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  2. Why GM failed: 3. Ignoring competition - AOL

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    Why did General Motors (GM) fail? A third reason is ignoring the competition. GM has been ignoring competition -- with a brief interruption -- for about 50 years. In the 1960s, GM controlled half ...

  3. Why GM failed: 4. Failure to innovate - AOL

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    Why did General Motors (GM) fail? The fourth reason is its failure to innovate. Since GM was focused on profiting from finance, it did not really care that much about building better vehicles. In ...

  4. Why GM failed: 1. Bad financial policies

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    Why did General Motors (GM) fail? The first reason is bad financial policies. As I posted, for too many years GM used cheap cars as razors to sell consumers a monthly package of razor blades -- in ...

  5. General Motors India - Wikipedia

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    General Motors India Private Limited was a subsidiary of General Motors for its operations in India. General Motors had 93% stake in this partnership and the remaining 7% was held by SAIC . [ 1 ] It was the 5th largest automobile manufacturing company in India after Maruti Suzuki , Hyundai , Tata Motors and Mahindra . [ 2 ]

  6. 2008–2010 automotive industry crisis - Wikipedia

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    On 20 February, an administrator was appointed to restructure Saab and assist in it becoming independent of its troubled parent General Motors. General Motors have confirmed their intention to sell their Swedish subsidiary, Saab. [57] Of Sweden's 9 million population, 140,000 work in the car industry and they account for 15% of exports. [56]

  7. Effects of the 2008–2010 automotive industry crisis on the ...

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    On February 18, 2009, General Motors and Chrysler again approached the U.S. government, in regard to obtaining a second bridging loan of $21.6 billion (£15.2 billion). $16.6 billion of this would go to General Motors, while Chrysler would take $5 billion. General Motors agreed to shed 47,000 jobs, close five plants, and axe 12 car models.

  8. After 101 years, why GM failed - AOL

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    General Motors (GM) was founded in September of 1908. On June 1, 2009, at 8 a.m. -- almost 101 years later -- it ceased to exist, and control was handed over to turnaround executive Al Koch ...

  9. Rick Wagoner - Wikipedia

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    After Harvard, he joined GM as an analyst in the treasurer's office. In 1981, he became treasurer of GM's Brazil subsidiary and later served as managing director. [9]In 1992, he was named GM's chief financial officer, in 1994 he became executive vice president and/or president of North American Operations, and in 1998 he was named president and chief operating officer.