ilość książek w kategorii: 448
Effectiveness and Impact of Corporate Average Fuel Economy (Caff) Standards
ISBN: 9780309076012 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Since CAFE standards were established 25 years ago, there have been significant changes in motor vehicle technology, globalization of the industry, the mix and characteristics of vehicle sales, production capacity, and other factors. This volume evaluates the implications of these changes as well as changes anticipated in the next few years, on the need for CAFE, as well as the stringency and/or structure of the CAFE program in future years. Since CAFE standards were established 25 years ago, there have been significant changes in motor vehicle technology, globalization of the industry,... |
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265,48 zł |
Driven: Inside BMW, the Most Admired Car Company in the World
ISBN: 9780471269205 / Angielski / Twarda / 310 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. An 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 share, demand for BMWs continues to grow, frequently outpacing production. Now, David Kiley-Detroit Bureau Chief at USA Today and author of Getting the Bugs Out, which covered Volkswagen's demise and rebirth, goes inside the fabled German... An exclusive look at one of the world's most successful and controversial companies, and the mysterious family behind it.
BMW is arguably the most ... |
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226,04 zł |
Corporate Power, American Democracy, and the Automobile Industry
ISBN: 9780521023610 / Angielski / Miękka / 220 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book offers a critical history of government policy toward the U.S. automobile industry in order to assess the impact of the large corporation on American democracy. Drawing together the main policy issues affecting the automobile industry over the past forty years--occupant safety, emissions, fuel economy and trade--the work examines how the industry established its hegemony over the public perception of vehicle safety to inhibit federal regulation, and the battle for federal regulation that succeeded in toppling this hegemony in 1966; the subsequent efforts to include pollution...
This book offers a critical history of government policy toward the U.S. automobile industry in order to assess the impact of the large corporation on...
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185,24 zł |
Engines of Growth: The State and Transnational Auto Companies in Brazil
ISBN: 9780521025003 / Angielski / Miękka / 284 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In the 1950s, Brazil prohibited car imports and forced transnational auto companies either to abandon the market or manufacture vehicles within the country. Although currently contending approaches to economic development would suggest that this type of industrialization policy would fail in the political-economic context of postwar Brazil, the plan was successful according to a variety of criteria. The Brazilian auto industry would become the largest in the periphery. The book explains the economic and political motivations behind the plan, and why Brazil relied on foreign firms to do the...
In the 1950s, Brazil prohibited car imports and forced transnational auto companies either to abandon the market or manufacture vehicles within the co...
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185,24 zł |
Costs and Productivity in Automobile Production: The Challenge of Japanese Efficiency
ISBN: 9780521031752 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Motor vehicles are prominent among the flows of exports and/or imports for Canada, Germany, Japan, and the United States, and these trade flows are heavily influenced by the basic relative competitiveness of the production processes for automotive manufacturing. In this book the authors analyze the factors that contributed to the comparative cost competitiviness of the four countries' auto industries over the period 1961-1984 and disentangle the factors contributing to the Japanese cost and efficiency advantages. The authors provide estimates of comparative costs of automobile production...
Motor vehicles are prominent among the flows of exports and/or imports for Canada, Germany, Japan, and the United States, and these trade flows are he...
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144,07 zł |
Engines of Growth: The State and Transnational Auto Companies in Brazil
ISBN: 9780521416405 / Angielski / Twarda / 284 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In the 1950s, Brazil prohibited car imports and forced transnational auto companies either to abandon the market or manufacture vehicles within the country. Although currently contending approaches to economic development would suggest that this type of industrialization policy would fail in the political-economic context of postwar Brazil, the plan was successful according to a variety of criteria. The Brazilian auto industry would become the largest in the periphery. The book explains the economic and political motivations behind the plan, and why Brazil relied on foreign firms to do the...
In the 1950s, Brazil prohibited car imports and forced transnational auto companies either to abandon the market or manufacture vehicles within the co...
