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- February 2010
- Case
Saginaw Parts Co. and the General Motors Corp. Credit Default Swap
This two-page case demonstrates how to unbundle the cost of credit extensions from product prices by observing the price of a credit default swap. It also explores how credit default swaps work, and how trade creditors are treated under U.S. bankruptcy law. Finally it... View Details
Keywords: Trade; Credit; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Credit Derivatives and Swaps; Laws and Statutes; Risk Management; Auto Industry; United States
Fruhan, William E. "Saginaw Parts Co. and the General Motors Corp. Credit Default Swap." Harvard Business School Case 210-056, February 2010.
- November 2003 (Revised March 2004)
- Teaching Note
General Motors Corporation: Retiree Benefit Risk Management (TN)
By: David F. Hawkins and Jacob Cohen
Teaching Note to (104-041). View Details
- January 1992 (Revised December 1992)
- Case
General Motors and the Problem of Fuel Economy
Goodman, John B. "General Motors and the Problem of Fuel Economy." Harvard Business School Case 792-063, January 1992. (Revised December 1992.)
- January 1979 (Revised October 1979)
- Case
General Motors Corp.: The Passenger Restraint System Decision
Ward, L. Scott. "General Motors Corp.: The Passenger Restraint System Decision." Harvard Business School Case 579-135, January 1979. (Revised October 1979.)
- February 2003 (Revised November 2003)
- Exercise
Accounting for Pensions at General Motors Corporation (B)
By: David F. Hawkins and Jacob Cohen
A potential investor in General Motor's stock reviews the retiree benefit note data included in the company's 2001 financial statements as part of the investment analysis of the company. View Details
Keywords: Investment; Accounting; Compensation and Benefits; Financial Services Industry; Auto Industry; Accounting Industry
Hawkins, David F., and Jacob Cohen. "Accounting for Pensions at General Motors Corporation (B)." Harvard Business School Exercise 103-053, February 2003. (Revised November 2003.)
- January 1990
- Case
Rio Bravo Electricos, General Motors Corp. (Abridged)
By: James E. Austin
Austin, James E. "Rio Bravo Electricos, General Motors Corp. (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 690-041, January 1990.
- September 2004 (Revised May 2005)
- Supplement
Foreign Exchange Hedging Strategies at General Motors (CW)
By: Mihir A. Desai
- April 1981 (Revised June 1983)
- Case
General Motors and the United Auto Workers (Condensed)
Lawrence, Paul R. "General Motors and the United Auto Workers (Condensed)." Harvard Business School Case 481-142, April 1981. (Revised June 1983.)
- October 1984
- Case
Transition from Contract to Consensus at General Motors
By: George C. Lodge
Lodge, George C. "Transition from Contract to Consensus at General Motors." Harvard Business School Case 385-168, October 1984.
- January 2004 (Revised June 2005)
- Case
General Motors Corporation: Retiree Benefit Risk Management (B)
By: David F. Hawkins and Jacob Cohen
Supplements the (A) case. View Details
Hawkins, David F., and Jacob Cohen. "General Motors Corporation: Retiree Benefit Risk Management (B)." Harvard Business School Case 104-064, January 2004. (Revised June 2005.)
- November 1988
- Supplement
General Motors Corp.: Modernizing the Wilmington Plant, Video
By: David A. Garvin
Garvin, David A. "General Motors Corp.: Modernizing the Wilmington Plant, Video." Harvard Business School Video Supplement 889-509, November 1988.
- Article
Management Practices, Relational Contracts and the Decline of General Motors
By: Susan Helper and Rebecca Henderson
General Motors was once regarded as one of the best managed and most successful firms in the world, but between 1980 and 2009 its share of the U.S. market fell from 62.6% to 19.8%, and in 2009 the firm went bankrupt. In this paper we argue that the conventional... View Details
Keywords: Organizational Design; Management Practices and Processes; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Manufacturing Industry; Auto Industry; United States
Helper, Susan, and Rebecca Henderson. "Management Practices, Relational Contracts and the Decline of General Motors." Journal of Economic Perspectives 28, no. 1 (Winter 2014): 49–72.
- 2014
- Working Paper
Management Practices, Relational Contracts and the Decline of General Motors
By: Susan Helper and Rebecca Henderson
General Motors was once regarded as one of the best managed and most successful firms in the world, but between 1980 and 2009 its share of the US market fell from 62.6 to 19.8 percent, and in 2009 the firm went bankrupt. In this paper we argue that the conventional... View Details
Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Management Practices and Processes; Organizational Structure; Decision Making; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Manufacturing Industry; Auto Industry
Helper, Susan, and Rebecca Henderson. "Management Practices, Relational Contracts and the Decline of General Motors." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 14-062, January 2014. (NBER Working Paper Series, No. 19867, January 2014.)
- August 2013 (Revised November 2015)
- Case
Prudential Financial - General Motors Pension Risk Transfer: Back to the Future?
By: Luis M. Viceira and Emily A. Chien
In November 2012, Prudential Financial and General Motors closed on a $25.1B pension risk transfer (PRT) transaction, the largest of its kind to date by an order of magnitude both in the U.S. market and globally. In exchange for an in-kind transfer of $25.1B in... View Details
Keywords: Risk Management; Asset Management; Insurance; Retirement; Financial Services Industry; Insurance Industry
Viceira, Luis M., and Emily A. Chien. "Prudential Financial - General Motors Pension Risk Transfer: Back to the Future?" Harvard Business School Case 213-126, August 2013. (Revised November 2015.)
- 20 Mar 2014
- News
Fixing a Weak Safety Culture at General Motors
- June 1990
- Teaching Note
Rio Bravo Electricos, General Motors Corp. (Abridged), Teaching Note
By: James E. Austin and Tomas Otto Kohn
- 12 Feb 2014
- Working Paper Summaries
Management Practices, Relational Contracts, and the Decline of General Motors
- March 1974 (Revised July 1981)
- Case
General Motors Malaysia Snd.Bhd.: Introduction of the Basic Transportation Vehicle
Sorenson, Ralph Z. "General Motors Malaysia Snd.Bhd.: Introduction of the Basic Transportation Vehicle." Harvard Business School Case 574-065, March 1974. (Revised July 1981.)
- 2008
- Blog
Harvard Business Online—Marketing Know:How: How General Motors Violated Your Trust
By: John A. Quelch
Quelch, John A. "How General Motors Violated Your Trust." Harvard Business Online—Marketing Know:How (blog). December 11, 2008. https://hbr.org/2008/12/how-general-motors-violated-yo.