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- February 1990 (Revised March 1992)
- Teaching Note
Automobile Dealer Sales and Service: Critical Incidents, Teaching Note
Teaching Note for (9-690-061). View Details
- July 1981
- Background Note
Competitive Status of the U.S. Automobile Industry--1981: Crisis and Transition
By: Kim B. Clark
Examines the competitive status of the U.S. auto industry in 1979-80. Provides information on the historical background of the current crisis using data on the United States and Japan. Discusses the competitive position of the U.S. industry in terms of productivity,... View Details
- 1992
- Working Paper
Managing the Product Line: A Case of the Automobile Industry
By: T. Fujimoto, K. B. Clark and Y. Aoshima
- March 2021
- Teaching Note
Capitalizing Development Costs at Fiat Chrysler Automobiles and Volkswagen
By: Paul M. Healy
Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 121-018. View Details
- July 2020 (Revised August 2021)
- Case
Capitalizing Development Costs at Fiat Chrysler Automobiles and Volkswagen
By: Paul M. Healy and Marshal Herrmann
Healy, Paul M., and Marshal Herrmann. "Capitalizing Development Costs at Fiat Chrysler Automobiles and Volkswagen." Harvard Business School Case 121-018, July 2020. (Revised August 2021.)
- March 1990
- Article
Automobile Marketing in the Context of American Business History
By: R. S. Tedlow
Tedlow, R. S. "Automobile Marketing in the Context of American Business History." Gérer et comprendre 18 (March 1990): 68–89.
- May 1982 (Revised February 1983)
- Case
Ford Motor Co. (B): The Automobile Crisis and Ford's Political Strategy--1980
Keywords: Strategy; Crisis Management; Government and Politics; Business and Government Relations; Auto Industry; United States
Salter, Malcolm S. "Ford Motor Co. (B): The Automobile Crisis and Ford's Political Strategy--1980." Harvard Business School Case 382-162, May 1982. (Revised February 1983.)
- 1994
- Article
Integration and Dynamic Capability: Evidence from Development in Automobiles and Mainframe Computers
By: M. Iansiti and K. B. Clark
Iansiti, M., and K. B. Clark. "Integration and Dynamic Capability: Evidence from Development in Automobiles and Mainframe Computers." Industrial and Corporate Change 3, no. 3 (1994): 557–605.
- May 1982 (Revised February 1983)
- Case
Ford Motor Co. (A): The Automobile Crisis and Ford's Strategic Posture--1980
Salter, Malcolm S. "Ford Motor Co. (A): The Automobile Crisis and Ford's Strategic Posture--1980." Harvard Business School Case 382-161, May 1982. (Revised February 1983.)
- June 2019
- Case
Mercedes and the Relaunch of Maybach: Reviving a Heritage Automobile Brand
By: Anat Keinan, Klaus Heine, Marie-Cecile Cervellon and Sandrine Crener
The case traces the growth of Maybach from its origins as a pioneer in car manufacturing to its relaunch by parent company Mercedes Benz AG (now Daimler AG). It covers the relaunch strategy implemented by the German car manufacturer and examines the challenges of... View Details
Keywords: Heritage Brand; Relaunch; Brands and Branding; Luxury; Product Launch; Strategy; Auto Industry
- April 2002
- Article
Local Versus Global Mimetism: The Dynamics of Alliance Formation in the Automobile Industry
By: Carlos Garcia-Pont and Nitin Nohria
Garcia-Pont, Carlos, and Nitin Nohria. "Local Versus Global Mimetism: The Dynamics of Alliance Formation in the Automobile Industry." Strategic Management Journal 23, no. 4 (April 2002): 307–321.
- Article
Developing Models for Planning Retailer Sales Promotions: An Application to Automobile Dealerships
By: Anirudh Dhebar, Scott A. Neslin and John A. Quelch
Dhebar, Anirudh, Scott A. Neslin, and John A. Quelch. "Developing Models for Planning Retailer Sales Promotions: An Application to Automobile Dealerships." Journal of Retailing 63, no. 4 (Winter 1987): 333–364.
- 1996
- Working Paper
How Strategic Networks Get Built: The Dynamics of Alliance Formation in the Global Automobile Industry
By: Nitin Nohria and Carlos Garcia-Pont
- 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.
- January 2018
- Case
Mary Barra, CEO, General Motors
By: Nitin Nohria, Kerry Herman and Sarah Gulick
Library case detailing the career of Mary Barra, GM’s CEO from January 2014, and her handling of the GM ignitions scandal, GM’s move into electric and autonomous car development, and activist investors. View Details
- March 2020 (Revised April 2020)
- Case
CarTrade
By: Rajiv Lal and Shreya Ramachandran
Vinay Sanghi, the founder and CEO of CarTrade, had been trying different business strategies to keep the company, which he founded in 2010 as an online marketplace for used and new cars, profitable and on track for growth. In a crowded and disorganized dealer... View Details
Keywords: Online Marketplace; Automobiles; Customer Base; Internet and the Web; Growth and Development Strategy; Business Model; Financing and Loans; E-commerce; Digital Platforms; Digital Marketing; Auto Industry; Retail Industry; India; Mumbai
Lal, Rajiv, and Shreya Ramachandran. "CarTrade." Harvard Business School Case 520-088, March 2020. (Revised April 2020.)
- November 2020
- Article
Accelerator or Brake? Cash for Clunkers, Household Liquidity, and Aggregate Demand
By: Daniel Green, Brian Melzer, Jonathan Parker and Arcenis Rojas
This paper evaluates the Car Allowance Rebate System (CARS) by comparing the vehicle purchases and disposals of households with eligible "clunkers" to those of households with similar, but ineligible, vehicles. CARS caused roughly 500,000 purchases during the program... View Details
Keywords: Automobiles; Purchasing; Government Incentives; Household; Financial Liquidity; Income; Behavior
Green, Daniel, Brian Melzer, Jonathan Parker, and Arcenis Rojas. "Accelerator or Brake? Cash for Clunkers, Household Liquidity, and Aggregate Demand." American Economic Journal: Economic Policy 12, no. 4 (November 2020): 178–211.
- Article
Repairing the Damage: The Effect of Price Knowledge and Gender on Auto-Repair Price Quotes
By: Meghan Busse, Ayelet Israeli and Florian Zettelmeyer
In this paper we investigate whether sellers treat consumers differently on the basis of how well informed consumers appear to be. We implement a large-scale field experiment in which callers request price quotes from automotive repair shops. We show that sellers alter... View Details
Keywords: Pricing; Price Discrimination; Automobiles; Field Experiment; Information; Fairness; Price; Knowledge Use and Leverage; Internet and the Web; Gender; Service Industry; Auto Industry
Busse, Meghan, Ayelet Israeli, and Florian Zettelmeyer. "Repairing the Damage: The Effect of Price Knowledge and Gender on Auto-Repair Price Quotes." Journal of Marketing Research (JMR) 54, no. 1 (February 2017): 75–95.