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1 online resource (399 pages) |
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What is the idea? -- The beginning of business -- What I learned about business -- Starting the real business -- The secret of manufacturing and serving -- Getting into production -- Machines and men -- The terror of the machine -- Wages -- Why not always have good business? -- How cheaply can things be made? -- Money-master or servant? -- Why be poor? -- The tractor and power farming -- Why charity? -- The railroads -- Things in general -- Democracy and industry -- What we may expect. |
| Summary |
Annotation One world's richest and best-known people in his day, Henry Ford was the founder of Ford Motor Company and a pioneering innovator of mass production. Ford's autobiography, My Life and Work, gives personal insight into the life of this prolific inventor and titan of industry. For the time, Ford awarded high wages to his workers despite his driving commitment towards reducing costs, which he did instead through the channels of business and technological innovation. Ford's vision held consumerism as a cornerstone of global peace and prosperity. In spite of not believing in accountants, Ford amassed an enormous wealth, most of which he left to the Ford Foundation. |
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Ford, Henry, 1863-1947.
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Ford Motor Company -- History.
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Ford, Henry, 1863-1947. (OCoLC)fst00035612
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Ford Motor Company. (OCoLC)fst00546509
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Industrialists -- United States -- Biography.
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Industrialists. (OCoLC)fst00971815
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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Biography. (OCoLC)fst01423686
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Electronic books.
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History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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| Added Author |
Crowther, Samuel, 1880-1947.
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| ISBN |
9781775413745 (electronic bk. ; Adobe Digital Editions) |
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1775413748 (electronic bk. ; Adobe Digital Editions) |
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9781775413745 (electronic bk. ; Mobipocket Reader) |
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1775413748 (electronic bk. ; Mobipocket Reader) |
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