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Faster, Higher, Farther
eBook - The Inside Story of the Volkswagen Scandal
ISBN/EAN: 9781473541276
Umbreit-Nr.: 4497768
Sprache:
Englisch
Umfang: 464 S., 7.77 MB
Format in cm:
Einband:
Keine Angabe
Erschienen am 23.05.2017
Auflage: 1/2017
E-Book
Format: EPUB
DRM: Adobe DRM
- Zusatztext
- <p><b>A shocking exposé of Volkswagens fraud by the<i>New York Times</i>reporter who covered the scandal.</b></p><p><i><b>Updated with a New Afterword by the Author.</b></i></p><p>When news of Volkswagens clean diesel fraud first broke in September 2015, it sent shockwaves around the world. Overnight, the company long associated with quality, reliability and trust became a universal symbol of greed and deception. Consumers were outraged, investors panicked, the company embarrassed and facing bankruptcy.</p><p>As lawsuits and criminal investigations piled up, by August 2016 VW had settled with American regulators and car-owners for $15 billion, with additional fines and claims still looming.</p><p>In<i>Faster, Higher, Farther</i>, Jack Ewing rips the lid off the scandal. He describes VWs rise from the peoples car during the Nazi era to one of Germanys most prestigious and important global brands, touted for being green. He paints vivid portraits of Volkswagen chairman Ferdinand Piëch and chief executive Martin Winterkorn, arguing that their unremitting ambition drove employees, working feverishly in pursuit of impossible sales targets, to illegal methods.</p><p>With unprecedented access to key players and a ringside seat during the course of the legal proceedings,<i>Faster, Higher, Farther</i>reveals how the succeed-at-all-costs culture prevalent in modern boardrooms led to one of corporate historys farthest-reaching cases of fraudwith potentially devastating consequences.</p><p>As the future of one of the worlds biggest companies remains uncertain, this is the extraordinary story of Volkswagens downfall.</p>
- Kurztext
- A shocking expos of Volkswagen s fraud by the New York Times reporter who covered the scandal.Updated with a New Afterword by the Author.When news of Volkswagen s clean diesel fraud first broke in September 2015, it sent shockwaves around the world. Overnight, the company long associated with quality, reliability and trust became a universal symbol of greed and deception. Consumers were outraged, investors panicked, the company embarrassed and facing bankruptcy.As lawsuits and criminal investigations piled up, by August 2016 VW had settled with American regulators and car-owners for $15 billion, with additional fines and claims still looming.In Faster, Higher, Farther, Jack Ewing rips the lid off the scandal. He describes VW s rise from the people s car during the Nazi era to one of Germany s most prestigious and important global brands, touted for being green. He paints vivid portraits of Volkswagen chairman Ferdinand Pi ch and chief executive Martin Winterkorn, arguing that their unremitting ambition drove employees, working feverishly in pursuit of impossible sales targets, to illegal methods.With unprecedented access to key players and a ringside seat during the course of the legal proceedings, Faster, Higher, Farther reveals how the succeed-at-all-costs culture prevalent in modern boardrooms led to one of corporate history s farthest-reaching cases of fraud with potentially devastating consequences.As the future of one of the world s biggest companies remains uncertain, this is the extraordinary story of Volkswagen s downfall.
- Autorenportrait
- Jack Ewing has been working as a journalist in Germany since 1994, including more than a decade as a correspondent at<i>BusinessWeek</i>magazine. He joined the<i>New York Times</i>in January 2010 as their European economics correspondent, a beat that includes the car industry. He is based in Frankfurt.