The International Motor Vehicle Program (IMVP) has had a major impact on the global automobile industry and the economy that surrounds it since it was launched in 1979. More than 50 senior scientists, management experts, social scientists, and engineers have conducted interdisciplinary automotive research at more than 25 universities on six continents.
Phase One (1980-1984) focused on identifying trends in the global automotive industry and provided competitive analysis.
Phase Two (1984-1990) focused on competition and produced the groundbreaking benchmark studies that resulted in the landmark book The Machine that Changed the World.
Phase Three (1990-1999) focused on the fluctuation of power relations within the global supply chain, the evolution of the lean paradigm of industrial organization, and the challenges of balancing social, economic, and environmental sustainability. A significant and influential result was publication of the book Clockspeed: Winning Industry Control in the Age of Temporary Advantage.
Phase Four (2000-2004) began in September 2000 when IMVP launched Navigating Auto's Next Economy. The global auto industry has moved with surprising speed to engage the challenges and opportunities of its Next Economy. IMVP is organizing Phase Four research under three main topics: Managing the Extended Enterprise, eAutomotive, and Visions of a Sustainable Future. Three cross-cutting themes link the main research topics, but also identify important elements of IMVP's research perspective and strategy: Global Reach, Enabling and Disruptive Technologies, and Organizational Learning and Knowledge Management.
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IMVPmail@mit.edu
Program Leadership
John Paul MacDuffie
Co-Director
Associate Professor in Management,
the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
Michael
Cusumano
Co-Director
Sloan Management Review Distinguished Professor of Management
John
B. Moavenzadeh
Executive
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Donna
Carty
Program
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