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- March 2012 (Revised February 2013)
- Background Note
The Hybrid Vehicle Market
By: Michael W. Toffel and Nazli Z. Uludere Aragon
This note describes the hybrid electic vehicle market, the results of different automaker strategies, and the environmental regulatory issues that can promote or inhibit market growth in the United States. Introduces students to the technologies and regulatory aspects...
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Keywords:
Competitive Strategy;
Environmental Sustainability;
Product Development;
Information Technology;
Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms;
Auto Industry;
Auto Industry;
Japan;
United States
Toffel, Michael W., and Nazli Z. Uludere Aragon. "The Hybrid Vehicle Market." Harvard Business School Background Note 612-084, March 2012. (Revised February 2013.)
- September 1998 (Revised September 1999)
- Supplement
Edmund's-www.edmunds.com (Supplement)
By: Richard L. Nolan, Stephen P. Bradley, John J. Sviokla and Kelley Porter
Supplements the case.
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Nolan, Richard L., Stephen P. Bradley, John J. Sviokla, and Kelley Porter. "Edmund's-www.edmunds.com (Supplement)." Harvard Business School Supplement 399-036, September 1998. (Revised September 1999.)
- October 2007 (Revised April 2009)
- Case
TH!NK: The Norwegian Electric Car Company
By: Joseph B. Lassiter III and David Kiron
On August 1, 2007, 61-year-old Jan-Olaf Willums' plane was flying along the Greenland coastline on his way back to Norway after intense discussions with several prominent U.S. venture capital investors, among them Kleiner Perkins and Rockport Capital Partners, about...
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Keywords:
Entrepreneurship;
Venture Capital;
Innovation and Invention;
Product Launch;
Market Entry and Exit;
Environmental Sustainability;
Pollutants;
Auto Industry;
Auto Industry;
Europe;
Norway
Lassiter, Joseph B., III, and David Kiron. "TH!NK: The Norwegian Electric Car Company." Harvard Business School Case 808-070, October 2007. (Revised April 2009.)
- 01 Mar 2003
- News
Books
enters an auto showroom and meets an aggressive salesperson and sees a display of trophies and hints of a special offer. “These objects may trigger vague images of predator and prey, which in turn may prime the innate ‘fight or flight’...
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- 20 Oct 2009
- First Look
First Look: October 20
technology. Private capital flows—debt finance, equity capital, and foreign direct investment (FDI)—became larger than current and past official capital flows. This new era of foreign capital mobility has also been characterized by low interest rates in View Details
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Martha Lagace
- 23 May 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Ideas and Research: May 23, 2017
synchronicity with market and industry returns. We find that firms voluntarily disclosing more sustainability information, identified as material by the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB), have lower stock price...
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Carmen Nobel
- August 2000 (Revised November 2001)
- Case
Edmunds.com (A)
By: Stephen P. Bradley and Christina Akers
Edmund's began in 1966 as a publisher of new and used vehicle guides and grew into one of the leading third-party automotive web sites of today. This case explores how Edmunds.com gained a competitive edge using strategic partnerships and alliances, as well as careful...
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Keywords:
Growth and Development Strategy;
Business Strategy;
Success;
Product Positioning;
Partners and Partnerships;
Competitive Advantage;
Auto Industry;
Auto Industry
Bradley, Stephen P., and Christina Akers. "Edmunds.com (A)." Harvard Business School Case 701-025, August 2000. (Revised November 2001.)
- January 2023
- Case
The Ford Motor Company Green Bond
By: Vikram S Gandhi and James Barnett
In November 2021, Ford Motor Company offered a $2.5 billion green bond to finance investments in electrification. Issuance of green bonds significantly increased into the 2020s, and to date, the Ford Motor Company green bond was the largest such bond offered by a...
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Keywords:
Finance;
Bonds;
Green Technology;
Financial Services Industry;
Financial Services Industry;
United States
Gandhi, Vikram S., and James Barnett. "The Ford Motor Company Green Bond." Harvard Business School Case 823-069, January 2023.
