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The Toyota Production System: Rules for Activity, Connection, and Pathway Design and Improvement

Researchers have established that Toyota enjoys advantages in cost, quality, lead time, and flexibility when compared to its competitors in automobile assembly. Differences in generating value have been attributed to differences between the Toyota Production System... View Details

• 01 Oct 2007
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Encouraging Dissent in Decision-Making

notion that a large segment of consumers might prefer automobiles that were safe and fuel-efficient. Coca-Cola ignored evidence that "New Coke" would fizzle and launched it anyway. Companies in the mechanical-watch and... View Details

Keywords: by Garry Emmons

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Find Past & Upcoming Events - Alumni

fully tech-optimized profile, and ace your very next interview. Oct 09 12 PM – 1:15 PM EDT, 09 Oct 2024 Career Check-Up You give your automobile regular maintenance check-ups, why not do the same with your career? Too often, days lead to... View Details

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Buy Now, Pay Later: Cars on Time

The Rise of Installment Selling Home Finance Cars on Time The Secondary Credit Market The Usurer's Grip Research Links Credits For the first few decades of automobile history, cars were luxury items. The people who bought them did so for... View Details

• 01 Sep 2023
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Made in Italy

Lamborghini’s headquarters in Bologna, the group learned how a storied company known for its expertise with the mechanics of traditional automobiles shifted gears to address the need for more sustainable transportation and became experts... View Details

Keywords: April White

• 25 Jun 2020
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Harvard Business School Class of 2021 Student Profiles

University of Aeronautics and Astronautics PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE SDIC Fund Management Co., ZhenFund, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles US LLC, Cummins Inc., Robert Bosch LLC HBS ACTIVITIES Co-president, Transportation, Infrastructure, and Logistics... View Details

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Advisory Board - Entrepreneurship

Edgerley spent five years at Bain & Company where he worked as a consultant and manager in the healthcare, information services, retail and automobile industries. Previously, Edgerley, a certified public accountant, worked at Peat... View Details

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Events - Business History

labour organizations in US-owned automobile firms" Oct 24 24 Oct 2022 Business History Seminar Melanie Sheehan (Harvard Business School), “Integration and Disintegration: Walter Reuther and the 'Atlantic Community' in the 1960s" Oct 17 17... View Details

Malcolm S. Salter

Malcolm Salter has been a member of the Harvard Business School faculty since 1967. His teaching and research focus on issues of corporate strategy, organization, and governance.

In addition to teaching at HBS, he has held faculty positions at the Harvard... View Details

Keywords: automobiles; automobiles; automobiles; automobiles; automobiles; automobiles

• 15 Jun 2009
• Research & Ideas

GM: What Went Wrong and What’s Next

dramatically weakened portfolio of both current and future products. Although much attention has been focused on electric cars, hybrids, and fuel cells, I believe that the key player in the carbon-conscious automobile market of the next... View Details

Keywords: by Staff; Auto

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The 20th Century Zeitgeist - Leadership

steam engine, electricity, and openhearth furnace allows businesses to expand nationwide Influence: Medium 10 1910 s 19 First widespread use of auto assembly line Self-starter increases popularity of automobile Influence: Medium-High 20... View Details

• 01 Feb 1999
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Too Much of a Good Thing?

example, he cites the U.S. tire industry, which saw every one of its major firms either restructured or taken over during that decade. Long an expert on the automobile industry, Malcolm S. Salter, the James J. Hill Professor of Business... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

• 25 Aug 2003
• Research & Ideas

Why IT Does Matter

economics of conducting business will likewise continue to improve—providing opportunities for businesses to expand the customer value proposition by providing more intangible information-based services. For example, the automobile value... View Details

Keywords: by F. Warren McFarlan & Richard L. Nolan