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- 01 Jun 2016
- News
Taking Care of Business
expertise in quality control and volume manufacturing in the automotive industry (where he does double duty as managing director of Sundaram Brake Linings), Mahesh launched Sundaram Medical Devices in 2010, won the NVC, and built a better... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 22 Apr 2022
- Blog Post
Celebrating Earth Day 2022 with the HBS Business and Environment Initiative
engineer at Tesla, where I worked in manufacturing and design engineering. I loved my time there and am proud that I played a small role in helping drive the automotive industry towards electrification. Most importantly, I learned about... View Details
- 11 Apr 2017
- Blog Post
Why I Love My Job: Andrew Grochal on His Path to CarGurus
Current Position: Director of Product Management, CarGurus Current Location: Cambridge, MA Describe your role at CarGurus.CarGurus is an automotive search engine, helping buyers (consumers) find great deals from top-rated dealers. I focus... View Details
Keywords: Technology
- 15 Nov 2016
- News
China IFC: Global Access, Global Perspective
decade needs to have a firm understanding of what is going on in China,” says Eisen. His team partnered with an automotive supplier, he says, that “really opened up the company to us. We worked with senior people who asked us to think... View Details
- 03 Feb 2003
- Research & Ideas
Web Services
coding over a new solution." Using a common code base to build applications that automate repetitive tasks is key to serving the needs of various business partners. The Customer's View Representing the customer perspective, GM's CTO Tony Scott outlined transitions... View Details
- 25 May 2011
- News
Race to the Finish?
Caldwell (MBA ’42) at Ford, to Rick Wagoner (MBA ’77) at GM, to Anand Mahindra’s (MBA ’81) Mahindra Automotive and Ratan Tata’s (AMP 71, 1975) Tata Motors in India, HBS alumni, in top and middle management, have made their mark in the... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Alumni Books
I’m Building a Billion-Dollar Business in China by Jack Perkowski (MBA ’73) (Crown Business) Perkowski went to China in the early 1990s and built ASIMCO Technologies from the ground up to become a major player in the country’s fast-growing View Details
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Preparing Our Students for a Changing World
participating in Israel: Startups and Venture Capital the experience of learning by doing in a country recognized globally as a tech hub. “I was fortunate to work with great teammates and an exciting partner —an automotive cybersecurity... View Details
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
An SUV Built for African Roads—by African Workers
has revamped more than just the design, says Yong, a former Bain consultant and Acumen Global Fellow who joined the automaker in 2016. “We have also rethought the conventional automotive business model itself,” with specific decisions in... View Details
Keywords: Amy Yee
- 23 May 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Ideas and Research: May 23, 2017
car platform in over a decade, this case discusses the future strategy of the famed British luxury auto manufacturer. Since its founding in 1902, Aston Martin has been characterized by leading automotive design of bespoke luxury vehicles.... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 11 Aug 2003
- Research & Ideas
Cheap, Fast, and In Control: How Tech Aids Innovation
experimentation and are triggering fundamental changes in R&D processes and performance in such fields as integrated circuit design, automotive development, and pharmaceutical drug discovery. Computer modeling and simulation, rapid... View Details
Keywords: by Wendy Guild
- Fast Answer
India - Industry specific research
- 01 Dec 2014
- News
Ask the Expert: A Fair Share
players work with incumbents, and I would say the best approach is to help them realize that the world is changing, and there’s an opportunity here to participate in their own disruption. At a high level of the automotive sector, both... View Details
- 29 May 2013
- Research & Ideas
Faculty Symposium Showcases Breadth of Research
hosting contests to find solutions to problems ranging from automotive design to cleaning up oil spills. Karim R. Lakhani has spent the past five years working with NASA, Harvard Medical School, and TopCoder to determine the most... View Details
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
The Robots Are Coming to Save Your Job
coworkers, Eckert says. Created for small businesses rather than the automotive industry—which makes up 70 percent of the US industrial robot market—Rethink’s bots do the boring, monotonous stuff. Humans get more interesting jobs: the... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- 17 Apr 2023
- Blog Post
Climate Stories Episode #14: Bonita Stewart (MBA 1983) – A Career Devoted to Creating the Future
unfolding of consumer driven automotive online retailing at Chrysler and in the 2000s, I followed the allure of the wild, wild, web at Google. Today, I sit at the precipice of AI (artificial intelligence) with my role at Gradient... View Details
- Profile
Anthony Tan
breakthrough idea came from an HBS classmate, an Indonesian friend who needled Tan about the dreadful state of the taxi business in Malaysia. “He said: `Your great grandfather was a taxi driver, your grandfather started the Japanese View Details
- 25 Feb 2002
- Research & Ideas
MNCs in Asia: Investing in the Future
the automotive industry's growth over the next ten years," said Newman, noting that four of those countries—China, India, Thailand, and South Korea—are in Asia. Protectionism is one of GM's biggest challenges, Newman said, with... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 02 Aug 2011
- First Look
First Look: August 2
sectors, and if so, what causes such variation. In this study, we use network-based methods of analysis to define and measure the degree of hierarchy in two industry sectors in Japan: automotive and electronics. Our empirical results show... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jan 2008
- News
Anand G. Mahindra, MBA 1981
utility vehicles and tractors for the Indian market in the 1950s. Today, it is a $6.6 billion enterprise involved in many activities, including information technology, logistics, infrastructure development, and financial services, as well as View Details