Meaty, Beaty, Big and Monopolistic at Bookstore UAE
Home > Business & Economics > Finance & accounting > Meaty, Beaty, Big and Monopolistic
Meaty, Beaty, Big and Monopolistic

Meaty, Beaty, Big and Monopolistic


     0     
5
4
3
2
1



International Edition


About the Book

General Motors sat comfortably perched at its usual spot in 1970 atop the Fortune 500 List of American industrial companies. Its sales of $24 billion eclipsed by almost $10 billion those of second-place Exxon. Its profits of $1.7 billion similarly exceeded Exxon's $1 billion. GM was the largest and most profitable company in the world. GM was at the top of the world with an income stream that exceeded the gross national product of many sovereign countries. It outsold Ford, Chrysler and American Motors combined. The VW Beetle was just a minor irritant. Chevrolet was the largest selling car while Cadillac ruled the luxury car market. The Buick-Oldsmobile-Pontiac lines raked in profits from the midsize car market. Its operations in Europe, Canada, and Australia were money makers. GMAC was seemingly minting money. The company also prospered in buses, trucks, diesel locomotives, and finance companies. Frigidaire was a major seller of appliances. Terex was a power in heavy equipment. What could go wrong? Who could have predicted that GM would be bankrupt four decades later? Who could have predicted that GM's two-thirds of the domestic automobile market would progressively shrink below 20 percent? Appliances, buses, locomotives, heavy equipment, Europe, Australia, GMAC-all gone. Its brand names cheapened. Oldsmobile, Pontiac, Saturn, Saab - all dead. General Motors had grown so big and successful that it had become sclerotic without knowing it. The Greek word "Hubris" is applicable. It lost the entrepreneurial drive of its former leaders, among them Charles Durant, Alfred Sloan, Charles Mott and Boss Kettering. Two oil embargoes in the 1970s and listless, if not incompetent, management, killed GM. The two Arab oil embargoes drove up the price of gasoline. No longer would it be priced as low as 19 cents per gallon-common in the price wars in California. Detroit struggled with producing quality, fuel efficient, small cars that could compete with the Japanese imports. This book is a picture of the GM of 1970, making the argument that the Justice Department should have filed an antitrust suit to break up GM. Had the Justice Department acted, it is likely that GM's former divisions, now smaller yet independent companies, could very well have found their footing and established themselves as viable competitors in a changing world economy.The history of General Motors is one of great success and failure. This book focuses on the rise of GM, in which are the seeds of its failures.


Best Sellers



Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781095294932
  • Publisher: Independently Published
  • Publisher Imprint: Independently Published
  • Height: 229 mm
  • No of Pages: 280
  • Spine Width: 16 mm
  • Width: 152 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1095294938
  • Publisher Date: 19 Apr 2019
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 462 gr


Similar Products

Add Photo
Add Photo

Customer Reviews

REVIEWS      0     
Click Here To Be The First to Review this Product
Meaty, Beaty, Big and Monopolistic
Independently Published -
Meaty, Beaty, Big and Monopolistic
Writing guidlines
We want to publish your review, so please:
  • keep your review on the product. Review's that defame author's character will be rejected.
  • Keep your review focused on the product.
  • Avoid writing about customer service. contact us instead if you have issue requiring immediate attention.
  • Refrain from mentioning competitors or the specific price you paid for the product.
  • Do not include any personally identifiable information, such as full names.

Meaty, Beaty, Big and Monopolistic

Required fields are marked with *

Review Title*
Review
    Add Photo Add up to 6 photos
    Would you recommend this product to a friend?
    Tag this Book Read more
    Does your review contain spoilers?
    What type of reader best describes you?
    I agree to the terms & conditions
    You may receive emails regarding this submission. Any emails will include the ability to opt-out of future communications.

    CUSTOMER RATINGS AND REVIEWS AND QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS TERMS OF USE

    These Terms of Use govern your conduct associated with the Customer Ratings and Reviews and/or Questions and Answers service offered by Bookswagon (the "CRR Service").


    By submitting any content to Bookswagon, you guarantee that:
    • You are the sole author and owner of the intellectual property rights in the content;
    • All "moral rights" that you may have in such content have been voluntarily waived by you;
    • All content that you post is accurate;
    • You are at least 13 years old;
    • Use of the content you supply does not violate these Terms of Use and will not cause injury to any person or entity.
    You further agree that you may not submit any content:
    • That is known by you to be false, inaccurate or misleading;
    • That infringes any third party's copyright, patent, trademark, trade secret or other proprietary rights or rights of publicity or privacy;
    • That violates any law, statute, ordinance or regulation (including, but not limited to, those governing, consumer protection, unfair competition, anti-discrimination or false advertising);
    • That is, or may reasonably be considered to be, defamatory, libelous, hateful, racially or religiously biased or offensive, unlawfully threatening or unlawfully harassing to any individual, partnership or corporation;
    • For which you were compensated or granted any consideration by any unapproved third party;
    • That includes any information that references other websites, addresses, email addresses, contact information or phone numbers;
    • That contains any computer viruses, worms or other potentially damaging computer programs or files.
    You agree to indemnify and hold Bookswagon (and its officers, directors, agents, subsidiaries, joint ventures, employees and third-party service providers, including but not limited to Bazaarvoice, Inc.), harmless from all claims, demands, and damages (actual and consequential) of every kind and nature, known and unknown including reasonable attorneys' fees, arising out of a breach of your representations and warranties set forth above, or your violation of any law or the rights of a third party.


    For any content that you submit, you grant Bookswagon a perpetual, irrevocable, royalty-free, transferable right and license to use, copy, modify, delete in its entirety, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from and/or sell, transfer, and/or distribute such content and/or incorporate such content into any form, medium or technology throughout the world without compensation to you. Additionally,  Bookswagon may transfer or share any personal information that you submit with its third-party service providers, including but not limited to Bazaarvoice, Inc. in accordance with  Privacy Policy


    All content that you submit may be used at Bookswagon's sole discretion. Bookswagon reserves the right to change, condense, withhold publication, remove or delete any content on Bookswagon's website that Bookswagon deems, in its sole discretion, to violate the content guidelines or any other provision of these Terms of Use.  Bookswagon does not guarantee that you will have any recourse through Bookswagon to edit or delete any content you have submitted. Ratings and written comments are generally posted within two to four business days. However, Bookswagon reserves the right to remove or to refuse to post any submission to the extent authorized by law. You acknowledge that you, not Bookswagon, are responsible for the contents of your submission. None of the content that you submit shall be subject to any obligation of confidence on the part of Bookswagon, its agents, subsidiaries, affiliates, partners or third party service providers (including but not limited to Bazaarvoice, Inc.)and their respective directors, officers and employees.

    Accept

    New Arrivals



    Inspired by your browsing history


    Your review has been submitted!

    You've already reviewed this product!