I begin teaching a 4-week-long auto industry seminar today; David Ruggles, this site's co-blogger, visits at the end of the week. For the syllabus etc go to the Econ 244 course web site http://econ244.academic.wlu.edu. I do not yet have detailed course readings, but will post my own economist's guide to the industry over the next 2-3 days. ...mike smitka...
Monday, April 22, 2013
Sunday, April 21, 2013
Costs in the Japanese auto industry
...it's not just OEMs...
Monday I was at the award ceremony for the Automotive News PACE Supplier of the Year competition, for which I've been a judge for the past 19 years; more on that in a later post. On Friday (19 April) I spoke on the Japanese auto industry at an UMTRI conference in Ann Arbor, Michigan. One data point was an overview of the industry; since I begin a new (4-week) term tomorrow (22 April), let me elaborate as indirect class preparation.
Thursday, April 4, 2013
auto industry picking up
Smitka and Ruggles are keeping busy with auto industry functions. The posts of Ruggles reflect on occasion discussions at one or another specialized industry conference – publications in auto dealership finance and so on make a goodly part of their revenue from running events that bring vendors and industry participants together. [We really ought to do an entry or two on the publication/conference niche!] He also is active in a variety of consulting activities with (varying across time) financial institutions, dealerships, specialized leasing businesses and even OEMs.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)