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  • The Long Haul

    A Social Histry of the British Commercial Vehicle Industry

    Series series Routledge Library Editions: The Automobile Industry
    Originally published in 1975 this book charts the history of Foden, a name inseparably linked with the growth and development of the haulage industry. The history of Foden provides the perfect backdrop to the history of the entire industry and the commercial vehicle generally, as it unfolds against the political, social and industrial scenes of the Victorian and Edwardian eras, as well as the ... Read more

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    The American Automobile Industry's Road from Glory to Disaster

    With an updated Afterword by the author.This is the epic saga of the American automobile industry’s rise and demise, a compelling story of hubris, missed opportunities, and self-inflicted wounds that culminates with the president of the United States ushering two of Detroit’s Big Three car companies—once proud symbols of prosperity—through bankruptcy. With unprecedented access, Pulitzer Prize ... Read more

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  • How Toyota Became #1

    Leadership Lessons from the World's Greatest Car Company

    by David Magee ...
    Everyone knows that Toyota has had an amazing twenty-five- year run, rising from a humble Japanese start-up to a thriving global giant. But how did it pass Ford and GM to become the world?s largest auto manufacturer? And how does it continue to thrive while so many competitors are struggling and failing?Journalist David Magee dug deeply into Toyota?s past and present, interviewing senior ... Read more

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  • Counting for Nothing

    What Men Value and What Women are Worth

    Series series Heritage
    Safe drinking water counts for nothing. A pollution-free environment counts for nothing. Even some people - namely women - count for nothing. This is the case, at least, according to the United Nations System of National Accounts. Author Marilyn Waring, former New Zealand M.P., now professor, development consultant, writer, and goat farmer, isolates the gender bias that exists in the current ... Read more

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  • Re-Forming Capitalism

    Institutional Change in the German Political Economy

    Wolfgang Streeck has written extensively on comparative political economy and institutional theory. In this book he addresses some of the key issues in this field: the role of history in institutional analysis, the dynamics of slow institutional change, the limitations of rational design and economic-functionalist explanations of institutional stability, and the recurrent difficulties of ... Read more

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  • Everthing You Need To Know To Start An Auto Dealership

    This book guides you step by step through the process of obtaining a motor vehicle dealer license. You will be given concise information without all the fluff. Also included is the contact information to the agencies needed to complete the process. I give some helpful tips to walk you through your beginning stages of the business. This will help you avoid some costly and time consuming mistakes ... Read more

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  • Plastic Money

    Constructing Markets for Credit Cards in Eight Postcommunist Countries

    In the United States, we now take our ability to pay with plastic for granted. In other parts of the world, however, the establishment of a "credit-card economy" has not been easy. In countries without a history of economic stability, how can banks decide who should be given a credit card? How do markets convince people to use cards, make their transactions visible to authorities, assume the ... Read more

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  • Corporate Purpose

    Why It Matters More Than Strategy

    by Shankar Basu ...
    Series series Routledge Library Editions: The Automobile Industry
    Originally published in 1999 after a decade of research and extensive interviews with some of Toyota's top executives, this book examines organizational purpose: what it is, how it is crafted, how does it relate to strategy and objectives and how does it relate to decisions and actions that ultimately produce organizational results. The author explains why Toyoto Motor Corporation was selected to ... Read more

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  • Unions and Economic Crisis

    Britain, West Germany and Sweden

    Series series European Trade Unions and the 1970s Economic Crisis
    First published in 1984. This book represents a major study of union responses to the economic crisis of the 1970s and 1980s. Abjuring governmental or managerial outlooks, it argues that unions, as representatives of essential producer groups, would be central to the renegotiation of the economic world. The work also stresses the importance of situating union responses to the crisis within the ... Read more

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  • Accounting and Business Economics

    Insights from National Traditions

    Edited by Yuri Biondi, Stefano Zambon ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Accounting
    The recent financial crisis has sparked debates surrounding the nature and role of accounting in informing capital markets and regulatory bodies about the financial performance and position of a firm. These debates have drawn attention to the broader implications of accounting for the economy and society. Accounting and Business Economics brings together leading international scholars to examine ... Read more

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  • Restructuring the Global Automobile Industry

    Series series Routledge Library Editions: The Automobile Industry
    Originally published in 1991, this book examines the spatial implications of the changes to the automobile industry at world, national and local levels. The volume brings together the work of North American, European and Japanese geographers, economists and sociologists, and includes perspectives from the components industry, the shop floor experience and local economic policy making. ... Read more

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  • The Foreman on the Assembly Line

    Series series Routledge Library Editions: The Automobile Industry
    As part of a 1950s study dealing with various phases of the impact of mass production on human behaviour, this volume, originally published in 1956 and now a classic of its time examines the technological environment and the foreman within management, from the foreman's point of view. The book presents case-history material, but behind this presentation and controlling it are broad concepts, one ... Read more

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