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  • 23 Jul 2001
  • Research & Ideas

How One Center of Innovation Lost its Spark

months, three of the four tire manufacturers there ceased to exist as independent corporations. In this excerpt from "From Community of Innovation to Community of Inertia: The Rise and Fall of the Akron Tire Cluster," Sull... View Details
Keywords: by Donald Sull; Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Manufacturing
  • 05 Mar 2001
  • What Do You Think?

Fine Coupling: Can Human Resource Management Learn from Supply Chain Management?

Summing Up Fine Coupling of People: An Idea Whose Time Has Come? Manufacturers and distributors are succeeding in various approaches — including postponement, computer-aided manufacture, robotics, rapid response, positive tracking, and... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • 26 Jul 2006
  • Research & Ideas

The Strategic Way to Go to Market

Is there any distribution system more poorly conceived than the one used by most U.S. car manufacturers and dealers? In the prevailing system, car prices are initially jacked up by locked-in labor concessions. View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 14 Jan 2015
  • Research & Ideas

Thriving in the Turbulence of Emerging Markets

business in India during the decades of the 1970s and 1980s. Bajaj Auto, the leading two-wheeler manufacturer in India, for a long period could do little to fight a slow-moving bureaucracy in a highly regulated country deeply suspicious... View Details
Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones; Manufacturing; Manufacturing
  • July 2013
  • Case

Jackson Automotive Systems

By: William E. Fruhan and Wei Wang
Jackson Automotive Systems produces automotive parts for advanced heating and air conditioning systems, engine cooling systems, fuel injection and transfer systems, and various other engine parts and it supplies them to the automotive industry primarily in Michigan.... View Details
Keywords: Production; Financial Crisis; Corporate Finance; Manufacturing Industry; Manufacturing Industry; Michigan
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Fruhan, William E., and Wei Wang. "Jackson Automotive Systems." Harvard Business School Brief Case 914-505, July 2013.
  • March 2004 (Revised May 2005)
  • Case

Foreign Exchange Hedging Strategies at General Motors

By: Mihir A. Desai and Mark Veblen
How should a multinational firm manage foreign exchange exposures? Examines transactional, translational, and competitive exposures. Describes General Motors' corporate hedging policies, its risk management structure, and how accounting rules impact hedging decisions.... View Details
Keywords: Risk Management; Multinational Firms and Management; Currency Exchange Rate; Investment; Financial Markets; Manufacturing Industry; Manufacturing Industry; Argentina; Japan; Canada; United States
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Desai, Mihir A., and Mark Veblen. "Foreign Exchange Hedging Strategies at General Motors." Harvard Business School Case 204-024, March 2004. (Revised May 2005.)
  • October 1988 (Revised May 1990)
  • Case

Ford Motor Co.: The Product Warranty Program (A)

Raises powerful issues concerning product warranty policy as a strategic marketing variable. Also raises several exciting issues concerning the role of product policy in competitive battles, product line issues, interfunctional coordination issues, and some ethical... View Details
Keywords: Competition; Marketing Strategy; Insurance; Product; Policy; Manufacturing Industry; Manufacturing Industry; United States
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Menezes, Melvyn A. "Ford Motor Co.: The Product Warranty Program (A)." Harvard Business School Case 589-001, October 1988. (Revised May 1990.)
  • 25 Aug 2003
  • Research & Ideas

Studying Japan from the Inside

choose one. But if I have to choose one, I would say I enjoyed the case on Nissan Motor, the auto manufacturer that had been turned around by Carlos Ghosn. Ghosn was sent from Renault, the French View Details
Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell
  • 25 Aug 2009
  • First Look

First Look: August 25

Factory" (HBR May-June 1974), Wickham Skinner proposed that manufacturers whose product lines had proliferated create specialized units, each dedicated to a distinct task. To make this economically feasible, he suggested the plant... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 18 Apr 2005
  • Research & Ideas

Selling Luxury to Everyone

those that give them a little taste of luxury at a reasonable price. "It's an affordable luxury," he said of his company's beauty products. "Do you have thirty-two dollars in your pocket for a tube of moisturizer? Every day of the week." But how can... View Details
Keywords: by Julie Jette; Consumer Products
  • 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; Manufacturing Industry
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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.
  • January 2014
  • Supplement

Ford Asia Pacific & Africa: The E-coating Facility Decision in Gujarat, India (B)

By: Juan Alcacer and Nancy Hua Dai
The case reveals that Ford decided to open its own e-coating plant in Gujarat, India, and details how the decision was made at different organizational levels. View Details
Keywords: Foreign Investment; Organizational Alignment; Strategic Decision Making; Motivation and Incentives; Communication; Organizational Structure; Decision Making; Business Processes; Foreign Direct Investment; Manufacturing Industry; Manufacturing Industry; Gujarat
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Alcacer, Juan, and Nancy Hua Dai. "Ford Asia Pacific & Africa: The E-coating Facility Decision in Gujarat, India (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 914-015, January 2014.
  • March 2012
  • Case

