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  • 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
  • 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
Keywords: by Bill Kirby & Warren McFarlan; Retail
  • 05 Apr 2017
  • Research & Ideas

For Women Especially, It Pays to Know What Car Repairs Should Cost

that was higher than consumers’ expectations. Immediately after receiving the quote, some callers queried whether the repair business would be willing to match the expected price published by the online automotive repair website... View Details
Keywords: by Wendy Guild Swearingen; Auto; Service
  • 29 Mar 2011
  • First Look

First Look: March 29

to deploy a system of statistical control that had been developed and applied successfully in the management of the Army Air Forces. Henry Ford II had recently assumed control of his grandfather's troubled automotive empire and was... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 24 Mar 2015
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First Look: March 24

global automotive industry had entered a deep crisis; in response, FIAT and Chrysler had forged a partnership, and Marchionne now found himself in the same situation again. Purchase this case:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 15 Feb 2011
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First Look: Feb. 15

hierarchy in interfirm transaction networks in two industry sectors in Japan: automotive and electronics. Our empirical results show that the electronics sector exhibits a much lower degree of hierarchy than the View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 07 Jan 2015
  • Research & Ideas

The Quest for Better Layoffs

were more like them, too, whose careers were similar to the careers the students were pursuing," Sucher says. So the video series includes people like Hemant Luthra, now a top executive at Mahindra CIE Automotive in Mumbai, who is a... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Manufacturing
  • 29 Sep 2015
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September 29, 2015

facing growing dissatisfaction with traditional cable packages and the rise of online streaming, was ripe for disruption, but would Apple be able to build a competitive offering? The automotive industry, with the rise of electric cars and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 12 Jul 2010
  • Research & Ideas

Rocket Science Retailing: A Practical Guide

appropriate staffing, and store layout. Everyone in retailing knows this, but basics are boring, and it's easy to lose sight of them. The U.S. automotive industry offers a cautionary tale of the perils of not tending to the basics. The... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Retail; Auto
  • 15 Jan 2013
  • First Look

First Look: January 15

which transactions flow in one direction, from "upstream" to "downstream." Our empirical results show that the electronics sector exhibits a much lower degree of hierarchy than the automotive sector because of the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 24 Jun 2014
  • First Look

First Look: June 24

government to build Jeep Cherokees in China. Just over a decade later in 1996, leveraging contacts from his time in the automotive industry, he founded ASC Fine Wines with his son, Don Jr. Despite many challenges, from building a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 02 Jun 2010
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First Look: June 2

automotive industry executive, but a first-time entrepreneur, Canny was CEO of Think Global AS (THINK), a privately held Norwegian maker of battery-operated EVs that are rechargeable through residential electrical power outlets. With this... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 20 Apr 2010
  • First Look

First Look: April 20

automotive industry: decide which models are produced through online design competitions, and then allow customers to "build their own cars" from the winning designs. The case focuses on two key issues: Can Local Motors build a... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 26 Feb 2019
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New Research and Ideas, February 26, 2019

application, based upon data from multiple APM systems. The research was conducted in collaboration with a European automotive company, using two months of live application data. We show that our model detects abnormal system behavior... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 14 Feb 2012
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First Look: February 14

automotive sector because of the presence of numerous inter-firm transaction cycles. These cycles, in turn, reveal that a significant group of firms have two-way "vertically permeable boundaries": (1) they participate in... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 09 Apr 2019
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New Research and Ideas, April 9, 2019

case:https://hbsp.harvard.edu/product/118033-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 119-009 Designing Executive Compensation at Kongsberg Automotive (A) No abstract available. Purchase this... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 07 Nov 2017
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New Research and Ideas: November 7, 2017

case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/618002-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 618-007 Fuyao Glass: Americas Sourcing Decision In today's global economy, what are the factors that go into production location choice? This case is set in the world's second... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 19 Apr 2011
  • First Look

First Look: April 19

211-044 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... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 02 Aug 2011
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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

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