Publications

April 2002
Case

Ford Motor Company's Value Enhancement Plan (B)

By: Andre F. Perold and Joshua Musher

Supplements the (A) case. View Details

Keywords: Auto Industry

October 1991 (Revised November 1992)
Case

Managing Health Care at Ford Motor Co.

By: George C. Lodge and Malcolm S. Salter

Keywords: Health Care and Treatment; Auto Industry; Health Industry; United States

February 2020 (Revised September 2021)
Supplement

Mission Related Investments at the Ford Foundation (B)

By: Shawn Cole, Michael Norris and T. Robert Zochowski

Supplements the (A) case. View Details

Keywords: Mission-Related Investing; Philanthropy; Foundation; Endowments; Socially Responsible Investing; Investment; Institutional Investing; Investment Activism; Governance; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Mission and Purpose; Social Enterprise; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; United States

January 2004
Teaching Note

Ford Motor Company's Value Enhancement Plan (A) (TN)

By: Andre F. Perold and Peter Tufano

Teaching Note to (9-201-079). View Details

Keywords: Auto Industry

February 2004
Supplement

Ford Motor Company: Quality of Earnings Growth Analysis (A)

By: David F. Hawkins

Keywords: Measurement and Metrics; Quality; Business Earnings; Auto Industry

March 2011 (Revised April 2021)
Case

The Whiz Kids

By: Tom Nicholas and David Chen

In October 1945, Henry Ford II received a telegram in his office at the Ford Motor Company in Dearborn, Michigan written by Charles "Tex" Thornton, a U.S. Air Force colonel. The telegram presented an opportunity for Ford to deploy a system of statistical control which... View Details

Keywords: Ford Motor Company; Statistical Control; Management Systems; Accounting; Operations; Strategy; Mathematical Methods; Auto Industry; United States

August 2019
Case

The Ford Foundation: Creating Alpha with Affordable Housing?

By: Charles F. Wu, Mo Gulamhusein, Ryan Liu, Wande Olabisi, Mahek Mehta, Anna Ponting and Yingjia Wang

December 1991
Teaching Note

Managing Health Care at Ford Motor Co., Teaching Note

By: George C. Lodge

September 2005 (Revised July 2006)
Case

Accounting for Pensions and Employee Benefits at Ford and Toyota

Uses Ford's and Toyota's financial statements to familiarize students with the information provided in pension footnotes. Allows students to combine that information with other financial statement information to create a greater understanding of the costs of each... View Details

Keywords: Accounting; Compensation and Benefits; Auto Industry

July 1993 (Revised June 1994)
Supplement

Peak Electronics: Vendor Relationship with the Ford Motor Co. (C)

By: V. Kasturi Rangan

Keywords: Electronics Industry

27 Feb 2017
News

How Ford will create a new generation of driverless cars

22 Apr 2014
News

Mark Fields Follows a Legend Leaving Ford in Prime Condition

Keywords: automotive industry; Motor Vehicle and Parts Dealers; Retail Trade

January 2004 (Revised April 2004)
Case

Ford Motor Company: Quality of Earnings Growth Analysis (B)

By: David F. Hawkins and Jacob Cohen

Supplements the (A) case. View Details

Keywords: Auto Industry; Consulting Industry

February 1990 (Revised March 1992)
Teaching Note

Ford Motor Co.: Dealer Sales and Service, Teaching Note

By: Leonard A. Schlesinger

Teaching Note for (9-690-030). View Details

10 Jun 2022
News

Lessons From Henry Ford About Today’s Supply Chain Mess

July 1993 (Revised June 1994)
Supplement

Peak Electronics: Vendor Relationship with the Ford Motor Co. (B)

By: V. Kasturi Rangan

Keywords: Electronics Industry

July 1993 (Revised June 1994)
Case

Peak Electronics: Vendor Relationship with the Ford Motor Co. (A)

By: V. Kasturi Rangan

Keywords: Partners and Partnerships; Relationships; Electronics Industry; Auto Industry

2020
Article

Remaking the Imperial Presidency: The Mayaguez Incident of 1975 and the Contradictions of Credibility

By: Mattias Fibiger

This article argues that the Mayaguez incident of 1975 was a missed opportunity to establish a more democratic American foreign policy. President Gerald Ford managed the crisis with an eye toward domestic and international credibility. But his conception of credibility... View Details

Keywords: Foreign Policy; Presidency; Ford Administration; Government and Politics; History; Crisis Management; United States