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Managing sustainability in supply chains

I am examining codes of conduct, management process standards, and government voluntary programs that address environmental and labor issues, seeking to understand what enables some of these programs to actually deliver on their promise of distinguishing organizations... View Details

Keywords: Environment; Environmental Performance; Environmental Regulation; Environmental Strategy; Regulation; Supply Chain; Supply Chain Management; Manufacturing Industry; Manufacturing Industry; Manufacturing Industry; Manufacturing Industry; United States; California

2007
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The John Deere 8030 Tractor

By: Vijay Govindarajan and Chris Trimble

This is not your grandfather's tractor! Deere & Company created a technological marvel when they created the 8030 tractor, with options such as GPS, AutoTrac, and a high-tech comfortable seat. The case study illustrates the challenges of launching a complex new product... View Details

Keywords: Technological Innovation; Machinery and Machining; Product Launch; Manufacturing Industry; Manufacturing Industry; Manufacturing Industry

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01 Jun 2006
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India Arrives

Mahindra (MBA ’81), vice chairman and managing director of Mahindra & Mahindra, a $3.2 billion manufacturer of cars and farm equipment with divisions in IT, infrastructure, auto components, and finance. He... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

May 2019
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Elon Musk's Big Bets Update, 2019

By: David B. Yoffie and Daniel Fisher

This short case provides an update to Elon Musk's strategy and tactical moves with Tesla, Solar City, and SpaceX from 2016-2019. View Details

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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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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.

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

February 2018
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Tesla in 2015

By: Lynda M. Applegate, Olivia Hull and Sarah Mehta

Teaching Note for HBS No. 817-081. View Details

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Business Groups, Entrepreneurship and the Growth of the Koç Group in Turkey

By: Geoffrey Jones and Asli M. Colpan

This article examines the emergence and development of what became the largest business group in Turkey, the Koç Group. This venture was an important factor in the emergence of modern business enterprise in the new state of the Republic of Turkey from the 1920s. After... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Governance; History; Strategy; Auto Industry; Auto Industry; Auto Industry; Auto Industry; Auto Industry; Turkey

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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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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

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

27 Mar 2012
First Look

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

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

31 Mar 2009
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First Look: March 31, 2009

it faced huge capital expenditures associated with constructing its manufacturing facilities. The company was at a crossroads: it had to decide whether to partner with IBM or align with other firms as it tried to keep up with Intel.... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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General Management: Processes and Action

General Management: Processes and Action (GMPA) focuses on implementation and the way that general managers get things done. Typically, they work through processes—sequences of tasks and activities that unfold over time, like strategic planning,... View Details

2011
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Strategic Change and the Jazz Mindset: Exploring Practices That Enhance Dynamic Capabilities for Organizational Improvisation

By: Ethan S. Bernstein and Frank J. Barrett

How can leaders adopt a mindset that maximizes learning, remains responsive to short-term emergent opportunities, and simultaneously strengthens longer-term dynamic capabilities of the organization? This chapter explores the organizational decisions and practices... View Details

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2023
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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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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, mobile banking, the shopping... View Details

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Managing sustainability in supply chains

The John Deere 8030 Tractor

India Arrives

Elon Musk's Big Bets Update, 2019

Sustainable Fleet Operations: The Collaborative Adoption of Electric Vehicles

The Way You See It

Silicon Valley’s “Detroit Moment”

Tesla in 2015

Business Groups, Entrepreneurship and the Growth of the Koç Group in Turkey

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

Getting to Eureka!: How Companies Can Promote Creativity

What Your Competition is Telling You

First Look: March 27

First Look: April 21, 2009

First Look: March 31, 2009

General Management: Processes and Action

Strategic Change and the Jazz Mindset: Exploring Practices That Enhance Dynamic Capabilities for Organizational Improvisation

Toward Decision-Useful Carbon Information

Past Issues - Alumni