Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Posted
10:50 AM
by Gene
[T]he tight control exercised from company headquarters in Toyota City, outside of Nagoya, led the company into a series of disastrous miscalculations, critics say.
"They let Americans do what they do best, advertising and services , and in that area they left us alone," said Laurence Boland, who left Toyota in 1995 after a 25-year career at the automaker's sales organization based in Torrance. "But when it came to money and technical matters, they kept the control in Japan." [Emphasis added] Shrewd. Who ever thought the Japanese could have a breakdown?
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