Automotive Market 2015
Auto Industry Snapshots
Global Automotive Industry
Delphi Builds a Board
CEO J.T. Battenberg III was determined his directors be not just independent, but engaged.
Content: Case Study | Author: Andrea Gabor | Source: strategy+business | Subject: Corporate Governance | Industry: Automotive | Company: Delphi Corporation
Automotive Market
Ralph Szygenda
CIO of General Motors (GM)
Content: Thought Leader | Source: Outlook Journal (Accenture) | Subject: Management | Industry: Automotive
How Global Is the Automotive Industry?
Auto Accessories (“Tuners”) Market
Balanced Sourcing the Honda Way
At first glance, what Honda of America does to develop its products, sustain its supply base and manage its purchasing function seems little different from what most other car makers do. But the results that Honda achieves are often remarkably superior.
Content: Case Study | Author: Timothy M. Laseter | Source: strategy+business | Subjects: Management, Operations | Industry: Automotive | Company: Honda Motor Company
How Snap-on Tools Ratchets Its Brand
The way to create a world-class brand is to give customers what they need, when they need it, and never let them out of your sight.
Content: Case Study | Author: Glenn Rifkin | Source: strategy+business | Subjects: Industry Specific, Marketing / Sales | Industry: Automotive
Volvo-Scania: Mergers and Competition Policy
Business mergers tend to have fairly dicey odds of success. Failure rates are generally reported to be roughly 50%; poor culture fit or difficulties aligning systems to create inefficiencies tend to stand out as culprits. But a closer look at the economics of mergers reveals that the motivations of corporations, among them increasing market power, can be in direct conflict with the rules … [ Read more ]
Content: Case Study | Authors: Daniel Traça, Philip Krinks, Vanessa Strauss-Kahn | Source: INSEAD | Subject: Legal | Industry: Automotive | Company: Volvo-Scania
The Telematics Market
Richard F. Teerlink
Richard F. Teerlink, a CPA by education and training, has served as an auditor, controller, strategic planner, plant manager, and vice president. His greatest success is the turnaround of Harley-Davidson. He joined the company in August 1981, two months after the management buyout, as Chief Financial Officer. In 1982 Teerlink was elected to the Board of Directors. He was one of the driving forces behind … [ Read more ]
Content: Thought Leader | Source: Prism (Arthur D. Little) | Subject: Management | Industry: Automotive
Voulez-Vous Completely Overhaul This Big, Slow Company and Start Making Some Cars People Actually Want Avec Moi?
Nissan, Japan’s third-largest automaker, was stodgy, insular, debt-ridden. It was exhibit A in what was wrong with Japanese corporations. Then it brought in an irrepressible French Lebanese guy named Carlos Ghosn.
Content: Article | Author: Andy Raskin | Source: Business 2.0 | Subjects: Case Related, People | Industry: Automotive
Guangzhou Honda Automobile Co., Ltd. – Honda’s Entry into the Chinese Car Market
When Peugeot pulled out of its partnership with the Guangzhou Automobile Group in 1997, it left behind slow sales, a decrepit factory filled with 20-year-old equipment, and 1,600 exasperated employees. In this new Case Study, Professors Philippe Lasserre and Ming Zeng, and Hiromi Hinata tell how Honda turned this picture around.
Content: Case Study | Authors: Hiromi Hinata, Ming Zeng, Philippe Lasserre | Source: INSEAD | Subjects: Industry Specific, International – Asia | Industry: Automotive | Company: Honda Motor Company