Essays Tagged: "auto industry"
Ford Mustang
he Mustang started it's life when the baby boomers were just starting to drive. A brief scan of the auto industry leaves little choices. Most new cars were those of a kids parents. These cars were usu ... performance cars of the '60's.Both the LX and the GT came with a five speed manual or a four speed automatic transmission. Other standard featured were vented disk brakes up front and rear drum brake ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History
U.S Automobile Industry's Share of the Market
The U. S. auto industry's share of the market has experienced fluctuations over the past 50 years. These fluct ... mpany, and the Chrysler Corporation, a.k.a. 'The Big Three', are the three largest manufacturers of automobiles in the world. ' The Big Three' hold nearly 75% of the market and produce over 8 million ... oduce over 8 million automobiles per year. The largest competitors of ' The Big Three' are Japanese auto producers that include Toyota, Nissan, and Honda. These three foreign manufacturers hold 20% of ...
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers
Canadian Branch plant economies
uss the evolution of the branch plant economy and its negative and positive effects on the Canadian auto industry and its implications on regional development.Branch plant economies exist where invest ... in foreign countries" (www.Statisticscanada/local/stateprov/ont.html. October 5, 2001).The Canadian auto industry is a model case study of a branch plant economy. The auto industry's rich history date ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Political Science
Description of the American economy of the 1920's
stagnation didn't last long though soon the economy revived and the roaring twenties were born.The auto industry was the engine that ran the American economy. Auto sales tripled in the 1920's, and th ... affordable for all Americans. An American could buy a Model T in any color as long as it was black.Automobile Production's effect spread far beyond car factories. It spurred the steel, rubber, and pe ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Economics
Great American cars have changed the major aspects of our lives, and rapidly developing world.
ic, political, cultural, and indeed, sexual--that has not been touched and deeply influenced by the automobile (Pettifer and Turner 12). It is easy to see that the automobile has changed in appearance ... e of Americans. In turn, they have had, and still have many influences on our world. The demand for automobiles started to go up after they came into existence, the auto industry grew since people bou ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays
DaimlerChrysler
The auto industry is the world's largest manufacturing industry. Overcapacity in this high fixed-cost in ... Also, the effect of "lean manufacturing" and heavy concentration was changing the structure of the auto industry - only two suppliers remained for producing fuel injection systems. Marketing and bran ... ution channel, including marketing expenses, account for up to 30% of a vehicle purchase price. The auto industry has also become knowledge-intensive, and the impact of technology through R&D is a ...
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies > Automotive Companies
Toyota's Objectives in Global Automotive Industry
TOYOTA'S OBJECTIVES IN GLOBAL AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRYECONOMIC CONTRIBUTIONSThe automobile industry is America's largest manufacturing ... CONOMIC CONTRIBUTIONSThe automobile industry is America's largest manufacturing industry with total auto industry and related employment numbering 13.3 million, a new Center for Automotive Research st ... ority of those jobs are in supplier and related industries. About 6.6 million jobs are connected to automotive manufacturing and new vehicle sales. This generates more than $240 billion in annual priv ...
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Markets & Exchanges
Daimler-Chrysler Case
can Chrysler Corporation merged into what was referred to (by Business Week) as "a marriage made in automotive heaven... (that) is set to transform the way the auto industry operates worldwide.". The ... wo companies announced it as a "merger of equals".This fusion of two of the world's most profitable auto manufacturers was the largest industrial merger in history. The new behemoth's worth was estima ...
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Marketing
Foreign Direct Investment/Nissan North America
he important reasons for the FDI in Canton and the forecast of the long-term results.While sales on automobiles are down around the globe, investments by car manufacturers and their subsequent supplie ... ighter margins, and better logistics management from suppliers. With producers and suppliers in the auto industry constantly checking that their location is providing good value, development agencies ...
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers
Marketing and Its Components
The U. S. auto industry's share of the market has experienced fluctuations over the past 50 years. These fluct ... ompany, General Motors Company, and the Chrysler Corporation are the three largest manufacturers of automobiles in the world. These three companies hold nearly 75% of the market and produce over 8 mil ... over 8 million automobiles per year. The largest competitors of these three companies are Japanese auto producers that include Toyota, Nissan, and Honda. These three foreign manufacturers hold 20% of ...