The Agnellis and Fiat: Family Business Governance in a Crisis (A)

By: John A. Davis, Bernardo Bertoldi and Roberto Quaglia
After the death of Umberto Agnelli in 2004, the Agnelli family, led by John Elkann, needs to decide whether to keep Fiat CEO Giuseppe Morchio. The Fiat Group is in a delicate financial position, and John Elkann, the new family leader, is untested in this role. The... View Details
Keywords: Family Business; Family Ownership; Management Teams; Leadership; Corporate Governance; Crisis Management; Auto Industry; Auto Industry; Italy
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Davis, John A., Bernardo Bertoldi, and Roberto Quaglia. "The Agnellis and Fiat: Family Business Governance in a Crisis (A)." Harvard Business School Case 812-128, March 2012.
  • March 2012 (Revised February 2013)
  • Background Note

The Hybrid Vehicle Market

By: Michael W. Toffel and Nazli Z. Uludere Aragon
This note describes the hybrid electic vehicle market, the results of different automaker strategies, and the environmental regulatory issues that can promote or inhibit market growth in the United States. Introduces students to the technologies and regulatory aspects... View Details
Keywords: Competitive Strategy; Environmental Sustainability; Product Development; Information Technology; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Auto Industry; Manufacturing Industry; Japan; United States
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Toffel, Michael W., and Nazli Z. Uludere Aragon. "The Hybrid Vehicle Market." Harvard Business School Background Note 612-084, March 2012. (Revised February 2013.)
  • November 2010 (Revised April 2011)
  • Supplement

Magna International, Inc. (A) (CW)

By: Timothy A. Luehrman and Yuhai Xuan
Magna International, Inc., a Canadian-based automotive parts manufacturer, is considering whether and how to unwind its dual-class ownership structure. A family trust controlled by the founder owns a 0.65% economic interest in the company but has 66% of the votes via a... View Details
Keywords: Cost vs Benefits; Voting; Governance Controls; Market Transactions; Production; Ownership; Business and Shareholder Relations; Value Creation; Auto Industry; Auto Industry; Canada
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Luehrman, Timothy A., and Yuhai Xuan. "Magna International, Inc. (A) (CW)." Harvard Business School Spreadsheet Supplement 211-707, November 2010. (Revised April 2011.)
  • April 1990 (Revised April 1993)
  • Case

Bridgeton Industries: Automotive Component & Fabrication Plant

Bridgeton Industries was experiencing reduced sales. To become more competitive it introduced a classification procedure for products based upon their productivity and other factors. Products were classified into three groups: world class, potentially world class, and... View Details
Keywords: Job Cuts and Outsourcing; Competition; Cost Management; Manufacturing Industry; Manufacturing Industry
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Cooper, Robin. "Bridgeton Industries: Automotive Component & Fabrication Plant." Harvard Business School Case 190-085, April 1990. (Revised April 1993.)
  • March 2002 (Revised March 2004)
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Metalcraft Supplier Scorecard

By: Susan L. Kulp, V.G. Narayanan and Ronald L. Verkleeren
An automotive components company uses a supplier scorecard to make sourcing decisions and review its supplier performance. View Details
Keywords: Supply Chain Management; Quality; Performance Evaluation; Decision Making; Service Operations; Motivation and Incentives; Supply and Industry; Manufacturing Industry; Manufacturing Industry
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Kulp, Susan L., V.G. Narayanan, and Ronald L. Verkleeren. "Metalcraft Supplier Scorecard." Harvard Business School Case 102-047, March 2002. (Revised March 2004.)
  • August 1993
  • Case

Ford: Petersen's Turnaround

By: Nitin Nohria and Sandy Green
Discusses the changes that Donald Petersen made to turnaround Ford during his tenure, first as president then as CEO. Describes his major initiatives, including the new emphasis on quality. View Details
Keywords: Change Management; Transformation; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Leadership Style; Management Teams; Auto Industry; Auto Industry
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Nohria, Nitin, and Sandy Green. "Ford: Petersen's Turnaround." Harvard Business School Case 494-017, August 1993.
  • 14 Feb 2007
  • Op-Ed

Tata-Corus: India’s New Steel Giant

become the biggest TV manufacturer in the world (by volume, even if not by revenue) in 2004, just twelve years after TCL entered the TV business in mainland China. Tata Steel is acquiring from a position of strength amidst a boom in the... View Details
Keywords: by Tarun Khanna
  • 06 Mar 2006
  • What Do You Think?

The China Dilemma for U.S. Firms: Comply, Resist, or Leave?

individuals using their Internet sites that could endanger users' welfare, (2) resist such license requirements, or (3) cease doing business in China. The increased complexity arises from the fact that Yahoo, Google, and others are not simply View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett; Technology
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