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Start A Successful Trucking Business - Effective Tips For Attracting The Drivers: Operating Your Trucking Company (Paperback):... Start A Successful Trucking Business - Effective Tips For Attracting The Drivers: Operating Your Trucking Company (Paperback)
Ethan Chorley
R238 Discovery Miles 2 380 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Effects of Japanese Investment in a Small American Community - A Case Study of Autoparts in East Tennessee (Paperback, New Ed):... Effects of Japanese Investment in a Small American Community - A Case Study of Autoparts in East Tennessee (Paperback, New Ed)
Scott Brunger, Youn-Bae Kim
R947 R784 Discovery Miles 7 840 Save R163 (17%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Japanese manufacturing in the US elicits much speculation. Concentrating on autoparts production, these studies show not only how Japanese manufacturing has brought change to East Tennessee but also how it has changed through its experience in America.The book gives a cross-cultural perspective on Japanese investment.

American Independent Automakers - AMC to Willys 1945 to 1960 (Paperback): Norm Mort American Independent Automakers - AMC to Willys 1945 to 1960 (Paperback)
Norm Mort
R458 Discovery Miles 4 580 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

"American Independent Automakers 1945-1960" covers the attempts by major makes such as Kaiser-Frazer, Willys, Packard, Studebaker, Tucker, Nash and Hudson to compete with the 'Big Three' in America. The 'Independents' were the first to introduce all-new models in an attempt to increase their market share and ensure the future. Also, there were dozens of backyard enthusiasts trying to design the perfect American sports car, such as Cunningham, Fitch, Darrin, Williams, etc. A similar number endeavoured to build small, economical cars such as Davis, Allstate, Playboy, Crosley and the diminutive King Midget, yet all were ultimately doomed to fail. There were steam cars, microcars, three-wheel cars and flying cars, all competing to capture the consumer's fancy and become significant builders in the years following World War II. Detailed captions and supportive text combine with the use of contemporary brochures, period literature, factory photos, and over 90 new, unpublished colour photos of restored examples to relate the importance of these historic vehicles. This book looks at all the major makers, focusing on the innovations, unique styling and features, and why, ultimately, all failed.

Cars - Analysis, History, Cases (Paperback): Karel Williams, John Williams, Colin Haslam Cars - Analysis, History, Cases (Paperback)
Karel Williams, John Williams, Colin Haslam
R1,043 Discovery Miles 10 430 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

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.

Technology, Institutions and Labor - Manufacturing Automobiles in Argentina and Turkey (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2018): Fulya Apaydin Technology, Institutions and Labor - Manufacturing Automobiles in Argentina and Turkey (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2018)
Fulya Apaydin
R4,123 Discovery Miles 41 230 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

In this book Fulya Apaydin argues that labor responses to dramatic technological change are influenced by the political institutions of the Global South more than any other factor. In addressing vocational education programs - which are highly relevant in understanding how labor unrest is governed in developing settings - she makes two important contributions. Firstly, she offers a new theoretical framework to understand labor mobilization and de-mobilization patterns, rethinking vocational education as a key transmission belt for manufacturing labor consent. Secondly, she provides a systematic comparison of skill formation schemes and their implications on labor mobilization in federal and unitary systems. With a focus on Argentina and Turkey, two case studies are provided in which technology has provoked differing levels of strikes, walkouts and extended protest.

Cortina - The Story of Ford's Best-Seller (Paperback, 3rd Revised edition): Graham Robson Cortina - The Story of Ford's Best-Seller (Paperback, 3rd Revised edition)
Graham Robson
R838 R741 Discovery Miles 7 410 Save R97 (12%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

In the 1960s the Cortina was an entirely new type of British car - light yet strong, cheap to buy, and yet roomy. It established a new class of car - the 'Cortina Class' - and Ford's rivals had to rush to compete. Not only was the Cortina the first, it was the best, too; a fascinating, ever-evolving project, around which Ford-Europe's planning always revolved. This book gives all the facts, figures, images and legends of the Cortina story. With over 180 colour and black and white photos this is the fascinating story of an incredibly successful car.

The Rootes Group - Humber, Hillman, Sunbeam, Singer, Commer, Karrier (Paperback): Richard Loveys The Rootes Group - Humber, Hillman, Sunbeam, Singer, Commer, Karrier (Paperback)
Richard Loveys
R241 R224 Discovery Miles 2 240 Save R17 (7%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The Rootes Group once dominated the British motor industry, and its legacy lives on in thousands of carefully maintained cars - most notably Hillmans, Humbers, Singers and Sunbeams. In this book, using beautiful images from the Rootes Archive Centre, Richard Loveys details the Group's history and leading car models, from its creation as a car dealership by William and Reginald Rootes, through its transition into motor manufacture, and expansion by taking companies over and developing their car and commercial vehicle ranges. It was a significant contributor to the war effort in 1939-45, producing large numbers of military aircraft and vehicles, and in its post-war heyday produced such icons as the Sunbeam Alpine and Hillman Imp.

