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- April 1987 (Revised February 1988)
- Case
New General Motors
Keywords: Auto Industry
Badaracco, Joseph L., Jr. "New General Motors." Harvard Business School Case 387-171, April 1987. (Revised February 1988.)
- March 1993 (Revised July 2008)
- Case
Liability Management at General Motors
By: Peter Tufano
An analyst at General Motors charged with managing the structure of the automaker's debt must decide whether and how to modify the interest rate exposure of the firm's most recent debt offering. The analyst must take into consideration GM's liability management policy... View Details
Keywords: Borrowing and Debt; Capital Structure; Financial Management; Interest Rates; Risk Management; Auto Industry; North America
Tufano, Peter. "Liability Management at General Motors." Harvard Business School Case 293-123, March 1993. (Revised July 2008.)
- January 1960
- Case
General Motors Corp.
Anthony, Robert N. "General Motors Corp." Harvard Business School Case 160-005, January 1960.
- February 1991 (Revised June 1993)
- Case
Ross Perot and General Motors
By: Jay W. Lorsch
In December, 1986 the General Motors Board of Directors must decide whether to accept the buyout agreement between GM and Ross Perot, a director of GM and its largest stockholder. The agreement called for GM to purchase all of Perot's GM shares in exchange for his... View Details
Keywords: Leveraged Buyouts; Mergers and Acquisitions; Stock Shares; Resignation and Termination; Business or Company Management; Agreements and Arrangements
Lorsch, Jay W. "Ross Perot and General Motors." Harvard Business School Case 491-027, February 1991. (Revised June 1993.)
- August 1998 (Revised November 1998)
- Case
General Motors Corp. (A), The : Overview
By: Peter Tufano
The first in a four-part series, this case details the financial policies and practices at General Motors from 1990 to 1996. This part provides a brief introduction to the company. View Details
Tufano, Peter, William J Wildern, and Markus Mullarkey. "General Motors Corp. (A), The : Overview." Harvard Business School Case 299-006, August 1998. (Revised November 1998.)
- July 2005 (Revised December 2005)
- Case
General Motors U.S. Pension Funds
By: Luis M. Viceira and Helen Tung
In June 2003, General Motors Corp. (GM) successfully marketed the largest corporate debt offering in U.S. history, worth $17.6 billion. The offering included $13.6 billion worth of debt denominated in dollars, euros, and pounds and $4 billion dollars denominated in... View Details
Keywords: Decisions; Bonds; Investment Return; Policy; Borrowing and Debt; Corporate Finance; Auto Industry; United States
Viceira, Luis M., and Helen Tung. "General Motors U.S. Pension Funds." Harvard Business School Case 206-001, July 2005. (Revised December 2005.)
- July 1999
- Case
Restructuring General Motors North America (A): Pay-for-Performance
Presents the new pay-for-performance scheme adopted by General Motors (GM) in its 1999 reorganization of its sales and marketing organization. Once in operation, many administrative problems developed requiring a reconsideration of the scheme's basic architecture. View Details
Keywords: Restructuring; Compensation and Benefits; Marketing; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Problems and Challenges; Sales; Auto Industry; North America
Salter, Malcolm S. "Restructuring General Motors North America (A): Pay-for-Performance." Harvard Business School Case 800-027, July 1999.
- July 2003 (Revised September 2003)
- Case
Refinancing of Shanghai General Motors (B), The
By: Mihir A. Desai and Mark Veblen
This case provides the outcome to "The Refinancing of Shanghai General Motors (A)" in which the CFO of General Motors' joint venture in Shanghai, Shanghai General Motors (SGM), wants to refinance almost $900 million of project finance it raised to begin operations. The... View Details
Keywords: Business Subsidiaries; Multinational Firms and Management; Joint Ventures; Financing and Loans; Auto Industry; Shanghai
Desai, Mihir A., and Mark Veblen. "Refinancing of Shanghai General Motors (B), The." Harvard Business School Case 204-025, July 2003. (Revised September 2003.)
- February 1988 (Revised April 1988)
- Case
General Motors in 1988
Keywords: Auto Industry
Badaracco, Joseph L., Jr. "General Motors in 1988." Harvard Business School Case 388-118, February 1988. (Revised April 1988.)
