Raising the leviathan --;Fundamentals of scale --;Economies of scale in the automobile industry --;Structuring the firm --;Constructing the automobile industry paradigm --;Approximating to the automobile industry paradigm --;Opening the door to China --;The paradigm in the automobile industry of the future --;Epilog 2009: the battle for the United States.
Car manufacturing epitomizes modern industry, yet the overall perspective has been lost in speculation and self-promotion. Based on six years of research, this book is the first in years to reassess the industry. The result is a paradigm that quantifies the fundamental economies of scale and firm organizational structure.