Bosch
Subtitle: history of a global enterprise
By: Johannes Bähr, Paul Erker ; translated by J.A. Underwood
Publisher: C.H. Beck
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Munich
Language: eng
Translated from: ger
Number of pages: 703
ISBN-13: 9783406683596
Copyright date: 2015
Subjects: History; Industrialists; Biography; Automobile supplies industry; International business enterprises; Robert Bosch GmbH
Work titles: Bosch
Notes: "German edition C.H. Beck oHG, München 2013"--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 674-692) and indexes.
Table of contents: title: I. Early years and rise of the company (1886-1932) / Johannes Bähr; title: 1. Robert Bosch : portrait of a founder; title: 2. The difficult early years; title: 3. The period of rapid growth; title: Irresistible rise of the Bosch magneto; title: The first regional subsidiaries and the conquest of the U.S. market; title: Transition to a large-scale enterprise and the introduction of the eight-hour working day; title: The strike of 1913; title: The company on the eve of the First World War; title: 4. The First World War and its aftermath; title: The war : a turning point; title: Conversion to a stock corporation and establishment of VVB; title: Changing times : Robert Bosch AG and the aftermath of war; title: Organizational development and the evolution of a sense of identity; title: 5. The 1926 crisis, and diversification in the Great Depression; title: Causes, course, and repercussions of the great crisis f 1926; title: The restructuring of 1926-27 and the resolution of the crisis; title: Trial and tribulation on the way to the diesel injection pump; title: Building up a presence outside Germany and battling for the U.S. market; title: Between sackings and shorter working weeks : Bosch in the Great Depression; title: Power tools, refrigerators, radios, and gas-fired water heaters : the first phase of diversification and the rise of a conglomerate; title: II. Bosch in the Third Reich (1933-1945) / Johannes Bähr; title: 1. The Bosch Group in the economic upswing of National Socialism (1933-1939); title: The transformation of Robert Bosch AG into a GmbH; title: 2. "Corporate community" versus "people's community"; title: Robert Bosch AG after the National Socialist assumption of power; title: Clashes and compromises with the NSDAP; title: Between "model company" and "state within a state"; title: Bosch under wartime totalitarianism; title: 3. Bosch and the Jews; title: Jews and people of Jewish descent at Robert Bosch AG and GmbH; title: "For the sake of justice and humanity" : how the Bosch circle helped Jews; title: "Aryanizations" : acquiring equity interests and real estate from Jewish ownership; title: 4. Involvement in rearmament and arms production in the Second World War; title: Bosch and rearmament; title: Emergence and early years of Dreilinden Maschinenbau GmbH; title: From Elektro- und Feinmechanische Industrie GmbH to Trillke-Werke GmbH; title: Concealing operations outside Germany; title: Integration into Germany's wartime economy; title: The last year of the war; title: 5. Beyond the bounds of "Bosch community" : forced labor; title: 6. The Bosch circle and resistance to Hitler; title: 7. Death and legacy of Robert Bosch; title: The legacy : a family company, with reservations; title: III. Adaptation and change between economic boom and economic crises (1945-1983) / Paul Erker; title: 1. Reconstruction in the shadow of Allied decartelization policy and disagreements within the company; title: Continuities and breaks with the past : struggle for positions of power within the company; title: Conflicts with the works council; title: Constraints of Allied antitrust legislation; title: Bosch and its "deconcentration case" (1947-1952); title: On the brink of a growth crisis : sales figures and corporate financing in a period of tumultuous expansion; title: 2. From family-run business to foundation-owned company : the long march to a new Bosch constitution; title: Execution of the will, and the appointment of Robert Bosch Jr. to the board of management (1956-1964); title: Robert Bosch Industrietreuhand KG and shareholder structure : further development of corporate governance at Bosch (1965-1982); title: 3. Corporate organization and corporate strategy between economic miracle and oil-price shock; title: ^; title: Divisionalization, crisis strategies, and corporate management in the Merkle era; title: Monopoly of supply versus collective buying power : Bosch and terms of supply in the pre-López era; title: The challenge of re-entering the U.S. market : stages and problems of the second phase of internationalization; title: The "greener automobile" : aspects of an environmental history of Bosch; title: 4. Between Americanization and Japanization : manufacturing organization and work environment; title: Manufacturing organization in times of postwar reconstruction, capacity bottlenecks, and labor shortages; title: Structural adjustment policies, rationalization strategies, and labor conflicts in the 1970s; title: 5. The phase of "indiscriminate diversification" : strategic alliances and the move into new areas of business; title: The Bosch-Siemens alliance in the household-appliances business; title: The Blaupunkt crisis and attempts to reorganize the German consumer-electronics industry; title: ^; title: Strategic investments and political machinations : Bosch, MBB, and restructuring in the arms and aviation industries; title: Moving into telecommunications technology : Boach and the AEG crisis; title: 6. Initial conclusions; title: IV. Bosch and the challenges of globalization (1984-2012) / Johannes Bähr and Paul Erker; title: 1. Radical change and continuity in the shadow of economic turbulence (1984-1993); title: "Bosch is unstoppable" : the dynamics of growth and a new leadership culture; title: From ray of hope to quagmire : development of the communications technology business; title: Bosch in the three major economic regions of the 1980s : Europe, USA, Japan; title: Kaizen auf schwäbisch : CIP and lean production in Bosch manufacturing; title: The great clash of 1993; title: Upheaval at old-established locations : labor relations and labor conflicts; title: 2. Into the digital age; title: Technical strengths : research, development, and innovation; title: Development and acceptance of electronically controlled gasoline injection; title: Vehicle dynamics systems and navigation devices; title: 3. From restructuring to change : the process of renewal in the 1990s (1993-2003); title: Corporate governance and corporate organization; title: Crisis and reorganization : the automotive technology business sector and the perennial problem with loss-making products; title: Diesel injection systems and the diesel boom; title: A fresh phase of diversification : acquisition of Rexroth and Buderus; title: The rediscovery of values : value-driven and values-based management; title: Changes in the parallelogram of forces in corporate governance; title: 4. Globalization, diversification, and focus on values (2003-2012); title: "Driving change forward" : new strategies and trends; title: "Getting the workforce through the crisis intact" : Bosch in the financial and economic crisis of 2008-2009; title: "Green Bosch" : growth in renewable, losses in the solar business; title: The China boom and growing markets in the other BRIC countries; title: Looking beyond 125 years; title: Final conclusions; title: Bosch Group headcount and sales revenue (1886-2012).