Bosch

Johannes Bähr; Paul Erker

doi:10.17104/9783406683602

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Copyright year: 2015
ISBN-Print: 978-3-406-68359-6
ISBN-Online: 978-3-406-68360-2
Publisher: C.H.BECK Literatur - Sachbuch - Wissenschaft, München
Language: German
Pages: 704
Product type: Book Titles

Titelei/Inhaltsverzeichnis No access Pages 1 - 10
Introduction No access Pages 11 - 16
1. 1 Robert Bosch – portrait of a founder No access Pages 17 - 32
2. 2 The difficult early years No access Pages 33 - 41
3. 1. The irresistible rise of the Bosch magneto No access
  2. The first regional subsidiaries and the conquest of the U.S. market No access
  3. The transition to a large-scale enterprise and the introduction of the eight-hour working day No access
  4. The strike of 1913 No access
  5. The company on the eve of the First World War No access
4. 1. The war – a turning point No access
  2. Conversion to a stock corporation and establishment of VVB No access
  3. Changing times: Robert Bosch AG and the aftermath of war No access
  4. Organizational development and the evolution of a sense of identity No access
5. 1. Causes, course, and repercussions of the great crisis of 1926 No access
  2. The restructuring of 1926–27 and the resolution of the crisis No access
  3. Trial and tribulation on the way to the diesel injection pump No access
  4. Building up a presence outside Germany and battling for the U.S. market No access
  5. Between sackings and shorter working weeks: Bosch in the Great Depression No access
  6. Power tools, refrigerators, radios, and gas-fired water heaters: the first phase of diversification and the rise of a conglomerate No access
1. 1. The development of the enterprise and its subsidiaries No access
  2. The transformation of Robert Bosch AG into a GmbH No access
2. 1. Robert Bosch AG after the National Socialist assumption of power No access
  2. Clashes and compromises with the NSDAP No access
  3. Between “model company” and “state within the state”: Bosch under wartime totalitarianism No access
3. 1. Jews and people of Jewish descent at Robert Bosch AG and GmbH No access
  2. For the sake of justice and humanity: how the Bosch circle helped Jews No access
  3. Aryanizations: acquiring equity interests and real estate from Jewish ownership No access
4. 1. Bosch and rearmament No access
  2. Emergence and early years of Dreilinden Maschinenbau GmbH No access
  3. From Elektro- und Feinmechanische Industrie GmbH to Trillke-Werke GmbH No access
  4. Concealing operations outside Germany No access
  5. Integration into Germany's wartime economy No access
  6. The last year of the war No access
5. 5 Beyond the bounds of the "Bosch community": forced labor No access Pages 218 - 235
6. 6 The Bosch circle and resistance to Hitler No access Pages 236 - 244
7. 1. The legacy: a family company – with reservations No access
1. 1. Continuities and breaks with the past: the struggle for positions of power within the company No access
  2. Conflicts with the works council No access
  3. The constraints of Allied antitrust legislation: Bosch and its “deconcentration case” (1947–1952) No access
  4. On the brink of a growth crisis: sales figures and corporate financing in a period of tumultuous expansion No access
2. 1. Who decides what the will means? Execution of the will, and the appointment of Robert Bosch Jr. to the board of management (1953–1964) No access
  2. Robert Bosch Industrietreuhand KG and shareholder structure: further development of corporate governance at Bosch (1965–1982) No access
3. 1. Divisionalization, crisis strategies, and corporate management in the Merkle era No access
  2. Monopoly of supply versus collective buying power: Bosch and terms of supply in the pre-López era No access
  3. The challenge of re-entering the U.S. market: stages and problems of the second phase of internationalization No access
  4. The "greener automobile": aspects of an environmental history of Bosch No access
4. 1. Manufacturing organization in times of postwar reconstruction, capacity bottlenecks, and labor shortages No access
  2. Structural adjustment policies, rationalization strategies, and labor conflicts in the 1970s No access
5. 1. The Bosch-Siemens alliance in the household-appliances business No access
  2. The Blaupunkt crisis and attempts to reorganize the German consumer-electronics industry No access
  3. Strategic investments and political machinations: Bosch, MBB, and restructuring in the arms and aviation industries No access
  4. Moving into telecommunications technology: Bosch and the AEG crisis No access
6. 6 Initial conclusions No access Pages 393 - 396
1. 1. Bosch is unstoppable: the dynamics of growth and a new leadership culture No access
  2. From ray of hope to quagmire: development of the communications technology business No access
  3. Bosch in the three major economic regions of the 1980s: Europe – USA – Japan No access
  4. Kaizen auf schwäbisch: CIP and lean production in Bosch manufacturing No access
  5. The great clash of 1993 No access
  6. Upheaval at old-established locations: labor relations and labor conflicts No access
2. 1. Technical strengths: research, development, and innovation No access
  2. Development and acceptance of electronically controlled gasoline injection No access
  3. Vehicle dynamics systems and navigation devices No access
3. 1. Corporate governance and corporate organization No access
  2. Crisis and reorganization: the automotive technology business sector and the perennial problem with loss-making products No access
  3. Diesel injection systems and the diesel boom No access
  4. A fresh phase of diversification: acquisition of Rexroth and Buderus No access
  5. The rediscovery of values: value-driven and values-based management No access
  6. Changes in the parallelogram of forces in corporate governance No access
4. 1. Driving change forward: new strategies and trends No access
  2. Getting the workforce through the crisis intact: Bosch in the financial and economic crisis of 2008–2009 No access
  3. Green Bosch: growth in renewables, losses in the solar business No access
  4. The China boom and growing markets in the other BRIC countries No access
  5. Looking beyond 125 years No access
  6. Final conclusions No access
1. Notes No access Pages 561 - 661
2. Bosch Group headcount and sales revenue (1886–2012) No access Pages 662 - 665
3. List of abbreviations No access Pages 666 - 672
4. Photo credits No access Pages 673 - 673
5. Sources and bibliography No access Pages 674 - 692
6. Index of persons No access Pages 693 - 698
7. Index of companies No access Pages 699 - 703
About the Book No access Pages 704 - 704
About the Authors No access Pages 704 - 704