Francis Cianfrocca
The often-repeated misquote of General Motors President Charles Wilson, “What is good for General Motors is good for the country,” was a sound bite in the fifties that epitomized the arrogance of America’s mighty industrial complex. It was said at a time when GM, Ford, and Chrysler wer...
In 2014 General Motors Company (GM) recalled more than 2.6 million automobiles to replace a defective ignition switch that had been implicated in more than a dozen deaths. Despite early problems with the switch, it took GM almost 11years to initiate the recall. The recall announcement led to ...
Only the last is more important in low than high income countries.doi:10.2139/ssrn.641803Kathy FogelRandall K. MorckBernard Yin YeungSSRN Electronic JournalFogel, Kathy, Randall Morck, and Bernard Yeung, 2005, Corporate stability and economic growth: Is what's good for General Motors good for ...
General Motors is an American multinational automobile designer and manufacturer. It was the world’s largest automaker for 76 years before filing for bankruptcy in 2009. General Motors was exposed in the wake of the GFC as rising gas prices saw consumers look elsewhere for fuel-efficient cars. ...
General Motors Company (GM) closed at $33.06 in the latest trading session, marking a +1.47% move from the prior day. This change outpaced the S&P 500's 0.4% gain on the day. Elsewhere, the Dow gained 0.13%, while the tech-hea
Mary Barra, chair and CEO of General Motors Mary Barra is a successful entrepreneur who became the first female leader of a popular automaker in the U.S. when she was named the chair and CEO of General Motors in 2014. Barra's leadership style enables empowerment for her employees and gives...
(2011) NASA and General Motors collaborate to send Robonaut 2, a humanesque robotic assistant, into space on space shuttle Discovery. The robot becomes a permanent resident of the International Space Station. (2013) Boston Dynamics releases Atlas, a humanoid biped robot that uses 28 hydraulic joi...
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June 21, 1948.Tom Kilburn, a computer scientist, writes the world's first piece of software for the Manchester Baby computer at the University of Manchester in England. Early 1950s.General Motors creates the first OS, for the IBM 701 Electronic Data Processing Machine. It is called General ...