The Competitive Status of the U.S. Auto Industry
Author: National Research Council
Publisher: National Academies Press
Published: 1982-02-01
Total Pages: 220
ISBN-13: 030903289X
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Author: National Research Council
Publisher: National Academies Press
Published: 1982-02-01
Total Pages: 220
ISBN-13: 030903289X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: National Academy of Engineering Staff
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Published: 1982-01-01
Total Pages: 217
ISBN-13: 9780783774503
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: National Academy of Engineering. Automobile Panel
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Published: 1982
Total Pages: 99
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Published: 1992
Total Pages: 28
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: National Research Council (U.S.). Commission on Engineering and Tecknical Systems
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Published: 1982
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
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Published: 1995
Total Pages: 68
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Robert E. Scott
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Published: 2017-07-06
Total Pages: 196
ISBN-13: 1351667726
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book, originally published in 1994, explores the effects of federal policies on the US auto industry in the 1970s and 80s which were designed to save jobs and help the domestic industry become more competitive. The author develops a new model based on modern oliopoly theory to estimate the effects of the voluntary Restraint Agreements (which limited Japanese imports) on the US auto market. The results demonstrate that VRAs caused price increases which adversely affected the comptitiveness of US producers. On the eve of a new Trump administration, and the likelihood of new restrictions on imports to boost US manufacturing, this book has particular enduring relevance.
Author: Stephen Cooney
Publisher: Nova Publishers
Published: 2007
Total Pages: 192
ISBN-13: 9781600211300
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOver one million Americans are employed in manufacturing motor vehicles, equipment and parts. But the industry has changed dramatically since the U.S. "Big Three" motor vehicle corporations (General Motors, Ford and Chrysler) produced the overwhelming majority of cars and light trucks sold in the United States, and directly employed many people themselves. By 2003, most passenger cars sold in the U.S. market were either imported or manufactured by foreign-based producers at new North American plants (so-called "transplant" facilities). The Big Three now dominate only in light trucks, and are also now being challenged there by the foreign brands. The Big Three have shed about 600,000 U.S. jobs since 1980, while about one-quarter of Americans employed in automotive manufacturing (nearly 300,000) work for the foreign-owned companies. It is clear that the U.S. automotive industry has undergone many drastic changes that have had a net adverse effect on American interests. This book examines the causes of these changes. Congressional acts, increasingly stringent emission laws, the effects of NAFTA, labour unions and globalisation are all within the scope of this book.
Author: Joshua Murray
Publisher: Russell Sage Foundation
Published: 2019-06-13
Total Pages: 273
ISBN-13: 0871548208
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAt its peak in the 1950s and 1960s, automobile manufacturing was the largest, most profitable industry in the United States and residents of industry hubs like Detroit and Flint, Michigan had some of the highest incomes in the country. Over the last half-century, the industry has declined, and American automakers now struggle to stay profitable. How did the most prosperous industry in the richest country in the world crash and burn? In Wrecked, sociologists Joshua Murray and Michael Schwartz offer an unprecedented historical-sociological analysis of the downfall of the auto industry. Through an in-depth examination of labor relations and the production processes of automakers in the U.S. and Japan both before and after World War II, they demonstrate that the decline of the American manufacturers was the unintended consequence of their attempts to weaken the bargaining power of their unions. Today Japanese and many European automakers produce higher quality cars at lower cost than their American counterparts thanks to a flexible form of production characterized by long-term sole suppliers, assembly and supply plants located near each other, and just-in-time delivery of raw materials. While this style of production was, in fact, pioneered in the U.S. prior to World War II, in the years after the war, American automakers deliberately dismantled this system. As Murray and Schwartz show, flexible production accelerated innovation but also facilitated workers’ efforts to unionize plants and carry out work stoppages. To reduce the efficacy of strikes and combat the labor militancy that flourished between the Depression and the postwar period, the industry dispersed production across the nation, began maintaining large stockpiles of inventory, and eliminated single sourcing. While this restructuring of production did ultimately reduce workers’ leverage, it also decreased production efficiency and innovation. The U.S. auto industry has struggled ever since to compete with foreign automakers, and formerly thriving motor cities have suffered the consequences of mass deindustrialization. Murray and Schwartz argue that new business models that reinstate flexible production and prioritize innovation rather than cheap labor could stem the outsourcing of jobs and help revive the auto industry. By clarifying the historical relationships between production processes, organized labor, and industrial innovation, Wrecked provides new insights into the inner workings and decline of the U.S. auto industry.