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Merging Traffic
John A.C. Conybeare
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Description for Merging Traffic
Paperback. Many reasons are commonly cited when trying to explain the rapid corporate consolidation of the international auto industry. "Merging Traffic" explores the factors and goes on to suggest that, as with the mystique of the automobile itself, other motivations prevail. Num Pages: 192 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: KCL; KCP; KNDR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 146 x 14. Weight in Grams: 295.
During the past few decades the global auto industry has concentrated into a small number of groups led by GM, Ford, Daimler-Chrysler, VW, Toyota, and Renault. The trend is of great political and economic significance because of the large size of the industry, its importance to the economic health of many countries, and its geographic spread around the globe. Many reasons are commonly cited when trying to explain this rapid corporate consolidation—cost savings, new products and markets, price controls, and labor negotiations chief among them. Frequently, however, mergers do not achieve their stated goals. Merging Traffic explores all these factors ... Read more
During the past few decades the global auto industry has concentrated into a small number of groups led by GM, Ford, Daimler-Chrysler, VW, Toyota, and Renault. The trend is of great political and economic significance because of the large size of the industry, its importance to the economic health of many countries, and its geographic spread around the globe. Many reasons are commonly cited when trying to explain this rapid corporate consolidation—cost savings, new products and markets, price controls, and labor negotiations chief among them. Frequently, however, mergers do not achieve their stated goals. Merging Traffic explores all these factors ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9780742528291
SKU
V9780742528291
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About John A.C. Conybeare
John A. C. Conybeare is professor of political science at the University of Iowa.
Reviews for Merging Traffic
The world of automotive mergers and acquisitions is shrouded in a mist of rhetoric that tends to conceal what is really going on. In Merging Traffic Conybeare deftly cuts through fuzzy thinking to get to the core motivations for automotive mergers and acquisitions. The lessons learned should provide useful guidance for managers now pondering the next big target to acquire. ... Read more