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- 28 Apr 2022
- Blog Post
Climate Stories Episode #4: Erika Myers, World Resources Institute Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
budgets have entered the EV space.” The ads, she noted, confirm the growing consumer interest in and target market for electric vehicles. Tesla’s boast that it delivered 1 million cars last year shows “that the technology is viable and that consumers want it.” Searches...
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Ben Faw
more private-sector experience. Through a friend of a friend, he found an opportunity at Tesla Motors, where he worked on global supply-chain coordination. “I was impressed by what Elon Musk was trying to do to disrupt the auto industry...
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- 21 Dec 2022
- Blog Post
Climate Stories Episode #12: Vehicle to Everything - Claire Broido Johnson (MBA 2002), Chief Operating Officer of Fermata Energy
goals are two-fold: to help reduce auto emissions and make the fleet more climate friendly, as well as to “help boost driver recruitment.” Analysts said the Domino’s announcement is a reminder that corporate fleets are a key early driver...
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- 05 Sep 2006
- Research & Ideas
HBS Cases: Porsche’s Risky Roll on an SUV
A decade ago, Porsche, the luxury car company, found itself at a crossroads. Renowned for its classy (and expensive) sports cars, the firm had taken a hit in the wake of the 1987 stock market crash and suffered in great part due to Porsche's dependence on the U.S....
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- June 1981
- Teaching Note
Contract and Consensus at General Motors--1900-1984, Teaching Note
By: J. Ronald Fox
- April 1991 (Revised July 1992)
- Case
Koito Manufacturing Ltd.
By: W. Carl Kester and Robert W. Lightfoot
Having acquired a 26% stake in Koito Manufacturing, a Japanese automotive parts supplier in the Toyota Group, T. Boone Pickens seeks a seat on Koito's board of directors. Koito's management resists, claiming Pickens is an unhelpful greenmailer, not a true long-term...
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Keywords:
Acquisition;
Debates;
Corporate Governance;
Production;
Supply Chain;
Performance Efficiency;
Welfare;
Auto Industry;
Japan;
United States
Kester, W. Carl, and Robert W. Lightfoot. "Koito Manufacturing Ltd." Harvard Business School Case 291-027, April 1991. (Revised July 1992.)
- April 1990 (Revised January 1993)
- Teaching Note
Fiat--1986 (TN)
By: W. Carl Kester
Teaching Note for (9-288-003).
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- January 28, 2023
- Article
Will We Blame Self-Driving Cars? A New Study Finds That People Are Likely to Hold Autonomous Vehicles Liable for Accidents Even When They’re Not at Fault
De Freitas, Julian. "Will We Blame Self-Driving Cars? A New Study Finds That People Are Likely to Hold Autonomous Vehicles Liable for Accidents Even When They’re Not at Fault." Wall Street Journal (January 28, 2023), C5.
- September 2022
- Article
The Power and Limits of Expertise: Swiss–Swedish Linking of Vehicle Emission Standards in the 1970s and 1980s
By: Mattias Näsman and Sabine Pitteloud
Recent decades have witnessed increased public concern about vehicle emissions and growing frustration with political inaction and business preferences for the status quo. This article provides historical perspective on such regulatory dynamics by analyzing the Swiss...
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Keywords:
Business And The Environment;
Business And Society;
Emission Reduction;
Automobiles;
Standard Setting;
Norm-enforcement;
Regulation;
Expertise;
Experts;
Business and Government Relations;
Environmental Regulation;
Standards;
Auto Industry;
Switzerland;
Sweden
Näsman, Mattias, and Sabine Pitteloud. "The Power and Limits of Expertise: Swiss–Swedish Linking of Vehicle Emission Standards in the 1970s and 1980s." Business and Politics 24, no. 3 (September 2022): 241–260.
- December 2021
- Case
Should I Stay or Should I Go? Assessing Risk in Carlos Ghosn's International Escape
By: Eugene F. Soltes, Grace Liu and Muneeb Ahmed
In 2018, automotive tycoon Carlos Ghosn was arrested in Japan on financial misreporting charges, followed later by charges of improper payments and misappropriation of funds. Over a year later, still awaiting trial, Ghosn organized his escape from house arrest in Tokyo...
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Keywords:
Crime and Corruption;
Decision Making;
Cost vs Benefits;
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Ethics;
Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues;
Law;
Courts and Trials;
Rights;
Risk and Uncertainty;
Auto Industry;
Japan
Soltes, Eugene F., Grace Liu, and Muneeb Ahmed. "Should I Stay or Should I Go? Assessing Risk in Carlos Ghosn's International Escape." Harvard Business School Case 122-051, December 2021.
- June 6, 2019
- Article
Tesla's Advantage? 'It's the Software, Stupid.'
By: Lou Shipley
Without question, entrepreneur, innovator and engineer Elon Musk is a controversial figure, but there is no disputing that his first-to-market Tesla electric vehicles are not only revolutionizing the high-end driving experience, but also disrupting the automobile...
