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- 2003
- Article
BMW Group's Sustainability Management System: Preliminary Results, Ongoing Challenges, and the UN Global Compact
By: Michael W. Toffel, Natalie Hill and Kellie McElhaney
This article describes preliminary results and ongoing challenges faced by Designworks/USA, an industrial design subsidiary of BMW Group, in its sustainability management efforts since it implemented the world's first certified Sustainability Management System (SMS)....
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Keywords:
Environmental Sustainability;
Management Systems;
Standards;
Social Issues;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Outcome or Result;
Auto Industry
Toffel, Michael W., Natalie Hill, and Kellie McElhaney. "BMW Group's Sustainability Management System: Preliminary Results, Ongoing Challenges, and the UN Global Compact." Corporate Environmental Strategy 10, no. 3 (2003).
- September 1982 (Revised February 1988)
- Case
Rio Bravo Electricos, General Motors Corp.
By: Roy D. Shapiro
Keywords:
Auto Industry
Shapiro, Roy D. "Rio Bravo Electricos, General Motors Corp." Harvard Business School Case 683-021, September 1982. (Revised February 1988.)
- September 1992 (Revised September 1993)
- Case
Volvo and the Monster Mash
By: Stephen A. Greyser and Nancy Langford
Keywords:
Auto Industry
Greyser, Stephen A., and Nancy Langford. "Volvo and the Monster Mash." Harvard Business School Case 593-024, September 1992. (Revised September 1993.)
- February 1984
- Supplement
Anderson Motors, Inc. (C) and Analysis of Anderson Motors, Inc. (B)
By: William J. Bruns Jr.
Keywords:
Auto Industry
Bruns, William J., Jr. "Anderson Motors, Inc. (C) and Analysis of Anderson Motors, Inc. (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 184-126, February 1984.
- April 1990
- Case
Mazda: Corporate Public Relations in the United States
By: Stephen A. Greyser and Norman Klein
Greyser, Stephen A., and Norman Klein. "Mazda: Corporate Public Relations in the United States." Harvard Business School Case 590-102, April 1990.
- May 1978 (Revised October 1994)
- Supplement
Cumberland Metal Industries (C): Model Year 1979 Negotiations with Beta Motors
Designed as a class hand-out after discussion of the (A) and (B) cases.
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Auto Industry
Shapiro, Benson P. "Cumberland Metal Industries (C): Model Year 1979 Negotiations with Beta Motors." Harvard Business School Supplement 578-172, May 1978. (Revised October 1994.)
- October 1981
- Case
Chrysler Corp.--1981
Keywords:
Auto Industry
Herzlinger, Regina E. "Chrysler Corp.--1981." Harvard Business School Case 182-061, October 1981.
- February 1988 (Revised April 1988)
- Case
General Motors in 1988
Keywords:
Auto Industry
Badaracco, Joseph L., Jr. "General Motors in 1988." Harvard Business School Case 388-118, February 1988. (Revised April 1988.)
- 2003
- Article
Developing a Management Systems Approach to Sustainability at BMW Group
By: Michael W. Toffel, Natalie Hill and Kellie McElhaney
This article describes how Designworks/USA, a subsidiary of BMW Group, developed a Sustainability Management System (SMS) by integrating the management of environmental, social, and traditional business issues. After several months of deploying the SMS throughout its...
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Toffel, Michael W., Natalie Hill, and Kellie McElhaney. "Developing a Management Systems Approach to Sustainability at BMW Group." Corporate Environmental Strategy 10, no. 2 (2003).
- 06 Mar 2006
- What Do You Think?
The China Dilemma for U.S. Firms: Comply, Resist, or Leave?
General Motors and others during apartheid. For General Motors, the issues had to do with employment policies and whether or not to sell autos in a repressive society. For companies like Cisco Systems and Microsoft, the question has...
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- 01 Dec 2005
- News
Alumni Achievement Awards: Honorees and Victories
their turn to get into the game. Following are short profiles of this year’s recipients. Rahul Bajaj (MBA ’64) As chairman of Bajaj Auto Ltd., one of India’s foremost companies and one of the world’s largest makers of motorized scooters...
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- 30 Jan 2006
- Research & Ideas
Looking Behind Bad Decisions
dysfunctional competition, while also providing tools that foster rational decision making. Consider this hypothetical question posed in the paper: A. If you die in an auto accident, your heart will be used to save another person's life....
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by Manda Salls
- 26 Feb 2007
- Research & Ideas
The Power of the Noncompete Clause
found just that in Michigan. At the turn of the twentieth century, Detroit in many ways resembled the Silicon Valley of the last few decades. Growth of the nascent auto industry was explosive, with more than 500 firms entering before...
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by Martha Lagace
- 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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Commencement 2017 Address | About
career with the rest of your life. In this arena in particular, I’d urge all of you to respect your loved ones as the priority in your lives. Tom DeLong, one of our senior faculty, uses a metaphor from the world of auto racing to describe...
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- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Global Mission
now serves as president of the automaker’s Americas division. In a bold move for the time, Jack Perkowski (MBA 1973) abandoned his Wall Street career in the early 1990s and headed to China, where he built a major auto parts manufacturing...
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- February 1983 (Revised May 1984)
- Case
Managing Product Safety: The Ford Pinto
Presents an accounting of Ford Motor Company's handling of a product safety controversy (1970-77) surrounding its Pinto subcompact car. May be used as part of a series, Managing Product Safety, that provides an opportunity to compare and contrast the social response...
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Goodpaster, Kenneth E., and Dekkers L. Davidson. "Managing Product Safety: The Ford Pinto." Harvard Business School Case 383-129, February 1983. (Revised May 1984.)
- May 1982 (Revised February 1983)
- Case
Ford Motor Co. (B): The Automobile Crisis and Ford's Political Strategy--1980
Keywords:
Strategy;
Crisis Management;
Government and Politics;
Business and Government Relations;
Auto Industry;
United States
Salter, Malcolm S. "Ford Motor Co. (B): The Automobile Crisis and Ford's Political Strategy--1980." Harvard Business School Case 382-162, May 1982. (Revised February 1983.)
- May 1980 (Revised August 1981)
- Case
Chrysler Corp.: Bailout
By: Joseph L. Bower
Keywords:
Auto Industry
Bower, Joseph L. "Chrysler Corp.: Bailout." Harvard Business School Case 380-205, May 1980. (Revised August 1981.)
- March 1978 (Revised July 1981)
- Background Note
Note on Supplying the Automobile Industry
Porter, Michael E. "Note on Supplying the Automobile Industry." Harvard Business School Background Note 378-219, March 1978. (Revised July 1981.)