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American Icon : Alan Mulally and the Fight to Save Ford Motor Company by Bryce G. Hoffman is a history book available to read on EtoBox.
What is American Icon : Alan Mulally and the Fight to Save Ford Motor Company about?
The inside story of the epic turnaround of Ford Motor Company under the leadership of CEO Alan Mulally. At the end of 2008, Ford Motor Company was just months away from running out of cash. With the auto industry careening toward ruin, Congress offered all three Detroit automakers a bailout. General Motors and Chrysler grabbed the taxpayer lifeline, but Ford decided to save itself. Under the leadership of charismatic CEO Alan Mulally, Ford had already put together a bold plan to unify its divided global operations, transform its lackluster product lineup, and overcome a dysfunctional culture of infighting, backstabbing, and excuses. It was an extraordinary risk, but it was the only way the Ford family—America’s last great industrial dynasty—could hold on to their company. Mulally and his team pulled off one of the greatest comebacks in business history. As the rest of Detroit collapsed, Ford went from the brink of bankruptcy to being the most profitable automaker in the world. American Icon is the compelling, behind-the-scenes account of that epic turnaround. In one of the great management narratives of our time, Hoffman puts the reader inside the boardroom as Mulally uses his
Who reads American Icon : Alan Mulally and the Fight to Save Ford Motor Company?
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Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Bryce G. Hoffman
- Publisher
- Crown Publishing Group
- Published
- 2012
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780307886057
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- Economics, Fiction, Memoir
- Rating
- 4.41 / 5 (455 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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