automobile industry

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automobile industry

The elegant solution

Toyota's formula for mastering innovation
2007
Reveals how Toyota has encouraged its employees at every level, from the factory floor to the corporate suites, to develop innovative ideas that will help the company and the world at large.

Crash course

the American automobile industry's road from glory to disaster
2010
Discusses how three companies in the auto industry in the United States fell into bankruptcy, examining various levels of the corporate power structure in Detroit as well the role played by government and business executives in attempting to help fix the problem.

Ford, the men and the machine

1986
Relates the story of Henry Ford, his son Edsel, his grandson Henry II, and describes others who were influential in the automobile company and in the family dynasty.

My life and work

1998
An autobiography of Henry J. Ford in which he discusses his life and career, and describes the principles by which he conducts both.

The people's tycoon

Henry Ford and the American century
2005
Presents a biography of Henry Ford examining his childhood and early work on automobiles, his development of the Model T and Model A, establishment of the first assembly line, as well as his sometimes controversial personal and private life.

Henry Ford

2007
Describes the life and accomplishments of Henry Ford, discussing his childhood, early fascination with machines, invention of the Model T, and work at the Ford Motor Company.

Standing up for America

a biography of Lee Iacocca
1987
A biography of the businessman who saved the Chrysler Corporation from bankruptcy.

Detroit cars

fifty years of the Motor City
2001
Photographs and text help trace the history of Detroit's auto industry, and discuss the influence the city had on the development and manufacturing of cars in the United States.

Careers for car buffs & other freewheeling types

(found in career section)
1997
Presents information about more than sixty careers for people who love cars, focusing on the more unusual aspects of automobiling, and including comments from people working in the various fields.

Henry Ford

an unauthorized biography
2001
Biography of Henry Ford, famous for building the internal combustion engine, which he later used to create the automobile.

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