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- November 2006 (Revised March 2007)
- Case
Goodyear and the Threat of Government Tire Grading
By: Felix Oberholzer-Gee, Dennis A. Yao and Elizabeth Raabe
In the spring of 1977, Goodyear CEO Charles J. Pilliod Jr. was looking at an internal report on government and legal events relevant to the tire industry. Two items caught his attention. First, he noticed that an industry suit to block the government's proposed system... View Details
Keywords: Competitive Advantage; Lawsuits and Litigation; Rubber Industry; Rubber Industry; United States
Oberholzer-Gee, Felix, Dennis A. Yao, and Elizabeth Raabe. "Goodyear and the Threat of Government Tire Grading." Harvard Business School Case 707-494, November 2006. (Revised March 2007.)
- 01 Mar 2016
- News
Reinventing the Wheel
the scientists and researchers in the young company asked Cardozo if he would like to join the team as CEO in early 2014. The process works like this: End-of-life tires are collected at the Black Bear plant, where their steel wiring is removed. They are then heated... View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
Can Manufacturing Keep Its Edge?
Linda Katz (both MBA 1994) considered thirty different companies before buying Molded Dimensions, Inc., a manufacturer of rubber and polyurethane products located outside Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Since purchasing the company in April 2001,... View Details
- Web
Wartime Innovation - Georges F. Doriot : Educating Leaders, Building Companies, Baker Library, Harvard Business School
production of Army trucks from major car companies including Ford and General Motors. He also boosted rubber supply through a program of higher production and greater citizen conservation. In 1942, Doriot became chief of the Research and... View Details
- Web
George F. Baker - A Concrete Symbol: The Building of Harvard Business School 1908-1927 – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections
twentieth centuries. Baker rose from teller to the bank’s president and largest shareholder and served on the board of more than forty corporations, many of them railroads. In addition to buying and revitalizing several failing railroads, Baker also had great success... View Details
- 17 Dec 2015
- News
Examining Global Workforce Management
a defined next step, such as a new job or training, for 60 percent of the company’s employees worldwide by their last day on the job. She is currently studying Michelin’s actions, which include providing layoff and community support when closing plants in France and... View Details
- November 1999 (Revised November 1999)
- Case
Goodyear: The Aquatred Launch (Condensed)
Goodyear is planning to launch an innovative new tire in a price sensitive and highly competitive category. The case deals with channel conflicts and management issues arising in mature product categories. View Details
Chun, Samuel S. "Goodyear: The Aquatred Launch (Condensed)." Harvard Business School Case 500-039, November 1999. (Revised November 1999.)
- 01 Sep 2017
- News
Turning Point: Getting to Giving
constantly have to ask ourselves is, “What if we’ve reached the point where we have enough, and everything can be given away—everything?” For those of us who are upwardly mobile, that’s where the rubber meets the road—that’s where growth... View Details
- 18 Oct 2024
- News
My Worst Job
Hi, I'm David Chellgren, and I'm class of 2004. The worst job I ever had was making rubberized asphalt as a summer job. My dad was a paving contractor and he had a little side business where they would blend crumb View Details
- May 2013
- Supplement
Elasto Therm: The Next Step
This is the spreadsheet supplement for case ElastoTherm: The Next Step(813030). This contains the electronic copy of exhibits 1 and 2. View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurial Management; Entrepreneurs; Pricing; Pricing Policies; Pricing Strategy; Pricing Structure; Sales Force Management; Acquisitions; Work/family Balance; Family-owned Business; Entrepreneurship; Growth and Development Strategy; Expansion; Work-Life Balance; Rubber Industry; Rubber Industry; United States
- January 2011
- Teaching Note
The Travails of Rubber: Goodyear or Badyear? (TN)
By: Tom Nicholas
Teaching Note for 808118. View Details
- July 1993 (Revised September 1994)
- Case
Goodyear: The Aquatred Launch
By: John A. Quelch
After many years of R&D, Goodyear has developed the Aquatred, an innovative new tire. However, the tire industry has matured and evolved, raising questions concerning the Aquatred's ability to gain support from Goodyear's independent tire dealers. Students must use... View Details
Keywords: Change Management; Consumer Behavior; Distribution Channels; Brands and Branding; Innovation and Invention; Rubber Industry; Rubber Industry; United States
Quelch, John A. "Goodyear: The Aquatred Launch." Harvard Business School Case 594-106, July 1993. (Revised September 1994.)
- 01 Jun 2002
- News
Up to the Challenge: Lori Schock - Listen and Learn
stuffing 59 party bags with HBS mementos for Admit Day festivities,” she laughs. “I really owe him!” Schock will soon get a chance to repay the favor. After graduation, she plans to work in London in the Engineered Products Division of Goodyear Tire & View Details
Keywords: Kathleen Brill
- 28 May 2019
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Family Dynamic
As CEO of Indonesia’s Sintesa Group, Shinta Widjaja Kamdani (OPM 31, 2002) is the third generation of her family to lead the highly diversified holding company that began as a rubber plantation in 1919. Kamdani had been at the company for... View Details
- Web
Wartime Innovation - Georges F. Doriot : Educating Leaders, Building Companies, Baker Library, Harvard Business School
production of Army trucks from major car companies including Ford and General Motors. He also boosted rubber supply through a program of higher production and greater citizen conservation. In 1942, Doriot became chief of the Research and... View Details
- 25 Feb 2020
- News
Beyond the Plastisphere
Above: illustration by Brian Stauffer In 2008, Sarah Kauss (MBA 2003) attended a presentation on climate change and the global water crisis at her five-year HBS reunion. Harvard Professor Daniel Schrag, who directs the University’s Center for the Environment, argued... View Details
- 22 Feb 2019
- News
Empowering a New Generation of Business Leaders
made for great teaching moments and unanticipated creativity and fun,” says Mallory, who also served as a team consultant. “For instance, after a considerable period of anemic sales of their product (neon rubber wrist bands), the Chief... View Details
- 01 Jun 2000
- News
Professors Fox, Mace Remembered
rubber stamps for top management. After a three-year stint helping Charles B. ("Tex") Thornton get the fledgling Litton Co. (later Litton Industries) off the ground, in 1958 Mace returned to academic pursuits at HBS, where he remained... View Details
- 10 Nov 2009
- First Look
First Look: Nov. 10
rubber markets during the boom years of 1870-1910 shows that the government generated 1.3% of GDP through an export tax on rubber but that it could have generated 4.7% in total, had the government set the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace