Competitive Status of the U.S. Auto Industry

Automobile Panel, Committee on Technology and International Economic and Trade Issues of the Office of the Foreign Secretary, Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems, National Research Council

• 1 Front Matter; 2 Summary; 3 1 The U.S. Auto Industry in Crisis; 4 2 An Industry Primer; 5 3 The Evolution of Technology: From Radical to Incremental Innovation; 6 4 International Competition: Trade Flows and Industry Structure; 7 5 Government Regulation: The Evolution of Public Demands on the Industry; 8 6 The Sources of Competitive Advantage: Cost and Quality Comparisons; 9 7 Jobs and People: The Impact of Workforce Management on Competition; 10 8 Technology and Competition in the U.S. Automobile Market; 11 9 The Character of Automotive Innovation in the 1970s and Beyond; 12 10 The Automotive Future: Three Scenarios and Their Implications; 13 Appendix A: Estimates of Comparative Productivity and Costs Under Alternative Methods; 14 Appendix B: Productivity and Absenteeism; 15 Appendix C: Statistical Analysis of Technology, Sales, and Prices; 16 Bibliography; 17 Biographical Sketches