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      • February 2000 (Revised August 2000)
      • Case

      Priceline WebHouse Club

      By: Thomas R. Eisenmann and Jon K Rust
      Priceline empowered consumers to "name their own price" for airline tickets and hotel rooms; then it shopped these offers to marketers. Priceline's founder Jay Walker described the resulting transactions as a new ecosystem, that helped consumers realize lower prices... View Details
      Keywords: Business Model; Strategy; Disruptive Innovation; Internet and the Web; Entrepreneurship; Retail Industry
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      Eisenmann, Thomas R., and Jon K Rust. "Priceline WebHouse Club." Harvard Business School Case 800-287, February 2000. (Revised August 2000.)
      • October 1999 (Revised October 2005)
      • Case

      Autobytel.com

      By: Youngme E. Moon
      Autobytel enjoys first-mover advantage in the Internet new car buying space. According to a number of metrics, it is the online leader in this category. However, a number of competitors have sprung up, raising questions about the long-term viability of Autobytel's... View Details
      Keywords: Growth and Development Strategy; Internet and the Web; Marketing Channels; Strategy; Internet and the Web; Competition; Business Model; Service Operations; Budgets and Budgeting; Growth and Development; Auto Industry
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      Moon, Youngme E. "Autobytel.com." Harvard Business School Case 500-015, October 1999. (Revised October 2005.)
      • May 1999
      • Teaching Note

      Car Wash Partners, Inc. TN

      By: Paul A. Gompers
      Teaching Note for (9-299-034). View Details
      Keywords: Financing and Loans; Investment; Strategy; Negotiation Deal; Venture Capital; Service Industry
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      Gompers, Paul A. "Car Wash Partners, Inc. TN." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 299-058, May 1999.
      • February 1999 (Revised June 2010)
      • Case

      Car Wash Partners, Inc.

      By: Paul A. Gompers
      Examines the investment decision of Cabot Brown and Bill Burgin, two venture capitalists, to finance Car Wash Partners (CWP). CWP intends to purchase automatic car washes around the country. Investment strategy and deal structuring are discussed. View Details
      Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Entrepreneurship; Venture Capital; Financial Strategy; Auto Industry; Service Industry
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      Gompers, Paul A. "Car Wash Partners, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 299-034, February 1999. (Revised June 2010.)
      • November 1998 (Revised November 2001)
      • Case

      BMW AG: The Digital Car Project (A)

      By: Stefan H. Thomke and Ashok Nimgade
      Describes how the German automotive firm BMW is trying to reduce its development time by half with the aid of computer-aided technologies. To leverage these technologies fully in the very competitive automotive industry, BMW is faced with the challenge of changing its... View Details
      Keywords: Change; Competency and Skills; Management; Time Management; Product Positioning; Product Development; Business Processes; Performance; Problems and Challenges; Technology; Auto Industry
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      Thomke, Stefan H., and Ashok Nimgade. "BMW AG: The Digital Car Project (A)." Harvard Business School Case 699-044, November 1998. (Revised November 2001.)
      • June 1998 (Revised August 2000)
      • Case

      Microsoft CarPoint

      By: Jeffrey F. Rayport
      CarPoint.com was Microsoft's Web-based entry into on-line automobile retailing. While it could not, in fact, "sell" or deliver any cars, it could shift much of consumer search, comparison, and decision-making, including pricing, the traditional car dealer to the Web.... View Details
      Keywords: Internet and the Web; Service Operations; Market Entry and Exit; Consumer Behavior; Auto Industry; Retail Industry
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      Rayport, Jeffrey F., Avnish S. Bajaj, Steffan Haithcox, and Michael V. Kadyan. "Microsoft CarPoint." Harvard Business School Case 898-280, June 1998. (Revised August 2000.)
      • October 1996 (Revised January 1998)
      • Case

      Sony Corporation: Car Navigation Systems

      By: John A. Quelch
      In the summer of 1996, Masao Morita, president of Sony Personal Mobile Communication Co., contemplated how to formulate its multinational marketing strategy for the fast-changing car navigation systems market. Morita needed to resolve the conflicting views within his... View Details
      Keywords: Geographic Location; Marketing Strategy; Product Launch; Standards; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Conflict and Resolution; Auto Industry; Electronics Industry; Japan
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      Quelch, John A., and Yoshinori Fujikawa. "Sony Corporation: Car Navigation Systems." Harvard Business School Case 597-032, October 1996. (Revised January 1998.)
      • November 1994 (Revised January 1995)
      • Case

      Wheeling and Dealing: The Zirconia GT

      By: Howard Raiffa, James K. Sebenius, Craig Best and Scot Melland
      A personal negotiation episode in purchasing a car is presented. Tactics and strategies commonly encountered by car buyers and car salespeople are illustrated. View Details
      Keywords: Debates; Negotiation Tactics; Sales; Strategy
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      Raiffa, Howard, James K. Sebenius, Craig Best, and Scot Melland. "Wheeling and Dealing: The Zirconia GT." Harvard Business School Case 895-013, November 1994. (Revised January 1995.)
      • March 1992 (Revised June 1993)
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      Lada do Brasil

