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Lawrence A. Bossidy
Through a number of sweeping initiatives including the introduction of a total quality management program, Six Sigma, and the reduction of the workforce by 20%, Bossidy turned AlliedSignal around. When Bossidy took over AlliedSignal, the company had $12 billion in... View Details
Keywords: Automotive & Aerospace
Frank A. Seiberling
Despite being forced out of his firm during its post World War I financial troubles, Seiberling’s diligence and faith in the growth of the rubber business allowed his company to become the largest manufacturer of both carriage and automobile tires. When the firm began... View Details
Keywords: Automotive & Aerospace
William E. Boeing
Boeing was a pioneer of commercial aviation. Boeing organized United Airlines outfitting it with 25 specially designed, heavy-duty planes. Boeing also designed and constructed a fleet of bi-planes, B-40s, to be used in the mail service. In its first year, Boeing... View Details
Keywords: Automotive & Aerospace
Rene C. McPherson
McNealy has created one of the most powerful and influential computer manufacturers in the world. His laser focus on the networked computer model has enabled his firm to supply the backbone computing power for thousands of businesses. His networked computer model and... View Details
Keywords: Automotive & Aerospace
James S. McDonnell
McDonnell built one of the most successful government-contracted industrial space and aircraft production businesses in the U.S. His company produced the Phantom jet fighters, the Mercury Space Capsule, and the Gemini spacecraft. In 1967, he orchestrated the merger... View Details
Keywords: Automotive & Aerospace
Paul W. Litchfield
As the president of Goodyear, Litchfield established $218 million in revenues by 1940 and a net profit of over $10 million. By this date, Goodyear distributed its products through 50,000 retail outlets and more than 400 company-owned stores. Litchfield was also... View Details
Keywords: Automotive & Aerospace
Kaufman T. Keller
Under Keller’s leadership, Chrysler Corporation became second among the world’s largest auto producers (Plymouth, Dodge, DeSoto and Chrysler). During his tenure, the firm pioneered many of the engineering advances that are standard today, including high-compression... View Details
Keywords: Automotive & Aerospace
Howard R. Hughes, Jr.
Hughes began his business career at the age of nineteen by taking over his father’s business, Hughes Tool Company. Hughes parlayed this small business into a highly successful and well-regarded aircraft manufacturing operation. Through his efforts, Hughes created a... View Details
Keywords: Automotive & Aerospace
Harvey S. Firestone, Jr.
Firestone inaugurated the company’s Liberian manufacturing operations and developed and expanded the company’s auto supply and service stores. Firestone manufactured over 50% of all mobile anti-aircraft gun units during World War II and produced millions of tires for... View Details
Keywords: Automotive & Aerospace
Charles S. Davis
In 1928, fifteen auto parts manufacturers merged to form Borg-Warner Corporation with Davis as president. Davis expanded Borg-Warner’s reach until the firm included 27 subsidiaries and operated 30 manufacturing plants in eight states, Canada, and England. In addition... View Details
Keywords: Automotive & Aerospace
Philip Caldwell
Caldwell was the first CEO of Ford who was not a member of the family. He is credited with orchestrating one of the most dramatic and successful turnarounds in business history. Through his focus on quality, commitment to research, and open employment practices, he... View Details
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Edward G. Budd
During the 1910s and 1920s, Budd constructed a successful business supplying car bodies, including an all-steel sedan body, to auto manufacturers such as General Motors, Studebaker, Ford and Chrysler. In the 1930s, Budd pioneered the fabrication of stainless steel.... View Details
Keywords: Automotive & Aerospace
- 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
- 16 Sep 2015
- News
Built for Speed
car company. You need to go to business school.” In 2006, during his first year at HBS, Rogers sought out sectionmate Jeff Jones (MBA 2007), who had just left a job at Ford. On a run along the Charles one day, Jones laid out the state of the View Details
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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
- 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
- Fast Answer
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- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Ask the Expert: The Kids Are All Right
the right thing. We also found that their expectations in this vein are often higher than other generations’ expectations. In the automotive category, for instance, millennials expect car companies to create vehicles that will get more... View Details
- 24 Jun 2014
- First Look
First Look: June 24
government to build Jeep Cherokees in China. Just over a decade later in 1996, leveraging contacts from his time in the automotive industry, he founded ASC Fine Wines with his son, Don Jr. Despite many challenges, from building a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 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