ies were set up to produce large quantities of low variety, low cost products and, as such, became inflexible and unable to respond to rapid shifts in the market. Toward the end of this period, foreign competition became an increasingly important issue. Ultimately, the manufacturing dominance previously enjoyed by the United States in entire industries would be replaced by foreign influences which were better able to respond to the rapidly occurring changes in the global marketplace. Most notably, U.S. dominance was lost in the consumer electronics, motorcycle, and phot
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