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- 09 Dec 2008
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First Look: December 9, 2008
http://harvardbusinessonline.hbsp.harvard.edu/ b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=609039 Miles Davis: Kind of Blue Harvard Business School Case 609-050 Examines how successful companies can "jump to the next S-curve" through an... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Robert McNamara Dies at 93
Motor Company as a“whiz kid,” eventually becoming its president briefly before the Kennedy administration tapped him to be Secretary of Defense. He became known as the architect of the Vietnam War, a... View Details
Walter P. Chrysler
In 1924, Chrysler created a car, which bore his name, and offered new innovations to the automobile, including the four-wheel hydraulic brakes and a high compression engine. In 1928, Chrysler purchased the Dodge Brothers Company for its... View Details
Keywords: Automotive & Aerospace
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Bringing ‘Global’ Back Home
Issue Focus: The Global Manager Fields Photo courtesy FORD Motor Company Issue Focus: The Global Manager Around the World They Call Him Mr. China Think Locally, Act Globally No... View Details
- 30 Sep 2008
- First Look
First Look: September 30, 2008
larceny-theft, motor vehicle theft, and robbery, as opposed to other kinds of crime like arson, assault, homicide, and rape. Temporal patterns in crime are observed in jurisdictions in which disbursements are focused at the beginning of... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
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... View Details
Keywords: Fabricated Goods
- 07 Oct 2014
- First Look
First Look: October 7
Results from a Natural Field Experiment in California By: Levine, David I., and Michael W. Toffel Abstract—For companies with strong internal occupational safety and health auditing programs, OSHA inspections might seem a formality that... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
Giving Amazon the Boot
business? Sarah Ford (MBA 2007)’s experience with Amazon highlights its allure and drawbacks. In 2012, Ford founded Ranch Road Boots, a high-end shoe company inspired by her... View Details
Lido (Lee) A. Iacocca
Iacocca, former president of Ford Motor Company, took over Chrysler when it was leaning towards bankruptcy. He asked Congress for a loan, arguing that if Chrysler filed for bankruptcy, the government would... View Details
Keywords: Automotive & Aerospace
- Career Coach
Arun Munthala
resume and work experience for success. He can also offer advice on leadership rotation programs within Automotive/ mobility and on US immigration. Lastly, he is happy to help on career visioning, networking tips, resume, cover letter and interview prep. To book an... View Details
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
Drive-In Nation
a dealer’s back lot, it will nonetheless embody a defining moment in a global race for supremacy. Manufactured by Toyota, this is the car that will propel the Japanese company ahead of General Motors as the... View Details
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
Student Teams Take on Real-World Innovation
What do thirty second-year MBAs know about automotive technology? When it comes to communications and infotainment systems, more than you might think. That’s why Ford Motor View Details
- 27 Mar 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research, March 27, 2018
old vine vineyard, and has limited resources, he must decide if this is the right investment to make next. Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/718438-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 718-496 General Motors and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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Company , ca. 1907. General File Photograph Collection. War work – Hudson , ca. 1944. Hudson Motor Cars. Automobile Industry Photograph Collection. Ship Charles W. Morgan . General File Photograph... View Details
- 30 Jun 2009
- First Look
First Look: June 30
mature organizations can sustain exploration by deliberately inducing perturbations in their own processes. Our theory yields testable hypotheses about the relationships between exploitation, perturbation, and exploration. We provide illustrations from the Toyota View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Dec 1996
- News
Laurel without Hardy? A Lesson for Business
helped promote highway construction. Some complements to the automobile already existed. One was loans - but here, too, carmakers took an active hand in making them more accessible and attractive. First General Motors and then View Details
- 16 Jun 2015
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First Look: June 16, 2015
hospital. Community hospitals generally vehemently oppose their entry into a new area. What options does MedCath have? Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/315018-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 614-018 Ford... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 2001
- News
A Close-Up Look at the Men behind the Empire
not have been easy to predict. Henry Ford, for example, started two companies that failed before he established the Ford Motor Company in 1903.... View Details
- 05 May 2015
- First Look
First Look: May 5
merely distributed value in each era are explored. Although there is no framework yet for how leaders can create value for all stakeholders, we note that a key theme amongst the companies illustrated is that each was able to align... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 01 Sep 2016
- News
The Untold Story of the US Auto Bailout
the paper, reading books.” —Joe Hinrichs (MBA 1994), president, the Americas, Ford Motor Company, on the company’s recovery strategy “[We] met as a team and committed to each other that we were going to find... View Details