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Marketing
Automobile Industry of Malaysia
AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY OF MALAYSIAMalaysia's Auto Industry: An Economic Safety NetPrime Minister Mahath ... 's Auto Industry: An Economic Safety NetPrime Minister Mahathir prizes development of an indigenous auto industry as his pet project. He has sought to develop the auto sector to avoid a huge trade def ... over 90 percent market-share of passenger-vehicles due to the government's protective policies.U.S. Automakers Face a Multitude of Trade BarriersMalaysia maintains several measures to protect the loca ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Economics > Foreign & International Economics
Steel costs. How prices of steel affect the auto part producers, and basic economic theories that apply to the case
Steel costsSteel costs threaten makers of auto parts. "Parts suppliers, always under pricing pressure from their customers, have so far had to ... e price of hot-rolled coil steel since last June", (Porter I, 2004, 'Steel costs threaten makers of auto parts', The West Australian, p38). This presents a huge problem for the producers of auto parts ... or their existing contracts and bleed to death, or break their contracts and risk being sued by the auto industry.In this article we are going to examine the market forces of supply and demand, and to ...
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers
From a logistical standpoint, why is the southern U.S. an attractive location for the auto industry?
to move later on.From a logistical standpoint, the southern U.S. is an attractive location for the auto industry because there are large amount of cities that provide better infrastructure, if not in ... hods of transportation are critical to move raw products and supplies, and the final product to the automobile dealers across the nation and worldwide. There are also other factors that can influence ...
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management
Supply and Demand Analysis
Supply and Demand-How it Relates to the Auto IndustryI. SUMMARY:Customers had begun to find different ways to solve their transportation pro ... ghed by the opportunity to save money. This trend continues today. According to this article on the Auto Rental News website, the fact that revenue numbers for the third quarter of 2002 indicate that ... prices, and collaborating with airlines to offer travel packages were just a few. Most importantly, auto rental companies have placed a greater emphasis on customer service. Customers can go to any re ...
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Accounting
Federal Highway System
gressively tighter federal fuel-efficiency standards and pollution controls on vehicles, which most automakers reject as costly burdens and counterproductive. He's also answering those who think the U ... answering those who think the U.S. is too dependent on sometimes-hostile oil-producing nations."The auto industry is using the promise of future fuel cells as a shield against using existing technolog ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History
Database use in Modern Business.
ion, and inventory is a priority for any business trying to maximize its profits. This includes the auto industry and even a small auto maintenance shop. All Tune and Lube in Nogales uses a program th ... ired by customers can be discarded from future orders. Each time a work is assigned, parts used are automatically deducted from the inventory to keep it up to date. When inventory levels run low, Shop ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science
Data, Information & Information Systems.
systems to help a company get a better understanding of clients. The other case is based in two big auto makers in U.S auto industry, which are Chrysler and General Motors. This case is talk about how ... rove on their information systems. Then, how the new systems to help the organizations walk out the auto industry downturns and become to get profit.The approach to reach the subject is find the exist ...
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers
The Auto Industry
In the automobile industry, a great proportion of income comes from selling automobiles. Globalization is t ... ove from a country and local markets to a worldwide environment, is a major factor that affects the auto market. More than ever, it has been easy for foreign auto dealers to enter the American market ... er the American market creating competition. Competition is a major factor that takes a toll on the auto industry. In America the car making market is driven by what's known as the "Big Three:" Invest ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Economics
The fear of changing jobs
r job in search of a new and more challenging vocation was taken because of adownward change in the auto industry. With my former profession I was not confident inthe way I had chosen it. It was like ... that I neverreally wanted to do that, however I did. The idea of changing my job and abandoning theauto industry was not new for me. I had already been thinking about it but did not trulybelieve I co ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing
A Comprehensive Review of Economic Indicators and the Auto Industry
s paper is to provide a comprehensive discussion of six economic indicators and their impact on the automobile industry. The indicators to be reviewed are personal income, unemployment, retail sales, ... t, retail sales, auto sales, the inflation rate, and Gross Domestic Product. A brief history of the auto industry, an industry overview, and a SWOTT analysis will be presented. In addition, each indic ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Economics > Rates & Indexes