| Description |
vii, 589 pages ; 26 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 531-560) and index. |
| Contents |
The Engine That Could -- A Tenuous Venture, 1919-1929 -- Gaining a Foothold, 1930-1939 -- Investors and Inventors, 1940-1946 -- Becoming a Big Business, 1947-1958 -- The Go-Go Decade, 1959-1969 -- The World Changes, 1969-1975 -- Playing by the New Rules, 1973-1978 -- Betting the Company, 1979-1985 -- Cummins versus Japan, 1984-1987 -- Circling the Wagons -- Pressures and Profits, 1988-1994 -- Cummins and the American Century -- The Irwin-Sweeney-Miller Family -- Interviews. |
| Summary |
The rise of Cummins Engine Company from a tiny Indiana machine shop to one of the world's leading producers of diesel engines is a story rich with lessons for today's managers. By responding to challenges familiar to all American manufacturers with a tough competitive stance and a uniquely people-centered philosophy, Cummins has carved out a distinctive profile in the international industrial landscape. A compelling and important contribution to the literature of business history, The Engine that Could showcases the strategic choices and the pivotal decisions that have shaped and influenced Cummins Engine. |
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Drawing extensively on interviews as well as archival research, the authors provide an in-depth look at a way of doing business that is unconventional, flexible, and pragmatic. They explain how the firm's business model has evolved over time, and how it has survived the pressures of a dramatically changing competitive arena. Cummins' remarkable seventy-five year history captures much of what is interesting - and important - about the evolution of American business from the 1920s to the 1990s. |
| Subject |
Cummins, C. Lyle, Jr.
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Miller, J. Irwin (Joseph Irwin), 1909-2004.
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Cummins Engine Company -- History.
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Cummins Engine Company Columbus, Ind. (DE-588)273739-5
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Miller, J. Irwin (Joseph Irwin), 1909-2004. (OCoLC)fst01731564
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Cummins Engine Company. (OCoLC)fst00562087
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Cummins Engine Company -- History.
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Internal combustion engine industry -- United States -- History.
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Diesel motor industry -- United States -- History.
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Verbrandingsmotoren.
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Dieselmotor (DE-588)4012211-6
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United States.
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Diesel motor industry. (OCoLC)fst00893278
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Internal combustion engine industry. (OCoLC)fst00976505
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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| Chronological Term |
Geschichte 1919-1994.
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| Genre/Form |
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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| Added Author |
Sicilia, David B.
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Cummins Engine Company.
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| ISBN |
0875846130 (alk. paper) |
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9780875846132 (alk. paper) |
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