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Collective Bargaining: The General Motors-United Auto Workers Deal
Authors: Purkayastha, D.; Faheem, Hadiya
Product Type: Cases
Source: ICMR Center for Management Research
Publication Year: 2008
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This case is about the collective bargaining agreement between one of the world's leading automobile manufacturers, General Motors Corporation (GM), and the United Auto Workers (UAW) in late 2007.
People Management Fiasco in Honda Motorcycles and Scooters India Ltd.
Author: Saini, Debi S.
Product Type: Cases
Source: University of Hong Kong
Publication Year: 2006
Multinationals often make judgmental errors regarding cross-cultural issues and the business environments prevailing in foreign countries. Honda Motorcycles and Scooters India Ltd. (HMSI), a wholly owned subsidiary of Honda Motor Company Limited, Japan, established its plant in India in 1999 and made mistakes in handling people-management issues.
Porsche Exposed
Authors: Moffett, Michael H.; Petitt, Barbara S.
Product Type: Cases
Source: Thunderbird School of Global Management
Publication Year: 2004
The case is intended to provide a contemporary debate over the use of financial derivatives (in this case, foreign currency options) as a method for the management of the economic exposure (also called operating exposure) experienced by Porsche as a result of its global sales. The decision-making of senior management is also questioned because the firm has continued to be highly controversial in its attitudes and practices related to financial reporting, and the associated practices of management towards shareholders relations and corporate governance as a whole.
Honda of America Manufacturing, Inc.: Lean Manufacturing and Environmental Management at Honda
Authors: Maxwell, James; Briscoe, Forrest; Schenk, Brian; Rothenberg, Sandra
Product Type: Cases
Source: World Resources Institute
Publication Year: 2001
Honda of America's two manufacturing plants in East Liberty and Marysville, Ohio, renowned for productivity and high product quality, sought to leverage this expertise to improve the plants' environmental performance. This case study covers the strategic, organizational...
The Ford-Firestone Case
Authors: Pinedo, Michael; Seshadri, Sridhar; Zemel, Eitan
Product Type: Cases
Source: New York University
Publication Year: 2003
This case describes the events leading up to the recall of the Firestone tires fitted on the Ford Explorer vehicle in August 2000. The case also contains the initial steps taken by Ford and Firestone, as well as government investigators to discover the true cause of the problem.
Ford Mexico: Bridging the Learning Divide
Authors: Garcia, P; Maguire Lewis, M; Bradberry, R
Product Type: Cases
Source: CIBER Case Collection
Publication Year: 2006
This case explores the changes that Ford made to its Mexican assembly operations from the early 1990s to the present. The case compares the different production systems, productivity and learning transfer at two Ford plants, located in different parts of Mexico.
The Poletown Dilemma
Author: Nichols III, Charles A.
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 1989
Senior management of General Motors must select a site for a new assembly plant to replace two plants located in Detroit. The economics strongly favor a site in an adjacent state. However, a relocation would have substantial, negative impacts...
Renault-Nissan
Author: Morosini, Piero
Product Type: Cases
Source: European School of Management and Technology
Publication Year: 2006
The press and industry analysts were nearly unanimous in their disapproval of the alliance, which one observer referred to as 'a marriage of desperation for both parties.' By March 2004, Renault's investment was worth US$18.4 billion, and was regarded as a successful model by competitors, practitioners and business schools. How did Renault and Nissan achieve this remarkable turnaround?
The Ford Pinto Case and the Development of Auto Safety Regulations, 1893-1978
Author: Lee, Matthew T.
Product Type: Cases
Source: Business and Economic History, v.27, no.2, Winter 1998
Publication Year: 1998
In an influential 1977 article in Mother Jones magazine, journalist Mark Dowie accused Ford Motor Company executives of callously deciding to produce and continuing to market the Pinto even after company crash tests showed that its gas tank would rupture in rear-end collisions at relatively low speeds.
The Era of Corporate Citizenship: Perodua's Advertising with a Social Dimension
Authors: Woo, Claudia H.L.; Peattie, Ken
Product Type: Cases
Source: The University of Hong Kong
Publication Year: 2008
As a home-grown compact car maker in Malaysia, Perodua has integrated social messages into its corporate advertisements...
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