The Restructuring of the Automobile Industry in the USA.
Author | : R. D. Bingham |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 20 |
Release | : 1992 |
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Author | : R. D. Bingham |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 20 |
Release | : 1992 |
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ISBN | : |
Author | : John P. Tuman |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 208 |
Release | : 2013-04-03 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 1136547517 |
This work examines the responses of unions and workers to regional integration and restructuring in the automobile industry in North and Central America. The focus is on the automobile industry in Mexico, which, because of its size and importance, is viewed as a strategic sector of the Mexican economy and was the focal point of talks between the US, Canada and Mexico during negotiations on NAFTA. Focusing on the period from 1980, John P. Tuman examines the changes implemented by firms to promote export production, he explores reasons for the variation in labour responses to restructuring, and he discusses the prospects for cross-border organizing and co-operation among automobile workers in Canada, the US and Mexico.
Author | : Stephen Cooney |
Publisher | : DIANE Publishing |
Total Pages | : 53 |
Release | : 2011 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 1437939279 |
This is a print on demand edition of a hard to find publication. In 12/08, Pres. George W. Bush provided financial assistance to GM and Chrysler -- $13.4 billion to GM and $4 billion to Chrysler from the Troubled Assets Relief Program (TARP). Ford did not need such assistance immediately but might require a line of credit in 2009. A further $6 billion was loaned to GM Acceptance Corp. (GMAC), and $1.5 billion to Chrysler Financial, the two manufacturers¿ respective credit affiliates. Contents of this report: Intro.; Auto Industry Loan Develop. in 12/08; Impact on the National Economy; The Domestic Motor Vehicle Market; Financial Issues in the Auto Industry; Financial Solutions: Bridge Loans and Restructuring; Pension and Health Care Issues; Stipulations and Conditions on TARP Loans to the Auto Industry.
Author | : William D. Hayes |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 494 |
Release | : 1991 |
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ISBN | : |
Author | : Christopher M. Law |
Publisher | : Taylor & Francis |
Total Pages | : 295 |
Release | : 2017-07-06 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 1351663968 |
Cover page -- Halftitle page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Title Page -- Copyright page -- Contents -- Figures -- Tables -- Contributors -- Preface -- 1 Motor vehicle manufacturing: the representative industry -- 2 The world automotive industry intransition -- 3 New horizons? The Third World motor vehicle industry in an international framework -- 4 The transformation of the Japanese motor vehicle industry and its role in the world: industrial restructuring and technical evolution -- 5 The impact of Japanese investment in the United States -- 6 Nothing new about Nissan? -- 7 Motor components: locational issues in an international industry -- 8 Vertical integration or disintegration? The case of the UK car parts industry -- 9 Restructuring the Swedish manufacturing industry - the case of the motor vehicle industry -- 10 Subcontracting in the motor industry: a case study in Coventry -- 11 Industrial restructuring and the labour force: the case of Austin Rover in Longbridge, Birmingham -- 12 Policy implications of trends and changes in the vehicle and components industries: the case of the West Midlands -- Bibliography -- Index
Author | : Joshua Murray |
Publisher | : Russell Sage Foundation |
Total Pages | : 273 |
Release | : 2019-06-13 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 0871548208 |
At its peak in the 1950s and 1960s, automobile manufacturing was the largest, most profitable industry in the United States and residents of industry hubs like Detroit and Flint, Michigan had some of the highest incomes in the country. Over the last half-century, the industry has declined, and American automakers now struggle to stay profitable. How did the most prosperous industry in the richest country in the world crash and burn? In Wrecked, sociologists Joshua Murray and Michael Schwartz offer an unprecedented historical-sociological analysis of the downfall of the auto industry. Through an in-depth examination of labor relations and the production processes of automakers in the U.S. and Japan both before and after World War II, they demonstrate that the decline of the American manufacturers was the unintended consequence of their attempts to weaken the bargaining power of their unions. Today Japanese and many European automakers produce higher quality cars at lower cost than their American counterparts thanks to a flexible form of production characterized by long-term sole suppliers, assembly and supply plants located near each other, and just-in-time delivery of raw materials. While this style of production was, in fact, pioneered in the U.S. prior to World War II, in the years after the war, American automakers deliberately dismantled this system. As Murray and Schwartz show, flexible production accelerated innovation but also facilitated workers’ efforts to unionize plants and carry out work stoppages. To reduce the efficacy of strikes and combat the labor militancy that flourished between the Depression and the postwar period, the industry dispersed production across the nation, began maintaining large stockpiles of inventory, and eliminated single sourcing. While this restructuring of production did ultimately reduce workers’ leverage, it also decreased production efficiency and innovation. The U.S. auto industry has struggled ever since to compete with foreign automakers, and formerly thriving motor cities have suffered the consequences of mass deindustrialization. Murray and Schwartz argue that new business models that reinstate flexible production and prioritize innovation rather than cheap labor could stem the outsourcing of jobs and help revive the auto industry. By clarifying the historical relationships between production processes, organized labor, and industrial innovation, Wrecked provides new insights into the inner workings and decline of the U.S. auto industry.
Author | : Kurt Hoffman |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 295 |
Release | : 2019-04-11 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 0429713134 |
This book is concerned with the future direction of the international division of labour in manufacturing. It explores the different patterns of foreign direct investment in the eras of machinofacture and systemofacture with respect to a study of the global production of automobile components.
Author | : Thomas H. Klier |
Publisher | : W.E. Upjohn Institute |
Total Pages | : 439 |
Release | : 2008 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 0880993332 |
This book offers a comprehensive look at an industry that plays a growing role in motor vehicle production in the United States.
Author | : Martin L. Anderson |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 428 |
Release | : 1982 |
Genre | : Automobile industry and trade |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Joshua Murray |
Publisher | : Russell Sage Foundation |
Total Pages | : 273 |
Release | : 2019-06-13 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 1610448871 |
At its peak in the 1950s and 1960s, automobile manufacturing was the largest, most profitable industry in the United States and residents of industry hubs like Detroit and Flint, Michigan had some of the highest incomes in the country. Over the last half-century, the industry has declined, and American automakers now struggle to stay profitable. How did the most prosperous industry in the richest country in the world crash and burn? In Wrecked, sociologists Joshua Murray and Michael Schwartz offer an unprecedented historical-sociological analysis of the downfall of the auto industry. Through an in-depth examination of labor relations and the production processes of automakers in the U.S. and Japan both before and after World War II, they demonstrate that the decline of the American manufacturers was the unintended consequence of their attempts to weaken the bargaining power of their unions. Today Japanese and many European automakers produce higher quality cars at lower cost than their American counterparts thanks to a flexible form of production characterized by long-term sole suppliers, assembly and supply plants located near each other, and just-in-time delivery of raw materials. While this style of production was, in fact, pioneered in the U.S. prior to World War II, in the years after the war, American automakers deliberately dismantled this system. As Murray and Schwartz show, flexible production accelerated innovation but also facilitated workers’ efforts to unionize plants and carry out work stoppages. To reduce the efficacy of strikes and combat the labor militancy that flourished between the Depression and the postwar period, the industry dispersed production across the nation, began maintaining large stockpiles of inventory, and eliminated single sourcing. While this restructuring of production did ultimately reduce workers’ leverage, it also decreased production efficiency and innovation. The U.S. auto industry has struggled ever since to compete with foreign automakers, and formerly thriving motor cities have suffered the consequences of mass deindustrialization. Murray and Schwartz argue that new business models that reinstate flexible production and prioritize innovation rather than cheap labor could stem the outsourcing of jobs and help revive the auto industry. By clarifying the historical relationships between production processes, organized labor, and industrial innovation, Wrecked provides new insights into the inner workings and decline of the U.S. auto industry.