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Loser culture

Why are the U.S.-owned car companies so bad?  Presumably the reason is ingrained corporate culture.  They spent decades as oligopolists, protected from foreign competition because World War II had leveled the rest of the industrial world.  Plus, barriers to entry in the car business prevented domestic turnover a la Microsoft supplanting IBM.  By the time significant foreign competition arrived in the 1970s it was too late - the corporate culture had ossified beyond repair.

Full post as published by Start Making Sense on December 01, 2008 (boomark / email).