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Knowledge Transfer in the Automobile Industry
Taylor and Francis 2011; US$ 152.00The book arose from a multi-disciplinary study which looked at the development of global-local manufacturing clusters in the context of a developing, Asian economy. The study demonstrates the connection amongst theoretical perspectives such as international business, development studies, economic geography, and organisational learning clusters/production... more...
I Invented the Modern Age
Scribner 2013; US$ 30.00From the acclaimed popular historian Richard Snow, who ?writes with verve and a keen eye? ( The New York Times Book Review ), comes a fresh and entertaining account of Henry Ford and his invention of the Model T?the ugly, cranky, invincible machine that defined twentieth-century America. Every century or so, our republic has been remade by a new... more...
I Invented the Modern Age
Scribner 2013; Not AvailableFrom the acclaimed popular historian Richard Snow, who ?writes with verve and a keen eye? ( The New York Times Book Review ), comes a fresh and entertaining account of Henry Ford and his invention of the Model T?the ugly, cranky, invincible machine that defined twentieth-century America. Every century or so, our republic has been remade by a new... more...
I Invented the Modern Age
Scribner 2013; Not AvailableFrom the acclaimed popular historian Richard Snow, who ?writes with verve and a keen eye? ( The New York Times Book Review ), comes a fresh and entertaining account of Henry Ford and his invention of the Model T?the ugly, cranky, invincible machine that defined twentieth-century America. Every century or so, our republic has been remade by a new... more...
Plunkett's Automobile Industry Almanac 2013
Plunkett Research, Ltd. 2012; US$ 349.99A key reference to the automobile industry, including trends and market research. Includes industry analysis, statistical tables and an industry glossary. Also provides in-depth, proprietary profiles of 400 leading companies in the industry, featuring addresses, phone numbers and executives. A tool for strategic planning, competitive intelligence,... more...
Honda's Global Local Corporation
Palgrave Macmillan 1993; US$ 168.00Japanese carmaker Honda has pioneered a new breed of multinational enterprise - true manufacturing at the global scale. Honda has been a leader in confounding predictions that Japan's carmakers would and could never transfer their success abroad, and that a wholesale 'Japanization' of the west would be provoked if they did. The book covers manufacture,... more...
Mergers and Acquisitions as Strategic Methods of Business Development in the Global Automobile Industry
The Edwin Mellen Press 2010; US$ 149.95This book examines one set of processes, mergers and alliances, which have underpinned changes in the automobile industry. Merger and alliance activity is explored against the long term economic forces which have shaped the industry. Whilst short term crises catch the headlines, the long term perspective forms the backdrop for understanding the processes... more...
The Multinational Motor Industry
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 115.00This book analyses the multinational enterprise using the example of the world motor industry. It begins by examining the multinational enterprise in general, considering its nature, the economic theory of its behaviour and is effects on the nation state. It goes on to explore the growth and development of the multinational motor industry, and then... more...
Getting the Bugs Out
Wiley 2002; US$ 16.95The fascinating story of Volkswagen's raging success and near collapse in America After a wild ride of ups and downs for almost three decades, Volkswagen has regained its stature as one of America's most beloved auto makers. In Getting the Bugs Out, journalist and auto industry expert David Kiley tells the complete story of the rise, fall, and comeback... more...
One Best Way? Trajectories and Industrial Models of the World's Automobile Producers
Oxford University Press 1998; US$ 140.00Many argue that the viable future for the automobile industry is the adoption of 'lean production' as an organizational model. This is a study of the evolution of 15 Asian, North American and European companies in terms of technological, organizational, commercial and social 'trajectories'. more...









