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  • August 2013 (Revised November 2013)
  • Case

Ford vs. GM: The Evolution of Mass Production (A)

By: Willy Shih

This case explores the very different paths taken by the Ford Motor Company and the General Motors Corporation in the first three decades of the twentieth century. Henry Ford's Model T was a car for the masses. After considerable experimentation, Ford Motor... View Details

Keywords: Innovation; Exploration; Dominant Design; Business Growth and Maturation; Business History; Innovation and Management; Innovation Strategy; Technological Innovation; Leading Change; Growth and Development Strategy; Product Positioning; Product Design; Product Development; Business Strategy; Corporate Strategy; Vertical Integration; Auto Industry; Manufacturing Industry; Michigan
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Seminars & Conferences - Faculty & Research

Seminar Time: 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM Location: Baker Library | Bloomberg Center 103 Organizers: Entrepreneurial Management Unit Faculty and doctoral students only May 21 21 May 2025 Entrepreneurial Management Seminar Sarah Miller, Ross School of Business at the University... View Details
  • 25 Jun 2020
  • Blog Post

Harvard Business School Class of 2021 Student Profiles

planet.” HOME REGION Ann Arbor, MI UNDERGRAD EDUCATION University of Michigan PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE Ford Motor Company, University of Michigan, Tesla Motors, Inc., BMW Group AG, BMW Manufacturing, Sunventrix LLC HBS ACTIVITIES Heartland... View Details
  • 01 Jan 2012
  • News

E. Roe Stamps IV, MBA 1974

served as a doctor there). HBS students study in the Stamps Reading Room at Baker Library, and the couple has funded a professorship, residency programs, a speakers’ series, a gallery, and an auditorium at the University of Michigan... View Details
  • 09 Nov 2021
  • Research & Ideas

The Simple Secret of Effective Mentoring Programs

Richard Saouma of the Eli Broad School of Business at Michigan State University, and Nathan Seegert, of the University of Utah. Matching new employees with experienced workers Previous studies show the importance of early on-the-job... View Details
Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald
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C. Fritz Foley | About

Education programs. Foley has published papers on investment, capital structure, working capital management, dividend policy, joint ventures, intellectual property, and corporate tax policy. Prior to joining the HBS faculty in 2004, Foley taught at the University of... View Details
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Competitiveness of States & Regions - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

States The Institute has developed research-based economic agendas for all 50 United States. Alabama Alaska Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts View Details
  • 31 Jan 2023
  • Op-Ed

Can Insurance Technology Solve the Uninsured Driver Problem?

insurance at a time and only pay for coverage on the days they actually drive. The high cost of the uninsured While 13 percent of drivers nationwide are uninsured, the problem is even worse in some states like California (17 percent), View Details
Keywords: by Ray Kluender; Insurance
  • 14 Dec 2016
  • HBS Seminar

Siobhan O'Mahony and Rebecca Karp, Boston University

  • 25 Aug 2014
  • News

Ashraf M. Dahod, MBA 1981

Download Ashraf Dahod profile Return to Alumni Achievement Awards main page TIMELINE 1951 Born, Mumbai, India 1971 Earns BS, Physics, University of Bombay 1972 Earns BSEE, University of Michigan 1973 Earns MSEE, Stanford University 1979... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
  • January 2018
  • Case

Mary Barra, CEO, General Motors

By: Nitin Nohria, Kerry Herman and Sarah Gulick
Library case detailing the career of Mary Barra, GM’s CEO from January 2014, and her handling of the GM ignitions scandal, GM’s move into electric and autonomous car development, and activist investors. View Details
Keywords: CEO; Female Ceo; Automobiles; Leadership; Crisis Management; Auto Industry; Michigan
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  • February 2020 (Revised April 2021)
  • Case

StockX: The Stock Market of Things

By: Chiara Farronato, John J. Horton, Annelena Lobb and Julia Kelley
Founded in 2015 by Dan Gilbert, Josh Luber, and Greg Schwartz, StockX was an online platform where users could buy and sell unworn luxury and limited-edition sneakers. Sneaker resale prices often fluctuated over time based on supply and demand, creating a robust... View Details
Keywords: Markets; Auctions; Bids and Bidding; Demand and Consumers; Consumer Behavior; Analytics and Data Science; Market Design; Digital Platforms; Market Transactions; Marketplace Matching; Supply and Industry; Analysis; Price; Product Marketing; Product Launch; Apparel and Accessories Industry; Fashion Industry; North and Central America; United States; Michigan; Detroit
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Recruiting Partners - Health Care

Michigan Hospitals and Health Centers University of Pennsylvania Health System V Vecna Technologies Ventana Medical Systems, Inc. Visiting Nurse Service of NY Vizient W Wellcare Health Plans, Inc. Withings - Digital Health Z Zimmer Inc.... View Details
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Strategy Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

Strategy Division of the Academy of Management for “Organizational Resource Assembly in Technology Ventures” (The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, 2016). 2016 Juan Alcacer : Recipient of the 2016 Michigan Ross... View Details
  • 18 Nov 2013
  • Research & Ideas

Pulpit Bullies: Why Dominating Leaders Kill Teams

functioning of the team. Together with Leigh Plunkett Tost of the University of Michigan and Richard P. Larrick of Duke University, Gino explores this question in When Power Makes Others Speechless: The Negative Impact of Leader Power on... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
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Agents of Change: The Founding of the AASU - The Value of Business Education

city's first African American councilman. Martin's political career focused on desegregation in public housing and schools and increased educational opportunities for minorities. Alfred Montgomery Pelham HBS MBA 1933 Ontario, Canada University of Michigan, 1922 Al... View Details
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Harvard Business School

earned several honors including the Ernst & Young Michigan Emerging Entrepreneur of the Year, Supplier of the Year Award from the National Minority Supplier Development Council, and Michigan Manufacturer of... View Details
  • 19 Sep 2016
  • Research & Ideas

Why Isn't Business Research More Relevant to Business Practitioners?

Policy,” in which University of Michigan Professor Andrew J. Hoffman wrote, “One of the reasons (among many) that the public discourse on critical scientific issues of our day has become so confused is that too many academics, according... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Education
  • 11 Jul 2011
  • Research & Ideas

Non-competes Push Talent Away

non-compete status in Michigan, they discovered a natural test bed, thanks to an inadvertent policy change. In 1905, during the initial automotive industry boom, Michigan passed Public Act No. 329, which prohibited "all agreements and... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Technology

    E. Gifford Upjohn

    Upjohn played an instrumental role in supporting legislation requiring pharmaceutical companies to prove a drug’s effectiveness in clinical trials prior to its general release. A physician by training, Upjohn established the Medical Division of the company in 1937.... View Details
    Keywords: Healthcare