Lexus: The Relentless Pursuit : How Toyota Motor Went From "0-60" in the Global Luxury Car Market - Rilegato

Dawson, Chester C., III

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ISBN 10: 0470821108 ISBN 13: 9780470821107

Casa editrice: John Wiley & Sons Inc, 2004

Riassunto

A fascinating insight into how Toyota conceived, developed and launched its own luxury car brand - Lexus. This remarkable success story will explain how the Japanese giant went from zero to 25% share of the luxury car market in the space of only ten years.

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L'autore:

Chester C. Dawson III is an editor at BusinessWeek magazine?s headquarters in New York and a frequent contributor to the magazine?s automotive industry coverage. Previously, he spent ten years in Tokyo covering Japan Inc.?s ?lost decade? for BusinessWeek, Far Eastern Economic Review, The Associated Press and Bloomberg News.

He graduated with a M.A. degree from Harvard University in 1993 and earned his B.A. at Ohio University the previous year after spending his junior year abroad at Sophia University in Tokyo.

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Toyota is the best car company in the world. From a truck-maker in World War II to a carmaker in the 1950s to a Lexus maker in the 1980s, it excels everywhere. Chester Dawson is a Japanese-speaking investigative reporter who has got the inside story of Lexus and made it come alive.- Ezra F. Vogel, Professor, Harvard University

Chester Dawson brings to life the story of Lexus. This is a tale of invention, innovation, consumer insight, dedication and resolve. Dawson tells the story with drama, vision and insider detail. He unlocks the keys to how Toyota took a vague idea and turned it into a flagship brand and a new automotive icon.- Michael Silverstein, Senior Vice President, The Boston Consulting Group

While Detroit is still trying to figure out how Toyota made Lexus the best-selling luxury brand in the United States, Chester Dawson has dissected the Lexus story in an enlightening way. Lexus: The Relentless Pursuit brings to life the personalities who brought about an automotive phenomenon. This is a must-read not only for car buffs, but for any manager or executive who wants to understand any manager or executive who wants to understand how to create, sustain and expand an elite brand.- Micheline Maynard, author of the End of Detroit: How the Big Three Lost their Grip on the American Car Market

Lexus: The Relentless Pursuit takes you behind the scenes of one of the most ambitious and lucrative business strategies executed in the past 20 years.

• Learn why Toyota Motor decided to take on the German luxury brands-and how the company attacked the problem, starting with a top-secret board meeting in 1983
• Find out what drove the brand's success: the hows and whys of its unparalleled quality, those unforgettable ads and the unprecedented customer service
• Get the inside story on the birth of the luxury division, the vehicle code names and the lawsuit that almost derailed the launch of the billion dollar brand in 1989
• Discover how Lexus stumbled into its most successful line of vehicles: Luxury SUVs
• Take a virtual tour of Toyota Motor's crown jewel factories: the flagship Lexus plant in Tahara, Japan and the newest Lexus facility in Cambridge, Ontario.

This book is essential reading for automotive and business professionals!

Su questa edizione

• Editore: John Wiley & Sons Inc
• Data di pubblicazione: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0470821108
• ISBN 13: 9780470821107
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 254