- August 1998
- Case
General Motors Corp. (D),The : 1993-1996
By: Peter Tufano
The fourth in a four-part series, the case details the financial policies and practices at General Motors from 1990 to 1996. This case describes the set of financial decisions taken by the firm as its business recovered, and focuses on an immediate decision faced by... View Details
Tufano, Peter, Markus Mullarkey, and William J Widlern. "General Motors Corp. (D),The : 1993-1996." Harvard Business School Case 299-009, August 1998.
- November 1985
- Supplement
General Motors Acceptance Corp. (B)
By: John A. Quelch
Quelch, John A. "General Motors Acceptance Corp. (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 586-064, November 1985.
- January 1989 (Revised October 1989)
- Case
General Motors and the Dollar
Rukstad, Michael G. "General Motors and the Dollar." Harvard Business School Case 389-094, January 1989. (Revised October 1989.)
- August 1998
- Case
General Motors Corp. (B), The : Financial Policies
By: Peter Tufano
The second in a four-part series, the case details the financial policies and practices at General Motors from 1990 to 1996. This part describes the stated financial policies of the firm, including its approach to capital structure, liability structure, equity... View Details
Tufano, Peter, William J Wildern, and Markus Mullarkey. "General Motors Corp. (B), The : Financial Policies." Harvard Business School Case 299-007, August 1998.
- September 2009 (Revised November 2021)
- Case
OnStar: Not Your Father's General Motors
By: Clayton M. Christensen
After two years of less than stellar performance resulting in sales well below plan, senior management at General Motors (GM) mobile telecommunications service start-up, OnStar, recognized that without a substantial change in their strategy, support for the venture... View Details
Keywords: Change Management; Decision Choices and Conditions; Growth and Development Strategy; Corporate Strategy; Technology; Risk and Uncertainty; Joint Ventures; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Product Positioning; Risk Management; Auto Industry; Telecommunications Industry
Christensen, Clayton M. "OnStar: Not Your Father's General Motors." Harvard Business School Case 610-029, September 2009. (Revised November 2021.)
- August 1998
- Case
General Motors Corporation (C), The : 1990-1992
By: Peter Tufano
The third in a four-part series, this case details the financial policies and practices at General Motors from 1990 to 1996. This part describes the firm's financial responses to the business stresses it faced in the 1992 time period. View Details
Tufano, Peter, Markus Mullarkey, and William J Wildern. "General Motors Corporation (C), The : 1990-1992." Harvard Business School Case 299-008, August 1998.
- November 2003 (Revised March 2004)
- Case
General Motors Corporation: Retiree Benefit Risk Management (A)
By: David F. Hawkins and Jacob Cohen
General Motors issues $17 billion and uses $10 billion to reduce an unfunded pension obligation. View Details
Hawkins, David F., and Jacob Cohen. "General Motors Corporation: Retiree Benefit Risk Management (A)." Harvard Business School Case 104-041, November 2003. (Revised March 2004.)
- February 2003 (Revised November 2003)
- Exercise
Accounting for Pensions at General Motors Corporation (A)
By: David F. Hawkins and Jacob Cohen
A potential investor in General Motors is gathering information about investment in General Motor's stock. The investigation leads the investor to review the General Motor's Web site and several CNBC interviews of General Motors' executives. View Details
Keywords: Investment; Accounting; Compensation and Benefits; Financial Services Industry; Auto Industry; Accounting Industry
Hawkins, David F., and Jacob Cohen. "Accounting for Pensions at General Motors Corporation (A)." Harvard Business School Exercise 103-052, February 2003. (Revised November 2003.)
- July 2003 (Revised September 2003)
- Case
Refinancing of Shanghai General Motors (A), The
By: Mihir A. Desai and Mark Veblen
The CFO of General Motors' joint venture in Shanghai, Shanghai General Motors (SGM), wants to refinance almost $900 million of project finance it raised to begin operations. The highest priority is improving the terms of the financing with regard to costs and specific... View Details
Keywords: Business Subsidiaries; Multinational Firms and Management; Joint Ventures; Financing and Loans; Auto Industry; Shanghai
Desai, Mihir A., and Mark Veblen. "Refinancing of Shanghai General Motors (A), The." Harvard Business School Case 204-031, July 2003. (Revised September 2003.)
- 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
- 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; Auto Industry; Argentina; Japan; Canada; United States
Desai, Mihir A., and Mark Veblen. "Foreign Exchange Hedging Strategies at General Motors." Harvard Business School Case 204-024, March 2004. (Revised May 2005.)