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- 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
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by Cynthia Churchwell
- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
Decoding the DNA of the Toyota Production System
The Toyota Production System is a paradox. On the one hand, every activity, connection, and production flow in a Toyota factory is rigidly scripted. Yet at the same time, Toyota's operations are enormously flexible and responsive to customer demand. How can that be?...
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- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Global Mission
now serves as president of the automaker’s Americas division. In a bold move for the time, Jack Perkowski (MBA 1973) abandoned his Wall Street career in the early 1990s and headed to China, where he built a major auto parts View Details
- 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.
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Keywords:
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Value Creation;
Information Technology;
Infrastructure;
Internet and the Web;
Manufacturing Industry;
Manufacturing Industry
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.
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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
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...
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Keywords:
Family Business;
Family Ownership;
Management Teams;
Leadership;
Corporate Governance;
Crisis Management;
Auto Industry;
Auto Industry;
Italy
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...
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Competitive Strategy;
Environmental Sustainability;
Product Development;
Information Technology;
Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms;
Auto Industry;
Manufacturing Industry;
Japan;
United States
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...
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- 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...
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Keywords:
Job Cuts and Outsourcing;
Competition;
Cost Management;
Manufacturing Industry;
Manufacturing Industry
Cooper, Robin. "Bridgeton Industries: Automotive Component & Fabrication Plant." Harvard Business School Case 190-085, April 1990. (Revised April 1993.)
- March 2002 (Revised March 2004)
- Case
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.
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Keywords:
Supply Chain Management;
Quality;
Performance Evaluation;
Decision Making;
Service Operations;
Motivation and Incentives;
Supply and Industry;
Manufacturing Industry;
Manufacturing Industry
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.
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Keywords:
Change Management;
Transformation;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Leadership Style;
Management Teams;
Auto Industry;
Auto Industry
Nohria, Nitin, and Sandy Green. "Ford: Petersen's Turnaround." Harvard Business School Case 494-017, August 1993.
- 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...
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- 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...
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by Tarun Khanna
- 01 Oct 1997
- News
Terence P. Stewart
Auto Workers in a 1980 case that led to the voluntary restraint agreement with Japan; the bearings industry since the 1970s; and the steel sector in the 1970s and 1980s - as examples where legal intercession in support of...
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Garry Emmons
- 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
- 28 Apr 2022
- Blog Post
Climate Stories Episode #4: Erika Myers, World Resources Institute Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
budgets have entered the EV space.” The ads, she noted, confirm the growing consumer interest in and target market for electric vehicles. Tesla’s boast that it delivered 1 million cars last year shows “that the technology is viable and that consumers want it.” Searches...
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- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Dispatches from the Global Classroom
have the market we desire.” Days 6–9: Monterrey TOM, REAL TIME: Students quiz executives at Nemak, a leading manufacturer of aluminum auto engine heads and blocks. Nemak is one of four business groups that...
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- May 2017 (Revised January 2020)
- Case
Webasto Roof Systems Americas: Leadership Through Change (A)
By: Francesca Gino and Paul Green
Webasto Roof Systems, Americas, the North American subsidiary of Germany-based Webasto Group, limped into 2014 in poor financial and operational shape. The company's early optimism emerging from the financial downturn had proven naive, and now, five years later, the...
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Keywords:
Culture Change;
Change Management;
Leading Change;
Crisis Management;
Organizational Culture;
Manufacturing Industry;
Manufacturing Industry;
North and Central America
Gino, Francesca, and Paul Green. "Webasto Roof Systems Americas: Leadership Through Change (A)." Harvard Business School Case 917-015, May 2017. (Revised January 2020.)
- March 1994 (Revised October 1994)
- Case
Nissan Motor Co. Ltd.: Target Costing System
Describes Nissan's sophisticated target costing system in the context of new product introduction. On the basis of consumer analysis and a life cycle contribution study, Nissan conducts an exhaustive analysis of component costs to determine whether a new model can be...
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Cooper, Robin. "Nissan Motor Co. Ltd.: Target Costing System." Harvard Business School Case 194-040, March 1994. (Revised October 1994.)
- April 2012 (Revised August 2013)
- Case
General Motors Technical Center India – Powertrain Engineering
By: Willy Shih, William Jurist, Brian McIntosh and Helen Wang
Prabjot Nanua was proud of the growing capabilities of the General Motors Technical Center India Powertrain Engineering group that he oversaw. Since 2003, engineers there had expanded the center's capabilities, developing a reputation within GM for completing...
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Keywords:
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Business Headquarters;
Research and Development;
Business Strategy;
Manufacturing Industry;
Manufacturing Industry;
India
Shih, Willy, William Jurist, Brian McIntosh, and Helen Wang. "General Motors Technical Center India – Powertrain Engineering." Harvard Business School Case 612-074, April 2012. (Revised August 2013.)