- 10 Jun 2002
- Research & Ideas
How to Look at Globalization Now
concentration is increasing rapidly in its industry. Our article, "The Dubious Logic of Global Megamergers," in the July-August 2000 issue of Harvard Business Review, provides additional details on concentration patterns in View Details
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by Martha Lagace
- March 1984 (Revised August 1996)
- Case
B.F. Goodrich-Rabobank Interest Rate Swap
By: Jay O. Light
A U.S. manufacturing organization and a Eurobank swap fixed and floating rate obligations to reduce their financing costs.
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Keywords:
Financing and Loans;
Cost Management;
Production;
Interest Rates;
Credit Derivatives and Swaps;
Auto Industry;
Auto Industry;
United States
Light, Jay O. "B.F. Goodrich-Rabobank Interest Rate Swap." Harvard Business School Case 284-080, March 1984. (Revised August 1996.)
- 2013
- Chapter
Gender Bender Brand Hijacks and Consumer Revolt: The Porsche Cayenne Story
By: Jill Avery
Throughout history, marketers have created gendered brands, creating their brands and the stories they crafted about them in their advertising to appeal either to men or to women. Gendered brands deliver value to consumers, and therefore, deliver value to marketers....
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Keywords:
Consumer Behavior;
Brands;
Brand Positioning;
Brand Equity;
Brand Management;
Advertising Campaigns;
Customer Focus and Relationships;
Marketing;
Brands and Branding;
Marketing Strategy;
Auto Industry;
Auto Industry
Avery, Jill. "Gender Bender Brand Hijacks and Consumer Revolt: The Porsche Cayenne Story." In Consumer Behavior: Human Pursuit of Happiness in a World of Goods. 3rd ed. by Jill Avery, Robert Kozinets, Arch Woodside, Banwari Mittal, and Priya Raghubir, 645–649. Cincinnati: Open Mentis, 2013.
- 29 Jun 2007
- First Look
First Look: June 29, 2007
GMAC Insurance, the wholly-owned auto insurance subsidiary of General Motors, formed through the merger of two smaller insurance firms, is at a strategic cross-roads. Progressive changed the competitive landscape with its superior pricing...
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Martha Lagace
- February 1999 (Revised June 2010)
- Case
Car Wash Partners, Inc.
By: Paul A. Gompers
Examines the investment decision of Cabot Brown and Bill Burgin, two venture capitalists, to finance Car Wash Partners (CWP). CWP intends to purchase automatic car washes around the country. Investment strategy and deal structuring are discussed.
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Keywords:
Mergers and Acquisitions;
Entrepreneurship;
Venture Capital;
Financial Strategy;
Auto Industry;
Auto Industry
Gompers, Paul A. "Car Wash Partners, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 299-034, February 1999. (Revised June 2010.)
- October 2017
- Case
Shift Technologies, Inc.
By: Thomas Eisenmann and Nicole Tempest Keller
In 2017, management at Shift, an online marketplace that uses a “high touch,” concierge approach to buy and sell used cars, was formulating plans for the San Francisco–based startup’s next phase of expansion. One option was to preserve Shift’s current business model...
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Keywords:
Entrepreneurship;
Market Design;
Multi-Sided Platforms;
Marketplace Matching;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Auto Industry;
Auto Industry;
United States
Eisenmann, Thomas, and Nicole Tempest Keller. "Shift Technologies, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 818-002, October 2017.
- July 1997
- Case
Ford Motor Company: Maximizing the Business Value of Web Technologies
One of the largest companies in the world decides to aggressively deploy Web technology and must manage and support the new technology. A discussion of infrastructure renewal, application development, extranets, and content management is included.
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Keywords:
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Value Creation;
Information Technology;
Infrastructure;
Internet and the Web;
Manufacturing Industry;
Manufacturing Industry
Austin, Robert D., and Mark J. Cotteleer. "Ford Motor Company: Maximizing the Business Value of Web Technologies." Harvard Business School Case 198-006, July 1997.
