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Alfred P. Sloan, Jr.
Though he started his career at a roller bearing manufacturer, Sloan eventually sold the company to GM after realizing that the rapid growth of the automobile industry was essentially controlling his business. Sloan’s attention to... View Details
Keywords: Automotive & Aerospace
- 01 Jun 2010
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Faculty Research Online
automobile company that in recent months has recalled 8 million vehicles. He offers seven recommendations for restoring consumer confidence in the safety and quality behind the storied brand. See http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/6381.html. View Details
- 01 Sep 2024
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The Road Less Traveled
overestimating the environmental benefits of shared dockless e-scooters—because many riders choose them over walking or pedaling a bike—pointed out that “choosing an e-scooter over driving a personal automobile with a fuel efficiency of... 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
Harlow H. Curtice
Curtice took the helm of General Motors during the height of the post-war automobile boom. He dramatically impacted the boom by approving a $1 billion investment in the company. In so doing, General Motors expanded the scale and scope of... View Details
Keywords: Automotive & Aerospace
Morgan G. Bulkeley
In 1879, Bulkeley was elected the third president in the history of Aetna Life Insurance, a position he held until his death. Under Bulkeley’s leadership, Aetna’s assets grew from $25 million in 1879 to over $200 million in 1922, and the number of employees rose from... View Details
Keywords: Finance
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HBS Quick Links MBA Executive Education Doctoral Programs Faculty and Research Alumni HBS Publishing Site Index HBS Home Contact Us Map/Directions Photography Collections Introduction Large Collections Automobile Industry Caterpillar... View Details
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Caterpillar Tractor Co. - Photography Collections - Historical Collections
HBS Quick Links MBA Executive Education Doctoral Programs Faculty and Research Alumni HBS Publishing Site Index HBS Home Contact Us Map/Directions Photography Collections Introduction Large Collections Automobile Industry Caterpillar... View Details
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
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Career Check-Up
Using a very simple framework, this program will leave you with an 8-point career inspection from which you can define what is working well, along with areas that need attention. Takeaways will include greater professional self-awareness, goal setting and action... View Details
- 01 Dec 1999
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The Way You See It
Road Bill Gates may have been selected as the most influential business leader, but the internal combustion engine beats Windows as an operating system by a mile - the automobile rules as the most significant consumer product of the last... View Details
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Mary Falvey
My dad called me “princess,” and he began teaching me about the business when I was eight years old. He had founded one of the original U.S. distributorships for imported automobiles – in Detroit: "If we can make it here, we can make... View Details
George J. Mecherle
Leaving the family farm in 1918 to tend to his ailing spouse, Mecherle joined an automobile insurance company and quickly discovered that farmers were charged the same auto insurance rates as non-farmers even though they were consistently... View Details
Keywords: Finance
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Radiator Shells - The Human Factor – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections
most beautiful thing on wheels. Explore the full size image Radiator Shells , ca. 1937 Pontiac Motors Division Photographer unknown Gelatin Silver Print, 8 × 10 inches Automobile Industry Photograph Collection, Mss:534 A939 1931-1944 :534... View Details
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Buy Now, Pay Later: Research Links - Manuscript Collections
library’s collections. Briggs Motor Sales Company Records, 1925-1946 Collection Guide The Briggs Motor Sales collection offers a relatively rare glimpse into the way an early twentieth-century car dealership helped its customers find credit to finance their View Details
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Smokestacks at the Ford Rouge Plant - The Human Factor – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections
unusual geometric frame for the eight huge smokestacks at the plant. Explore the full size image Smokestacks at the Ford Rouge Plant , ca. 1936 Ford Motor Company Photographer unknown Gelatin Silver Print, 8 × 10 inches Automobile... View Details
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Stereograph Collections - Photography Collections - Historical Collections
HBS Quick Links MBA Executive Education Doctoral Programs Faculty and Research Alumni HBS Publishing Site Index HBS Home Contact Us Map/Directions Photography Collections Introduction Large Collections Automobile Industry Caterpillar... View Details
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Introduction - The Product - The Human Factor – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections
response to products and their benefits. Women populate automobile publicity shots in the role, for example, of “satisfied buyer” of a DeSoto with ample trunk space or of a “bathing suit model” for Pontiac. In a series of shimmering... View Details
- 01 Oct 1998
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Putting on the Wheels
capital to highly motivated workers anxious to put aside the past and to justify the decision by GM - the world's largest automobile manufacturer - to invest in them and their community. Eisenach, Hughes believes, is an example of how GM... View Details
Keywords: Mary Ellen Gardner
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Henry Ford presents new V-8 - The Human Factor – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections
Ford Motor Company Photographer unknown Gelatin Silver Print, 8 × 10 inches Automobile Industry Photograph Collection, Mss: 534 A939 1931-1944 :534 A939 Baker Library | Historical Collections | Site Credits | Digital Accessibility Contact... View Details