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- 01 Oct 1999
- News
Eight Among Many: Alfred A. Checchi
already survived a serious auto accident, became convinced he should run for office after Commerce Secretary Ron Brown and a number of executives died in a plane crash in Croatia in 1996, a flight Checchi missed only because of a... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Jun 2004
- News
Working the Street
the suspects may have fled. As patrol cars converge on the trailer park, Timken stays with the wreck, and tries to find witnesses. Two days later, an e-mail from Timken: “Julio V., with two priors, Grand Theft Auto (GTA), was detained in... View Details
- 12 Nov 2021
- News
Alumni Business Leaders on Confronting the Climate Change Challenge
numerous undertakings to roll out no- or low-emission products and processes in multiple sectors. Hence, the major auto producers, globally, have announced commitments to phase out production of new internal combustion engines by 2035 to... View Details
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
Drive-In Nation
For decades, the U.S. auto industry ruled America’s economy, shaped the country’s development, and influenced American culture and social mores. Now, buffeted by globalization and other powerful forces, it faces a moment of truth. The... View Details
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Supercharged
This year is shaping up to be a critical one for electric vehicles—or EVs—say HBS alumni in the auto industry, with the newly released Chevy Bolt and Tesla’s own soon-to-be-released Model 3 promising to make EVs as affordable as... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
From a ‘blank slate’ to ‘Mr. China’
experience who were open to new ideas. A self-confessed “blank slate” upon his arrival—he had never been to China and didn’t speak Chinese—Perkowski used $150 million in US investor capital to launch ASIMCO, an auto parts manufacturing... View Details
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
Rust Belt Turns ‘Sun Belt’ with Solar
facility in Indiana, where photovoltaic solar modules will be manufactured. Said Tiller, “Henry Ford transformed the auto industry with his assembly line. As we build to scale, our simpler process will give us the advantage” (Bloomberg... View Details
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
They Call Him Mr. China
built a $500 million auto parts manufacturing business, ASIMCO Technologies, and managed it with such dexterity that it was twice named one of the Best Employers in China. But it wasn’t easy, especially for someone who didn’t speak the... View Details
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
3-Minute Briefing: Dhivya Suryadevara (MBA 2003)
XT4; and in Michigan, I drive a red Chevrolet Camaro. The auto industry has a reputation for being stodgy and bureaucratic, but that perception is outdated. I think the professional opportunities are unmatched when it comes to working on... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Local Customs
“We want to be the Sam Adams of the auto world.” Rogers launched his Massachusetts-based company, Local Motors, with $4 million in start-up capital; its online contest (LocalMotors.com/competition.php) invites the public in various cities... View Details
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
Studying Japan from the Inside
Masako Egawa (MBA ’86), executive director of Harvard Business School’s Japan Research Office in Tokyo, answers questions about business changes in Japan and the School’s research there. Q: Tell us about an interesting recent case in Japan that your office worked on.... View Details
- 02 Aug 2019
- News
Fulfilling Their Promise
After an eye-opening experience as a volunteer mentor, former auto executive Susan Schooner (MBA 1983) launched Girls Group, an organization designed to economically and emotionally support middle and high school girls in the Ann Arbor,... View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Can’t Forget the Motor City
’85), key players on the presidential task force that’s deciding what to do about the U.S. auto industry. As a longtime special assistant to the president of the United Steelworkers union, Bloom previously used skills he honed at Lazard... View Details
- 01 Sep 2015
- News
State of the Unions
workforce to move wages upward.” Over the course of 2015, the AFL-CIO will negotiate the contracts of more than 5 million union employees. The most high-profile collective bargaining agreement takes place this fall, when the United Auto... View Details
- 05 Jul 2011
- News
Driving Innovation
joining Google in 2006, the former head of digital marketing at DaimlerChrysler has been helping Google get its approach to consumer marketers up to speed by drawing on her auto industry experience and a previous ten-year stint at IBM. As... View Details
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
New Economy Notables: Peter C. Wendell
portfolio of companies. Some go great and some don't. But the individual entrepreneur has all his or her eggs in one basket. They are the real actors; we're just the stagehands. Where the new economy is going We've clearly had our excesses, but when the View Details
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
A Deal on Wheels
came up with the CarLotz concept, were friends and former investment banking colleagues. After some HBS networking, the two found Montgomery, who was working in McKinsey & Company’s automotive practice and had previous experience running multiple View Details
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Start-Ups Make Their Pitch
today goes to telecom, high tech, or software,” said Mahesh, founder and CEO of Sundaram Medical Devices in Chennai. Mahesh trained at Stanford as an engineer and worked for McKinsey and Toyota before attending HBS. He plans to apply engineering and cost control... View Details
- 01 Jan 2005
- News
Rahul Bajaj, MBA 1964
Chairman & Managing Director, Bajaj Auto Ltd. Return to Alumni Achievement Awards main page EARLIER EDUCATION St. Stephen's College (Delhi), 1958 B.A., Economics The Government Law College (Bombay), 1960 LL.B. LIFELONG LESSON FROM HBS... View Details
- 01 Mar 2024
- News
Research Brief: The Real Cost of Countering China
Illustration by Patric Sandri Over the last five years, global supply chains have come under unprecedented stress from the pandemic, natural disasters, geopolitical events, and general anti-globalization sentiments. Nowhere is this more evident than in the trade... View Details