This will have the schedule for Spring 2014. What follows is still tenative. Jump to Detroit Schedule
| Week I | |||
| Mon April 21 | |||
| Morning | Intro to Class | Definitions of “Automotive” Industry | |
| Afternoon | Volti Ch 1-2 | The rise of the market for gasoline cars | |
| Tues Apr 22 | Morning | Volti Ch 3-4 | From Ford to the Detroit Three |
| Afternoon | Monopoly & Oligopoly | Formal Models | |
| Weds Apr 23 | Morning | Volti Ch 5-7 | puzzle: how could Ford and GM legally coordinate pricing? answer: tacit collusion via price leadership |
| Afternoon | Modeling Entry & Exit | Cabral et al 2013 working paper “Competitors, Complementors, Parents and Places.” Paper link (Richmond Fed) here, skip Section 4 |
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| Thurs Apr 24 | Morning | Puzzles: Source and Impact of New Entry | Oil prices, CAFE and the VER |
| Afternoon | Video: A Car is Born | Shortening the Product Cycle | |
| Fri Apr 25 | 10:30am-11:30am | Cars and Popular Culture | Guest Speaker: Tom Wolfe |
| Week II | |||
| Mon Apr 28 | All Day | Bill Vlasic book | |
| Tues Apr 29 | All Day | Bill Vlasic Book | |
| dinner with Mr Cosgrove? | |||
| Weds Apr 30 | All day | Mr. Cosgrove | |
| dinner with Mr Cosgrove | |||
| Thurs May 1 | leave 8:30 am | Visit to Metalsa in Roanoke | meeting likely includes a lunch |
| Afternoon | Debrief with Mr. Cosgrove | ||
| Fri May 2 | Morning | preparations for Detroit | |
| Week III | |||
| Sun | May 4 | 8 am | Leave for Detroit! |
| Mon May 5 | 10:30am-11:30am | Ford World Headquarters | Ellen Hughes-Cromwick, Chief Economist Dennis Tosh, Direct Global Trading and Risk Management |
| 1-4 pm | Federal-Mogul Technical Center | R&D Test Lab | |
| dinner | small groups | In Ann Arbor | |
| Tues May 6 | 10:00 am – Noon | Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago Detroit Branch |
Dr. Paul Traub, Economic Forecasting and Martin Lavelle, Detroit Chapter 9 Bankruptcy |
| 1:30-2:30 | Ford World Headquarters | Felicia Fields, Group VP Human Resources & Corporate Services Mary Anderson, Director, HR Strategy and Organization Development |
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| 3 – ? | explore Detroit | tentative | |
| 7 pm? | Detroit Tigers baseball game | ||
| Wed May 7 | 9:30 am | Heidelberg Project | near the Fed |
| lunch | Detroit Institute of Arts – Diego Rivera mural | flexible | |
| 1-3 pm | University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute | Dr. Bruce Belzowski, Automotive Analysis Group Carrie Morton, Managing Director, Mobility Transformation Center |
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| 6:30 pm | Dave Versical, Jim Treece, J Ferron Automotive News |
Vinsetta Garage, 27799 Woodward Ave, Berkley, MI 48072 | |
| Thurs May 8 | 9:30 am | Ford Rouge Tour & The Henry Ford Museum | not yet confirmed |
| Lunch | flexible | ||
| 1-3 pm | BorgWarner | Developing a New Transmission Product | |
| 3:15 – 4 pm | Brose | The Car as a Package for Electronics | |
| 7:00 pm – ? | Detroit Alumni Reception & presentation Bill Kohler, Clark Hill PLC |
Clark Hill, 500 Woodward Ave #3500, Detroit | |
| Fri May 8 | 8:30 am | Leave Hotel | Lebanese pastries / coffee for early risers?? – no takers… |
| Noon lunch | Toshi Amino (retired EVP) & Scott Whitlock (retired Marysville Assembly Plant managers) Honda Manufacturing of America |
Der Dutchman Restaurant, Plain City, OH | |
| Week IV | |||
| Mon | May 11 | Dinner? | Prof John Heitmann |
| Tues | May 12 | Morning | Prof John Heitmann |
| Tues | May 12 | Lunch | Prof John Heitmann |
| Tues | May 12 | Afternoon | Prof John Heitmann |
| Wed | May 13 | Morning? Afternoon? | skype interviews: car retailing |
| Thur | May 14 | Morning (no afternoon?) | Work on posterThank-you letters; debrief |
| Fri | May 15 | Spring Festival | poster session in Leyburn |
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