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CIO February 15, 2006 Ben Worthen |
Highway to Value General Motors built the OnStar system according to a simple value proposition - helping drivers on the road helps sell cars. |
BusinessWeek March 10, 2011 David Welch |
GM Pushes Hard with OnStar General Motors will soon sell its OnStar system through retailers. Marketing it to rival automakers will be a big challenge. |
CIO November 15, 2005 C.G. Lynch |
Virtual Mechanic A new service from General Motors' OnStar subsidiary that performs remote diagnostics on vehicles and sends the owners reports once a month could eventually make it easier for car companies to use this data to prevent manufacturing defects. |
Fast Company June 2002 Fara Warner |
Detroit Muscle Chet Huber of GM's OnStar has been working hard to connect automobile drivers to the outside world for seven years. His service has succeeded in ways he never expected -- and faced obstacles he never imagined... |
The Motley Fool March 20, 2009 Alyce Lomax |
Starbucks Sweats the Excess Now, according to media reports, Starbucks wants to shed its image as the coffee equivalent of Tiffany or Nordstrom? Should the company dispel it? |
The Motley Fool February 3, 2004 Gardner & Gardner |
Starbucks Pleased With Overseas CEO Orin Smith says talk of international struggles is overstated. |
HBS Working Knowledge July 9, 2008 John Quelch |
Starbucks' Lessons for Premium Brands This Harvard Business School professor thinks Starbucks troubles began when the company went public. |
The Motley Fool January 18, 2007 Ryan Fuhrmann |
You Are Now Free to Invest About the Country Southwest shares should be on any savvy investor's radar screen. |
Fast Company April 2004 Alison Overholt |
Smart Strategies: Putting Ideas To Work "There have been several great eras in strategy," says one consultant. "This is not one of them." Still, there are signs of a renewed appetite for new thoughts. To get a sense of the enduring power of a big idea, we look at five companies that are putting smart strategies into action. |
BusinessWeek February 7, 2005 David Welch |
GM Is Losing Traction A couple of years ago, General Motors Corp. finally seemed to be getting its act together. But its turnaround is threatened by sliding market share, high retiree costs, and the specter of a "junk" credit rating. |
The Motley Fool June 18, 2004 Salim Haji |
Trading Down to Trade Up Though, perhaps, still not yet evident in all consumer segments of the economy, the polarization of customer spending is a fundamental and growing trend. |
The Motley Fool September 25, 2006 Alyce Lomax |
Starbucks' Nickels and Dimes Despite some recent controversy, Starbucks will implement a price hike. Should investors worry? |
The Motley Fool November 1, 2004 Phil Wohl |
Toyota Accelerating Past GM? The Japanese auto company is posturing to become the world's largest car manufacturer. |
The Motley Fool December 18, 2008 Alyce Lomax |
Best Stock for 2009: Starbucks All the bitter buzz about this stock may give investors a sweet opportunity in 2009. |
BusinessWeek July 26, 2004 Welch & Kerwin |
GM: Enough With The Come-Ons What General Motors Corp. needs now is sizzling new models -- not more discounts. |
The Motley Fool February 1, 2007 Alyce Lomax |
Starbucks' Stirring Quarter The company reported what it described as a solid quarter, but there are still some elements that deserve recognition and pondering. |
InternetNews May 27, 2004 Erin Joyce |
Not Your Father's Networked Car GM's technology honcho offers up some examples of why IT does matter in the world of autos. |
The Motley Fool March 24, 2010 Jim Royal |
Is Starbucks a Buy Now? The dividend looks pretty good to us. |
Knowledge@Wharton April 23, 2003 |
What Makes Southwest Airlines Fly How does Southwest Airlines keep making money? After all, the airline industry overall is in a shambles. The secret to its success, said Southwest chairman Herb Kelleher during a talk at Wharton April 22, is available for anyone, including its competitors, to see. |
BusinessWeek January 20, 2011 David Welch |
For Dan Akerson, a Magic Moment to Remake GM Freed of contract and dealer franchise constraints, GM CEO tries building cars that buyers want. |
BusinessWeek August 4, 2003 David Welch |
For GM, Mortgages Are the Motor But how long can it rely on profits from its finance unit? |
The Motley Fool December 20, 2005 Nathan Parmelee |
Starbucks' Year-End Review Along with the red cups and good tidings that Starbucks shares with customers in December, the company also distributes a brand new 10-K for investors. Here's a review. |
HBS Working Knowledge June 15, 2009 |
GM: What Went Wrong and What's Next Is there a light at the end of the tunnel for General Motors? Or are those just headlights from an oncoming train? |
BusinessWeek July 11, 2005 Ian Rowley |
Lexus To The Rescue Losing luster in the luxury market at home, Toyota is rolling out the marque to fight European imports. |
BusinessWeek March 24, 2011 Kitamura et al. |
Why Lexus Doesn't Lead the Pack in China A late start and high taxes have left Toyota's luxury brand stuck behind rivals. |
The Motley Fool August 28, 2006 Rich Smith |
The Hottest Rod in Detroit GM gets bragging rights as the new Sky convertible from its Saturn division earned top honors as the hottest model in America. |
