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9781571818508

Cars

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  • ISBN13:

    9781571818508

  • ISBN10:

    1571818502

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 1994-11-01
  • Publisher: Berghahn Books

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Summary

Through developing an original analytical framework that, for the first time, systematically relates productive, market and financial variables, the authors are able to rewrite the history of the car business since Henry Ford. Karel Williams teaches at the Department of Accounting and Finance, University of Manchester. John Williams is Professor at the Department of Economics and Agricultural Economics, University of Wales at Aberystwyth. Colin Haslam and Sukhdev Johal direct the Business Policy Group at the East London Business School, University of East London.

Author Biography

Karel Williams teaches in the Department of Accounting & Finance, University of Manchester.

Table of Contents

List of Tables
List of Abbreviations
Introduction
Cars: Analysis, History and Casesp. 1
Financial and Physical Characteristicsp. 14
Investment and Productive Interventionp. 30
Better Flow or Lower Wagesp. 47
Market Characteristics and Volume Fluctuationsp. 64
Unbalanced International Tradep. 80
Ford and Toyota: Myth, Romance and Illusionp. 96
BMC/BLMC/BL: Market-Led Failurep. 134
Western Europe: The Weak Industry and the Irresolute Confederationp. 166
America versus Japan: Bad Companies or Different Social Settlementsp. 206
Referencesp. 246
Indexp. 251
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