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Would GM have done better in the 1960s and 1970s under Alfred Sloan?

January 19, 2022 Steve 7

In our discussion about market segmentation, DECG50 asked an insightful question: Would General Motors have been more disciplined if Alfred Sloan still headed the automaker in the 1960s? “From what I understand, Sloan viewed GM […]

What if GM and Ford were broken up in the 1960s?

March 26, 2021 Steve 23

(EXPANDED ON 8/19/2022) In the late-1950s George Romney made headlines by arguing that the U.S. auto industry had become an oligopolistic dinosaur. Competition had become so weak — the “Big Three” controlled more than 95 […]