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Keywords:
Tesla;
Elon Musk;
Autonomous Vehicle;
Transportation;
Software;
Technology;
Disruption;
Auto Industry
Shipley, Lou. "Tesla's Advantage? 'It's the Software, Stupid.'." The Hill (June 6, 2019).
- January 2020
- Teaching Plan
Zhejiang Geely Holding Group: Acquisition of Volvo Cars and Volvo Cars: Acquisition by Geely
By: Willy Shih
This teachning plan is for the two cases 619-041 which describes Geely's acquisition of Volvo Cars, and 619-042 which describes Volvo Cars' acqusition by Geely. The case is designed to illustrate the different sides of an M&A transaction and the organizational culture...
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- 2011
- Book
Detour: My Unexpected, Amazing, Life Changing Journey With OnStar
By: Chet Huber
Detour is the story behind the launch of OnStar’s now well known blue button, as told through the eyes of its founder and CEO of over fourteen years, Chet Huber. It’s a personal narrative that describes the events that led up to General Motors’ unexpected choice...
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Keywords:
General Motors;
OnStar;
Technological Innovation;
Business Startups;
Transportation;
Safety;
Personal Development and Career;
Creativity;
Success;
Business History;
Auto Industry
Huber, Chet. Detour: My Unexpected, Amazing, Life Changing Journey With OnStar. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2011.
- 2011
- Module Note
Suppliers to Dealers: Stakeholders' Management at TVS Motor Company Ltd.
By: Shashank Shah, Shashank Shah and A. Sudir Bhaskar
Shah, Shashank, and A. Sudir Bhaskar. "Suppliers to Dealers: Stakeholders' Management at TVS Motor Company Ltd." 2011.
- July 1999 (Revised January 2004)
- Case
Chrysler and BMW: Tritec Engine Joint Venture
By: H. Kent Bowen and Courtney Purrington
A gifted project leader lacks significant new product development experience. The case highlights the issues and procedures related to defining the project strategy: organizing senior management approvals and support for creating a "heavyweight" team; aligning the...
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Keywords:
Product Development;
Joint Ventures;
Projects;
Business Strategy;
Management Teams;
Groups and Teams;
Machinery and Machining;
Design;
Business Processes;
Product Design;
Product;
Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques;
Auto Industry
Bowen, H. Kent, and Courtney Purrington. "Chrysler and BMW: Tritec Engine Joint Venture." Harvard Business School Case 600-004, July 1999. (Revised January 2004.)
- Article
The Dark Side of Strategic Alliances: Lessons from Volvo-Renault
By: Robert Bruner and Robert Spekman
This article explores sources of failure in strategic alliances drawing on field research into one of the most prominent alliance collapses in recent years. The alliance of Volvo and Renault married the two largest enterprises in their respective countries for economic...
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Bruner, Robert, and Robert Spekman. "The Dark Side of Strategic Alliances: Lessons from Volvo-Renault." European Management Journal 16, no. 2 (April 1998): 136–150.
- September 2015
- Supplement
Luca de Meo Speaks at Harvard Business School
By: Linda A. Hill
A video supplement to the HBS case study entitled "Luca de Meo at Volkswagen Group." De Meo, Member of the Board at Audi AG and the former Chief Marketing Officer of Volkswagen Group, speaks about leading innovation and the automotive industry. Recorded at Harvard...
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Hill, Linda A. "Luca de Meo Speaks at Harvard Business School." Harvard Business School Multimedia/Video Supplement 416-702, September 2015.
- January 2015
- Case
Sergio Marchionne at Chrysler
By: Rob Kaplan and Bernardo Bertoldi
Chrysler recently exited from the bankruptcy process, with U.S. government support and with Sergio Marchionne as CEO. Now was the time to work out how to create synergies with FIAT, how to improve the current manufacturing, product, and distribution-network...
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Kaplan, Rob, and Bernardo Bertoldi. "Sergio Marchionne at Chrysler." Harvard Business School Case 415-045, January 2015.
- October 2011 (Revised March 2015)
- Case
Dongfeng Passenger Vehicle Company: Marketing Challenges for the Underprivileged Latecomer
By: Willy Shih and Nancy Hua Dai
As Mr. Li Chunrong visited the new assembly line for the Dongfeng Passenger Vehicle Company in Wuhan, China, he contemplated the position his business unit found itself in: a latecomer. As a state-owned enterprise Dongfeng had entered into numerous joint ventures to...
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Shih, Willy, and Nancy Hua Dai. "Dongfeng Passenger Vehicle Company: Marketing Challenges for the Underprivileged Latecomer." Harvard Business School Case 612-029, October 2011. (Revised March 2015.)
- June 2011 (Revised June 2011)
- Teaching Note
Volkswagen do Brasil: Driving Strategy with the Balanced Scorecard (TN)
By: Robert S. Kaplan
Teaching Note for 111-049.
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