Vehicle and transport manufacturing industries

Originally published in 1997 and now re-issued with some updated material, this chronology lists the major events in the history of the automobile.

This book looks at the industrial policies of Southeast Asian economies in their motor vehicle industries from early import substitution to policy-making under the more liberalised WTO policy regime.

Many middle-income countries (MICs) that saw rapid growth in the 1990s and 2000s have been facing the danger of remaining in the 'middle-income trap' unless they shift from labour-intensive, low value-added production to higher value-added activities that require more advanced skills.

That China has long dominated the lower end of the US manufacturing industry is old news.

100 of the greatest cars from 1886 to the present day.

It's 1901 and a guy named Harley has an idea.

First published in 1980, this book considers the British motor industry over the period between 1945 and 1979, analysing the ways in which the industry suffered a considerable decline in the post-war era, when compared to motor industries of other countries or to most other British industries.

New York Times Bestseller: “A historical overview of the auto industry in the United States and Japan [and] the gradual decline of U.

This book covers the problem of fidelity in the design of virtual environments with specific reference to the design of vehicle simulators.

Once Upon a Car is the brilliantly reported inside-the-boardrooms-and-factories story of Detroit’s fight for survival, going beyond the headlines to chronicle how the country’s Big Three auto companies—General Motors, Ford, and Chrysler—teetered on the brink of collapse during the 2008 financial crisis.

The dynamic, collaborative management model that saved a U.

Originally published in 1959, this book was one of the first to give a comprehensive view of the motor industry from an economic standpoint.

Where presidents or members of affluent families were previously seen, it is increasingly the case that car manufacturers are owned by banks and investment funds which have taken control of the entire economic life of these firms.

These 3-volume proceedings includes selected and reviewed papers from CONAT 2024 - the 13th edition of the International Congress of Automotive and Transport Engineering, held in Brasov, Romania, in November 2024.

This textbook draws on the authors' experience gained by teaching courses for engineering students on e.

This monograph is focused on intercultural issues, particularly in the global auto industry.

For many years, Standard was one of Britain's largest car-makers.

How did a major corporation manage to turn itself around while Wall Street and others continued to predict its slow death?

Where presidents or members of affluent families were previously seen, it is increasingly the case that car manufacturers are owned by banks and investment funds which have taken control of the entire economic life of these firms.

This book covers the problem of fidelity in the design of virtual environments with specific reference to the design of vehicle simulators.

In this book, eminent industry specialist Koichi Shimokawa explains the current state of the Japanese automotive industry.

This book examines the experiences of the globalizing Korean automobile industry, with particular focus on the Hyundai Motor Company (HMC), one of the most prominent of the new Korean multinational corporations.

Can you imagine a world where people drive beautiful and unusual cars, created by designers prodigiously endowed with talent and imagination?

Affordable is not typically the first adjective used to describe an electric automobile.

As part of a 1950s study dealing with various phases of the impact of mass production on human behaviour, this volume, originally published in 1956 and now a classic of its time examines the technological environment and the foreman within management, from the foreman's point of view.

"e;Toyota Kata gets to the essence of how Toyota manages continuous improvement and human ingenuity, through its improvement kata and coaching kata.

Four E-Books in OneThe Toyota Way TOYOTA.

This is a book about automotive styling, in particular the streamlined styling that defined what are now known as Airline cars.

The veteran autoworker and author of the pro-labor newsletter Live Bait & Ammo offers a blow-by-blow analysis of workers’ rights under attack.

This book, originally published in 1967, takes the automobile industry experience as a basis for a wider view of industrial relations, trends and developments of the 1950s and 60s.

Lu Zhang explains how labor relations in the auto industry and broader social economy can be expected to develop in China in the coming decades.

This book examines the experiences of the globalizing Korean automobile industry, with particular focus on the Hyundai Motor Company (HMC), one of the most prominent of the new Korean multinational corporations.

How companies are using lean development to revolutionize their product and service offerings-vital lessons any business leader can use as an engine of innovationHow did Ford Motors use Lean Development to pull off one of the most impressive corporate turnarounds in history?

Global Automobile Demand is a two-volume work analysing the impact of the Great Recession and the structural factors which shape automobile demand in developed and emerging countries.

Tough, smart business advice from the star of the hit TLC reality show "e;American Chopper"e; Now in paperback, The Ride of a Lifetime elucidates the business principles that have made Paul Teutul Sr.

This book focuses on how digital technologies and rapid developments in artificial intelligence are shaping a new generation of cyber-physical systems based on the convergence among robots, sensors, and 3D printing.

Adopting a multi-disciplinary approach and using the case of the automotive industry as a starting point this volume discusses how industrial companies can remain competitive in spite of the current economic downturn.

Originally published in 1959, this book was one of the first to give a comprehensive view of the motor industry from an economic standpoint.

The book provides a holistic and practical approach to lean management throughout the business value chain.

This book, originally published in 1985, examines the development of the car industry in Coventry within both its local context and the wider economic environment.

Over the past two decades, society has been witnessing how technological, political, and societal changes have been transforming individual and collective urban mobility.

This book utilizes historical evidence to describe the development of the Toyota Production System (TPS).

This book, originally published in 1993, develops for the US automobile industry a demand-supply model which incorporates both wholesale and retail sectors and which allows strategic pricing behaviour of US and Japanese producers to be internally determined and its effects on market behaviour and national welfare analyzed.

Car Safety Wars is a gripping history of the hundred-year struggle to improve the safety of American automobiles and save lives on the highways.

Focusing on safety and environmental protection issues, this book provides incisive, cutting-edge theoretical analysis that evaluates the impact of new automotive technologies, and the associated public policies, on social welfare.

Relating the story of Triumph cars is complex enough, but to include all the earlier events which persuaded Siegfried Bettman to begin car manufacture in 1923 is even more so.

In May 1998, a stunning $36 billion merger was announced by Chrysler, the all-American automaker, and Daimler-Benz, the German manufacturer of Mercedes-Benz luxury sedans.

Economic restructuring has been a notable feature of so-called mature industrial economies such as the UK and Australia in the last two decades, with deregulation, privatisation, technological change and globalisation combining to reshape such economies.