Motoring the future VW and Toyota vying for pole position / Engelbert Wimmer ; with contributions by Arun Mani.
| Author/creator | Wimmer, Engelbert |
| Other author | Muni, Arun. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, |
| Description | xiii, 272 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Contents note continued: 3.5.A Global Player with a Distinctly Japanese Identity -- 3.6.Toyota's Luxury Strategy: Lexus vs. Daimler and BMW -- 3.7.Motorizing Emerging Economies: Toyota's "Car for the World" -- 3.8.Managing Relationships the Japanese Way -- 3.9.Toyota: An Endurance Runner -- 3.10.The Disaster: "Runaway Toyotas" -- 3.11.Change of Generations: Exploring Future Possibilities and Carrying the Load of the Past -- 3.12.Environmental Protection: Toyota's Development of Alternative Drivetrains -- 4.The Race for Pole Position: Winning by a Nose -- 4.1.Phoenix from the Ashes -- 4.2.Round Two -- 4.3.Volkswagen Moves to Overtake -- 4.4.Toyota: Digging in on the Green Front -- 4.5.The Battle on the Bottom Line -- 4.6.The Tides of Globalization -- 4.7.The Final Lap -- 4.8.Comparing Corporate Values -- 5.Epilogue: New Challenges and New Engines -- 5.1.Population Growth and Oil Supplies -- 5.2.Biofuels: Green Gasoline -- 5.3.A Tank Full of Gas -- 5.4.Hoping for Hydrogen. |
| Contents | Contents note continued: 5.5.Electric Cars: The Day after Tomorrow. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 260-264) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2011049927 |
| ISBN | 9780230299559 (alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0230299555 (alk. paper) |
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