The Motley Fool August 2, 2007 Nathan Parmelee |
I'm Part of the Problem for Starbucks Are Starbucks customers not as loyal as they once were? What can Starbucks do now to differentiate itself again and regain that loyalty. |
The Motley Fool September 28, 2006 Alyce Lomax |
Dueling Fools: Starbucks Bull Starbucks has numerous strategies that should help it continue to provide the double-digit increases in earnings and sales investors have come to expect. Wall Street bears have underestimated Starbucks before, and it seems likely that they're doing so once again. |
The Motley Fool November 5, 2004 Rich Smith |
GM Builds Time Machine It's back to the future and back to the dealer for 10 million GM cars. This erodes GM's profit margins, bolsters its competitors' profit margins, and weakens GM's ability to compete on either quality or price. |
CFO February 1, 2005 Roy Harris |
The Long Haul As airlines struggle to survive, the role of finance in decision-making takes off. |
The Motley Fool March 19, 2008 Todd Wenning |
Starbucks: Value or Value Trap? Is Starbucks still the value stock it once was, or not? |
The Motley Fool January 12, 2006 W.D. Crotty |
GM: Sticker Price Dynamite GM lowers the sticker prices on 80% of its models. Will that move cars profitably? Changing marketing direction, especially after tens of billions have been spent on advertising over the years, doesn't quite make sense. |
The Motley Fool November 6, 2009 Alyce Lomax |
"Big Coffee" Turns Around, Maybe Investors loved Starbucks' rich quarter. Should you refill your cup? |
HBS Working Knowledge March 4, 2013 Carmen Nobel |
Lessons from Running GM's OnStar Before teaching at Harvard Business School, Chet Huber ran the General Motors telematics subsidiary OnStar. Huber discusses how the lessons he learned in the field mesh with the lessons he teaches to students. |
CIO January 25, 2008 Thomas Wailgum |
How IT Systems Can Help Starbucks Fix Itself Too much growth and an executive shake-up bring a new IT chief. But just what can CIO Chris Bruzzo do to keep Starbucks from going stale? A Retail Systems Research analyst has a couple of good ideas. |
The Motley Fool March 21, 2006 Stephen Ellis |
The Decline of Southwest and the Rise of JetBlue With Southwest's competitive advantages in decline, JetBlue has an opportunity to take air travel upscale and capture a new mass market of consumers who are tired of peanuts and cloth seats but still want low prices. Is JetBlue worth your investment dollars? |
Entrepreneur December 2003 Mark Henricks |
A Tight Ship Profitability management helped PC maker Dell pull off a turnaround. Can it help you do the same? |
BusinessWeek June 21, 2004 Welch, Roberts & Edmondson |
GM: Gunning It In China General Motors is expanding in China and hoping that the economy won't hit a wall. |
The Motley Fool July 13, 2005 Tom Taulli |
Will GM's Discount Count? Maybe GM has done something truly smart -- instituting a revolutionary marketing campaign with the potential to increase sales and profits. |
The Motley Fool February 5, 2007 Alyce Lomax |
Do You Want Fries With That? Consumer Reports says McDonald's has the best coffee. What does that mean for Starbucks? Investors, take note. |
The Motley Fool March 12, 2004 Salim Haji |
Southwest Has Earned Peanuts Southwest should not be tempted to match the frills offered by upstart low-fare carriers. |
The Motley Fool October 7, 2004 Alyce Lomax |
Wish Upon a Starbucks For some investors, today may seem like a discount day for shares of the coffee purveyor. |
The Motley Fool September 28, 2006 Chuck Saletta |
Dueling Fools: Starbucks Bear Rebuttal Investors, caffeine drinkers don't need Starbucks-branded coffee. Plenty of other coffee sources out there are simply less economically sensitive than Starbucks. |
The Motley Fool March 17, 2005 Stephen D. Simpson |
GM Sputters Again Can this American giant turn things around, or is the latest news just another gurgle on its way to oblivion? The problems at GM are legion. Stay far away from this stock. |
The Motley Fool June 8, 2005 Rich Smith |
GM Slims Down The automaker cuts 25,000 jobs. Whether the company's employees and shareholders want to admit it or not, GM has to cut costs and invest in manufacturing popular products now, to look forward to any kind of future. |
The Motley Fool July 15, 2004 Salim Haji |
LUV Hurts Southwest Airlines reports a profitable quarter, but lower earnings are indicative of the industry's woes. |
BusinessWeek February 28, 2005 David Welch |
Is Lexus Sexy Enough To Seduce Europe? Lexus will amp up its cars' pizzazz and ditch the understated styling. |
Fast Company August 2001 George Anders |
Starbucks Brews a New Strategy In the physical world, Starbucks seems to be everywhere. Two years ago, its leaders hoped to build an equally strong presence on the Internet. Now they're trying to reach customers with a more modest blend of Net-related offerings... |
BusinessWeek May 9, 2005 Welch et al. |
Why GM's Plan Won't Work If General Motors Corp. were any other company, its problems would have sorted themselves out a long time ago. But GM, of course, is no ordinary company. |
PC Magazine March 15, 2006 Bill Howard |
If GM Goes Bankrupt, Will Anyone Care? How good would it be for America if its biggest automaker turned out the lights? |