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- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Start-Ups Make Their Pitch
today goes to telecom, high tech, or software,” said Mahesh, founder and CEO of Sundaram Medical Devices in Chennai. Mahesh trained at Stanford as an engineer and worked for McKinsey and Toyota before attending HBS. He plans to apply engineering and cost control... 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
- 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
- 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
- 27 Oct 2009
- First Look
First Look: October 27
Transworld Auto Parts had to implement its new strategy flawlessly to survive the auto industry upheaval. The new CEO asked her leadership team to craft strategy maps and... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- March 2002 (Revised March 2004)
- Case
Metalcraft Supplier Scorecard
By: Susan L. Kulp, V.G. Narayanan and Ronald L. Verkleeren
An automotive components company uses a supplier scorecard to make sourcing decisions and review its supplier performance. View Details
Keywords: Supply Chain Management; Quality; Performance Evaluation; Decision Making; Service Operations; Motivation and Incentives; Supply and Industry; Manufacturing Industry; Manufacturing Industry
Kulp, Susan L., V.G. Narayanan, and Ronald L. Verkleeren. "Metalcraft Supplier Scorecard." Harvard Business School Case 102-047, March 2002. (Revised March 2004.)
- Profile
Laura Sandoval
janitor in an auto shop. It took him seven years to get his residency.” Laura seized every educational opportunity she had. At the University of Florida, she considered a career in law, but later developed an interest in marketing. With... View Details
- Profile
Ben Faw
more private sector experience. Through a friend of a friend, he found an opportunity at Tesla Motors where he worked on global supply chain coordination. “I was impressed by what Elon Musk was trying to do to disrupt the auto View Details
- 11 Dec 2018
- Research & Ideas
Free Trade Needs Nurturing—and Other Lessons from History
free trade in some industries or regions lead to requests for protection through trade barriers. Politicians pick up on those requests, and we witness periodic trade spats. The Catfish War is a famous example pitting the Mississippi... View Details
- 26 Jul 2006
- Research & Ideas
The Strategic Way to Go to Market
players are good at it, like Haworth and Atlas Copco. Distributors and retailers could be channel stewards too. Wal-Mart, Best Buy (consumer electronics), and HEB (supermarkets) are all discussed in the book. Q: You point to the auto... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Feb 2009
- Research & Ideas
Creative Entrepreneurship in a Downturn
formation, and innovation. He is also a partner of the international management consulting firm McKinsey & Company, where he is a leader of its Innovation practice. Chakravorti has advised over 30 Fortune 500 companies on innovation, growth, and new... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- Web
Buy Now, Pay Later: The Secondary Credit Market
The Rise of Installment Selling Home Finance Cars on Time The Secondary Credit Market The Usurer's Grip Research Links Credits “We must divorce the three golden balls from the three Furies.” — Charities Review , 1892 Installment plans, home mortgages, and View Details
- 05 Dec 2023
- Blog Post
Taking Learning Beyond the Classroom
attracted students from a variety of backgrounds, including impact investing, consulting, renewables, startups, ESG, climate tech, and those with experience working for major auto manufacturers including Audi, Ford, and Tesla. The session... View Details
- 04 Mar 2013
- Lessons from the Classroom
Lessons from Running GM’s OnStar
third party, the human equivalent of Switzerland," he says. Moreover, GM had recently sent Huber to the Industrial College of the Armed Forces, where he became the first private sector civilian to graduate from a program aimed at... View Details
- 01 Oct 1997
- News
Terence P. Stewart
Auto Workers in a 1980 case that led to the voluntary restraint agreement with Japan; the bearings industry since the 1970s; and the steel sector in the 1970s and 1980s - as examples where legal intercession... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 1998
- Journal Article
Ford's Model-T: Pricing over the Product Life Cycle
The pricing decisions monopolistic firms make over time are determined to a large extent by the complex interplay of two distinct sets of elements: demand- and supply-based considerations. Demand factors include the possibilities of (a) exercising dynamic price... View Details
Keywords: Experience and Expertise; Decisions; Forecasting and Prediction; Cost; Price; Information; Demand and Consumers; Monopoly; Product; Sales; Complexity; Auto Industry
Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon. "Ford's Model-T: Pricing over the Product Life Cycle." Abante: Estudios en dirección de empresas 1, no. 2 (1998): 143–65.
- 01 Aug 2001
- News
Cleveland Global Alumni Conference a Sold-Out Success
marketing in the early stages of a drug's development. In a lunchtime address, Jacques Nasser, president and CEO of Ford Motor Company, touched on a number of experiences from his 33 years at the auto giant, including what he referred to... View Details
- 17 Apr 2017
- Research Event
The Most Pressing Issues for Platform Providers in the Sharing Economy
is just one of many dilemmas that can incite insomnia in a sharing-economy platform provider. There’s also the threat of disintermediation between producers and consumers; the fear of trying to compete in a winner-take-all market; and the challenge of attracting... View Details
- 11 Jun 2014
- Research & Ideas
In the Future of Sports Investing, Media Is the Best Bet
Francisco 49ers football team, and Grousbeck, CEO of the Boston Celtics basketball franchise. The fund focuses on sports media content, an industry headed to $60 billion in revenue, according to the Causeway partnership. Higgins says the... View Details