Nissan - Publications - Faculty & Research

22 Apr 2008
News

The Next Harvard Square? Really?

checking out a 1997 Nissan Maxima or a 1998 Volvo wagon, imagine what was being said about the car’s many virtues, and mentally coach the prospective buyer. (Sure, it’s shiny and red, but don’t even think about that convertible!) Here in... View Details

Keywords: Construction; Construction of Buildings; Construction; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Real Estate

29 May 2006
Research & Ideas

Why CEOs Are Not Plug-and-Play

and where to cut was clearly a plus for Carlos Ghosn, who is not a GE alumnus but is one of the cases we teach on a new CEO widely known for transforming the nearly bankrupt Japanese auto manufacturer Nissan into one of the world's most... View Details

Keywords: by Boris Groysberg, Andrew N. McLean & Nitin Nohria; Employment

02 Jan 2001
Research & Ideas

Can Japan Compete? [Part One]

contrast between the situation of Nissan, for example, and the typical Japanese company. Under a non-Japanese executive, in one year Nissan has gone through a major reconfiguring and has actually achieved profitability, whereas the... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace & Hilah Geer

Profile

Brendan Mosher

Defense (DOD) fellowship to Stanford. There, he concentrated on engineering design and worked on energy reduction optimization for a Nissan factory in Tennessee, as well as an innovative consumer technology that helps improve automobile... View Details

12 Oct 1999
Research & Ideas

Bright Ideas: The Creative Power of Groups

say, can be helpful — an approach that did wonders for a group at Nissan Design International when it was in the final throes of plans for the automaker's Pathfinder sport utility vehicle. No matter what form the incubation period takes,... View Details

Keywords: by Laurie Joan Aron

08 Aug 2011
Research & Ideas

The Death of the Global Manager

Brazilian-Lebanese who serves as chairman and CEO of the Japanese and French automakers Nissan and Renault.) Managers operating in a global environment obviously need a broad perspective and the ability to relate to other people and... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

01 Jun 2011
News

Mr. Start-Up

friends roll their eyes at me, but my only car is a 2000 Nissan Maxima. I guess I’m most excited about money as a way to save time, which is much more valuable to me. What was the most important thing you learned about entrepreneurship... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information

04 Mar 2014
First Look

First Look: March 4

http://hbr.org/product/samuel-slater-francis-cabot-lowell-the-factory-system-in-u-s-cotton-manufacturing/an/814065-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 714-014 Donfeng Nissan's Venucia (A) The (A) case describes the launch of a new passenger vehicle in China, produced... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Jun 2017
News

Supercharged

underpowered compact hatchbacks like the Nissan Leaf and the BMW i3, neither of which could go more than 100 miles without needing to recharge. But there’s a reason that so many auto executives are now pinning their hopes on that... View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; illustrations by Tavis Coburn

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