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Book Synopsis The Changing U.S. Auto Industry by : James M. Rubenstein
Download or read book The Changing U.S. Auto Industry written by James M. Rubenstein and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2002-03-11 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1992. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Book Synopsis Making and Selling Cars by : James M. Rubenstein
Download or read book Making and Selling Cars written by James M. Rubenstein and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2001-12-17 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The automobile has shaped nearly every aspect of modern American life. This text documents the story of the automotive industry, which, despite its power, is constantly struggling to assure its success.
Book Synopsis The Changing US Auto Industry by : James M. Rubenstein
Download or read book The Changing US Auto Industry written by James M. Rubenstein and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis U.S. Automotive Industry by : Stephen Cooney
Download or read book U.S. Automotive Industry written by Stephen Cooney and published by Nova Publishers. This book was released on 2007 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over one million Americans are employed in manufacturing motor vehicles, equipment and parts. But the industry has changed dramatically since the U.S. "Big Three" motor vehicle corporations (General Motors, Ford and Chrysler) produced the overwhelming majority of cars and light trucks sold in the United States, and directly employed many people themselves. By 2003, most passenger cars sold in the U.S. market were either imported or manufactured by foreign-based producers at new North American plants (so-called "transplant" facilities). The Big Three now dominate only in light trucks, and are also now being challenged there by the foreign brands. The Big Three have shed about 600,000 U.S. jobs since 1980, while about one-quarter of Americans employed in automotive manufacturing (nearly 300,000) work for the foreign-owned companies. It is clear that the U.S. automotive industry has undergone many drastic changes that have had a net adverse effect on American interests. This book examines the causes of these changes. Congressional acts, increasingly stringent emission laws, the effects of NAFTA, labour unions and globalisation are all within the scope of this book.
Book Synopsis The American Automobile Industry by : Robert Cole
Download or read book The American Automobile Industry written by Robert Cole and published by University of Michigan Press. This book was released on 2020-06-01 with total page 119 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Amid the gloom, indeed the despair, that prevailed among auto industry spokesmen during early 1981, the University of Michigan held the first U.S.-Japan Auto Conference. With all the uncertainty that accompanies a march into new territory, the conference very much resembled a call to arms as industry, union, and government officials sought to comprehend and respond to the Japanese challenge. In the subsequent two conferences in 1982 and 1983, the concerned parties displayed an impressive willingness to roll up their sleeves and get on with creating the conditions for a renewal of the industry. Yet success seemed to elude their efforts, and frustrations mounted as the national recession lengthened and deepened. It was not until the March 1984 conference that definite change in tone became apparent. By this time, it was clear that the industry was beginning to reap the fruits of its efforts. As Paul McCracken notes in his remarks, the market for new cars was manifesting its traditional high-geared response to improved business conditions, and the voluntary trade restraints were contributing to the ability of the industry to take advantage of this renewed prosperity. In addition, those who know the industry well knew that the major improvements in quality and productivity had been made, and many of the changes responsible for these improvements seem unlikely to be reversed. All this was much on the minds of speakers and participants during the March conference. The various speakers presented an image of people who thought that they were pretty much on the way toward addressing successfully their internal problems of productivity, quality, and marketing. All that remained was to dispose of the external factors that prevented the, from competing on that well-known if elusive "level playing field." [ix]
Book Synopsis The U.S. Automobile Manufacturing Industry by :
Download or read book The U.S. Automobile Manufacturing Industry written by and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Wrecked written by Joshua Murray and published by Russell Sage Foundation. This book was released on 2019-06-13 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At its peak in the 1950s and 1960s, automobile manufacturing was the largest, most profitable industry in the United States and residents of industry hubs like Detroit and Flint, Michigan had some of the highest incomes in the country. Over the last half-century, the industry has declined, and American automakers now struggle to stay profitable. How did the most prosperous industry in the richest country in the world crash and burn? In Wrecked, sociologists Joshua Murray and Michael Schwartz offer an unprecedented historical-sociological analysis of the downfall of the auto industry. Through an in-depth examination of labor relations and the production processes of automakers in the U.S. and Japan both before and after World War II, they demonstrate that the decline of the American manufacturers was the unintended consequence of their attempts to weaken the bargaining power of their unions. Today Japanese and many European automakers produce higher quality cars at lower cost than their American counterparts thanks to a flexible form of production characterized by long-term sole suppliers, assembly and supply plants located near each other, and just-in-time delivery of raw materials. While this style of production was, in fact, pioneered in the U.S. prior to World War II, in the years after the war, American automakers deliberately dismantled this system. As Murray and Schwartz show, flexible production accelerated innovation but also facilitated workers’ efforts to unionize plants and carry out work stoppages. To reduce the efficacy of strikes and combat the labor militancy that flourished between the Depression and the postwar period, the industry dispersed production across the nation, began maintaining large stockpiles of inventory, and eliminated single sourcing. While this restructuring of production did ultimately reduce workers’ leverage, it also decreased production efficiency and innovation. The U.S. auto industry has struggled ever since to compete with foreign automakers, and formerly thriving motor cities have suffered the consequences of mass deindustrialization. Murray and Schwartz argue that new business models that reinstate flexible production and prioritize innovation rather than cheap labor could stem the outsourcing of jobs and help revive the auto industry. By clarifying the historical relationships between production processes, organized labor, and industrial innovation, Wrecked provides new insights into the inner workings and decline of the U.S. auto industry.
