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- 06 Dec 2016
- First Look
December 6, 2016
longer-term investments—makes it difficult for firms to make the investments necessary to build competitive advantage. "Short termism" has been blamed for everything from the decline of the U.S. automobile industry to the low... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 28 May 2013
- First Look
First Look: May 28
The final study found that automobiles with more expansive drivers' seats were more likely to be illegally parked on New York City streets. These findings are consistent with research showing that (a) postural expansiveness leads to a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Sep 2000
- Research & Ideas
Riding the Internet Fast Track
Finally, if the ease of customer retention is high, early investment in customer acquisition can pay dividends over a longtime horizon. For example, Web users find changing Internet service providers a difficult task, but buying an View Details
Keywords: by Peter Jacobs
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Sole Mates
promoting its investment opportunities, to organizing site visits and meetings for foreign investors, to negotiating investment deals and incentive packages. In little more than two years on the job, we’ve had some good results: The British View Details
- 06 May 2008
- First Look
First Look: May 6, 2008
limited reserves—Sinopec was struggling to increase output rapidly enough to keep pace with the rapid growth of their automobile sector. And it had to make money soon. Purchase this case:... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Apr 1999
- News
New Releases
that, and over the next several years conducted pathbreaking work on the international automobile industry and other complex topics. Written by Robert H. Hayes, the Philip Caldwell Professor of Business Administration, and Professor Marco... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 12 Jul 2004
- Research & Ideas
Michael Porter’s Prescription For the High Cost of Health Care
be developed for those who are self-employed, employed by small firms, employed part-time, or unemployed. For example, smaller companies are joining consortia for health plan purchases. For high-risk people unable to buy health plans, assigned risk pools, like those... View Details
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
Drive-In Nation
events seems inconceivable. For decades, General Motors, Ford, and Chrysler were American icons, Detroit’s fabled Big 3. Responsible for a significant percentage of all American jobs, they lifted countless blue-collar families into the middle class. As much as any... View Details
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Anthony Tan
To most aspiring business leaders, Anthony Tan had enviable career prospects. The scion of one of Malaysia’s wealthiest families, Tan is the son of the CEO of Tan Chong Motor Holdings Bhd, one of Malaysia’s biggest automobile... View Details
- 23 Jul 2001
- Research & Ideas
How the Giants of Enterprise Seized the Future
immortal, it would only be because it never rested. Henry Ford's career bears some interesting similarities to Watson's. Ford built his first automobile, the quadricycle, in 1896. Many people at the time thought the automobile was a mere... View Details
Keywords: by Richard S. Tedlow
- 05 Oct 2010
- First Look
First Look: October 5, 2010
everything from the decline of the U.S. automobile industry to the low penetration of techniques such as TQM and continuous improvement. Yet a vigorous tradition in the accounting literature establishes that firms routinely sacrifice... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Sep 2021
- News
Growing Home
will become a showcase for other cities in the States—and inspire other companies to revitalize cities. The reason why they chose Detroit, I read, was that the city was devastated because of the declining automobile industry. My case is... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Cynthia Carroll
mainly in automobile catalytic converters), iron ore, coal, copper, nickel, zinc, and diamonds. Revenues in 2008 were $26 billion. At Anglo, despite a dividend cut and substantial layoffs prompted by the economic downturn and a collapse... View Details
- 01 Mar 2003
- News
Naina Lal Kidwai
to the global automobile industry. Biotechnology and pharmaceutical firms are emerging as international players. There are also opportunities in infrastructure investment, such as telecom, ports, roads, and airports. Please comment on... View Details
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Dean Srikant Datar’s 2025 Commencement Remarks | About
not adapting. Many people think about adaptability reactively: the ability to be responsive to a change in the environment. An example of this would be how quickly a traditional automobile manufacturer can respond to the introduction of... View Details
- 24 Jul 2006
- Research & Ideas
How Kayak Users Built a New Industry
firms in an industry adhere to. For example, the dominant design in automobiles today has a gasoline engine, four wheels with rubber tires, a steering wheel, a closed body, and automatic transmission. Designers may change the attributes... View Details
- 30 Sep 2002
- Research & Ideas
Use the Psychology of Pricing To Keep Customers Returning
that he can increase revenues or increase profits by raising membership fees from $600 to $700, it may not be able to tell him anything about the effect on revenues and profits by moving from an annual payment scheme to a monthly payment scheme. A good example of this... View Details
Keywords: by Manda Mahoney
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Buy Now, Pay Later: Research Links - Secondary Resources
United States Automobile Market (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007). Cohen, Lizabeth. A Consumer’s Republic: The Politics of Consumption in Postwar America (New York: Knopf, 2003). Collins, Robert M. More: The Politics of... View Details
- 02 Feb 2015
- Research & Ideas
Disruptors Sell What Customers Want and Let Competitors Sell What They Don’t
consumers to find cheaper products online—even as they stand in the store. The service decouples the value-creating portion of the process—testing and trying—with the non-value portion—buying. The automobile industry has been challenged... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 27 May 2014
- First Look
First Look: May 27
20th century, automobiles and airlines pushed rail into the background as an often-troubled and neglected mode. After a review of the long history of rail in the U.S., this paper examines the situation in the 21st century, including the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne