General Motors Response to Economic Challenges 
.... A Ford Taurus plant required twenty-five labor hours to build
a car; a
GM A-
Car plant required forty-one labor hours to build
a car (Keller, 1989, p. 196). ....
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US Auto Industry (2008) Trends, Consumer Behavior and Analysis
.... The percentage of people expected to buy
a car in the next six months has fallen to 5 .... Ford and
GM are the two biggest competitors in the US auto industry, and ....
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US Auto Industry
.... exporting the Audi A8 to the US for a list price of $65,000,
a car made of ....
GM, on the other hand, has developed the Prowler, a purple hot rod that lists for a ....
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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar v. General Motors Corporation;
.... said that there was a genuine issue of fact as to whether
GM had met the .... The court said that using the record of Lew Alcindor in
a car commercial comparing the ....
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Marketing Plan
.... engines, transmissions, and special equipment, he could put together
a car that would ....
GM had eighteen separate models in retail prices ranging from $2,600 to ....
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Management and Labor
.... process began in 1987 and was completed by 1990--as fast as any Japanese company could then get
a car to market and twice as fast as any
GM vehicle generally ....
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High Technology and Modern Life
.... OnStar system enables users to push a button and get in touch with a
GM operator .... GPS can track not only where
a car is at a particular moment but also where it ....
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American Auto Companies' Future
.... and neighbors while customers who are unhappy with the quality of
a car, the service .... has done substantially more pruning than Ford, in part because
GM has more ....
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Impact of Japanese Cars Japanese Cars and American Decline
.... not Japanese, but German, the famous Volkswagen "Beetle" or "Bug." Volkswagen:
A Car for the ....
GM hadn't understood the appeal of the dumpy little Volkswagen "Bug ....
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Automobile Trade Dispute Between US & Japan
.... In the early 1970s, while
GM was concentrating on keeping Americans in big, cushy .... was more than a purely economic decision, a matter of buying
a car they could ....
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MITSUBISHI MOTORS
.... quite small--Toyota had $41 billion and Honda had $18 billion, while
GM had $96 .... Mitsubishi was then marketing the Lettuce,
a car sold only in Japan that was ....
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Economic Forces in the 1920s & 1930s
.... simplify the matter slightly--when everyone who could afford
a car already had
a car? .... a broader range of models (in a graduated scale encouraging
GM buyers to ....
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Sociology of the American Auto Industry
.... assembled to stations designed to complete the construction of
a car--transformed the .... 4,000 workers for union activity between 1937, when
GM had recognized the ....
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Mental Stress Claims
.... case, the claimant suffered an injury to his foot while working underneath
a car. .... claimant was working on a hub assembly job at the
GM automobile manufacturing ....
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Social Trends & TV Advertising
.... features the slogan, "Americans want to succeed, not just survive," while
GM warns us .... he can design an ad which appeals to that profile ie, for
a car which has ....
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Sociological Tools for Marketing
.... features the slogan, "Americans want to succeed, not just survive," while
GM warns us .... he can design an ad which appeals to that profile - ie for
a car which has ....
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Mercedes Benz
.... The
GM plant was abandoned when the Saudis refused indefinite tariff protection, the other .... when they say ‘trust us,' which they do every time
a car or truck ....
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Japanese and American Management Styles
.... job it was to set up a national dealer network for
a car Americans had .... capacity Employment General Motors (50%) 12/84 300,000 3,400 Taught
GM that management ....
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Operations Management & Just-In-Time Production
.... Motors, Toyota produces
a car in roughly half the time, its defects per car are about one-third. Toyota's inventory levels are at two hours, and at
GM they are ....
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US Auto Industry & Society
.... Even with traffic congestion, it's almost always faster to get somewhere in
a car than by .... the Big Three 20 years to catch up" (Higgins 2). When
GM closed many ....
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Business Strategies for Europe Business Strategies for
.... Mercedes and Honda have a high degree of standardization while
GM has run its .... For instance, when buying
a car, most people consider the purposes for which they ....
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Processes of Human Memory
.... If, for example, a person is driving
a car and suddenly enters a dangerous situation, she will .... In
GM Davies & RH Logie (Eds.), Memory in everyday life (pp. ....
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Structure & Processes of Human Memory
.... If, for example, a person is driving
a car and suddenly enters a dangerous situation, she will .... In
GM Davies & RH Logie (Eds.), Memory in everyday life (pp. ....
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The Nature of Economic Goods
....
A car manufacturer might decide to make a basic transportation vehicle and thus forego .... companies, and big business developed the "what's good for
GM is good ....
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