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Author Garuzzo, Giorgio, author.

Title Fiat : the secrets of an epoch / Giorgio Garuzzo ; foreword by Alan Friedman
Published Cham ; New York : Springer, [2014]

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Contents 1 One Hundred Days in Fiat with Carlo De Benedetti (1976) -- 2New Initiatives and Old Problems (1976-1978) -- 3 The Perilous World of Automobile Components (1979-1982) -- 4 A Rather Unattractive Position (1983) -- 5 The Rescue of Iveco (1984-1985) -- 6 The Strength of Iveco (1985-1990) -- 7 Ghidella Is Kicked Out of Fiat Auto and Garuzzo Conquers New Holland (1989-1990) -- 8 The Direzione Generale During the Fiat Auto Crisis (1991-1993) -- 9 The Judicial Issue (1993) -- 10 The Restoration of Cesare Romiti (1993-1994) -- 11 Good Outcomes from the Direzione Generale (1994-1995) -- 12 The Days of the Final Confrontation (1995-1996) -- 13 Epilogue -- 14 Documents
Summary This book is an authentic historical document, supported by extensive analytical information, in which former Fiat top manager Giorgio Garuzzo passionately recounts his experience within Fiat between 1976 and 1996. It is a narrative from the inside that sheds new light on events that have remained cloaked in mystery: the arrival and departure of Carlo De Benedetti, the "march of the forty thousand", the sacking of Vittorio Ghidella, the clashes between Umberto Agnelli and Cesare Romiti, the Group's involvement in the "clean hands" scandal, the role of Gianni Agnelli and his relationships with his brother and Cesare Romiti and the intervention of Mediobanca. Garuzzo discusses the issues connected with the range of cars and marques, touching on major themes of national or international relevance that were unrelated to Fiat but nonetheless conditioned its activities: terrorism and the unmanageability of the factories, inflation, the devaluation of the lira, the role of the trade unions and the General Confederation of Italian Industry, Japanese competition and European integration
Notes "Translation by Alastair McEwen from the Italian language edition: Fiat-- I segreti di un'epoca by Giorgio Garuzzo, Faci editore 2006."
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Garuzzo, Giorgio.
Fiat (Firm) -- History
SUBJECT Fiat (Firm) fast
Subject Automobile industry executives -- Biography
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- General.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries -- General.
Science économique.
Affaires.
Automobile industry executives
Genre/Form autobiographies (literary works)
Autobiographies
Biographies
History
Autobiographies.
Autobiographies.
Form Electronic book
Author McEwen, Alastair, translator
ISBN 9783319047836
3319047833
3319047841
9783319047843