1. Why a book on corporate resilience? -- Management or context? -- Crises in the auto industry -- 2. The evolution of a global industry -- Early history and evolution -- 1950s-1960s -- The 1970s-1980s : oil shocks and imports from Japan -- The 1990s : lean production, mergers and acquisitions -- 2000-2010 : platforms and the rise of emerging markets -- 2010 onwards : global sales patterns and new technology -- 3. Competing in a global industry -- Ford : the birth of mass production -- GM : the multi-brand enterprise -- Toyota : the birth of lean production -- VW : platforms and brands -- Evolving performance frontiers, converging practices -- 4. Concepts : stakeholders, operations and context -- Stakeholder relations -- Operational effectiveness -- Joining it up : the management system -- The context of the auto industry -- An integrated model of firm survival and failure -- The "survival envelope" -- 5. Rover : inside a failing car company -- Historical overview -- 1968-1975 : The early years of the conglomerate -- 1975-1987 : state ownership -- 1987-1994 : privatization and BAe -- 1994-2000 : BMW -- 2000-2005 : Phoenix -- Analysis -- 6. The failure of Saab Automobile -- Early car production -- Saab cars in the 1970s and the 1980s -- Enter General Motors -- The global financial crisis -- Spyker -- Post bankruptcy : NEVS -- Analysis : lessons from Saab? -- 7. Near misses : Chrysler and Nissan -- Chrysler : the comeback kid -- Nissan : the power of alliance -- Overview of crises -- 8. The future shape of the industry -- Why do auto firms get into crisis? -- How do auto firms survive crisis? -- Implications for the future shape of the auto industry -- Will electrification radically disrupt the auto industry? -- Final thoughts.