Persistence and vigilance : a view of Ford Motor Company's accounting over its first fifty years

Persistence and Vigilance: A View of Ford Motor Company's Accounting Over Its First Fifty Years is an exploration of the financial leadership that guided the company through periods of phenomenal growth amidst the economic and political upheaval of the early 20th century. Since its inception in...

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Main Author Lazdowski, Yvette (Author)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Bingley, U.K. : Emerald Publishing Limited, 2020.
SeriesStudies in the development of accounting thought ; 24.
Subjects
Ford Motor Company > History.
Ford Motor Company > Finance > History.
Business & Economics > Accounting > Financial.
Financial accounting.
elektronické knihy
electronic books
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781838679996
9781838679972
DOI10.1108/s1479-3504202024
Physical Description1 online resource (216 pages)

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Table of Contents:
  • Chapter 1. The Inception of the Ford Motor Company
  • Chapter 2. A Precarious Beginning, James Couzens, Norval Hawkins, and the Selden Suit
  • Chapter 3. Growth and Conflict: The Moving Assembly Line and the $5 Day
  • Chapter 4. World War I, Minority Shareholders, and the Crisis of 1920-1921
  • Chapter 5. Move to the Rouge, the End of the Model T, and World War II
  • Chapter 6. A New Era: Henry Ford II, Ernest Breech, and the Whiz Kids
  • Chapter 7. Reflections and Final Thoughts.

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