N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 1, 2016

Sam Walsh: I graduated with a Bachelor of Commerce from Melbourne University and started my career in the Automotive Industry at General Motors in Australia in 1972.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 31, 2012

Editor's Note: This fictionalized case study will appear in a forthcoming issue of Harvard Business Review, along with commentary from experts and readers. Apex Automotive was a Taiwanese company that might generously be termed third tier. The workers standing near him applauded. But we play in the real world. We had Apex.".

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Case Study Technology Tacit Knowledge Engineering 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

I wrote a case study about this for my book and it ended up on the cutting room floor, but it's still a fascinating story and one that has valuable lessons for today. If they had doggedly followed this idea, things could just as easily have turned sour and today Honda would be just a footnote in automotive history.

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Skip Prichard

OCTOBER 26, 2020

The 16 case studies discussed in my book reveal a remarkable variation in the personal qualities of the leaders, all of whom were effective in changing history. According to the Journal, 40% of Sonic Automotive workers were laid off/furloughed in the spring of 2020. and elsewhere.” – Jan-Benedict Steenkamp. Campbell-Bannerman).

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 28, 2017

Through a study of AI that included a survey of 3,073 executives and 160 case studies across 14 sectors and 10 countries, and through a separate digital research program , we have identified 10 key insights CEOs need to know to embark on a successful AI journey. Digital capabilities come before AI.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 20, 2015

Automotive firms develop concept cars. From talking to hundreds of executives in my classes and researching dozen of case studies on organizations in a wide range of industries, I’ve gleaned that there are a couple of reasons why they don’t. Food companies experiment with new foods and flavors.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

We validated our quantitative approach by reviewing several case studies of U.S. As we studied the data, we realized that we were looking at the results of a rare natural experiment on the costs of adjustment to self-disruption. Traditional automotive manufacturers certainly do. and international electric utilities.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 5, 2014

And the sheer complexity of building cars also plays a role — David Cole, the former head of the Center for Automotive Research (and son of a former GM president), insists that this is really what’s behind the ignition switch error and why it was so hard for the company to get to the bottom of the problem. .”

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 3, 2018

But as the digital revolution continues to spark widespread disruption in other industries — automotive, financial services, health care, and retail — who will win? Meetic, the French dating site, offers a case study in the difficulties of managing across digital borders. digital giants in these countries.

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