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422,06 zł |
The Struggle for Control of the Modern Corporation: Organizational Change at General Motors, 1924-1970
ISBN: 9780521677912 / Angielski / Miękka / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Drawing on primary historical material, The Struggle for Control of the Modern Corporation, provides a historical overview of decision making and political struggle within one of America's largest and most important corporations. Freeland examines the changes in the General Motors organization between the years 1924 and 1970. He takes issue with the well-known argument of business historian Alfred Chandler and economist Oliver Williamson, who contend that GM's multidivisional structure emerged and survived because it was more efficient than alternative forms of organization.
Drawing on primary historical material, The Struggle for Control of the Modern Corporation, provides a historical overview of decision making and poli...
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190,39 zł |
Time for a Model Change: Re-Engineering the Global Automotive Industry
ISBN: 9780521837156 / Angielski / Twarda / 294 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The automotive industry ranks among the most significant business phenomena of the 20th century and remains vitally important today, accounting for almost 11% of the GDP of North America, Europe and Japan and one in nine jobs. Although its products have had a fundamental impact on modern society in economic and social terms, the industry has found it hard to adjust to contemporary conditions and is thus no longer esteemed in capital markets. Riven with internal contradictions that inhibit reform, it now faces a stark choice between years of strife or radical change. Highlighting the...
The automotive industry ranks among the most significant business phenomena of the 20th century and remains vitally important today, accounting for al...
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254,94 zł |
American Vanguard : The United Auto Workers during the Reuther Years, 1935-1970
ISBN: 9780814329474 / Angielski / Twarda / 480 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Geared toward general readers and scholars alike, this book presents the history of the United Auto Workers - one of America's most significant worker's organizations - from its origins through its period of greatest impact.
Geared toward general readers and scholars alike, this book presents the history of the United Auto Workers - one of America's most significant worker...
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243,54 zł |
American Vanguard: The United Auto Workers during the Reuther Years, 1935-1970
ISBN: 9780814332979 / Angielski / Miękka / 624 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The struggles and victories of the UAW form an important episode in the story of American democracy and economics. This work presents the history of the union for both general and academic audiences. It not only records the controversial issues tackled by the UAW, but also offers details about the workers and their environments.
The struggles and victories of the UAW form an important episode in the story of American democracy and economics. This work presents the history of t...
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207,07 zł |
Cars, Carriers of Regionalism?
ISBN: 9781403921444 / Angielski / Twarda / 309 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This highly topical book brings together some of the world's leading specialists on the global car industry who discuss the ins and outs of the faster lane of regionalism at a time that the world is reassessing the ins and outs of globalization. It provides a thorough and up-dated mapping of the worldwide geography of the car industry, in the triad regions (Europe, North America and Japan), and in the emerging countries and regions.
This highly topical book brings together some of the world's leading specialists on the global car industry who discuss the ins and outs of the faster...
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392,66 zł |
Labour After Communism
ISBN: 9781551642437 / Angielski / Twarda / 283 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The collapse of the Soviet Union led to a period of steep economic decline, followed by economic reform, soaring inflation, corruption and crime. Despite the fact that unions were part of the State and that membership was obligatory, incorporating 98 percent of the labor force, millions of workers were not paid their wages.Based upon an abundance of first-hand material, Labour After Soviet Socialism examines the complex interplay of history, ideology, leadership, state policy and economics, to explain the difficulty workers have encountered in defending their interests.David Mandel, labor...
The collapse of the Soviet Union led to a period of steep economic decline, followed by economic reform, soaring inflation, corruption and crime. Desp...
