...Ford Otosan is an automotive manufacturing company based in Turkey, equally owned by Ford Motor Company and Koç Holding.[1] It was established in its current form in 1977, with original relations dating back to 1928.[2] It currently operates four facilities throughout the country Ford Otosan, has been the leader of the Turkish automotive industry for ten consecutive years, and operates four different plants, namely, Kocaeli and Inonu factories, Replacement Distribution Center in Kartal-Istanbul, and the Technology Center in the Gebze Technopark. Having the largest R&D staff in the Turkish private sector with more than 1,000 R&D engineers, Ford Otosan is, at the same time, on the top of the dividend yield list on Istanbul Stock Exchange (ISE) as the company holding the highest dividend paying automotive company Ford Otosan was founded in 1959 as the first automobile company of Turkey, and produced the Anadol, the first Turkish automobile in 1969, and established the first motor manufacturing plant in 1983. It is the first company to export vehicles to the Americas from Turkey in 2009, shouldering the national automobile industry’s leadership. Ford Otosan is the sector champion with its exports of vehicle and components to more than 70 countries on five continents, and its Transit Connect branded vehicles are used as cabs in New York City, the heart of the world. The collaboration began in 1928, when Vehbi Koç was assigned as Ford dealer in Ankara.[5] In 1959, the foundation...
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...NAME OF THE BOOK - Odour Of Chrysanthemums. NAME OF THE AUTHOR - David Herbert Lawrence (D H Lawrence). SOURCE - eBook. No. of Pages - 11. PUBLISHERS DETAILS - Published in "The English Review" Magazine, in June 1911 by editor "Ford Madox Hueffer". He was also an author of various books written under the name of "Ford Madox Ford". ABOUT THE AUTHOR - David Herbert Richards Lawrence (11 September 1885 – 2 March 1930) was born in Eastwood, Nottinghamshire, England. He was an English novelist, poet, playwright, essayist, literary critic and painter. His notable works include Novels (Sons and Lovers, The Rainbow, Women in Love, Lady Chatterley's Lover), Short Stories (Odour of Chrysanthemums, Daughters of the Vicar, The Man who loved Islands), Play (The Widowing of Mrs Holroyd), etc. His collected works represent an extended reflection upon the dehumanising effects of modernity and industrialisation. In them, Lawrence confronts issues relating to emotional health & vitality, spontaneity, and instinct. In his later years he continued to write despite his failing health. In his last months he wrote numerous poems, reviews and essays. He died at the Villa Robermond in Venice, France, in March 1930, from complications of tuberculosis, after being discharged from a TB sanatorium. DESCRIPTION OF THE STORY - "Odour of Chrysanthemums" focuses on a dramatic moment in the life of Mrs. Elizabeth Bates and the accidental death of her husband, Walter Bates. The story goes on telling...
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...state at this junction that there are three major automakers in United States (Ford Motor Company, General Motors and Chrysler), but there is something about Ford Motor Company that makes this company so unique. Is it their “never let go” attitude – even when bankruptcy and the likelihood of their collapse was looming in 2008/2009 or the fact that it is still a family controlled business (though the family share is in the minority now) after all these years? Or is it the fact that they still have one of the prettiest cars in the world? Or is it the fact that they are the ONLY auto company that refused to collect the bail-out money from the federal government in 2009 when it was so apparent that they might go- under. Please bear with me with if it appears I am being bias here but it just beats my imagination what this company can do when it comes to their core ethics and principle and most importantly, their innate thirst and desire for corporate social responsibility. Ford Motor Company is “the second-largest automobile company in the world, Ford Motor Company represents a $164 billion multinational business empire. Known primarily as a manufacturer of automobiles, Ford also operates Ford Credit, which generates more than $3 billion in income. The company manufactured vehicles under the names Ford, Lincoln, Mercury, Jaguar, Volvo, Land Rover, and Aston Martin. However in 2008 sold its foreign brands. Ford also maintains interest in Mazda Motor Corporation. Ford's financial stability...
