nad_oceanem
23.01.08, 03:26
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/6346299.stm
"But the near-monopoly conditions in the American market bred complacency -
and the assumption that the American lead in technology and marketing was
unassailable.
Ford and GM dominated the US auto industry in the l960s
According to Stephen D'Arcy, head of Global Automotive Practice at
PriceWaterhouse Coopers, in the long run "the US monopoly was an unsustainable
anomoly."
In the 1950s and 1960s, US firms failed to innovate in the design of cars,
preferring to make money by increasing the size and weight of their vehicles
by adding extras like air conditioning, power steering, and fancy sound systems.
It was left to European manufacturers to develop disc brakes, rack-and-pinion
steering, air-cooled and diesel engines.
And the mass production system discouraged innovation because it was so
expensive to introduce fundamentally new models.
Meanwhile, Toyota was also making a virtue of adversity, changing its
production system to become leaner and more efficient than its rivals."
Ciekawe ze ciagle slyszymy belkot o "The best country" i "the best people in
the World."
Jak wynika z artykulu takie wlasnie bezkrytyczne i nie majace niz wspolnego z
rzeczywistoscia podejscie bylo przyczyna upadku GM.
Pomyslec ze w Usa ciagle produkuje sie rozne smieszne potworki Wielka Trojka
dziwi sie ze nikt nie chce tego badziewia kupowac.
America Isn't #1 anymore.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcz_NHAFGS0