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    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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    When Bob Lutz retired from General Motors in 2010, after an unparalleled forty-seven-year career in the auto industry, he was one of the most respected leaders in American business. He had survived all kinds of managers over those decades: tough and timid, analytical and irrational, charismatic and antisocial, and some who seemed to shift frequently among all those traits. His experiences made him ... Read more

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  • The Theory of Money and Credit

    “It is impossible to grasp the meaning of the idea of sound money if one does not realize that it was devised as an instrument for the protection of civil liberties against despotic inroads on the part of governments.” – from The Theory of Money and CreditOriginally published in 1912, Ludwig von Mises’s The Theory of Money and Credit remains today one of economic theory’s most influential and ... Read more

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  • The Death of Holden

    The bestselling account of the decline of Australian manufacturing

    Holden is one of the few brands that has an emotional grip on Australia (Qantas being another). The closure of the Holden factory in Adelaide is not just the end of a business - it's the end of an era, of a story, and of a great Australian dream.When Holden signalled that it would close its Adelaide factory, it struck at the very heart of Australian identity. Holden is our car made on our shores. ... Read more

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  • The World Trade Organization

    A Beginner's Guide

    Series series Beginner's Guides
    One of the most important yet least understood organizations in the world, the WTO is a lynchpin of globalization, allowing us to enjoy products and services from around the globe. However, it also lays bare the frailty of many industries, leading some to claim that it stokes unemployment and harms the developing world.In this engaging introduction, David Collins examines the goals of the WTO and ... Read more

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  • The Selling of the American Economy

    How Foreign Companies Are Remaking the American Dream

    Today, many Americans regard globalization as a significant threat to our work force, and to our very way of life. As unemployment soars, the American automotive and manufacturing industries crumble, countless jobs continue to ship overseas, and the retail sector faces the worst slump in decades, cries of “Buy American” have grown louder and louder - in our communities, in the headlines, and in ... Read more

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  • Auto Pact

    Creating a Borderless North American Auto Industry, 1960-1971

    The 1965 Canada-United States Automotive Trade agreement fundamentally reshaped relations between the automotive business and the state in both countries and represented a significant step toward the creation of an integrated North American economy. Breaking from previous conceptions of the agreement as solely a product of intergovernmental negotiation, Dimitry Anastakis's Auto Pact argues that ... Read more

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  • Me and My MG

    A collection of heartwarming personal stories from MG owners around the world.Read about the Berkshire restorer who saw a heap of old iron in the bushes and realized it used to be a 1926 bullnose Super Sports; and the seven-year-old boy in Norfolk, Virginia, who read a book called The Red Car and knew that one day he would have to have a TC; and the Dutch boy who saw an MGB on his way to school ... 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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  • 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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  • Strategic Adjustment of Price by Japanese and American Automobile Manufacturers

    Series series Routledge Library Editions: The Automobile Industry
    This book, originally published in 1993, develops for the US automobile industry a demand-supply model which incorporates both wholesale and retail sectors and which allows strategic pricing behaviour of US and Japanese producers to be internally determined and its effects on market behaviour and national welfare analyzed. It develops the framework for and presents the results of an econometric ... Read more

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  • Corporate Purpose

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    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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