Sixty to zero : an inside look at the collapse of General Motors--and the Detroit auto industry

Sixty to zero : an inside look at the collapse of General Motors--and the Detroit auto industry / Alex Taylor III ; foreword by Mike Jackson.

The collapse of General Motors captured headlines in early 2009, but as Alex Taylor III writes in this in-depth dissection of the automaker's undoing, GM's was a meltdown forty years in the making. Drawing on more than thirty years of experience and insight as an automotive industry report...

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Main Author: Taylor, Alex, 1945-
Other Authors: Jackson, Mike, 1949- (writer of foreword.)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New Haven [Conn.] : Yale University Press, ©2010.
Subjects:
General Motors Corporation > Management.
General Motors Corporation.
General Motors Corporation
Detroit > Mich.
Automobile industry and trade > Michigan > Detroit > History.
Bankruptcy > Michigan > Detroit > History.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Corporate & Business History.
Automobile industry and trade > History. > Michigan > Detroit.
Bankruptcy > History. > Michigan > Detroit.
Transport.
Automobile industry and trade
Bankruptcy
Management
Kraftfahrzeugindustrie
Michigan > Detroit
History
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Summary:The collapse of General Motors captured headlines in early 2009, but as Alex Taylor III writes in this in-depth dissection of the automaker's undoing, GM's was a meltdown forty years in the making. Drawing on more than thirty years of experience and insight as an automotive industry reporter, as well as personal relationships with many of the leading players, Taylor reveals the many missteps of GM and its competitors.
Item Description:Includes index.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xv, 254 pages)
Format:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Awards:A 2011 Michigan Notable Books selection
ISBN:9780300158885
0300158882
Language:In English.
Reproduction Note:Electronic reproduction.
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.
Action Note:digitized

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