Supplements the (A) case.
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Bradley, Stephen P., and Erin Sullivan. "Edmunds.com, Inc. (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 704-016, September 2003.