Harvard Business Review
MARCH 11, 2015
In 2010 the “New GM” did one of the largest initial public offerings in history, with share sales to the public of $23.1 billion from 2010 through 2013), it would probably still be bankrupt but for the booming Chinese market. Their only purpose is to give manipulative boosts to GM’s stock price. Instead, U.S.
Harvard Business Review
JULY 1, 2014
The fact that any of these theories could be true – and based on the share price movement, all of them are being applauded – says three important things about the nature of industries and competition today: Industries are increasingly irrelevant; it’s now the ecosystem that matters. Is Tesla even an automotive company?
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Harvard Business Review
MAY 13, 2014
During the global financial crisis, Robert Remenar, CEO of Nexteer, a Michigan-based automotive steering firm, deliberately searched for potential new Chinese owners. In 2010, Chinese firm AVIC Automotive purchased Nexteer for $465 million. In the U.S.,
Harvard Business Review
DECEMBER 31, 2012
The automotive industry is a useful analogy, for both safety and enjoyment. Both the automotive industry and the government can pat themselves on the back for increasing automotive safety through innovation (seat belts, air bags, anti-lock brakes, lane departure sensors) and sound regulation (seat belt requirements, age restrictions, etc.)
Harvard Business Review
DECEMBER 21, 2011
Any action that might lead to food price inflation will not be taken lightly. As China's soybean production is constrained by land availability, the alternatives would be to import from Brazil and Argentina, which accounted for 27% and 16% respectively of China's soybean supply in 2010.
Harvard Business Review
MARCH 8, 2011
Take, for instance, the automotive industry's pursuit of information services like GM's OnStar and Ford's Sync, even BMW's iDrive. A great deal of the argument made in 2010 by those in favor of U.S. Those are digitized information products attached to a physical product. Look as well to health care.
Harvard Business Review
MARCH 30, 2015
Not only did it create the automotive industry, but Henry Ford shocked the industrial world when he doubled the pay of assembly line workers to $5 a day. The Internet has made shopping more efficient and created more competition that has driven down consumer prices. million in 2010. Others followed suit. million in 2000 to 19.9
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