Word: profited
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Oldsmobile's four-door luxury sedan, the Aurora -- the industry's first direct aim at the Lexus -- and Ford's front-wheel-drive minivan, the Windstar. But each American automaker still has tough work to do. Chrysler must overcome a reputation for spotty quality; Ford must pump up its profit margins after years of cutting prices to increase volume; and GM, of course, must find ways to turn out new products and restore solid profitability at the same time...
...plumbing. Now these executives act within hours on issues that might previously have taken weeks or months to be resolved -- if ever. Some major topics: Saturn's no-nonsense pay- what's-on-the-sticker pricing; a leasing campaign specially aimed at the California market, a fast exit from profit-draining rental discounts. Even smaller requests get a speedy response. A third shift at a Canadian truck plant? Four engineers needed for a special project? Done...
...management of a for-profit firm will be more responsive to our input," Upson said...
Perspective, November 1993, Vol. 10, No. 8: On page 4, a clip in the "Salmagundi" section discusses the case of Woburn Vending's sexist pinball game, "Machine: Bride of Pinbot." The editors wonder, "...what other types of conduct Woburn Vending would justify based on its profit potential. 'Machine: Club of the Sealbot,' anyone?" Of course, Perspective would be even more horrified by Machine: Final Club of the Cool People...
Pagan, who was formerly a not-for-profit developer of housing for the homeless, is unapologetic. "I'm a liberal," he says. "We're not feeling guilty...