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Record Nr.

UNINA9910822874203321

Autore

Rubenstein James M

Titolo

Making and selling cars : innovation and change in the U.S. automotive industry / / James M. Rubenstein

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Baltimore, : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2001

ISBN

0-8018-7371-1

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (412 p.)

Disciplina

338.4/76292/0973

Soggetti

Automobile industry and trade - United States

Automobiles - Marketing

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 371-386) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- PART I. MAKING MOTOR VEHICLES -- 1 From Fordist Production... -- 2 ...To Lean Production -- 3 From Making Parts... -- 4 ...To Buying Parts -- 5 From Deskilling the Work Force... -- 6 ...To Reskilling Labor -- PART II. SELLING MOTOR VEHICLES -- 7 From a Class-based Market... -- 8 ...To a Personal Market -- 9 From Dealing with Customers... -- 10 ...To Serving Customers -- 11 From a National Market... -- 12 ...To a Global Market -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.

Sommario/riassunto

automotive industry has been and remains a vigorous shaper of the American economy.