Automotive Research and Publications

eMobility: The Long Road to a Billion-Dollar Business
Before long, electronic mobility—or eMobility—will be a strategic necessity. The question for new entrants is: Which eMobility business model is the most profitable?

MRO on the Move
More industrial manufacturing companies are outsourcing their maintenance, repair and operations (MRO) services. What does this mean for manufacturers?

Winning the Insurance Battle
The insurance industry's decades-old business model is undergoing change. To succeed, insurers must serve customers across an ever-expanding landscape.

More automotive business issue papers

Executive Summary for the 2010 Automotive Outlook
Study forecasts 2010 auto sales volumes of 11.7 million.
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Driving Down the Cost of Raw Materials
Amid volatile raw materials markets, companies must become more agreessive in managing their purchasing strategies.
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Think Small to Grow
A silver lining is emerging amid gloomy times for automakers. The low-cost-car segment is expected to grow 500 percent in the next 10 years.
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Fuel-Thrifty, Clean, Electric
Sustainability is set to reshape the automotive industry. Which technology will become the powertrain of the future?
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Caution: Rough Road Ahead
The U.S. automotive industry has its problems, but if history is an indicator, it should rebound. It will not be a gentle bounce, however.
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Bracing for the Fall
Tier 1 automotive suppliers’ struggles seem to have no end in sight. Auto sales are plummeting to 30-year lows, U.S. automakers are threatening to go bankrupt.
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Strategic Restructuring
Transforming automotive suppliers for short-term survival and long-term viability.
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Great Leap Forward or Deja Vu?
The alternative energy car landscape for China in 2020.
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Mega Market for Ultra-Low-Cost Cars
Success in the ultra-low-cost car sector requires more than a solid end product. It will require reviewing and adapting the entire business model.
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CO2 Legislation: Threat or Opportunity for the Automotive Industry?
What impact will the European Union's CO2 legislation have on European automakers?
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Bankruptcy the Right Way
As the U.S. automotive crisis continues to unfold, many automotive suppliers teeter on the brink of bankruptcy, leaving creditors and shareholders at risk.
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A Nano Car in Every Driveway How to Succeed in the Ultra-Low-Cost Car Market
India's Tata Motors surprised the world with the unveiling of its Nano, the ultimate ultra-low-cost car, priced at $2,500. These small, smaller and smallest cars promise to create rich opportunities — and risky challenges — for global automakers.
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Aligning a Misaligned Supply Chain
Companies that gain a deeper understanding of their suppliers’ capabilities and their own needs can dramatically strengthen their business and gain a competitive advantage.
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Reigniting Mexico's Automotive Industry
Revving up the auto sector calls for a new strategy built around areas where Mexico already has a competitive edge and on improving overall competitiveness in cost, technological development and political reform.
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Automotive Suppliers
Leading suppliers take a holistic approach to growth—focusing on sales and marketing performance as systematically as they assess resources and adjust product portfolios.
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The End of the Village Store
Throw away those business models that have accumulated since B-school and beyond. It's time to adapt your strategies and supply chains for customers who want everything now.
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Creating New Jobs and Value with Private Equity
Private equity is changing the face of business—and in ways that might surprise you. Firms backed by private equity pursue strategies that every company, troubled or not, can learn from.
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Thinking Beyond 4,000 Pounds of Metal
Read how this clean-sheet approach to the automotive value chain can be a radical template for reinventing any traditional industry.
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Building the Optimal Global Footprint
It is no longer a question of offshore versus onshore, or here versus there. Today, there is just one global market to tap into.
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From a Muffler to a Mobile Chemical Factory
Expectations are high across the automotive industry that innovative companies can seize a large share of the exhast after-treatment market.
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Execution is Everything: The Keys to Offshore Success
Companies continue to aggressively pursue offshoring, even in the face of negative onshore media attention. Why? Because offshoring offers potentially great rewards: It helps companies compete in a global age, creates value for their shareholders, and improves their operational performance.
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Destination Latin America: A Near-Shore Alternative
Latin America has arrived front and center as a desirable offshore destination. As a “near-shore” destination, Latin America has what many U.S. and some European companies want: low-cost Spanish-language capability and a growing, relatively low-cost, skilled bilingual workforce.
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The Path to Maximizing Margins
Companies that skillfully manage the complicated relationship between design and price can maximize margins and fatten their R&D budgets.
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When Your Suppliers Talk... Listen
Looking for new ideas? Want to know how you stack up against your rivals? Recruit a new source: your suppliers.
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