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- July 1990 (Revised August 1994)
- Case
U.S. Auto Industry: Scenarios and Choices for the 1990s
Asks students to prepare a capacity utilization scenario for the U.S. auto industry in 1992 and to propose proper courses of action for Ford and General Motors in the face of globalizing competition. The subject is "corporate strategy in an overcapacitized world."... View Details
Keywords: Globalization; Business or Company Management; Competitive Strategy; Corporate Strategy; Auto Industry; United States
Salter, Malcolm S. "U.S. Auto Industry: Scenarios and Choices for the 1990s." Harvard Business School Case 391-001, July 1990. (Revised August 1994.)
- April 1995 (Revised May 1996)
- Teaching Note
Sears Auto Centers Series TN
By: Lynn S. Paine and Charles A Nichols, III
Teaching Note for (9-394-009), (9-394-010), and (9-394-011). View Details
Keywords: Auto Industry
- April 1989 (Revised June 1989)
- Case
U.S. Auto Industry: Scenarios and Choices
Salter, Malcolm S. "U.S. Auto Industry: Scenarios and Choices." Harvard Business School Case 389-152, April 1989. (Revised June 1989.)
- 1987
- Book
Changing Alliances: The Harvard Business School Project on the Auto Industry and the American Economy
By: Davis Dyer, Malcolm S. Salter and Alan M. Weber
Dyer, Davis, Malcolm S. Salter, and Alan M. Weber. Changing Alliances: The Harvard Business School Project on the Auto Industry and the American Economy . Harvard Business School Press, 1987.
- November 1998 (Revised November 2001)
- Case
BMW AG: The Digital Auto Project (B)
By: Stefan H. Thomke and Ashok Nimgade
Supplements the (A) case. View Details
Keywords: Auto Industry
Thomke, Stefan H., and Ashok Nimgade. "BMW AG: The Digital Auto Project (B)." Harvard Business School Case 699-045, November 1998. (Revised November 2001.)
- April 2008
- Case
Engstrom Auto Mirror Plant: Motivating in Good Times and Bad
By: Michael Beer and Elizabeth Collins
In May 2007, the Engstrom Auto Mirrors plant, a relatively small supplier based in Indiana, faces a crisis. The business was in the second year of a downturn. Sales had started to decline in 2005; a year later, plant manager Ron Bent had been forced to lay off more... View Details
Keywords: Organizational Behavior; Human Resource Management; Incentives; Motivation; Manufacturing; Leadership; Change Management; Employees; Motivation and Incentives; Goals and Objectives; Manufacturing Industry; Indiana
Beer, Michael, and Elizabeth Collins. "Engstrom Auto Mirror Plant: Motivating in Good Times and Bad." Harvard Business School Brief Case 082-175, April 2008.
- September 2011
- Case
Driving Profitable Growth at US Auto Parts
USAP faces extraordinary opportunities to change the way that automobiles are serviced in the US by selling parts at fair prices though online channels. View Details
Keywords: Business Growth and Maturation; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Disruptive Innovation; Business Model; Internet and the Web; Business Strategy; Internet and the Web; Machinery and Machining; Cost Management; Auto Industry; Auto Industry; United States
Tripsas, Mary, Amit Bhatia, and Anita M. McGahan. "Driving Profitable Growth at US Auto Parts." Harvard Business School Case 812-032, September 2011.
- October 1997 (Revised March 1998)
- Case
Daewoo's Globalization: Uz-Daewoo Auto Project
By: John A. Quelch
The top management at Daewoo is reviewing its close relationship with the Uzbekistan government, focusing especially on the performance of Uz-Daewoo Auto, a strategic alliance to manufacture and market passenger cars. View Details
Keywords: Globalized Economies and Regions; Alliances; Developing Countries and Economies; Manufacturing Industry; Manufacturing Industry; Uzbekistan; South Korea
Quelch, John A., and Chanhi Park. "Daewoo's Globalization: Uz-Daewoo Auto Project." Harvard Business School Case 598-065, October 1997. (Revised March 1998.)