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...Unit 6 Assignment 2 By: Jeremy Krull Ford Motor Company, founded in 1903, has been a global multi-business company since the 1920’s. Currently Ford has major manufacturing facilities in the United Kingdom, Canada, Mexico, Germany and many other countries, 200,000+ employees and automobiles distributed in over 200 markets across 6 continents (Ford Annual Report 2009). Ford has utilized its product portfolio, brand strategy and global business structure to withstand recent financial disasters in the auto industry and strive towards its vision to be the world’s leading consumer company for automotive products and services. Ford began its manufacturing with mass production assembly lines in the first part of the 20th century. Now, one of the world's largest automakers, Ford the brand is world renown. Ford Motor brands, or marques, include Ford, Lincoln, and Mercury (the latter to be dropped later this year). The brands Land Rover, Aston Martin, Jaguar and Volvo were also under the Ford umbrella but have recently been sold off to create a leaner business structure. The company still manufactures a vast array of cars, trucks, vans as well as vehicle chassis and engines at its numerous facilities. Until recently Ford was manufacturing 97 distinct vehicle models, however chief executive Alan Mulally has whittled that down to 40. In a recent Branding Strategy Insider article (Ritson 2009) Mulally claims “Fewer models means better economies of scale and significantly improved profitability...
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...PART I. ITEM 1. Business Ford Motor Company (referred to herein as "Ford", the "Company", "we", "our" or "us") was incorporated in Delaware in 1919. We acquired the business of a Michigan company, also known as Ford Motor Company, which had been incorporated in 1903 to produce and sell automobiles designed and engineered by Henry Ford. We are one of the world’s largest producers of cars and trucks. We and our subsidiaries also engage in other businesses, including financing vehicles. In addition to the information about Ford and our subsidiaries contained in this Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2011 ("2011 Form 10-K Report" or "Report"), extensive information about our Company can be found at www.corporate.ford.com, including information about our management team, our brands and products, and our corporate governance principles. The corporate governance information on our website includes our Corporate Governance Principles, Code of Ethics for Senior Financial Personnel, Code of Ethics for the Board of Directors, Standards of Corporate Conduct for all employees, and the Charters for each of the Committees of our Board of Directors. In addition, any amendments to our Code of Ethics or waivers granted to our directors and executive officers will be posted in this area of our website. All of these documents may be accessed by going to our corporate website and clicking on "Our Company," then "Corporate Governance," and then "Corporate Governance...
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...Great American Innovators America has gone through great change from its foundation to present day. Many people have helped to shape the great country in which we proudly call home. Our nation has produced some of the great innovators who shaped the industrial revolution, modern day communications and the use of electric light bulb. The simplest things that we take for granted once were the greatest innovations of their time. Thomas Edison, Alexander Graham Bell and Henry Ford are three of the greatest men that have contributed directly to a many things that we use in our day to day lives and without these men we would not be the advanced society that we are today. Reaching for a light switch is something we do every day. This is possible due to the contribution of Thomas Alva Edison, the inventor of the light bulb. Edison was born on February 11, 1847, in Milan, Ohio (Frith 5). He did not attain a formal education due to the poor family in which he was raised instead he started working on the railroad at age 12(Frith 14). Although Edison did not complete school, he continued to learn and experiment. Edison set up a printing press in the baggage car on the train and sold his own newspaper to the passengers (Frith 17). He retold the news from one end of the rail line to the other end of the rail line, allowing the people to be better informed of their neighboring towns. He was also able to have a small lab to perform scientific experiments, at least until his chemicals...
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...Born on February 11, 1847, in Milan, Ohio, Thomas Edison is the quintessential American inventor. Before he died, he gave us the phonograph, the transmitter for the telephone speaker, an improved light bulb, and key elements of motion-picture apparatus, as well as other bright inventions. He also created the world's first industrial research laboratory. Edison died on October 18, 1931, in West Orange, New Jersey. CONTENTS Synopsis Younger Years Early Career Becoming an Inventor Edison Illuminating Company Industrialist and Business Manager Final Years QUOTES "Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work." – Thomas Edison « prev1 / 2next » Younger Years Born on February 11, 1847, in Milan, Ohio, Thomas Alva Edison was the last of the seven children of Samuel and Nancy Edison. Thomas's father was an exiled political activist from Canada. His mother, an accomplished school teacher, was a major influence in Thomas’ early life. An early bout with scarlet fever left him with hearing difficulties in both ears, a malady that would eventually leave him nearly deaf as an adult. In 1854, the family moved to Port Huron, Michigan, where Edison attended public school for a total of 12 weeks. A hyperactive child, prone to distraction, he was deemed “difficult” by his teacher. His mother quickly pulled him from school and taught him at home. At age 11, he showed a voracious appetite for knowledge, reading books on a wide...
