文件名称：Time for a Model Change: Re-engineering the Global Automotive Industry
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Automotive Model Change Re-engineeri
Title: Time for a Model Change: Re-engineering the Global Automotive Industry Author(s): Graeme P. Maxton, John Wormald Publisher: Cambridge University Press Year: 2004 Language: English Pages (biblio\tech): 296\296 ISBN: 0521837154, 9780521837156 This book is for anyone who has a true interest in the history of automobiles and in strategic thinking on how to improve the industry. There is a generous review of the sales and service sector. Table of contents : Cover......Page 1 Half-title......Page 3 Title......Page 7 Copyright......Page 8 Contents......Page 9 Figures......Page 10 Foreword......Page 15 Acknowledgements......Page 17 Glossary......Page 19 Introduction......Page 21 Out of gas – and nowhere else to go......Page 23 Failing to add value elsewhere – the illusion of the world car......Page 32 Excess supply, changing demand – piling on the products......Page 39 Illusion and reality – a growing disconnection from consumers......Page 45 Diseases of underdevelopment (1) – noxious emissions......Page 51 Diseases of underdevelopment (2) – road deaths......Page 56 Diseases of development – traffic congestion......Page 66 Social limits to growth – the role of government is managing constraints on the industry......Page 74 When the wells run dry – the coming fuel and environmental crunch......Page 84 Looking for solutions – fixes for the existing technology......Page 91 Really new technologies – the radical alternatives......Page 96 The cavalry to the rescue – how and how seen will new engine technologies arrive?......Page 102 The structure of world vehicle markets – which countries will make it and which will not......Page 111 Different inheritances – the cultural basis of competition......Page 123 Pay up and then we'll give you some business (Not the mob, the motor industry in 2003)......Page 132 The vehicle manufacturers as global enterprises – a false impression......Page 135 A changing view of scale – the emergence of new competitors......Page 146 Copycat cars......Page 151 The top twenty carmakers you've never heard of......Page 152 You spent how much?......Page 155 No easy task – the complexities of developing and producing vehicles......Page 157 The revolt of the masses – the growing power of suppliers......Page 164 More for less – the problem of growing complexity......Page 174 The growing strains – overloading the beasts of burden......Page 178 A command economy – the franchised dealer sector......Page 184 Single brand car dealers prepare for the big squeeze......Page 188 Where the money is earned – the fight for the aftermarket......Page 193 Catastrophe in Europe – David sees off the Goliaths......Page 205 What does it say about sales?......Page 214 What does it say about spare parts?......Page 215 Will it be effective?......Page 216 All power to the distributors – the emergence of countervailing powers......Page 217 The value destroyers – the rotten financial performance of most vehicle manufacturers......Page 231 Good growth and bad growth – rational and irrational expansion......Page 241 Killing the geese that lay the golden eggs – how poor relationships with key partners help make the industry unattractive to the financial markets......Page 247 A fractured industry – the fault lines and the financial exposures......Page 258 If nothing changes – Graceless Degradation......Page 265 Collateral damage – the effect on the vehicle manufacturers' partners......Page 274 A way out of the impasse – the Fourth automotive Revolution......Page 277 Last words – lessons from history......Page 285 Index......Page 289