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- 01 Mar 2006
- News
Drive-In Nation
For decades, the U.S. auto industry ruled America’s economy, shaped the country’s development, and influenced American culture and social mores. Now, buffeted by globalization and other powerful forces, it... View Details
J. Peter Grace
1950 to 55% in 1977 as the company became the fifth largest producer of chemicals in the U.S. Grace grew his company into a diversified industrial complex including restaurants, sporting good stores, and View Details
Keywords: Chemicals & Industrial
- 1988
- Article
The Struggle for Dominance in the Automobile Market: The Early Years of Ford and General Motors
Tedlow, Richard S. "The Struggle for Dominance in the Automobile Market: The Early Years of Ford and General Motors." Business and Economic History 17 (1988): 49–62.
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
3-Minute Briefing: Dhivya Suryadevara (MBA 2003)
XT4; and in Michigan, I drive a red Chevrolet Camaro. The auto industry has a reputation for being stodgy and bureaucratic, but that perception is outdated. I think the professional opportunities are... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
Charles G. Bluhdorn
From 1960 to 1965, Gulf and Western’s growth was largely through expansion of its auto parts business. In 1965, Bluhdorn began to move toward diversification. He acquired such companies as New Jersey Zinc Company, Paramount Pictures, the... View Details
Keywords: Utilities & Energy
Henry Ford
cars per day. Ford was the first auto manufacturer to focus on a single model with a standardized chassis made of interchangeable parts. Ford became a national celebrity when, in 1914, he announced a basic wage of $5 per day for an 8-hour... View Details
Keywords: Automotive & Aerospace
Edward V. Rickenbacker
Prior to purchasing Eastern in 1938, Rickenbacker had successful careers in automobile racing and the auto industry at large, in addition to his distinguished service in the United States military in World... View Details
Keywords: Transportation
- November 2023
- Teaching Plan
Geely SEA: New Electric Vehicle Platforms
By: Willy Shih
Teaching Plan for HBS Case No. 622-001. Kent Bovellan, the Chief Engineer and Head of the Vehicle Architecture Center for Geely Holding, the Hangzhou, China headquartered global automotive group, was debating the platform choice for an upcoming "D" segment midsized... View Details
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
Rust Belt Turns ‘Sun Belt’ with Solar
facility in Indiana, where photovoltaic solar modules will be manufactured. Said Tiller, “Henry Ford transformed the auto industry with his assembly line. As we build to scale, our simpler process will give... View Details
- 19 Jul 2004
- Research & Ideas
Your Customers: Use Them or Lose Them
her course for Harvard MBA students, Managing Service Operations, which explores interactions between firms and customers. Defy Conventional Wisdom Commerce Bank entered a mature industry where the overall level of customer satisfaction... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- January 2025 (Revised February 2025)
- Background Note
A High-Tech Revolution with Chinese Characteristics: China's Drive Towards EV Supremacy
By: William C. Kirby, Daniel Fu and Matthew Ngai
This background note explains and documents the rise of China's EV industry. Moreover, it identifies the challenges facing it and posits several questions about the decisions needed to be made to sustain the industry's global dominance. Would Chinese producers be able... View Details
- 05 Sep 2006
- First Look
First Look: September 5, 2006
integration has not been accompanied by general increases in four types of global concentration measures: industry seller concentration, cross-industry superconcentration, national/regional hegemony, and geographic concentration. The... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
New Economy Notables: Peter C. Wendell
portfolio of companies. Some go great and some don't. But the individual entrepreneur has all his or her eggs in one basket. They are the real actors; we're just the stagehands. Where the new economy is going We've clearly had our excesses, but when the View Details
- 05 Jul 2011
- News
Driving Innovation
joining Google in 2006, the former head of digital marketing at DaimlerChrysler has been helping Google get its approach to consumer marketers up to speed by drawing on her auto industry experience and a... View Details
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
Making Their Way
Chirchirillo, “It’s a game-changer. Now we can go from print-to-part faster than anyone in the world.” The coin of the realm: The intricate patterns of metal stampings form the innards of component parts for a variety of manufactured products in a range of View Details
- 01 Sep 2015
- News
State of the Unions
out a contract. “The auto industry is a top-of-the-food-chain type of employer,” says Silvers, explaining that most labor organizations look to the UAW as a role model for negotiations across the country and... View Details
- Profile
Carolin Oldenbuettel
worked on a project to optimize the target costing management system, aligning new car models to feasible costs,” she says. “What I like about the auto industry is that they’re more and more influenced by... View Details
Keywords: Consulting
- 12 Jul 2010
- Research & Ideas
Rocket Science Retailing: A Practical Guide
in improving processes. Retailers can certainly learn from the auto industry's experience. Like in manufacturing a few decades ago, there is a lot of low-hanging fruit in retail operations today. However, to harvest these fruits retailers... View Details
- 01 Dec 2000
- News
New Economy Theme of HBS African-American Alumni Conference
partner at Andersen Consulting, and Paula A. Sneed (MBA 1977) of Kraft Foods. Ronald Goldsberry, a former auto industry executive and now a dot-com entrepreneur, described the rewards of joining a growing... View Details