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...Ronald Reagan an Overrated President Tami Arreguin HIS/145 July 15, 2013 Nancy Fraleigh Ronald Reagan an Overrated President Ronald Reagan, the nation's 40th president, only recently became one of the most revered men in history. Reagan's ratings were higher than the averages of his three immediate predecessors Jimmy Carter, Gerald Ford, and Richard Nixon (Newport, Jones, & Saad, 2004) . How and why would so many Americans too soon forget all of the dishonesty and broken promises that came out of the White House while Reagan was in office? It is clear that many factors came into play that goes to show that Ronald Reagan is highly overrated as not only the president, but also an individual. One of the first situations that occurred, as Reagan was sworn in, was the release of the 51 hostages from the American Embassy in Tehran. It seemed that the projected win of the future President Reagan triggered some fear in the Iranians. However, there were a few incidences that occurred, prior to the inauguration of Reagan, that actually set the stage for the emanate release of the hostages. (United States History, n.d.) In July, near the last leg of the presidential race, The Shah of Iran died. The return of the Shah, being one of the many requests in negotiations with the Iranian’s, was now neutralized. This brought the negotiations one step closer to closure (United States History, n.d.). Also, shortly after the death of the Shah, Iraq invaded Iran which created...
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...The The Monkeys from the Arctic Nowadays succeeding in the music industry it’s very challenging. Moreover if you come from England and you have the pressure of big rock bands like The Beatles behind you. Arctic Monkeys have now four CD’s on the street, but as all the bands they have been trough many changes and difficulties. I personally encourage people and listen to all of their songs. The Monkeys are like wine, the older, the better. And they are only 25. After their debut in 2006, their second CD, Favourite Worst Nightmare, wasn’t so good. It was a grey come back in general. It’s entertaining because you can dance to some songs, but it wasn’t so gripping as the first one. Only the songs “505” or “This house is a circus” are impressive and shine over all the other songs. With Humbug, their third album, they reached the top. They were bored of doing the same over and over. The album starts with a lot of energy and it gets better while you are listening to all the tracks. One particular strength of Humbug, is the use of keyboards, that gives the track an innovating sound never heard before. A marked difference between the two albums...
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...My dream car would be a 1969 Chevy Camaro with a 350 engine and a four speed transmission. The name "Camaro" came from a French word for friend. The decision on the name came down to the last minute, with most of the world sure the car would be named, "The Panther." But the name Camaro fit in with other Chevy names- Corvette, Chevelle, Chevy 2, and Corvair. The main reason the Camaro was introduced was because of the huge success of the Ford Mustang. The Camaro was roughly the same size as the Mustang, a little wider and based more on high performance. The Camaro is one of the last remaining muscle cars still in production today. It is only fitting that buyers still expect maximum performance from their Camaros. It is that expectation that has kept the Camaro alive for all these years, while many other cars have faded away, lost in memory. The Mustang GT only offered the 289- cubic inch or a 390- cubic inch V8 in 1967. The Camaro rolled out with 302, 327, 350, and 396 cubic inch V8's The Camaro's style was much smoother as well. The introduction of the Camaro threw pony car (Mustang) development into frenzy. Before the Camaro, the Mustang and Barracuda were not quite considered full muscle cars. Most serious performance enthusiasts still opted for intermediate sized GTO's or the Chevelle Super Sports (SS). The Camaro changed the image of those sport coupes. The Z28 and the stout SS-396 were more than just a stylish ride. Under the hood Camaros were well respected...
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...Lincoln Gives Its Big SUV a Face-Lift Ford Plans to Formally Unveil the Restyled Navigator at the Chicago Auto Show By JOSEPH B. WHITE The face that launched a thousand supertankers is getting a makeover. Ford Motor Co. F -2.28% 's Lincoln brand is giving a new face and some new features to its venerable Lincoln Navigator, the model that jump-started the fad for supersize, fuel-thirsty luxury sport-utility vehicles when it first made its debut in the late 1990s. The restyled Lincoln Navigator from Ford. Ford Motor Co. General Motors Co. GM -2.65% 's rival Cadillac brand at first balked at following the Navigator, then countered with its own plus-size Escalade SUV, which later grew into a family of luxury versions of GM's largest SUV models. A four-wheel drive 1999 Navigator had an estimated fuel economy of 12 miles per gallon in city and highway driving. That later improved to 15 miles per gallon. The 2008 recession and a series of gasoline price spikes slashed sales of the Navigator and Escalade, and ultimately killed off GM's Hummer brand of big, high-price SUVs. But the Navigator and the Escalade survived and both are now getting makeovers. GM is planning to roll out a redesigned Escalade this spring. The revamped Navigator will be in showrooms this fall, Ford said in a statement. Ford sold just 8,613 Navigators last year, up 2.9% from a year earlier, but about a fifth of the model's peak sales in 1998. The refreshed Navigator will get a new grille, with horizontal...
