Transportation Equipment Manufacturing - Publications - Faculty & Research

15 Jun 2009
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GM: What Went Wrong and What’s Next

and revolutionized millions of Americans' lives. Riding the wave of the Model T's success, Ford Motor Company became the undisputed leader of this young market and by the early 1920s, it was producing 60 percent of all the motor vehicles View Details

Keywords: by Staff; Auto

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National Markets - The Art of American Advertising

small shop, or through itinerant peddlers. Retailers distributed basic goods, for example textiles and grains, to general merchants, while regional enterprises manufactured products such as tractors and looms. Given the steady demand for... View Details

08 Oct 2008
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Book Excerpt: A Sense of Urgency

demands, the head of the largest division of a Midwestern manufacturing company reluctantly drew the conclusion that his only alternative was to engineer a crisis. [ ] But energy within his organization did not emerge as a strong sense of... View Details

Keywords: by John P. Kotter

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Industry Information - Alumni

rig data, equipment marketplace, and more. + – Entertainment Billboardbiz Read the latest music industry news as it relates to everything from the growth of streaming services to the legal and management issues impacting the world of... View Details

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Disruptive Innovation Online Course | HBS Online

buy your products and why, and predict when disruption will happen. The course equipped me with new ways to think about problems, products, businesses, and just everything in life. Daniella Patrick Innovation Lab Product Manager at... View Details

18 Apr 2000
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Learning in Action

organizational boundaries, and attend to customer and competitive needs. In 1988, the Timken Company, America's leading manufacturer of tapered roller bearings, embarked on a bold project to revolutionize the production process for... View Details

Keywords: by David A. Garvin

April 1988 (Revised April 1991)
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Boeing 767: From Concept to Production (A)

By: David A. Garvin

Describes the evolution of the Boeing 767 from the conception of the project to the start of manufacturing. Shows how the company manages an enormously complex and risky project and introduces students to a variety of estimating and management tools. The decision issue... View Details

Keywords: Production; Product Design; Product Development; Decisions; Risk and Uncertainty; Risk Management; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Air Transportation Industry; Air Transportation Industry

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01 Jun 2012
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Bringing ‘Global’ Back Home

business leaders do have a duty to be competitive and to help restore the manufacturing base of our country. Nations that allow their manufacturing infrastructure to deteriorate often create a similar fate... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Transportation Equipment Manufacturing; Transportation Equipment Manufacturing

20 Oct 2003
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Gaps in the Historical Record: Development of the Electronics Industry

plug-compatibles on an original equipment manufacturer (OEM) basis, that is, to be sold as products of the European companies. With this sudden expansion of their market, the same three companies (with... View Details

Keywords: by Alfred D. Chandler Jr.; Consumer Products

01 Oct 2000
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Edward D. Bullard: The Personal Touch

Walking around the Cynthiana, Kentucky, manufacturing plant of E.D. Bullard Company, the firm's chairman, Jed Bullard, is in his element. "This is Sandy, she's been here a hundred years," he jokes with a woman affixing decals to hard... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

01 Mar 2005
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Gaining Currency

Kim Reynolds (MBA ’79), the weakness of the dollar is a good thing: It makes Markel’s products — insulated wire and tubing for cars — attractive to buyers from Europe where locally manufactured goods have grown pricey due to the euro’s... View Details

Keywords: Transportation Equipment Manufacturing; Transportation Equipment Manufacturing

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Harvard Business School

for the United States Supreme Court. After HBS, he worked as an investment banker with White Weld & Co., and served as assistant treasurer for Celanese Corporation. He went on to other manufacturing companies, including Valeant... View Details

01 Sep 2016
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The Untold Story of the US Auto Bailout

business guys, you need 1 union guy.’ So they let me in. All I’ve ever done is try to work on complicated problems involving multiple stakeholders in large manufacturing companies that are important to the country and that are in trouble.... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Transportation Equipment Manufacturing; Transportation Equipment Manufacturing

April 2014 (Revised March 2015)
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GE and the Industrial Internet

By: Karim R. Lakhani, Marco Iansiti and Kerry Herman

CEO Jeff Immelt considers whether GE is moving fast enough on its new Industrial Internet initiative. The undertaking includes building out an Industrial Internet, connecting machines and devices, collecting their data and operations, and providing services to clients... View Details

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Juan Camargo

When the 2014 Cadillac ELR—the carmaker's new electric luxury vehicle—rolled onstage at the Detroit auto show earlier this year, Juan Camargo (MBA 2012) sat in the fourth row, beaming. And it wasn't just because, as assistant marketing manager at Cadillac, Camargo is... View Details

Keywords: Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Manufacturing

10 Oct 2011
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Retailing Revolution: Category Killers on the Brink

could work in their own categories. Both service and convenience will be key elements of this strategy. In most cases, these stores will also need to be equipped with people and technology that can help shoppers with the difficult... View Details

Keywords: by Rajiv Lal & Jose B. Alvarez; Retail

06 Jun 2014
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Alternative Fuel Changing the Energy Industry

Keywords: Diesel; Power Solutions International; Transportation Equipment Manufacturing; Transportation Equipment Manufacturing; Transportation Equipment Manufacturing; Transportation Equipment Manufacturing

01 Mar 2011
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James McNerney Jr.

"Pilots Push 787 Dreamliner to the Limit" - Watch some take-offs and landings best left to the test pilot professionals. "Capturing the Birth of the Dreamliner" - Photographer Ed Turner documented the global effort of manufacturing the... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; interview; Transportation Equipment Manufacturing; Transportation Equipment Manufacturing; Transportation Equipment Manufacturing; Transportation Equipment Manufacturing

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Ben Faw

For Ben Faw, a lifelong interest in both military history and leadership made West Point a logical destination. But upon graduation, when Ben had many options at his disposal, he responded to a calling that went deeper than mere logic. “I decided to go into the... View Details