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The Turnaround Kid
HarperCollins 2009; Not AvailableFor the past thirty years, Steve Miller has done the messy, unpleasant work of salvaging America's lost companies with such success that the Wall Street Journal has dubbed him "U.S. Industry's Mr. Fix It." From his very first crisis assignment as point man for Lee Iaccoca's rescue team at Chrysler, Miller built an international reputation while... more...
Driven
Wiley 2004; US$ 45.00An exclusive look at one of the world's most successful and controversial companies, and the mysterious family behind it. BMW is arguably the most admired carmaker in the world. It's financial performance is the envy of its competitors, and BMW products inspire near-fanatical loyalty. While many carmakers struggle with falling sales, profits and market... more...
The Long March to Capitalism
Palgrave Macmillan 2005; US$ 125.00The author captures the evolution of Indian industrial capitalism by extending the 'models of capitalism' and 'regulation framework'. Using principally the auto industry and anchoring the analysis to the expansion of markets, he demonstrates that the Indian state and businesses have been important institutions for creating markets. He acknowledges... more...
The Automotive Industry in Emerging Markets: CHINA
Blue Ibex Ltd. 2006; US$ 290.00This report provides an analysis of automotive industry market data, trends, economic climate, government policy, and geographical factors. It examines both the passenger car, commercial vehicle, and component markets, including an analysis of key players - their operations, market share, strategies, as well as future trends, focusing on likely successes... more...
The Elegant Solution
Free Press 2006; US$ 26.00"Toyota is becoming a double threat: the world's finest manufacturer and a truly great innovator . . . that formula, a combination of production prowess and technical innovation, is an unbeatable recipe for success." -- Fortune , February 2006 For the first time, an insider reveals the formula behind Toyota's unceasing quest to innovate... more...
The World Market for Unreinforced Tubes, Pipes, and Hoses of Unhardened Vulcanized Rubber Excluding Fittings
ICON Group International Inc. 2006; US$ 325.00This report was created for strategic planners, international executives and import/export managers who are concerned with the market for new pneumatic rubber tires for buses and trucks. With the globalization of this market, managers can no longer be contented with a local view. Nor can managers be contented with out-of-date statistics that appear... more...
Service Parts Planning with MySAP SCM
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG 2007; US$ 49.99The Service Parts Planning (SPP) solution was developed by SAP in a joint effort with Caterpillar and Ford in order to address the specific planning problems of service parts. Aimed at project members and project managers, this book explains the processes, structures, and functions of this solution. more...
Shift
Crown Publishing Group 2007; US$ 19.00In Shift, Carlos Ghosn, the brilliant, audacious, and widely admired CEO of Nissan, recounts how he took the reins of the nearly bankrupt Japanese automotive company and achieved one of the most remarkable turnarounds in automotive ? and corporate ? history. When Carlos Ghosn (pronounced like ?phone?) was named COO of Nissan in 1999, the company... more...
A Successful Transformation?
Springer 2008; US$ 109.99This book investigates the complex processes of the post-1990 transformation in the Czech automotive industry and its selective integration in the West European automobile manufacturing system. The post-1990 restructuring of the Czech automotive industry is analyzed in the context of its pre-1990 development and in the context of the Central and East... more...
The Evolution of a Manufacturing System at Toyota
Oxford University Press, USA 1999; US$ 74.99PART I: Emergence and Functions of the Total Manufacturing System. 1. An Evolutionary Framework for Manufacturing. 2. System Emergence at Toyota: History. 3. System Emergence at Toyota: Reinterpretation. 4. The Anatomy of Manufacturing Routines: An Information View. PART II: Emergence and Functions of the Three Subsystems: Supplier, Development, and... more...









