Skip to Main Content
HBS Home
  • About
  • Academic Programs
  • Alumni
  • Faculty & Research
  • Baker Library
  • Giving
  • Harvard Business Review
  • Initiatives
  • News
  • Recruit
  • Map / Directions
Faculty & Research
  • Faculty
  • Research
  • Featured Topics
  • Academic Units
  • …→
  • Harvard Business School→
  • Faculty & Research→
  • Research
    • Research
    • Publications
    • Global Research Centers
    • Case Development
    • Initiatives & Projects
    • Research Services
    • Seminars & Conferences
    →
  • Publications→

Publications

Publications

Filter Results: (365) Arrow Down
Filter Results: (365) Arrow Down Arrow Up

Show Results For

  • All HBS Web  (365)
    • People  (2)
    • News  (59)
    • Research  (196)
    • Multimedia  (4)
  • Faculty Publications  (156)

Show Results For

  • All HBS Web  (365)
    • People  (2)
    • News  (59)
    • Research  (196)
    • Multimedia  (4)
  • Faculty Publications  (156)
← Page 13 of 365 Results →

    Frederick J. Fisher

    Fisher produced auto bodies specifically designed for autos rather than as modifications of horse-drawn carriages. When Cadillac placed an order for 150 closed bodies in 1910, it was the first volume order of its kind in the U.S. In 1919, General Motors, under the... View Details
    Keywords: Automotive & Aerospace

      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 its operations even though it... View Details
      Keywords: Automotive & Aerospace

        Guy W. Vaughan

        Vaughan was instrumental in the creation of products such as the Wright Whirlwind J-6 plane, used by Charles Lindbergh, and the Wright Cyclone engine series, which were used in DC-1 aircraft. Vaughan’s real achievements, however, came during World War II, when he... View Details
        Keywords: Automotive & Aerospace

          Alex Trotman

          Being of Scottish descent, Trotman’s presence as CEO of Ford was seen as quite rare at the old auto giant. However, with Trotman’s special attention to leadership at all levels, he continued to improve the company’s operations. Instituting intensive, innovative... View Details
          Keywords: Automotive & Aerospace

            Willard F. Rockwell, Jr.

            Having worked in many of the company's subsidiaries since graduating from college, Rockwell Jr. assumed leadership from his father in 1967 and expanded the company across the globe through a series of mergers and acquisitions. View Details
            Keywords: Automotive & Aerospace

              Willard F. Rockwell

              Trained as an engineer, Rockwell had several positions in the auto-parts manufacturing industry prior to becoming president of the entity now known as Rockwell International. Though the company was successful as an auto-parts maker, Rockwell expanded it into many other... View Details
              Keywords: Automotive & Aerospace

                Simon Ramo

                A brilliant scientist, Ramo held 25 patents by the age of 30. He was responsible for much of the development of the Air Force’s ballistic missile, airborne radar, computer, navigation and armament control systems. He started his own company in 1953, and it merged with... View Details
                Keywords: Automotive & Aerospace

                  John K. Northrop

                  After frustrating attempts at aircraft engineering with many other firms, John Northrop founded Northrop Aircraft and helped it grow into a very lucrative defense contractor, providing everything from bombers, fighter jets, and reconnaissance planes to the United... View Details
                  Keywords: Automotive & Aerospace

                    Harvey H. Lamm

                    Lamm created the only publicly traded car importer in the United States through the founding of Subaru of America. He introduced the United States to “four wheel drive” and “all wheel drive” with the import of the Subaru wagon in 1975, a move that would spawn a new... View Details
                    Keywords: Automotive & Aerospace

                      Paul G. Hoffman

                      Hoffman, the Studebaker company executive, is one of the few auto company presidents to have risen from the sales department. In the first nine-months of his tenure, sales totaled 30,194, which put the company fourth among the independent passenger car producers. By... View Details
                      Keywords: Automotive & Aerospace

