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- July 1997
- Case
Ford Motor Company: Maximizing the Business Value of Web Technologies
One of the largest companies in the world decides to aggressively deploy Web technology and must manage and support the new technology. A discussion of infrastructure renewal, application development, extranets, and content management is included. View Details
Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Value Creation; Information Technology; Infrastructure; Internet and the Web; Manufacturing Industry; Auto Industry
Austin, Robert D., and Mark J. Cotteleer. "Ford Motor Company: Maximizing the Business Value of Web Technologies." Harvard Business School Case 198-006, July 1997.
- 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.)
- 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
Fibiger, Mattias. "Remaking the Imperial Presidency: The Mayaguez Incident of 1975 and the Contradictions of Credibility." Diplomacy & Statecraft 31, no. 1 (2020): 118–142.
- 01 Mar 2011
- Working Paper Summaries
How Foundations Think: The Ford Foundation as a Dominating Institution in the Field of American Business Schools
- 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.)
- November 2013
- Teaching Note
Ford vs. GM: The Evolution of Mass Production (A) and (B)
By: Willy C. Shih
- March 2004
- Teaching Note
Ford Motor Company: Quality of Earnings Growth Analysis (A) and (B) TN
By: David F. Hawkins
Teaching Note to (9-104-059) and (9-104-063). View Details
- 2019
- Working Paper
Design Rules, Volume 2: How Technology Shapes Organizations: Chapter 10 Variations on the Theme of Flow Production
The purpose of this chapter is to explore how technologies and organizations engaged in flow production evolve over time. To allow for an apples-to-apples comparison, I examine organizations using essentially the same physical technologies, making similar products, and... View Details
Keywords: Flow Production; Ford; General Motors; Competitiveness; Information Technology; Organizational Design; Production; Auto Industry
Baldwin, Carliss Y. "Design Rules, Volume 2: How Technology Shapes Organizations: Chapter 10 Variations on the Theme of Flow Production." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 20-034, September 2019.
- 2022
- Working Paper
How Foundations Think: The Ford Foundation as a Dominating Institution in the Field of American Business Schools
By: Rakesh Khurana, Kenneth C. Kimura and Marion Fourcade
- February 2014
- Teaching Note
Ford Asia Pacific & Africa: The E-coating Facility Decision in Gujarat, India (A) and (B)
By: Juan Alcácer
- Web
Henry Ford presents new V-8 - The Human Factor – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections
Introduction Chapter Images The Production The Worker The Audience Bibliography previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 next Henry Ford presents new V-8 ca. 1936 Ford Motor Company Photographer unknown This unusual camera shot... View Details
- 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.
- Web
Smokestacks at the Ford Rouge Plant - The Human Factor – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections
The Message The Product The Production The Worker The Audience Bibliography previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 next Smokestacks at the Ford Rouge Plant ca. 1936 Ford Motor Company Photographer unknown The conveyors... View Details
- 2011
- Working Paper
How Foundations Think: The Ford Foundation as a Dominating Institution in the Field of American Business Schools
By: Rakesh Khurana, Kenneth Kimura and Marion Fourcade
The question of institutional change has become central to organizational research (Powell, 2008). Recent scholarship has demonstrated, often through carefully researched cases, that institutions can and sometimes do change. According to this research, there are two... View Details
Keywords: Change; Business Education; Business History; Organizations; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Structure; Relationships; Behavior
Khurana, Rakesh, Kenneth Kimura, and Marion Fourcade. "How Foundations Think: The Ford Foundation as a Dominating Institution in the Field of American Business Schools." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 11-070, January 2011.
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Q&A - Mark Fields
Concluding a successful tenure at Mazda, Mark Fields was appointed on April 19 to head the Premier group, a London-based unit of Ford Motor Company, which controls Mazda. The Premier group, a $23 billion company, includes brands such as... View Details
- 30 Sep 2013
- News
Mark Fields Steps into the Limelight
- 01 Jun 2004
- News
John Dearden Remembered
lecturer in 1959 after a decade in Ford Motor Company’s finance department. Promoted to full professor in 1964, he was named the first incumbent of the Herman C. Krannert Professorship of Business Administration in 1969. He retired from... View Details