Design and development of an information system for small industry (Paperback): Murthy Tav Design and development of an information system for small industry (Paperback)
Murthy Tav
R1,219 R969 Discovery Miles 9 690 Save R250 (21%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Color Line and the Assembly Line - Managing Race in the Ford Empire (Paperback): Elizabeth Esch The Color Line and the Assembly Line - Managing Race in the Ford Empire (Paperback)
Elizabeth Esch
R751 R646 Discovery Miles 6 460 Save R105 (14%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The Color Line and the Assembly Line tells a new story of the impact of mass production on society. Global corporations, based originally in the United States, have played a part in making gender and race everywhere. Focusing on Ford Motor Company's rise to become the largest, richest, and most influential corporation in the world, The Color Line and the Assembly Line takes on the traditional story of Fordism. Contrary to popular thought the assembly line was perfectly compatible with all manner of racial practice in the United States, Brazil, and South Africa. Each country's distinct forms of racial hierarchies in the 1920s and 1930s informed Ford's often divisive labor processes. Confirming racism as an essential component in the creation of global capitalism, Elizabeth Esch also adds an important new lesson showing how local patterns gave capitalism its distinctive features.

Fundamentals of Automobile Body Structure Design, 2nd Edition (Paperback): Donald E. Malen Fundamentals of Automobile Body Structure Design, 2nd Edition (Paperback)
Donald E. Malen
R2,735 Discovery Miles 27 350 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Broken Alliances - Inside the Rise and Fall of a Global Automotive Empire (Paperback): Carlos Ghosn, Philippe Ries Broken Alliances - Inside the Rise and Fall of a Global Automotive Empire (Paperback)
Carlos Ghosn, Philippe Ries; Translated by Peter Starr
R463 R378 Discovery Miles 3 780 Save R85 (18%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

On December 30, 2019, Carlos Ghosn became the most famous fugitive on the planet when the former chairman of the Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi Alliance fled to Lebanon from house arrest in Japan.This political-judicial thriller describes in detail for the first time how Ghosn was arrested on arrival at Haneda Airport in Tokyo a year earlier and incarcerated for 130 days. Long revered in Japan for saving Nissan from bankruptcy in 1999 and helping Renault achieve the best results in its history, Ghosn explains being transformed overnight into a pariah, torn from the world and his family as the victim of a smear campaign orchestrated by the Nissan Old Guard and the Tokyo Public Prosecutors' Office. Ghosn also recounts how he built the Franco-Japanese Alliance into a global motor giant, expanding operations in markets from the United States, China and Russia to Brazil, Morocco and Thailand, becoming the world's top automaker by volume in 2017. But his arrest on November 9, 2018 plunges the alliance into crisis as company share prices collapse at the same time as the global auto industry faces an unprecedented technological revolution. Broken Alliances involves the highest levels of political power in Japan and France and describes a Japanese judicial system closer to that of the Soviet Union under Stalin than an advanced democracy. It also addresses the reasons behind Nissan's internal coup and questions about the chairman's remuneration, his management methods and his vision for the future of the auto industry - to understand what has happened and what could still happen tomorrow.

The Death of Holden - The bestselling account of the decline of Australian manufacturing (Paperback): Royce Kurmelovs The Death of Holden - The bestselling account of the decline of Australian manufacturing (Paperback)
Royce Kurmelovs
R466 R134 Discovery Miles 1 340 Save R332 (71%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

When Holden signalled that it would close its Adelaide factory, it struck at the very heart of Australian identity. Holden is our car made on our shores. It's the choice of patriotic rev heads and suburban drivers alike. How could a car that was so beloved - and so popular - be so unprofitable to make? The story of the collapse of Holden is about the people who make and drive the cars; it's about sustaining industry in Australia; it's about communities of workers and what happens when the work dries up. And if it's not quite about the death of an icon - because Holdens will remain on Australian roads for a long time to come - then it's about what happens when an icon falls to its knees in front of a whole nation..

development of handicrafts industry (Paperback): D Y N Varma development of handicrafts industry (Paperback)
D Y N Varma
R1,394 R1,087 Discovery Miles 10 870 Save R307 (22%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Employee engagement and its impact on individual work behaviour and discretionary effort (Paperback): Priya Shanmugam Employee engagement and its impact on individual work behaviour and discretionary effort (Paperback)
Priya Shanmugam
R1,078 R855 Discovery Miles 8 550 Save R223 (21%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
A study on application of software metrics for effective project management and decision making (Paperback): Srijith S A study on application of software metrics for effective project management and decision making (Paperback)
Srijith S
R1,118 R888 Discovery Miles 8 880 Save R230 (21%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Saving Jaguar (Paperback): John Egan Saving Jaguar (Paperback)
John Egan
R469 Discovery Miles 4 690 Ships in 9 - 15 working days
Transform Your Maritime Business - Raise Awareness In The Global Maritime Industry: Increase Your Price Points (Paperback):... Transform Your Maritime Business - Raise Awareness In The Global Maritime Industry: Increase Your Price Points (Paperback)
Althea Burbridge
R275 Discovery Miles 2 750 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Secret Tips To Increase The Profit Of Your Trucking Business - Overview On How The Industry Works: Deciding To Start A Trucking... Secret Tips To Increase The Profit Of Your Trucking Business - Overview On How The Industry Works: Deciding To Start A Trucking Company (Paperback)
Raelene Porep
R307 Discovery Miles 3 070 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
TARP on the U.S. Automotive Industry - Impact & Implications (Hardcover, New): Samantha E Walcott, Jason A Capaldi TARP on the U.S. Automotive Industry - Impact & Implications (Hardcover, New)
Samantha E Walcott, Jason A Capaldi
R5,915 R5,464 Discovery Miles 54 640 Save R451 (8%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