- 2016
- Working Paper
Decision-Making by Precedent and the Founding of American Honda (1948 – 1974)
By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and John Heilbron
American Honda was founded in 1959 as a wholly owned subsidiary of the Honda Motor Company to facilitate sales and distribution in the United States. The details of American Honda’s early history have long served as evidence in debates among scholars and practitioners...
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Keywords:
Strategy;
Business Subsidiaries;
Decision Making;
Auto Industry;
Auto Industry;
United States
Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon, and John Heilbron. "Decision-Making by Precedent and the Founding of American Honda (1948 – 1974)." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 17-016, August 2016.
- January 2014
- Supplement
Ford Asia Pacific & Africa: The E-coating Facility Decision in Gujarat, India (B)
By: Juan Alcacer and Nancy Hua Dai
The case reveals that Ford decided to open its own e-coating plant in Gujarat, India, and details how the decision was made at different organizational levels.
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Keywords:
Foreign Investment;
Organizational Alignment;
Strategic Decision Making;
Motivation and Incentives;
Communication;
Organizational Structure;
Decision Making;
Business Processes;
Foreign Direct Investment;
Manufacturing Industry;
Manufacturing Industry;
Gujarat
Alcacer, Juan, and Nancy Hua Dai. "Ford Asia Pacific & Africa: The E-coating Facility Decision in Gujarat, India (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 914-015, January 2014.
- August 2013
- Article
Customer-Driven Misconduct: How Competition Corrupts Business Practices
By: Victor Manuel Bennett, Lamar Pierce, Jason A. Snyder and Michael W. Toffel
Competition among firms yields many benefits but can also encourage firms to engage in corrupt or unethical activities. We argue that competition can lead organizations to provide services that customers demand but that violate government regulations, especially when...
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Keywords:
Competition;
Crime and Corruption;
Management Practices and Processes;
Ethics;
Consumer Behavior;
Customer Satisfaction;
Auto Industry;
Auto Industry
Bennett, Victor Manuel, Lamar Pierce, Jason A. Snyder, and Michael W. Toffel. "Customer-Driven Misconduct: How Competition Corrupts Business Practices." Management Science 59, no. 8 (August 2013): 1725–1742. (Online Appendix. Lead article. Nominated for "Best Conference Paper Award" and "SMS Best Conference Paper Prize for Practice Implications" at 2012 Strategic Management Society International Conference.)
- June 2014 (Revised January 2017)
- Supplement
YAAS's Service Center (C)
By: Brian Hall and Sara del Nido
This case is about a compensation change at an automotive service company in the Middle East. The case allows investigation and analysis of many issues related to compensation design and human resource management, and even change management. The focus of the case is...
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Keywords:
Compensation;
Emotions;
Values;
Human Resources;
Labor;
Negotiation;
Organizations;
Social Psychology;
Value Creation;
Motivation and Incentives;
Auto Industry;
Auto Industry;
Kuwait;
Middle East
Hall, Brian, and Sara del Nido. "YAAS's Service Center (C)." Harvard Business School Supplement 914-051, June 2014. (Revised January 2017.)
- April 2012
- Case
Renesas Electronics and the Automotive Microcontroller Supply Chain (A)
By: Willy Shih and Margaret Pierson
The magnitude 9.0 earthquake that struck Japan in March 2011 caused extensive damage to Renesas Electronics wafer fabrication facility, a critical link in the global automotive supply chain. Many OEMs sole-sourced customized microprocessors from the fab, so its...
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Keywords:
Natural Disasters;
Crisis Management;
Supply Chain Management;
Production;
Strategy;
Semiconductor Industry;
Semiconductor Industry;
Japan
Shih, Willy, and Margaret Pierson. "Renesas Electronics and the Automotive Microcontroller Supply Chain (A)." Harvard Business School Case 612-071, April 2012.