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- 20 Sep 2019
- Research & Ideas
Solving the Riddle of How Companies Grow Over Time
else comes along and someone else surges in front of them.” By contrast, industries with a few established players, such as automotive or aviation, see slower growth without a lot of change in leadership. Pisano compares that to a 10K... View Details
- 27 Feb 2017
- Research & Ideas
Reputation is Vital to Survival in Turbulent Markets
of our clients who saw how we managed to overcome the crisis.” —Antonio Madero, Founder, Chairman and CEO of Sanluis Corporation (a leading Mexico-based automotive parts maker) Silverthorne: Was this focus on reputation development pushed... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Oct 2010
- Research & Ideas
John Kotter: Four Ways to Kill a Good Idea
the proposal was for a very innovative automotive parts product, and no one could have logically defended the superior worth of all the other projects in the works. But those who were running some of the current programs, and receiving... View Details
Keywords: by John Kotter & Lorne A. Whitehead
- 18 Oct 2017
- Research & Ideas
How Economic Clusters Drive Globalization
(Photo source: iStock) Economic cluster theory has been used to describe the growth of many industries, including the automotive business around Detroit, high tech in Silicon Valley, and digital media in Seoul. These regions benefit by a... View Details
- 10 Sep 2020
- Research & Ideas
The COVID Two-Step for Leaders: Protect and Pivot
from the examples set by these world-class athletes, who are never satisfied, even at the top of their games and seemingly at the peak of their performance. Like Phelps and Nowitzki, two examples of organizations that excel at continuous improvement are Toyota, a... View Details
- 04 Mar 2013
- Lessons from the Classroom
Lessons from Running GM’s OnStar
Kaurman and Derek C.M. van Bever, also senior lecturers with prior leadership experience in the private sector. Huber recently sat down with Harvard Business School Working Knowledge to discuss how an automotive executive ended up... View Details
- 03 Feb 2003
- Research & Ideas
Web Services
coding over a new solution." Using a common code base to build applications that automate repetitive tasks is key to serving the needs of various business partners. The Customer's View Representing the customer perspective, GM's CTO Tony Scott outlined transitions... View Details
- 29 May 2013
- Research & Ideas
Faculty Symposium Showcases Breadth of Research
hosting contests to find solutions to problems ranging from automotive design to cleaning up oil spills. Karim R. Lakhani has spent the past five years working with NASA, Harvard Medical School, and TopCoder to determine the most... View Details
- 23 May 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Ideas and Research: May 23, 2017
car platform in over a decade, this case discusses the future strategy of the famed British luxury auto manufacturer. Since its founding in 1902, Aston Martin has been characterized by leading automotive design of bespoke luxury vehicles.... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 11 Aug 2003
- Research & Ideas
Cheap, Fast, and In Control: How Tech Aids Innovation
experimentation and are triggering fundamental changes in R&D processes and performance in such fields as integrated circuit design, automotive development, and pharmaceutical drug discovery. Computer modeling and simulation, rapid... View Details
Keywords: by Wendy Guild
- 30 Mar 2010
- First Look
First Look: March 30
in formulating environmental regulations in three areas: automotive emissions for health related (criteria) pollutants, packaging waste, and global climate change. Automotive emissions are relatively... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Aug 2010
- First Look
First Look: August 24
opportunity to enter the market via new automotive market entrants in China that had comparatively fewer capabilities and were willing to purchase major subsystems. Yet the company faced a dilemma—a major customer wanted Delta to transfer... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Aug 2011
- First Look
First Look: August 2
sectors, and if so, what causes such variation. In this study, we use network-based methods of analysis to define and measure the degree of hierarchy in two industry sectors in Japan: automotive and electronics. Our empirical results show... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Feb 2002
- Research & Ideas
MNCs in Asia: Investing in the Future
the automotive industry's growth over the next ten years," said Newman, noting that four of those countries—China, India, Thailand, and South Korea—are in Asia. Protectionism is one of GM's biggest challenges, Newman said, with... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 13 May 2014
- Op-Ed
The Alibaba Effect
automotive components maker Wanxiang, once told us: "As long as there is a human race, there will be Chinese. And as long as there is a market, there will be people from Zhejiang." This is also a story of Chinese innovation.... View Details
- 30 Jun 2009
- First Look
First Look: June 30
and measure the degree of hierarchy in transactional relationships among firms and apply the methods to two large industrial sectors in Japan: automotive and electronics. We compiled the networks of firms connected by transactional... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 05 Nov 2009
- Research & Ideas
A Market for Human Cadavers in All but Name?
agencies and automotive manufacturers that try to improve automotive safety benefit from research using cadavers. It does not help that many users seek the same "good" type of cadavers. A good... View Details
- 10 Apr 2012
- First Look
First Look: April 10
authorities in the U.S. and the EU in formulating environmental regulations in three areas: automotive emissions for health-related (criteria) pollutants, packaging waste, and global climate change. View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 07 May 2013
- First Look
First Look: May 7
Investindustrial's team had the following exit alternatives: 1) a trade sale to an automotive buyer; 2) a secondary buyout, partial or complete, by a financial investor; 3) a relisting in Hong Kong. Each option had its pros and cons, but... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 08 Apr 2008
- First Look
First Look: April 8, 2008
ethanol as an automotive fuel. Its business largely consists of buying corn and turning it into ethanol. MME's 40-million-gallon-per-year plant began production in February 2005 and, since that time, has exceeded all performance... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace