Auto Manufacturing - Publications - Faculty & Research

2011
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Sustainable Fleet Operations: The Collaborative Adoption of Electric Vehicles

By: Vanessa Chocteau, David F. Drake, Paul R. Kleindorfer, Renato J. Orsato and Alain Roset

Keywords: Fleet Management; Carbon Regulation; Sustainable Operations; Collaboration; Environmental Sustainability; Transportation; Cooperation; Energy Sources; Manufacturing Industry; Manufacturing Industry; Manufacturing Industry; Manufacturing Industry; France

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16 Apr 2019
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New Research and Ideas, April 16, 2019

and digital group, Sogefi, an auto component manufacturer and KOS, a home-care and hospital manager. Rodolfo had spent his entire career in CIR Group, which he had managed as CEO for 20 years. Edoardo, a... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

12 Aug 2014
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First Look: August 12

Performance of Indian Manufacturing By: Ghani, Ejaz, Arti Grover Goswami, and William R. Kerr Abstract—We investigate the impact of the Golden Quadrilateral (GQ) highway project on the Indian organized View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Dec 1999
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The Way You See It

manufactured a product that changed the world by dint of its pervasiveness and indispensability. But as some noted, Ford also introduced revolutionary management, workplace, and business innovations that in and of themselves transformed... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons. Data collection by Ericka Webb.

14 Nov 2007
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First Look: November 14, 2007

Periodical:Administrative Science Quarterly 52, no. 3 (September 2007): 32-69 Abstract This study of the procurement relationships of two major U.S. auto manufacturers examines the effects of two dimensions... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

12 Jun 2006
Research & Ideas

The Promise of Channel Stewardship

Most company distribution systems are designed ad-hoc when needed, and serve neither value chain partners nor end users well—just look at the frustrating new-car buying process set up by American auto makers. At the same time, says... View Details

Keywords: by V. Kasturi Rangan & Marie Bell; Consumer Products

29 Jun 2007
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First Look: June 29, 2007

GMAC Insurance, the wholly-owned auto insurance subsidiary of General Motors, formed through the merger of two smaller insurance firms, is at a strategic cross-roads. Progressive changed the competitive landscape with its superior pricing... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

27 Mar 2012
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First Look: March 27

various parties, from governments to auto manufacturers to consumers. The fledgling company has made good progress in both Israel and Denmark as the first two launch locations but faces a series of decisions... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

24 Jun 2014
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First Look: June 24

malaria-"at no profit"-for public health systems. What had begun as an exemplary act of corporate responsibility had succeeded beyond any expectations. In 2012, for the second year in a row, Novartis had manufactured and... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

26 May 2003
Research & Ideas

What Your Competition is Telling You

discover that our skills weren't necessarily honed to respond precisely to customer demand, our technologies weren't all they should be, and our manufacturing wasn't as efficient as we'd thought." In his soon-to-be-published book of... View Details

Keywords: by David Stauffer

24 Apr 2018
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, April 24, 2018

manufacturers who wish to build an exclusive platform for patients taking their medications. But Barry, against the advice of her management team, is considering an alternative business model, which would open the platform up to all View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

11 Dec 2018
Research & Ideas

Free Trade Needs Nurturing—and Other Lessons from History

Question: What patterns emerge from history that can help us better understand where we are today? Sophus Reinert: To many people, globalization is teleological, something that necessarily becomes stronger over time and leads to an ever-more economically interconnected... View Details

Keywords: by Staff; Auto; Auto; Auto; Auto; Auto; Auto; Auto; Auto; Auto; Auto

01 Dec 1996
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An Entrepreneurial Journey

products, from venture capital to financial services firms, from manufacturing to services, HBS graduates were helping to create, revolutionize, and reinvent industries. Indeed, life without the host of products and services created by... View Details

2022
Article

Reversible Power-to-Gas Systems for Energy Conversion and Storage

By: Gunther Glenk and Stefan Reichelstein

In the transition to decarbonized energy systems, Power-to-Gas (PtG) processes have the potential to connect the existing markets for electricity and hydrogen. Specifically, reversible PtG systems can convert electricity to hydrogen at times of ample power supply, yet... View Details

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March 1, 2021
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Transitioning to Clean Energy Transportation Services: Life-cycle Cost Analysis for Vehicle Fleets

By: Stephen Comello, Gunther Glenk and Stefan Reichelstein

Comprehensive global decarbonization requires that transportation services cease to rely on fossil fuels for power generation. This paper develops a generic, time-driven life-cycle cost model for mobility services to address two closely related questions central to the... View Details

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2023
Working Paper

Toward Decision-Useful Carbon Information

By: Gunther Glenk

Companies are increasingly viewed as crucial drivers for timely decarbonization. Current accounting practices for greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, however, often leave corporate carbon disclosures and abatement obscured. Here I introduce a taxonomy for assuring the... View Details

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13 Jan 2021
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Silicon Valley’s “Detroit Moment”

Valley or Shenzhen. And so this innovation movement of automobile production internationalized—but so did best practice. Think of things like just-in-time manufacturing that emanated out of Japan and is now standard practice around the... View Details

22 Aug 2011
Research & Ideas

Getting to Eureka!: How Companies Can Promote Creativity

in which enthusiasts used the specialized watercraft to perform zany stunts. Traditional kayakers began modifying their own equipment on the fly, and eventually these user-innovators began producing kayaks for others. Established kayak View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

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Past Issues - Alumni

Contents December 2017 Year in Review 2017 From manufacturing to energy to health care, alumni experts weigh in on the new developments every business leader needs to understand. Plus: HBS faculty on what happens next with electric cars,... View Details

21 Apr 2009
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First Look: April 21, 2009

manufacturing jobs. However, several planned projects faced difficulties in acquiring land for setting up the SEZ. In December 2007, the government introduced a new piece of legislation, which proposed to extend the power of eminent... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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Sustainable Fleet Operations: The Collaborative Adoption of Electric Vehicles

New Research and Ideas, April 16, 2019

First Look: August 12

The Way You See It

First Look: November 14, 2007

The Promise of Channel Stewardship

First Look: June 29, 2007

First Look: March 27

First Look: June 24

What Your Competition is Telling You

First Look at New Research and Ideas, April 24, 2018

Free Trade Needs Nurturing—and Other Lessons from History

An Entrepreneurial Journey

Reversible Power-to-Gas Systems for Energy Conversion and Storage

Transitioning to Clean Energy Transportation Services: Life-cycle Cost Analysis for Vehicle Fleets

Toward Decision-Useful Carbon Information

Silicon Valley’s “Detroit Moment”

Getting to Eureka!: How Companies Can Promote Creativity

Past Issues - Alumni

First Look: April 21, 2009