While it remains too early to tell whether Treasury's intervention in and reshaping of the U.S. automotive industry will prove to be a success, there can be no question that the government's ambitious actions have had a major impact and appear to be on a promising course. Even so, the companies that received automotive bailout funds continue to face uncertain futures, taxpayers remain at financial risk, concerns remain about the transparency and accountability of Treasury's efforts, and moral hazard lingers as a long-run threat to the automotive industry and the broader economy. This book examines the impact and implications of TARP on the U.S. automotive industry.

At The Crossroads - Middle America and the Battle to Save the Car Industry (Hardcover): Abe Aamidor, Ted Evanoff At The Crossroads - Middle America and the Battle to Save the Car Industry (Hardcover)
Abe Aamidor, Ted Evanoff
R692 R618 Discovery Miles 6 180 Save R74 (11%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The U.S. auto industry has struck a brick wall. Can it get back on the road to recovery? At the Crossroads: Middle America and the Battle to Save the Car Industry argues that the Obama administration missed an historic opportunity in 2009 to launch a Manhattan Project-style effort to save not only Detroit, but the entire manufacturing base in Middle America. Abe Aamidor and Ted Evanoff explain how Washingtons intervention fell short and how it is holding back American economic recovery. The authors take a thoughtful look at the root causes behind the auto industrys crash, including disastrous labor contracts such as the 1950s 3Treaty of Detroit, which set the stage for crushing legacy costs; Wall Streets predatory financial practices ushered in under the Reagan administration; and a largely unregulated free trade regime that undermined the competitiveness of American manufacturing. At the Crossroads tells the story of Detroits collapse and a failed national industrial policy from the point of view of those most affected by it ? the factory workers, small business owners, and mayors of small manufacturing towns like Kokomo, Marion, and Bedford in Indiana, the number two auto manufacturing state after Michigan and the number one manufacturing state overall based on a percentage of population. Washington could debate the pros and cons of a national industrial policy and an auto industry bailout ad nauseum, but it was the people in small towns in Middle America who would live or die by the policy decisions of their distant national leaders.

Find Customers For Your Trucking Business - Proven Strategies For Getting Clients: The Trucking Industry (Paperback): Brant... Find Customers For Your Trucking Business - Proven Strategies For Getting Clients: The Trucking Industry (Paperback)
Brant Renkes
R238 Discovery Miles 2 380 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Win More Business In The Global Maritime Industry - Bold Message That Will Galvanise Your Team: Build The Profile Of Your... Win More Business In The Global Maritime Industry - Bold Message That Will Galvanise Your Team: Build The Profile Of Your Senior Team (Paperback)
Raleigh Zadra
R275 Discovery Miles 2 750 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Reap Seven Rewards Of Public Relations - Improve The Value Of Your Business: Increase Your Price Points (Paperback): Marguerite... Reap Seven Rewards Of Public Relations - Improve The Value Of Your Business: Increase Your Price Points (Paperback)
Marguerite Frieler
R275 Discovery Miles 2 750 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Examining a New Automobile Global Manufacturing System (Paperback): Kakuro Amasaka Examining a New Automobile Global Manufacturing System (Paperback)
Kakuro Amasaka
R4,606 Discovery Miles 46 060 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Industries have had to quickly and continuously adjust their strategies in recent years to remain relevant and desirable. The automotive industry in particular has grown exponentially since its inception. In order for this industry to evolve with the changing times and appropriately utilize emerging technologies, further study on the new models and practices within the manufacturing process is required. Examining a New Automobile Global Manufacturing System considers emerging automobile manufacturing practices for the strengthening of automobile corporate management in advanced companies and discusses key changes within corporate management strategies and management technology for the automotive industry. Covering a range of critical topics such as production systems, teaching strategies, and design models, this reference work is ideal for manufacturers, managers, researchers, scholars, practitioners, academicians, instructors, and students.

Managing Creative Destruction - Electric Vehicles in the Business Media (Paperback): Robert Nicholas McGrath Managing Creative Destruction - Electric Vehicles in the Business Media (Paperback)
Robert Nicholas McGrath
R540 Discovery Miles 5 400 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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