A Profile of the Global Auto Industry

Index

Accountability, 20

Acura, 32, 105, 108

All-steel auto body, 98–99

American Business Abroad: Ford on Six Continents (1964), 18

American Motors (AMC), 23–24

Amino, 117–118, 125

ArcelorMittal, 65, 104–108, 110

S-In-Motion project, 121–125

ASEAN, 44

Assemblers, 2, 4, 10, 13, 15–16, 20, 43, 45, 49, 56, 58, 63, 68, 127, 136–138

Audi, 10, 33–34, 44–45, 52, 87, 140

Auto Pact (2005), 43, 136

Automobile industry

business model, 19th century, 12–17

early years, 7–11

engineering operations, 36

initial ventures, 11–12

innovation diffusion, 116–117, 125

learning by doing, 49

oligopoly market, 18–21

Automotive News PACE Awards

BorgWarner, 87–89

criteria, 69–70

Delphi, 84–87

examples, 70–72

Federal-Mogul, 82–84

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