      By: James E. Austin and Helen Shapiro
      In an effort to capitalize on the entrepreneurial opportunity presented by the Brazilian government's trade liberalization, a Panamanian automobile trading company launched a business of importing the Russian made Lada cars into Brazil. The company confronts a complex... View Details
      Keywords: Business Startups; Transformation; Economics; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Capital; Policy; Competition; Auto Industry; Brazil
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      Austin, James E., and Helen Shapiro. "Lada do Brasil." Harvard Business School Case 392-122, March 1992. (Revised June 1993.)
      • January 1991
      • Case

      Volkswagen of America: Audi 5000 (A)

      By: Stephen A. Greyser
      Audi marketing executives and their advertising agency colleagues must decide which of several advertising executions should be employed for the introductory campaign for the Audi 5000, their new car entry scheduled to replace the Audi 100LS in the United States in the... View Details
      Keywords: Advertising Campaigns; Brands and Branding; Marketing Strategy; Product Launch; Auto Industry; United States
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      Greyser, Stephen A. "Volkswagen of America: Audi 5000 (A)." Harvard Business School Case 591-065, January 1991.
      • March 1990 (Revised October 1999)
      • Case

      Mary Kay Cosmetics: Sales Force Incentives (A)

      By: Robert L. Simons and Hilary Weston
      Describes the incentive system by which Mary Kay Cosmetics motivates the sales force of 200,000 independent agents who comprise the firm's only distribution channel. Illustrates the powerful effect on sales-force behavior that results when creative types of employee... View Details
      Keywords: Motivation and Incentives; Cost Management; Salesforce Management; Distribution Channels; Beauty and Cosmetics Industry; United States
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      Simons, Robert L., and Hilary Weston. "Mary Kay Cosmetics: Sales Force Incentives (A)." Harvard Business School Case 190-103, March 1990. (Revised October 1999.)
      • November 1989 (Revised February 1992)
      • Case

      Ford Motor Co.: Dealer Sales and Service

      By: Leonard A. Schlesinger
      Since Henry Ford founded Ford Motor Co., Ford vehicles have been sold and serviced the same way. By the late 1980s Ford began to consider making changes in its sales and service process. Two developments forced Ford to reconsider these processes. First, Ford found... View Details
      Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Change Management; Distribution Channels; Customer Focus and Relationships; Service Industry; Auto Industry; Retail Industry; United States
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      Schlesinger, Leonard A. "Ford Motor Co.: Dealer Sales and Service." Harvard Business School Case 690-030, November 1989. (Revised February 1992.)
      • August 1989 (Revised November 1994)
      • Case

      Nissan Motor Co. Ltd.: Marketing Strategy for the European Market

      By: John A. Quelch
      Nissan executives are reviewing their European marketing strategy in light of the 1992 European Community (EC) market integration program and the likely end of bilateral import quotas on Japanese cars by some EC countries. Having recently established a manufacturing... View Details
      Keywords: Marketing Strategy; Resource Allocation; Market Entry and Exit; Trade; Auto Industry; Japan; United Kingdom; Europe
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      Quelch, John A. "Nissan Motor Co. Ltd.: Marketing Strategy for the European Market." Harvard Business School Case 590-018, August 1989. (Revised November 1994.)
      • November 1988 (Revised January 1992)
      • Teaching Note

      Union Tank Car Co., Teaching Note

      By: W. Carl Kester
      Keywords: Rail Industry
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      Kester, W. Carl. "Union Tank Car Co., Teaching Note." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 289-006, November 1988. (Revised January 1992.)
      • winter 1985
      • Article

      The Nonpecuniary Costs of Automobile Emissions Standards

      By: Timothy F. Bresnahan and Dennis Yao
      An important component of the costs of automotive air-pollution control has been nonpecuniary: a decline in vehicle performance characteristics. This regulatory impact on what the auto industry calls "drivability" has never been quantified, although there is... View Details
      Keywords: Transportation; Pollutants; Cost; Standards; Performance; Quality; Auto Industry
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      Bresnahan, Timothy F., and Dennis Yao. "The Nonpecuniary Costs of Automobile Emissions Standards." RAND Journal of Economics 16, no. 4 (winter 1985): 437–455. ((reprinted in W. Harrington and V. McConnell (eds.) Controlling Automobile Air Pollution, 2007) Harvard users click here for full text.)
      • April 1984 (Revised May 1986)
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      Union Tank Car Co.

      By: W. Carl Kester
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      Kester, W. Carl. "Union Tank Car Co." Harvard Business School Case 284-077, April 1984. (Revised May 1986.)
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      Competing in the Age of Digital Platforms—(Executive Education)

      By: David B. Yoffie
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      Without exception, the most valuable companies in the world today are platforms. Microsoft, Apple, Amazon, Google, Facebook, and many other firms have built their fortunes by facilitating innovation across global ecosystems or... View Details
      Keywords: Platforms; Technology; Strategy; Digital Business; Social Networks; Self-driving Cars; Mobile Gaming; Esports; Financial Services; Online Retail; Ride-sharing; Search; Auctions; United States; Asia; China; Europe
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