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- 01 Oct 2000
- News
Faculty Retirements
Michael Jensen, the Jesse Isidor Straus Professor of Business Administration, Emeritus, is an authority on organizational theory, organizational strategy, and finance. He is codirector of The Monitor Company Organizational Strategy... View Details
- 29 Mar 2010
- Research & Ideas
Ruthlessly Realistic: How CEOs Must Overcome Denial
gradually become obsolete. In the words of John Kenneth Galbraith, one's view of the world "remains with the comfortable and the familiar, while the world moves on." Henry Ford saw more clearly than most the widespread hunger for... View Details
- 29 Jun 2016
- News
The Latest Local Motor: A Self-Driving Bus
first storefront and future site of another microfactory. “We’re not going to disrupt the automotive industry without a serious breakout success.” What does that look like? “I want to be the first company to put a production autonomous... View Details
- 07 Aug 2017
- Blog Post
A Summer Internship with the City of Boston
nonprofits, cultural institutions, and like-minded corporations. My clients included cause-related NGOs like Freedom to Marry and Al Gore’s Climate Reality Project, the American Museum of Natural History, Ford View Details
- 01 Jun 2016
- News
Case Study: On the Table
When I worked for Ford Motor Company years ago, we partnered with UPS quite successfully for supply chain and logistics improvements. They should focus on their core business... View Details
Oscar S. Wyatt, Jr.
Using his Ford automobile as collateral, Wyatt entered the gas distribution and energy pipeline business with $800 in 1955. His tenacity and determination quickly secured gas contracts throughout Texas, and in short order, Wyatt had built... View Details
Keywords: Utilities & Energy
- 21 Aug 2017
- Blog Post
A Summer Internship with the City of Boston
nonprofits, cultural institutions, and like-minded corporations. My clients included cause-related NGOs like Freedom to Marry and Al Gore’s Climate Reality Project, the American Museum of Natural History, Ford View Details
Keywords: Consulting
- Web
Democratizing development: Inequality in Latin America | Institute for Business in Global Society
After describing the globalization rationales and approaches of the major Tata Group companies, the case asks students to consider whether Tata Motors should pursue the acquisition of the Jaguar and Land Rover brands owned by US-based... View Details
- 05 Jul 2006
- Op-Ed
Corporate Governance Activists are Headed in the Wrong Direction
management is the responsibility of none other than the corporation's number-one manager, a conflict of interest that is awkward at best. The obvious solution is separating the two positions—a move many Ford View Details
Keywords: by Joseph Hinsey
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Alumni Books
Nirmalya Kumar, with Pradipta K. Mohapatra (AMP 113, 1993) and Suj Krishnaswamy (Harvard Business Press) When Tata Motors bought the Jaguar and Land Rover brands from Ford — complementing the Nano, its... View Details
- 01 Dec 2000
- News
Vivek Ranadivé
stint at Ford Motor Company and with the network equipment provider Linkabit, he decided to enroll at HBS. "I wanted to get the best education, and I felt that Harvard was the... View Details
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Supercharged
mainstream consumers, not just environmentally conscious buyers and early adopters. Tesla’s forthcoming Model 3 boasts a 215-mile range and a $35,000 pre-incentive asking price. Virtually every major automaker now has an ambitious global electrification agenda. View Details
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
Books
longest-running and most successful media strategy in U.S. advertising history," according to Advertising Age. McCraw reminds readers that despite the present-day size of behemoths such as McDonald's and Ford View Details
- 01 Apr 1998
- News
New Releases
including Hewlett-Packard, Ford Motor Company, Kirin Brewery Co., and Procter & Gamble - that have successfully implemented such systems. Cost & Effect describes systems that help frontline employees to... View Details
- 11 Mar 2001
- Research & Ideas
Wired and Black: Focus on Careers
they are looking for people who can get the ideas done." Old economy companies that had given up competing for top-tier MBA students are now returning to recruit on prestigious campuses, Butler added, citing the example of View Details
Keywords: by Carrie Levine
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
An SUV Built for African Roads—by African Workers
Photos courtesy of Mobius Motors Driving in Kenya can be a rough ride, over bumpy dirt roads and potholed urban streets, made worse by dust, heat, and torrential rain. And that’s if you’re lucky enough to own a vehicle that will stand up... View Details
Keywords: Amy Yee
- Profile
Yubo Cui
Yubo Cui is a determined bridge builder. He defied his parents’ insistence that he immediately pursue graduate school after college “They said, if I went to work first, I would learn nothing!" Yubo launched his career at Daimler Greater China, serving as a liaison... View Details
Keywords: Manufacturing/Energy
- 10 Apr 2006
- Research & Ideas
American Auto’s Troubled Road
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
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Winners & Success Stories | New Venture Competition
analyze, and understand complex information, guiding them to unexpected insights and better decisions. More than 500 leading global organizations including ABN AMRO, Boeing, Cox Newspapers, the (US) Defense Intelligence Agency, Dell, Ford... View Details
Charles B. (Tex) Thornton
After making a name for himself at Ford and later at Hughes, Thornton left to start an electronics company. Litton Industries had its roots in electronics but the company became a huge conglomerate,... View Details
Keywords: Fabricated Goods