Author: Auto Editors of Consumer Guide Publisher: Consumer Guide Books ISBN: 9780451175069 Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 452
Book Description
With profiles and reviews of more than 150 new domestic and imported cars and passenger vans, this reference is every car buyer's dream--and the smart buyer's guide to the best deals on wheels. Includes exclusive discount price lists and "low prices" to help shoppers negotiate with salespeople, specifications for all body styles, engines, and EPA fuel economy ratings, rating charts that assess each car in 16 important categories, and more.
Author: Publications International Ltd Publisher: ISBN: 9781645581246 Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 144
Book Description
100 Cars That Changed the World showcases vehicles from the end of the nineteenth century to today. Along the way, you'll see vehicles such as the Ford Model T that put America on wheels; the Volkswagen Beetle that was loved around the world; the Jeep that helped win World War II and popularized off-road adventure; the Pontiac GTO that launched the muscle car era; the Dodge Caravan that changed the way families travel; the Ford Explorer that ingnited the SUV movement; and the Tesla Model S that made electric cars exciting.
Author: Wanda James Publisher: McFarland ISBN: 1476612803 Category : Transportation Languages : en Pages : 321
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This study chronicles the success of the Japanese car in America. Starting with Japan's first gasoline-powered car, the Takuri, it examines early Japanese inventors and automotive conditions in Japan; the arrival of Japanese cars in California in the late 1950s; consumer and media reactions to Japanese manufacturers; what obstacles they faced; initial sales; and how the cars gained popularity through shrewd marketing. Toyota, Honda, Datsun (Nissan), Mazda, Subaru, Isuzu, and Mitsubishi are profiled individually from their origins through the present. An examination follows of the forced cooperation between American and Japanese manufacturers, the present state of the industry in America, and the possible future of this union, most importantly in the race for a more environmentally-sound vehicle.
Author: Publisher: Workman Publishing ISBN: 9780761112273 Category : Reference Languages : en Pages : 772
Book Description
Offers advice on saving time and money on food, health care, home, automobiles, finances, clothing, telephones, child care, vacations, lawyers, and funerals
Author: Consumer Guide Publisher: Consumer Guide Books ISBN: 9780451822598 Category : Used cars Languages : en Pages : 192
Book Description
In a special oversized format, here is the the trusted guide to today's best used car values, covering 200 foreign and domestic models from 1983 to 1993. Includes price ranges covering good, average, and poor conditions, major specifications, history of problems, fuel economy estimates, and best bets.
Author: Donald Kirk Publisher: Routledge ISBN: 131548319X Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 418
Book Description
This study focuses on a single Korean "chaebol", the business conglomerate which dominates the Korean economy. Hyundai, the largest chaebol, is examined in the context of Korean history, ancient and modern, and the Confucian value system that permeates all Korean life.
Author: Jeremy Main Publisher: Simon and Schuster ISBN: 1439138451 Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 400
Book Description
The quality revolution in American industry, now more than a decade old, has produced an avalanche of books, but this is the first in-depth study reporting the struggles from inside the companies that have attempted large-scale improvement efforts. Jeremy Main has interviewed more than a dozen chief executives, all of whom have managed quality programs, including Charles Clough of Nashua, Robert Galvin of Motorola, James Hagen of Conrail, Roger Milliken of Milliken, Ray State of Analog Devices, and John Young of Hewlett-Packard, in addition to hundreds of other senior executives, workers, labor representatives, city officials, military officers, and hospital administrators. Through their experiences, Main reveals what works and what doesn't work when an organization attempts the transforming leap into Total Quality Management. Their message comes through loud and clear: it is a tough battle, but persistence can win priceless rewards. The notable successes at BancOne, L.L. Bean, Ford, Hewlett-Packard, Motorola, Saturn, Solectron, and Xerox prove it. However, Main shows that Motorola and Hewlett-Packard, among the earliest and best practitioners of total quality, are still finding obstacles to overcome. And some other early converts, such as Florida Power & Light, have stumbled badly along the way. Main's vivid descriptions of these setbacks capture the difficulties inherent in implementing a total quality system. His dramatic accounts of success and failure at companies such as Milliken and Intel convey valuable knowledge that is otherwise gained only by actual experience. The way to achieve the "new quality" of today, Main shows, is through a full commitment to TQM. He reveals through the experiences of these companies that TQM is not just a management tool, as it has often been used, but a management philosophy that is indispensable in attaining a high level of quality -- now a requisite for competing successfully. With the collaboration of the Juran Institute, Main demonstrates how TQM has transformed companies by improving quality at all levels. The accounts of these triumphs are direct evidence that world-class quality is attainable by American industry, and will inspire and point the way for executives, managers, and government officials in their timeless pursuit of total quality.
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