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...Dennis Gioia was recall coordinator at Ford Motor Company in the early 1970s when the company decided not to recall the Pinto despite dangerous fires that were killing the occupants of vehicles involved in low-impact rear-end collisions. In his information and overloaded recall coordinator role, Gioia saw thousands of accident reports, and he followed a cognitive “script” that helped him decide which situations represented strong recall candidates and which did not. The incoming information about the Pinto fires did not penetrate a script designed to surface other issues, and it did not initially raise ethical concerns. He and his colleagues in the recall office did not recognize the recall issue as an ethical issue. From the standpoint of Hooker’s test, we will start with the geralizability test. Hooker (2011) states that to pass generalizability, it must give the reasons for an action have to be consistent with the assumption that others who have the same reasons act the same way. To release the Pinto as scheduled and risk the safety of those who purchased it or spend more time designing the car, thereby seceding more of the subcompact auto market to the competition. After a cost-benefit analysis of the safety improvements and the potential death toll, Ford decided to release the model without the safety improvements. Their estimation showed that it was cheaper to ignore public safety. From the standpoint of the utility test Ford believed that creating an exciting new...
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...The Vietnam War Before the war, almost all of Americans really trusted their Congressmen, their universities, and other official institutions. At the beginning of the 1960s that trust begin to change as the world around them changed as well. Two basic viewpoints began to evolve during this time. One group felt that though intentions had been good for getting into the conflict, it was a losing battle that carried too great of burden both socially and economically and at the United States needed to get out of Vietnam. The other group felt that we had gone to Vietnam for a purpose and we shouldn't leave until the job was done. Most of the large demonstrations to protest the war took place on college campuses. During the Vietnam War, the draft was instituted for the first time since 1942. This meant that men and women of the Baby Boom era were eligible to be sent off to fight in a conflict that was being questioned for the American involvement. Draft deferments and exemptions were available for college students and this meant that young men in the working class who did not go to college because they could not afford it far outnumbered those of the middle or upper class. Students who avoided the war by going to college were aware of the injustice of the situation and used protests as a way of communicating this to the powers-that-be. In addition, once the students graduated, they would then be eligible to be sent off to Vietnam. This gave them added incentive to protest and try...
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...American has ever had. While Volker is best known for is tough action in controlling inflation from 1979 to 1982, his work during this period was his main contribution to the economic life of this country. President Johnson (1963-69) & Congress launched a series of expensive domestic spending programs designed to alleviate poverty. Johnson has also increased military spending to pay for American involvement in the Vietnam War. These large government programs combined with strong consumer spending, pushed the demand for goods and services beyond what the economy could produce. Wages and prices started rising and began working together in a continuing cycle to create inflation. President Johnson lost his re-election bid to Gerald Ford whose presidential leadership was a period of severe recession. High unemployment and inflation dogged him and he ended up being a one term President, losing the election to President Jimmy Carter in 1976. President Carter came into office after winning a close election and was immediately tested by economic forces over which he had little control. He faced numerous economic woes. The severity of the economic problems prevented the application of any lasting solutions having inherited many of the complex economic problems of his term. While he attempted numerous solutions, none of them worked and in the end, he failed to conquer the problems due to his management style, political infighting and the overall limits forced by the dire...
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...Watergate Paper 03/19/2012 His/145 Cynthia Grant Watergate Paper By 1968 the unpopularity of Lyndon B. Johnson due to the Vietnam War, ushered in yet another American President, Richard M. Nixon. Thought the United States was in the middle of a cultural revolution the change was welcomed. President Richard Nixon could relate to the average American. A product of the hard working middle class, President Nixon rose to prominence through his own will and determination. While not the ideal time to become the President of the United States of America, President Nixon would project a stern image that supported traditional Values. President Nixon inherited the Vietnam conflict and an economy that was weakening the greatest scandal that would send an American President packing. was about to unfold. An obscure break in at the Democratic National Committee Headquarters in Washington D.C. in 1972 would create one of the most serious crises in the history of the United States Presidency’s. In 1961 we learned that the first presidential debate was televised live so media coverage of the scandal would surely steer up the American People. The Watergate Scandal would occupy the American Nation for the next two years beginning in 1972; and ultimately, in the summer of 1974. On June 17, 1972 police arrested 5 men who had broken into the offices of the Democratic National Committee’s Headquarters and would eventually arrest 2 additional men who were responsible for the break in. The Washington...
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