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The Competitive Status of the U.S. Auto Industry : a Study of the Influences of Technology in Determining International Industrial Competitive Advantage.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Autores Corporativos: | , , , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Washington :
National Academies Press,
Jan. 1982.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- ""The Competitive Status of the U.S. Auto Industry:""; ""Copyright""; ""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""The Competitive Status of the U.S. Auto Industry""; ""Summary""; ""THREE HISTORICAL THEMES""; ""Convergence in Technology""; ""Internationalization""; ""Public Demands on the Industry""; ""Product Cost and Quality""; ""TECHNOLOGY AND COMPETITION""; ""CONCLUSION: THREE SCENARIOS AND THEIR IMPLICATIONS""; ""1 The U.S. Auto Industry in Crisis ""; ""NOTES""; ""2 An Industry Primer ""; ""THE MANUFACTURING PROCESS""; ""The Plant Network: An Illustration""; ""COMPANIES AND STRATEGIES, 1908-1973""
- ""Strategy at Ford"" ""Alfred Sloan and GM's Strategy""; ""Chrysler and Product Engineering""; ""The Imports""; ""Firm Performance in the 1970's: Response to Crisis""; ""NOTES""; ""3 The Evolution of Technology: From Radical to Incremental Innovation ""; ""INFANCY TO MATURITY: A PARADIGM OF TECHNOLOGICAL EVOLUTION""; ""THE U.S. EXPERIENCE""; ""Developments in Engine Technology""; ""The Body and the Assembly Plant""; ""CONTRASTS IN THE EUROPEAN EXPERIENCE""; ""TECHNOLOGY CONVERGENCE: IMPLICATIONS FOR COMPETITION AND ORGANIZATION""; ""NOTES""
- ""4 International Competition: Trade Flows and Industry Structure """"PATTERNS OF WORLD TRADE IN AUTOS""; ""THE STRUCTURE OF MARKETS AND COMPETITION""; ""Concentration in the United States""; ""Changes in World Market Structure""; ""Mergers and Acquisitions""; ""Marketing and Production :Joint Ventures""; ""THE FORTUNES OF THE SMALL CAR IN THE U.S. MARKET""; ""Small Cars and Competition""; ""Initial Import Penetration""; ""Imports in The 1960's and the Entry of the Japanese""; ""Small Cars and the Crisis of 1980""; ""NOTES""
- ""5 Government Regulation: the Evolution of Public Demands on the Industry """"THE ORIGINS OF REGULATION""; ""Public Demands in the Formative Years""; ""The New Deal and the War Years""; ""A Shift in Perceptions""; ""The Emergence of Regulation by Mandate""; ""An Adversarial Environment""; ""THE IMPACT OF REGULATION ON COMPETITION AND INNOVATION""; ""Competition and Regulation""; ""Innovation and Regulation""; ""NOTES""; ""6 The Sources of Competitive Advantage: Cost and Quality Comparisons ""; ""COMPARATIVE COSTS OF PRODUCTION""; ""Evidence from Alternative Perspectives""
- ""ASPECTS OF PRODUCT QUALITY"" ""Definitions""; ""Assembly Quality""; ""Reliability""; ""Durability""; ""Customer Loyalty""; ""EXPLANATION AND PROGNOSIS""; ""Explaining the Performance Gap""; ""NOTES""; ""7 Jobs and People: The Impact of Workforce Management on Competition ""; ""TECHNOLOGY AND THE NATURE OF EMPLOYMENT""; ""THE UNION-MANAGEMENT RELATIONSHIP""; ""THE POTENTIAL FOR CHANCE""; ""Prospects for Adaptation""; ""NOTES""; ""8 Technology and Competition in the U.S. Automobile Market ""; ""A FRAMEWORK FOR ANALYSIS""; ""EMPIRICAL SPECIFICATION""