                        Joseph W. Crosby

                        Crosby built a small $3 million military supply (jet propulsion fuels) company into a $275 million advanced research and development operation. During his tenure, Thiokol designed sophisticated rocket launch equipment used for the Mercury and Gemini space programs and... View Details
                        Keywords: Automotive & Aerospace
                        • Career Coach

                        Ryan Kim

                        independent sponsor private equity firm and completed a self-funded search to buy a regional automotive installation services business which he operated as President. Prior to that, Ryan worked in large and mid cap private equity, led... View Details
                        Keywords: Investment Banking; Financial Services (All); Private Equity; Financial Services (All); Search Fund; Financial Services (All); Impact Investing; Financial Services (All)
                        • 12 Apr 2011
                        • News

                        Twelve Global Finalists Compete at HBS

                        Arab Emirates Rohit Dev Thakwani, OPM 37 2008 SpendWisor.com consumer electronics marketplace Midwest/Central U.S. HBS Club of Chicago Marc Hoecker, MBA '08 vinsnap mobile automotive marketing New England HBS Association of Boston Marco... View Details
                        Keywords: Multiple alumni
                        • 26 Apr 2011
                        • News

                        BioMine Strikes Gold

                        California/San Diego, Shanghai, South Africa, Toronto, and United Arab Emirates acted as regional hubs, and finalists were chosen in March through contests held around the world. In addition to BioMine, the regional finalists, representing a wide variety of new... View Details
                        Keywords: Mining (except Oil and Gas); Mining; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services
                        • Career Coach

                        Mark Hardie

                        earlier led new product innovation at Agero Inc., an automotive industry service provider. At Ipsos, Mark drove smartphone-based service innovation in the Futures Group. For six years at Nokia Inc., Mr. Hardie designed innovative mobile... View Details
                        Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Private Equity; Financial Services (All); Venture Capital; Financial Services (All); Health Care; Telecommunications
                        • Web

                        Automobile Industry - Photography Collections - Historical Collections

                        the Boston Globe , and J. T. Sullivan, automotive editor and writer for the Boston Globe , solicited more than 2,000 photographs from automobile manufacturers. Companies provided images of plants, manufacturing activities, assembly lines,... View Details
                        • 09 Feb 2016
                        • News

                        Powering into the Future

                        have is having to plug them in all the time and charge them. So we use magnetic waves to move the power, and to move it very efficiently. There are applications across all of these consumer electronics, automotive vehicles, even medical... View Details
                        • 01 Mar 2011
                        • News

                        Snappy Salute

                        he can’t get to a gym while traveling.” Pinchuk, who joined Snap-on in 2002 from Carrier Corp., told the Journal Sentinel that while China will eventually be a big market for his auto-repair tools, right now the Chinese automotive fleet... View Details
                        Keywords: veterans; National Security and International Affairs; Government; Machinery Manufacturing; Manufacturing
                        • Web

                        Buy Now, Pay Later: Credits

                        Business School Digital Photography Boston Photo Imaging Printing Ram Printing, Inc. Lenders to the Exhibition Dun & Bradstreet, Inc. The Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute, Harvard University Harvard-Yenching Library The Henry Ford Detroit Public Library,... View Details
                        • 29 Jun 2016
                        • News

                        The Latest Local Motor: A Self-Driving Bus

                        first storefront and future site of another microfactory. “We’re not going to disrupt the automotive industry without a serious breakout success.” What does that look like? “I want to be the first company to put a production autonomous... View Details
                        • ←
                        • 13
                        • 14
                        • …
                        • 18
                        • 19
                        • →
                        ǁ
                        Campus Map
                        Harvard Business School
                        Soldiers Field
                        Boston, MA 02163
                        →Map & Directions
                        →More Contact Information
                        • Make a Gift
                        • Site Map
                        • Jobs
                        • Harvard University
                        • Trademarks
                        • Policies
                        • Accessibility
                        • Digital Accessibility
                        Copyright © President & Fellows of Harvard College.