Word: marketization
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...alliance of Chrysler and Volkswagen (or Fiat or Renault if VW didn't want to play), with American Motors thrown in to make trucks and utility vehicles. American-designed cars would run on German (or Italian) engines, and joint dealerships around the world would be able to match the market penetration that only GM and Ford had at the time. It was one of Iacocca's typically brash ideas...
Together, Daimler and Chrysler have a good product and market fit, filling in each other's weaknesses. Because of its dependence on North American sales, Chrysler needs greater international exposure for its products. And Daimler could stand to broaden its Mercedes product line with more mass appeal. But how that will play out beyond theory is still unclear...
...sounds, given the stylistic differences between Mercedes and Chryslers, one half of the company can help the other half design cars. For example, it's no secret that Mercedes badly wants a minivan for Europe. Chrysler, with 15 years' expertise in that market, could co-design a platform for a luxurious minivan that its partner could sell in Europe, saving money and adding sales. "They had a minivan going that they won't do now," says Eaton. That is only one of many planned savings, he says, "but we don't want to talk about our product plans right...
...market pressure is intense. Most L.A. TV stations have traffic and news helicopters, each costing an average of $1 million a year to lease. Says Kerry Brock of the Media Studies Center in New York City: "Every 15-minute block in which they attract more viewers than the other stations is a bigger sell to advertisers, a bigger pitch and a lead-in to their next newscast at 4 o'clock or 5 o'clock. They're trying to grab and hold on to the channel surfer." And, she adds, "if you're a television station and don't have...
...more than $40 billion in annual revenues, controlling some 57 million lines in 13 Western and Midwestern states. Only U.S. West now stands between SBC control of nearly three quarters of the U.S. Throw in telecom deregulation that should eventually allow local phone companies to enter the long distance market even as households are adding second and third lines for Internet access, and suddenly San Antonio-based SBC is starting to look an awful lot like the phone company of Lilly Tomlin's dreams. Wall Street was of course pleased with the news, sending Ameritech up $2.43 3/4 in early...