Author :Charles Edward Edwards Publisher :Columbia : University of South Carolina Press ISBN 13 : Total Pages :326 pages Book Rating :4.3/5 (91 download)
Book Synopsis Dynamics of the United States Automobile Industry by : Charles Edward Edwards
Download or read book Dynamics of the United States Automobile Industry written by Charles Edward Edwards and published by Columbia : University of South Carolina Press. This book was released on 1965 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Account of the economic struggles of the industry during the two decades after World War II.
Book Synopsis Short Sighted Solutions: Trade and Energy Policies for the US Auto Industry by : Robert E. Scott
Download or read book Short Sighted Solutions: Trade and Energy Policies for the US Auto Industry written by Robert E. Scott and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-07-06 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book, originally published in 1994, explores the effects of federal policies on the US auto industry in the 1970s and 80s which were designed to save jobs and help the domestic industry become more competitive. The author develops a new model based on modern oliopoly theory to estimate the effects of the voluntary Restraint Agreements (which limited Japanese imports) on the US auto market. The results demonstrate that VRAs caused price increases which adversely affected the comptitiveness of US producers. On the eve of a new Trump administration, and the likelihood of new restrictions on imports to boost US manufacturing, this book has particular enduring relevance.
Book Synopsis The Changing U.S. Auto Industry by : James M. Rubenstein
Download or read book The Changing U.S. Auto Industry written by James M. Rubenstein and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2002-03-11 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1992. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Book Synopsis Who Really Made Your Car? by : Thomas H. Klier
Download or read book Who Really Made Your Car? written by Thomas H. Klier and published by W.E. Upjohn Institute. This book was released on 2008 with total page 439 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers a comprehensive look at an industry that plays a growing role in motor vehicle production in the United States.
Book Synopsis How Detroit Became the "Automotive Capitol of the World" by : Robert Tata
Download or read book How Detroit Became the "Automotive Capitol of the World" written by Robert Tata and published by Author House. This book was released on 2013-07-08 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author, a licensed Professional Engineer, has family roots in the Detroit area and has also been employed in an engineering capacity by all Big Three automakers; GM, Ford, & Chrysler. He has often wondered how the auto industry got its beginning in such a place as Detroit, Michigan, way off the beaten path, in an isolated glove-shaped piece of land thrust up between two lakes, where weather can be severe. Ohio and Indiana, who were also very active in the creation of the auto industry, are in the same general area of the country as Michigan and share the same climate. Why would anyone favor this three state area? One would think that other parts of the country would be more conducive to the formation of such an important part of the history of this nation. After all, Michigan, Ohio, and Indiana were not members of the original 13 states and therefore have to be considered less developed territories than the original thirteen states around the turn of the 19th century when the American Gasoline-powered automobile was invented. Read how the author has searched for the answers to these somewhat perplexing questions on why Detroit became the Motor City.
Book Synopsis The Decline and Fall of the American Automobile Industry by : Brock Yates
Download or read book The Decline and Fall of the American Automobile Industry written by Brock Yates and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Analyzes the reasons for the failures of the American auto industry to compete with foreign imports and to make use of modern technology and styling.
Book Synopsis Structural Change in the U.S. Automobile Industry by : Jeffrey Allen Hunker
Download or read book Structural Change in the U.S. Automobile Industry written by Jeffrey Allen Hunker and published by Lexington, Mass. : Lexington Books. This book was released on 1983 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Downsizing Detroit by : Narasimhan P. Kannan
Download or read book Downsizing Detroit written by Narasimhan P. Kannan and published by Greenwood. This book was released on 1982 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The U.S. Auto Industry by : Jeri Freedman
Download or read book The U.S. Auto Industry written by Jeri Freedman and published by The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc. This book was released on 2010-08-15 with total page 67 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For decades, The auto industry has been at the heart of American manufacturing, providing jobs for countless Americans and boosting local economies. From the invention of the automobile To The rise of modern assembly lines, American carmakers have led the field for many years. However, beginning in the latter half of the 20th centuries, American carmakers faced stiff competition from foreign car manufacturers with innovative models and production techniques. After years of declining auto sales, The industry was nearly destroyed by the recession of 2008. This book analyzes how the auto industry reached this point, tracing the causes of the crisis back to their roots.
Book Synopsis America and the Automobile by : Peter J. Ling
Download or read book America and the Automobile written by Peter J. Ling and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 1992 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This interdisciplinary study of the early history of the automobile in the USA explores how the motorcar was accepted by an affluent class of society and interpreted as a means of achieving progressive, middle-class objectives.
