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- December 2021 (Revised October 2023)
- Teaching Note
Accounting for Bitcoin at Tesla
- March 2024
- Teaching Note
Tesla in 2023: 'Electrified' Competition
By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Jordan Mitchell
Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 722-375. View Details
- 01 Jul 2016
- News
US Opens Investigation into Tesla after Fatal Crash
- 18 Jul 2013
- News
The Tesla Electric Car's Creators Chase Their 'IPhone Moment'
- March 2024 (Revised February 2025)
- Teaching Note
Tesla in 2024: Holding on to the EV Lead?
By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Jordan Mitchell
Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 724-466. View Details
- March 2024 (Revised February 2025)
- Supplement
Tesla in 2024: Holding on to the EV Lead?
- March 2024 (Revised May 2025)
- Case
Tesla in 2024: Holding on to the EV Lead?
By: Eric Van den Steen, Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Karen Elterman
Van den Steen, Eric, Ramon Casadesus-Masanell, and Karen Elterman. "Tesla in 2024: Holding On to the EV Lead?" Harvard Business School Case 724-466, March 2024. (Revised May 2025.)
- April 2018 (Revised March 2019)
- Case
Tesla-SolarCity
By: E. Scott Mayfield and Emil N. Siriwardane
On June 21, 2016, Tesla Motors, Inc. announced its offer to acquire SolarCity, bringing CEO Elon Musk one step closer to completing his goal of moving the world from a hydrocarbon-based economy to a solar-electric one. Markets and analysts were mixed in their reaction... View Details
Keywords: Tesla; SolarCity; Solar Power; Mergers and Acquisitions; Renewable Energy; Goals and Objectives; Finance
Mayfield, E. Scott, and Emil N. Siriwardane. "Tesla-SolarCity." Harvard Business School Case 218-108, April 2018. (Revised March 2019.)
- 27 Apr 2016
- News
Vivek Wadhwa: Apple should buy Tesla and make Elon Musk CEO
- June 6, 2019
- Article
Tesla's Advantage? 'It's the Software, Stupid.'
By: Lou Shipley
Without question, entrepreneur, innovator and engineer Elon Musk is a controversial figure, but there is no disputing that his first-to-market Tesla electric vehicles are not only revolutionizing the high-end driving experience, but also disrupting the automobile... View Details
Keywords: Tesla; Elon Musk; Autonomous Vehicle; Transportation; Software; Technology; Disruption; Auto Industry
Shipley, Lou. "Tesla's Advantage? 'It's the Software, Stupid.'." The Hill (June 6, 2019).
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
Elon Musk Demands Tesla Employees Show Up to the Office Full-Time
- 02 Oct 2013
- News
General Motors Takes a Look Under Tesla's Hood
- 04 Feb 2020
- News
How we know that Tesla is a bubble that is going to pop
- November 2016 (Revised September 2018)
- Case
Elon Musk's Big Bets
By: David B. Yoffie, Eric Baldwin and Brandon Kaufmann
Between late 2014 and late 2016, Tesla CEO Elon Musk undertook several major, and risky, initiatives that would dramatically expand the scale and scope of Tesla’s business. In late 2014, Tesla began construction on a $5 billion “gigafactory” that would manufacture... View Details
Keywords: Electric Vehicles; Batteries; Solar Power; Strategy; Execution; Technology; Space Flight; Tesla; SolarCity; SpaceX; Elon Musk; Information Technology; Risk and Uncertainty; Expansion; Renewable Energy; Investment; Manufacturing Industry; Green Technology Industry; Auto Industry; Aerospace Industry; Battery Industry
Yoffie, David B., Eric Baldwin, and Brandon Kaufmann. "Elon Musk's Big Bets." Harvard Business School Case 717-431, November 2016. (Revised September 2018.)
- Editorial
Elon Musk's Unusual Compensation Plan Isn't Really About Compensation at All
By: George Serafeim
Earlier this year, Tesla shareholders approved likely the largest compensation package ever awarded to a CEO—for a CEO who clearly doesn’t need the money. Elon Musk is already incredibly rich and also doesn’t seem particularly motivated by further wealth. So why do it?... View Details
Keywords: Tesla; Elon Musk; Innovation; Investor Communication; Investor Relations; Short-termism; Long-termism; Disruption; Executive Compensation; Business and Shareholder Relations; Communication Intention and Meaning; Mission and Purpose
Serafeim, George. "Elon Musk's Unusual Compensation Plan Isn't Really About Compensation at All." Harvard Business Review (website) (May 1, 2018).
- 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
- 19 May 2023
- News
Quiet Acceleration
Photo credit: Tesla Photo credit: Tesla Four years into his tenure as Tesla’s CFO, Zachary Kirkhorn (MBA 2013) continues to draw notice for his quiet, effective ability to implement CEO Elon Musk’s vision to... View Details