Global Competition in Capital Goods: An American Perspective

Authors

Robert S. Eckley, Illinois Wesleyan University

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Description

This study investigates the capital goods industries, which account for more than one-third of U.S. exports. Eckley offers case studies of seven companies--IBM, Boeing, General Electric, Eastman Kodak, Caterpillar, Cummins, and Cincinnati Milacron--that offer a representative variety of the products, processes, and labor organizations found in the capital goods industries. Commonalities within the larger capital goods sector are discussed, and conclusions are drawn about costs, markets, and organizational and managerial practices. Means for regaining competitive advantage through capital investment, education, and better decision making are also addressed. Content Provided by Syndetics.

ISBN

0899305598

Publication Date

Summer 6-30-1991

Publisher

Quorum Books

City

New York

Keywords

Corporations, industries, manufacturing, business management

Disciplines

Business

Recommended Citation

Eckley, Robert S., "Global Competition in Capital Goods: An American Perspective" (1991). IWU Authors Bookshelf. 59.
https://digitalcommons.iwu.edu/bookshelf/59