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    Edward G. Budd

    During the 1910s and 1920s, Budd constructed a successful business supplying car bodies, including an all-steel sedan body, to auto manufacturers such as General Motors, Studebaker, Ford and Chrysler. In the 1930s, Budd pioneered the... View Details
    Keywords: Automotive & Aerospace
    • 01 Jun 2010
    • News

    Admit It: You’re in Denial

    marketing produced the legendary Model T, which put America on wheels and made Ford a business titan. More than 15 million Model T autos were sold in the two decades after its introduction in 1908. But something happened. By 1927, Model T... View Details
    Keywords: Richard S. Tedlow; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information; Management

      Alex Trotman

      Being of Scottish descent, Trotman’s presence as CEO of Ford was seen as quite rare at the old auto giant. However, with Trotman’s special attention to leadership at all levels, he continued to improve the company’s operations.... View Details
      Keywords: Automotive & Aerospace
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      Assessing the Impact of Health System Organizational Structure on Hospital Electronic Data Sharing

      By: A Jay Holmgren and Eric Ford
      Horizontal consolidation in the hospital industry has gained momentum in the United States despite concerns over rising costs and lower quality. Hospital systems frequently point to potential gains in interoperability and electronic exchange of patient information as... View Details
      Keywords: Hospitals; Health Information Technology; Health Care; Health Care and Treatment; Data and Data Sets; Information Technology; Consolidation; Knowledge Sharing; Health Industry
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      • 01 Dec 2016
      • News

      Managing Change

      Narayandas (photo by Jimmy Ushkurnis) Narayandas (photo by Jimmy Ushkurnis) Das Narayandas, the Edsel Bryant Ford Professor of Business Administration, was named Senior Associate Dean for External Relations this fall, taking over for Bill... View Details
      • 01 Jun 2010
      • News

      2010 Leadership Fellows

      AIDS Vaccine Initiative; Trish Carlson, Partners In Health; Rebecca Arnold, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts; Lindsay Steinmetz, Ford Foundation; and Whitney Petersmeyer, Teach For America; (back row) Stella Treas, Special Olympics;... View Details
      Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management
      • 20 Aug 2001
      • Research & Ideas

      Making an Ally of Uncle Sam

      manufacturer like Ford Motor Company. Ford cooperates with its suppliers to design new vehicles even as it negotiates vigorously with them over the terms on which parts will be supplied. By cooperating to... View Details
      Keywords: by Michael Watkins, Mickey Edwards & Usha Thakrar
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      Automobile Industry - Photography Collections - Historical Collections

      Collections Site Credits Automobile Industry Photograph Collection, 1931–1944 Henry Ford presents new V-8 , ca. 1936. Mss: 534 1931–1944 A939 25 boxes, approx. 2,000 photographs Collection Guide In the 1930s, Charles H. Taylor, a founding... View Details

        Ray W. Herrick

        Herrick left Ford Motor Company in 1930 to start a small automobile parts manufacturing operation. Four years later, fearing a dependency on the volatile auto industry, he turned his attention to the new field of refrigeration. Over the... View Details
        Keywords: Fabricated Goods
        • 01 Dec 2018
        • News

        From Das’s Desk

        Narayandas is Senior Associate Dean, External Relations and Harvard Business Publishing, and the Edsel Bryant Ford Professor of Business Administration. (illustration by Scott Chambers) View Details
        Keywords: Das Narayandas

          Oscar S. Wyatt, Jr.

          Using his Ford automobile as collateral, Wyatt entered the gas distribution and energy pipeline business with $800 in 1955. His tenacity and determination quickly secured gas contracts throughout Texas, and in short order, Wyatt had built... View Details
          Keywords: Utilities & Energy
          • 01 Sep 2004
          • News

          One-on-One with Robert McNamara

          kid” at Ford Motor Company, McNamara climbed the corporate ladder and, after fourteen years, was named president (the first from outside the Ford family) in November 1960. Bucking sacrosanct industry... View Details
          Keywords: Garry Emmons

            Lido (Lee) A. Iacocca

            Iacocca, former president of Ford Motor Company, took over Chrysler when it was leaning towards bankruptcy. He asked Congress for a loan, arguing that if Chrysler filed for bankruptcy, the government would have to spend more on... View Details
            Keywords: Automotive & Aerospace
            • 23 Jul 2001
            • Research & Ideas

            How the Giants of Enterprise Seized the Future

            future, he welcomed it. He took his company public the year the show premiered, and the IPO's success was so great it was almost embarrassing. Unlike Walton and Revson, Thomas J. Watson, Sr., the founder of IBM, and Henry Ford were in... View Details
            Keywords: by Richard S. Tedlow

              Charles B. (Tex) Thornton

              After making a name for himself at Ford and later at Hughes, Thornton left to start an electronics company. Litton Industries had its roots in electronics but the company became a huge conglomerate, operating in a wide variety of... View Details
              Keywords: Fabricated Goods
              • 01 Dec 1996
              • News

              Laurel without Hardy? A Lesson for Business

              helped promote highway construction. Some complements to the automobile already existed. One was loans - but here, too, carmakers took an active hand in making them more accessible and attractive. First General Motors and then Ford set up... View Details
              • 01 Jun 2011
              • News

              Student Teams Take on Real-World Innovation

              What do thirty second-year MBAs know about automotive technology? When it comes to communications and infotainment systems, more than you might think. That’s why Ford Motor Company executive vice president Mark Fields (MBA ’89) welcomed... View Details
              Keywords: Transportation Equipment Manufacturing; Manufacturing
              • 01 Feb 1998
              • News

              Former HBS Dean Fouraker Dies at 74

              Fouraker was named the School's Edsel Bryant Ford Professor of Business Administration in 1968. When he became the School's sixth Dean in 1970, Fouraker assumed the George Fisher Baker Professorship, an endowed chair that was then... View Details
              • 16 Jun 2015
              • First Look

              First Look: June 16, 2015

              hospital. Community hospitals generally vehemently oppose their entry into a new area. What options does MedCath have? Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/315018-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 614-018 Ford... View Details
              Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

                Harvey S. Firestone

                By securing a large tire order from Henry Ford in 1906, and aggressively promoting his tires in automobile races, Firestone was able to grow his company’s sales from $100,000 in 1901 to $15 million in 1913, joining the ranks of the “Big... View Details
                Keywords: Automotive & Aerospace