In little more than a decade, Lexus came out of nowhere and established itself as one of the world's preeminent luxury carmakers. Covering this largely untold business blockbuster success, Lexus is an in-depth narrative describing the manufacturing, marketing, and mystique of one of the premier global auto brands, Toyota Motor Corporation's Lexus luxury division. The book draws on first-hand interviews with major players inside the automaker, explaining how the company combined smart branding, ingenuity, and high-quality Japanese engineering to build an excellent reputation-and a high level of…mehr
In little more than a decade, Lexus came out of nowhere and established itself as one of the world's preeminent luxury carmakers. Covering this largely untold business blockbuster success, Lexus is an in-depth narrative describing the manufacturing, marketing, and mystique of one of the premier global auto brands, Toyota Motor Corporation's Lexus luxury division. The book draws on first-hand interviews with major players inside the automaker, explaining how the company combined smart branding, ingenuity, and high-quality Japanese engineering to build an excellent reputation-and a high level of customer loyalty. For marketing managers and auto industry insiders, Lexus shows how one carmaker did it right.
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Chester C. Dawson III is an editor at BusinessWeek magazine's headquarters in New York and a frequent contributor to the magazine's automotive industry coverage. Previously, he spent ten years in Tokyo covering Japan Inc.'s "lost decade" for BusinessWeek, Far Eastern Economic Review, The Associated Press and Bloomberg News. He graduated with a M.A. degree from Harvard University in 1993 and earned his B.A. at Ohio University the previous year after spending his junior year abroad at Sophia University in Tokyo.
Inhaltsangabe
From the contents: Introduction. Foreword. Chapter 1: The Toyoda Way. Chapter 2: Searching for Bobos. Chapter 3: Deus ex machina. Chapter 4: "From Tahara to the World!" Chapter 5: The Lexus Covenant. Chapter 6: Zen and the Art of Automobile Maintenance. Chapter 7: Something Wicked This Way Comes. Chapter 8: Lexus Nation. Epilogue. Appendix. Index
Introduction and Acknowledgments xi Foreword xvii By Erwin Lui Creative Innovation Studio Manager Calty Design Research, Inc. Chapter One The Toyoda Way 1 Chapter Two Searching for Bobos 31 Chapter Three Deus Ex Machina 49 Chapter Four From Tahara to the World! 69 Chapter Five The Lexus Covenant 87 Chapter Six Zen and the Art of Automobile Maintenance 109 Chapter Seven Something Wicked This Way Comes 137 Chapter Eight Lexus Nation 159 Epilogue 177 Afterword 189 Coda 219 By Hisao Inoue Journalist and Author of Toyota Shock (Kodansha: 2009) Appendix: The Lexus Lineage (1990-2011) 235 Endnotes 239 Index 275
From the contents: Introduction. Foreword. Chapter 1: The Toyoda Way. Chapter 2: Searching for Bobos. Chapter 3: Deus ex machina. Chapter 4: "From Tahara to the World!" Chapter 5: The Lexus Covenant. Chapter 6: Zen and the Art of Automobile Maintenance. Chapter 7: Something Wicked This Way Comes. Chapter 8: Lexus Nation. Epilogue. Appendix. Index
Introduction and Acknowledgments xi Foreword xvii By Erwin Lui Creative Innovation Studio Manager Calty Design Research, Inc. Chapter One The Toyoda Way 1 Chapter Two Searching for Bobos 31 Chapter Three Deus Ex Machina 49 Chapter Four From Tahara to the World! 69 Chapter Five The Lexus Covenant 87 Chapter Six Zen and the Art of Automobile Maintenance 109 Chapter Seven Something Wicked This Way Comes 137 Chapter Eight Lexus Nation 159 Epilogue 177 Afterword 189 Coda 219 By Hisao Inoue Journalist and Author of Toyota Shock (Kodansha: 2009) Appendix: The Lexus Lineage (1990-2011) 235 Endnotes 239 Index 275
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