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287,15 zł |
Global Alliances in the Motor Vehicle Industry
ISBN: 9781567203462 / Angielski / Twarda / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The globalization of the motor vehicle industry--specifically, cars and light trucks--has engendered new forms of competition and cooperation with less regard for national boundaries than ever before. The DaimlerChrysler merger, the GM-Toyota joint venture, the Renault equity stake in Nissan, the Ford takeover of Mazda, Jaguar, and Volvo cars, and direct foreign investments in Mexico, Mercosur (Mercado Com DEGREESD'un del Sur), China, and India--developments like these are almost impossible to keep up with. Hiraoka, a prize-winning analyst of manufacturing excellence in the automotive... The globalization of the motor vehicle industry--specifically, cars and light trucks--has engendered new forms of competition and cooperation with ... |
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584,45 zł |
High Noon in the Automotive Industry
ISBN: 9783540258698 / Angielski / Twarda / 276 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book was born from curiosity. To begin with, it was the curiosity of an economist who studied in the 60 s in an environment which has subsequently developed from national into global economics. Who has to recognize that politicians, scholars and large segments of society oblivious to supranational authorities and e- nomic globalization forces continue to labour under the notion that they are still fully autonomous and sovereign when shaping national economic policy. And pretend as though their own national state were still the "m- ter in its own house" that despite unbridled market...
This book was born from curiosity. To begin with, it was the curiosity of an economist who studied in the 60 s in an environment which has subsequentl...
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196,31 zł |
The Chinese Auto Industry
ISBN: 9783836416320 / Angielski / Miękka / 116 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The auto industry is no longer confined to our small corner of the world.
China currently has the highest sales-growth in the worlds automobile industry. As a major player in global supply chain, Chinas economic development and change affect operations of many transnational companies around the globe. The automobile industry in China represents an extraordinatry case of industry development. Utilizing the case study method, Professor Doreen McGunagle has allowed for a better understanding of the automobile industry in China, and answers the question, "What is the impact on the Chinese... The auto industry is no longer confined to our small corner of the world. China currently has the highest sales-growth in the worlds automobile |
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257,65 zł |
The Economic Value Added by Specialist Auditors- Hypothesis, Sample and Data, Results
ISBN: 9783836426770 / Angielski / Miękka / 156 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Prior literature has conjectured that auditor industry specialization is an important dimension of audit quality. This book addresses the economic benefits that companies may achieve by employing auditors with industry expertise. It examines the link between the employment of industry specialist auditors, and the degree of information asymmetry and the cost of debt of a client company. More specifically, the analysis should answer the following questions: Is there a relation between the employment of an industry specialist auditor and the level of information asymmetry of client companies? Is...
Prior literature has conjectured that auditor industry specialization is an important dimension of audit quality. This book addresses the economic ben...
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370,02 zł |
Mitsubishi: Its Challenge and Strategy
ISBN: 9781559380317 / Angielski / Twarda / 360 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Industrial Development and the Social Fabric
Industrial Development and the Social Fabric
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455,06 zł |
A Successful Transformation?: Restructuring of the Czech Automobile Industry
ISBN: 9783790820393 / Angielski / Twarda / 295 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. I started researching the dramatic changes in the automobile industry of Central and East European countries in the late 1990s. My interest grew out of my previous work on the post-socialist transformation, foreign - rect investment and regional economic development. While researching the economic and regional development effects of foreign direct inve- ment, I was increasingly drawn to the automobile industry because of the speed and depth of its transformation through foreign direct investment and its potentially very significant economic and regional development - fects. In addition to...
I started researching the dramatic changes in the automobile industry of Central and East European countries in the late 1990s. My interest grew out o...
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589,01 zł |
1,000 Days in Shanghai: The Volkswagen Story - The First Chinese-German Car Factory
ISBN: 9780470823880 / Angielski / Miękka / 250 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Posth arrived in China with a vision. He navigated a steep learning curve, achieved his goals and now shares an insightful, first-hand account of an intriguing journey that included bumps and highlights. 1,000 Days in Shanghai is a breathtaking manual for anyone contemplating a business career in the increasingly vibrant arena of today's China. It is also a personal account, done with great sensitivity, revealing between the lines a deep respect for the spirit that propels China's social and industrial revolution today.
--Hans Michael Jebsen, Chairman, Jebsen and Co., Ltd. To... Posth arrived in China with a vision. He navigated a steep learning curve, achieved his goals and now shares an insightful, first-hand account of an i...
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121,50 zł |
Zoom: The Global Race to Fuel the Car of the Future
ISBN: 9780446698665 / Angielski / Miękka / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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120,45 zł |