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What is good for General Motors? : solving America's industrial conundrum /

An insider exposes the strategic decisions that have caused the foundation of America?s industrial sector to crumble, then lays out a plan for its restoration. The author led GM Chairman John Smale?s Scenario Planning Staff in the mid-1990s and Roger Smith?s development of a Saturn expansion proposa...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Crumm, Thomas A.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Algora Pub., ©2010.
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  • Preface; Chapter 1. Setting the Stage; Chapter 2. 1903 and 1908: Henry Ford's Initial Back of the Envelope; Chapter 3. 1913: The Assembly Line Was a Reluctant Move; Chapter 4. 1941: The UAW Wins Favor of Neglected Line Workers; Chapter 5. 1950s and 1960s: Countering UAW and NADA Ambitions; Chapter 6. 1970s and 1980s: Financial-Criteria-Based Decisions Strip-Mine the Industrial Sector; Chapter 7. 1990s and 2000s: Three Dinosaurs Are Lured Across the Pacific; Chapter 8. Assessment of China's Industrial Sector; Chapter 9. Social and Legislative Hurdles.
  • Epilogue: CounterING the Pessimists in Funeral HomesAppendix 1. Table of the Evolution of Inefficiencies; Appendix 2. Bringing America's Auto Industry Back to Life; Index.