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Donald E. Petersen

Though he was part of the teams that launched the Ford Thunderbird and Mustang, Petersen's real fame is rooted in his revival of the Ford dynasty in the 1980s. Under Petersen's leadership, Ford grew out of the shadow of GM, redesigning... View Details

Keywords: Automotive & Aerospace

Charles M. Pigott

Pigott was instrumental in leading the growth of his family’s business, Pacific Car & Foundry. Sales of heavy trucks under the Peterbilt and Kenworth names increased from $320 million to $4.3 billion. Part of that growth was generated... View Details

Keywords: Automotive & Aerospace

26 Apr 2011
News

BioMine Strikes Gold

Contest were Boss Medical and Baby.com.br, while SANA Care won in the social enterprise track. More than 90 teams submitted entries as part of this year's Alumni New Venture Contest. Clubs in Boston, Brazil, Chicago, Germany, India, New... View Details

Keywords: Mining (except Oil and Gas); Mining; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

29 Jun 2016
News

The Latest Local Motor: A Self-Driving Bus

Local Motors—which is led by Jay Rogers (MBA 2007)—posted to its co-creation community: build an urban public transportation system. It’s all part of the company’s unique design model: "Most of our vehicles are designed by people who... View Details

11 Apr 2017
Blog Post

Why I Love My Job: Andrew Grochal on His Path to CarGurus

Current Position: Director of Product Management, CarGurus Current Location: Cambridge, MA Describe your role at CarGurus.CarGurus is an automotive search engine, helping buyers (consumers) find great deals from top-rated dealers. I focus... View Details

Keywords: Technology

01 Sep 2018
News

An SUV Built for African Roads—by African Workers

loads, and a price tag that starts at US$13,000—about the equivalent of a seven-year-old imported sedan. “At Mobius, we get to play a part in the emergence of a stronger manufacturing base.” “At Mobius, we get to play a View Details

Keywords: Amy Yee

25 May 2011
News

Race to the Finish?

and Environment Initiative noted that the climate’s future requires that cities, the dominant settlement model of the 21st century, be much cleaner and more energy efficient. Cutting urban vehicle emissions is a big part of that... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

20 Oct 2016
News

Smart Moves

engineer. Three years later, feeling he had the tech part down but needed to know more about actually running a business, he headed for HBS. Mistele recalls writing down this pearl of wisdom one day in class: In business, you only have... View Details

Keywords: Robert S. Benchley; Support Activities for Transportation; Transportation

01 Dec 2017
News

The Robots Are Coming to Save Your Job

coworkers, Eckert says. Created for small businesses rather than the automotive industry—which makes up 70 percent of the US industrial robot market—Rethink’s bots do the boring, monotonous stuff. Humans get more interesting jobs: the... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell

01 Dec 2014
News

Ask the Expert: A Fair Share

Rent out your house, your car, even your bike—are there any limits to what people will part with (and what regulators will allow) in the new sharing economy? We called on Shelby Clark (MBA 2010)—founder of the car-sharing service... View Details

23 May 2017
First Look

First Look at New Ideas and Research: May 23, 2017

in press Journal of Experimental Psychology: General Pseudo-Set Framing By: Barasz, Kate, Leslie John, Elizabeth A. Keenan, and Michael I. Norton Abstract—Pseudo-set framing—arbitrarily grouping items or tasks together as part of an... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

09 Jan 2019
Research & Ideas

The UK Needs a Bold Strategy Around Competition to Survive Brexit

Professor at HBS. Far from a drag, he argues, being part of Europe was a key competitive advantage for Britain. Its economy benefitted more from EU funding than it contributed, even as a net contributor to the EU budget. Immigration was a... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

01 Dec 2003
News

Can Manufacturing Keep Its Edge?

seals for automotive parts suppliers such as AutoZone and Parts Plus. Developed in 1997, the line continues to expand and contribute to the company’s overall sales, which... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Manufacturing

24 Aug 2010
First Look

First Look: August 24

financing risk-that is, the risk that later—stage investors will not fund the startup, even if the fundamentals of the firm are still sound. We show that financing risk is part of a rational equilibrium where investors can flip from... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

Profile

Anthony Tan

breakthrough idea came from an HBS classmate, an Indonesian friend who needled Tan about the dreadful state of the taxi business in Malaysia. “He said: `Your great grandfather was a taxi driver, your grandfather started the Japanese View Details

05 Nov 2009
Research & Ideas

A Market for Human Cadavers in All but Name?

part of the physician's learning and socialization. The first incision is something few physicians forget. That procedure is reproduced time after time, in country after country, and provides a seminal building block of medical education... View Details

Keywords: by Michel Anteby; Health

01 Jun 2017
News

Supercharged

contends, these low-end manufacturers could grow under the radar of more established automakers until they become “too big to fight—or too big to beat.” But the Chinese market—like its European and American counterparts—is being sustained in large View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; illustrations by Tavis Coburn

20 Jan 2022
Blog Post

Lessons Learned from My HBS Career Journey in Environmental Sustainability

an engineer at Tesla, where I worked in manufacturing and design engineering. I loved my time there and am proud that I played a small role in helping drive the automotive industry towards electrification. Most importantly, I learned... View Details

01 Jun 2015
News

Ask the Expert: The Kids Are All Right

the right thing. We also found that their expectations in this vein are often higher than other generations’ expectations. In the automotive category, for instance, millennials expect car companies to create vehicles that will get more... View Details

24 Jun 2014
First Look

First Look: June 24

customers. The model illustrates that these findings can be rationalized if (i) misbehavior on the part of the exporter is of little concern to importers, and (ii) local banks in importing countries are more effective than the exporter in... View Details