- May 2022 (Revised June 2024)
- Case
LOOP: Driving Change in Auto Insurance Pricing
By: Elie Ofek and Alicia Dadlani
John Henry and Carey Anne Nadeau, co-founders and co-CEOs of LOOP, an insurtech startup based in Austin, Texas, were on a mission to modernize the archaic $250 billion automobile insurance market. They sought to create equitably priced insurance by eliminating pricing... View Details
Keywords: AI and Machine Learning; Technological Innovation; Equality and Inequality; Prejudice and Bias; Growth and Development Strategy; Customer Relationship Management; Price; Insurance Industry; Insurance Industry
Ofek, Elie, and Alicia Dadlani. "LOOP: Driving Change in Auto Insurance Pricing." Harvard Business School Case 522-073, May 2022. (Revised June 2024.)
- June 2000 (Revised December 2001)
- Case
Performance Pay at Safelite Auto Glass (B)
By: Brian J. Hall, Edward Lazear and Carleen Madigan
Supplements the (A) case. View Details
Keywords: Motivation and Incentives; Performance Productivity; Change; Compensation and Benefits; Service Industry; Service Industry
Hall, Brian J., Edward Lazear, and Carleen Madigan. "Performance Pay at Safelite Auto Glass (B)." Harvard Business School Case 800-292, June 2000. (Revised December 2001.)
- 01 Sep 2016
- News
The Untold Story of the US Auto Bailout
accepting his role in February 2009 as senior advisor, Presidential Task Force on the Auto Industry “The Chrysler question was a very complicated one, because unlike General Motors, it wasn’t necessarily too... View Details
- May 1982
- Background Note
Note on the 1982 Auto Negotiations
By: Michael Beer
Beer, Michael. "Note on the 1982 Auto Negotiations." Harvard Business School Background Note 482-103, May 1982.
- Article
Pricing and Production Flexibility: An Empirical Analysis of the U.S. Automotive Industry
By: Antonio Moreno and Christian Terwiesch
We use a detailed data set from the U.S. auto industry spanning from 2002 to 2009 and a variety of econometric methods to characterize the relationship between the availability of production mix flexibility and firms’ use of responsive pricing. We find that production... View Details
Keywords: Empirical Operations Management; Flexibility; Pricing; Automotive Industry; Production; Price; Management; Analysis; Auto Industry; United States
Moreno, Antonio, and Christian Terwiesch. "Pricing and Production Flexibility: An Empirical Analysis of the U.S. Automotive Industry." Manufacturing & Service Operations Management 17, no. 4 (Fall 2015): 428–444.
- June 2000 (Revised December 2001)
- Case
Performance Pay at Safelite Auto Glass (A)
By: Brian J. Hall, Edward Lazear and Carleen Madigan
Describes a company's changing of its compensation and incentive plan. In particular, it shows how a change from hourly pay to piece rate pay (for windshield installers) affected productivity, pay, and turnover. View Details
Keywords: Motivation and Incentives; Performance Productivity; Change; Compensation and Benefits; Service Industry; Service Industry
Hall, Brian J., Edward Lazear, and Carleen Madigan. "Performance Pay at Safelite Auto Glass (A)." Harvard Business School Case 800-291, June 2000. (Revised December 2001.)
- December 1984
- Teaching Note
General Motors and the United Auto Workers (Condensed), Teaching Note
By: Michael Beer
- April 2010 (Revised January 2011)
- Teaching Note
Transworld Auto Parts (TN) (A) and (B)
By: V.G. Narayanan and Lisa Brem
Teaching Note for [110027] and [110028]. View Details
Keywords: Auto Industry
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- August 2006 (Revised June 2007)
- Teaching Note
Sears Auto Centers (TN) (A) and (B) (Abridged) and (C)
By: Lynn S. Paine and Aldo Sesia
Keywords: Auto Industry