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Jay Khil

A childhood in the United States, an adolescence in South Korea, a semester abroad in China, and a career launch in Dearborn, Michigan – by any measure, Jay Khil is a woman with an international perspective that comes from her core. “The... View Details

01 Dec 1998
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New HBS Alumni Board Members

Mortgage & Realty and Michigan Heritage Bancorp. He has led several community organizations, such as the Lansing Symphony, Capital Area United Fund, and the Voluntary Action Center in Lansing. Born in New York City and raised in Wilmette,... View Details

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Lauryn Hale

Growing up in Detroit, Lauryn Hale inherited an interest in business from her father, an accountant. That interest was reinforced through her high school participation in LEAD, an innovative University of Michigan program that introduces... View Details

29 Feb 2016
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How Joe Shoen Got U-Haul Back on Track

Dressed in black pants and a black U-Haul shirt, Joe Shoen, 66, is sitting in a conference room in the middle of a meeting. His cellphone buzzes. Brenda, a customer moving from Michigan to Florida, is furious about a U-Haul phone operator... View Details

Keywords: Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management; Truck Transportation; Transportation

August 2013 (Revised November 2013)
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Ford vs. GM: The Evolution of Mass Production (B)

By: Willy Shih

This case explores the very different paths taken by the Ford Motor Company and the General Motors Corporation in the first three decades of the twentieth century. Henry Ford's Model T was a car for the masses. After considerable experimentation, Ford Motor... View Details

Keywords: Innovation; Exploration; Dominant Design; Business Growth and Maturation; Business History; Innovation and Management; Innovation Strategy; Technological Innovation; Leading Change; Growth and Development Strategy; Product Positioning; Product Design; Product Development; Business Strategy; Corporate Strategy; Vertical Integration; Auto Industry; Manufacturing Industry; Michigan

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December 1988
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Great Lakes Diversified Corp.: The Detroit Plant--1980

By: Roy D. Shapiro

Keywords: Buildings and Facilities; Planning; Production; Strategy; Michigan

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August 1988 (Revised August 1989)
Case

Poletown Dilemma, The

By: Thomas R. Piper

Senior management of General Motors must select a site for a new assembly plant to replace two plants located in Detroit. The economics strongly favor a site in an adjacent state. However, a relocation would have substantial, negative impact on the existing work force,... View Details

Keywords: Factories, Labs, and Plants; Business and Government Relations; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Business Offices; Management Teams; Restructuring; Economics; Auto Industry; Michigan

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01 Mar 2017
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The Inside Story of the New American Writers Museum

fundraise the vision into reality. Six years later, the American Writers Museum will open in late spring at 180 North Michigan Avenue in Chicago, with Hammer serving as treasurer. “I had been chair of Washington Performing Arts but knew... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

May 1979 (Revised April 1987)
Case

Great Lakes Diversified Corp.: The Detroit Plant

By: W. Earl Sasser and David C. Rikert

Keywords: Buildings and Facilities; Planning; Production; Strategy; Michigan

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November 1989
Teaching Note

The Poletown Dilemma and Poletown Dilemma: The Outcome, Teaching Note

By: Thomas R. Piper

Teaching Note for (9-389-017) and (9-390-068). View Details

Keywords: Auto Industry; Michigan

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November 1989
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The Poletown Dilemma: The Outcome

By: Thomas R. Piper

Summarizes the outcome. View Details

Keywords: Auto Industry; Michigan

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01 Oct 1999
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Eight Among Many: W. Mitt Romney

fits with the public side of his SLOC work. "It's not unlike the clamor of a political campaign," notes Romney, who ran unsuccessfully for Massachusetts Senator Ted Kennedy's seat in 1994 and whose father, George, was a Presidential candidate and three-time View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

15 Apr 2022
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How I Spent My HBS 2+2 Deferral: Kelly Ogiesoba

and staff in the Michigan College of Engineering program. Also, I attended an HBS 2+2 presentation on campus and thought it was a good fit after listening to the HBS representatives speak. It sounded like a low-risk argument with a very... View Details

01 Dec 2009
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Broad Range of Interests Among Nine New Faculty

accounting from the University of Chicago. He’ll tap his interests in corporate accountability and disclosure to help him teach the first-year required course Financial Reporting and Control. Assistant Professor Thales Teixeira, a member of the Marketing unit, received... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

01 Jun 2010
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One Student’s HBS Journey

Nabil El-Hage, and Wallace. A Michigan native, Wallace described being raised by her grandmother, a woman who believed in her and made many sacrifices for her granddaughter’s education and music training. “She bought my concert attire and... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Educational Support Services; Educational Services

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Class Notes - Alumni

HBS Magazine HBS Magazine Class Notes Current Issue: December 2024 Edward and Jane Nassim in Dorset. See the MBA 1976G notes. Larry Fish and Jeff Mundy at Michigan Stadium. See the MBA 1968A notes. John Dexheimer and Jeff Hwang in their... View Details

01 Oct 1998
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Value Added

Now in the midst of his second three-year term as managing director of McKinsey & Company, Rajat Gupta sits in a corner office on the 29th floor of a Chicago skyscraper, overlooking Lake Michigan and the Windy City's financial district.... View Details

Keywords: James E. Aisner

26 Apr 2018
Cold Call Podcast

Why JPMorgan Chase Is Investing Millions in Detroit

Keywords: Re: Joseph L. Bower; Financial Services

July 24, 2013
Article

Detroit Has Filed For Bankruptcy. Now What? The Long View

By: Eric D. Werker and Benjamin Kennedy

Keywords: Bankruptcy; Detroit; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Michigan

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April 2016
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Detroit: On the Right Track?

By: Jan W. Rivkin and Manjari Raman

As this case opens in 2012, a cross-sector alliance to bring new rail transport to the Motor City seems about to collapse, and civic leaders have one last chance to save it. The case covers the rise of Detroit, the city’s devastating fall, and the ongoing potential... View Details

Keywords: Urban Development; Rail Transportation; Infrastructure; Transportation Industry; Michigan

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