Question

 I will be comparing a 2018 Chevy Equinox vs. 2018 Ford Escape. My research question is as followed; "How does gas mileage depend on the weight, size of the vehicle, engine size, and seating capacity of the vehicle?" Submit a Research Proposal for instructor approval that includes your main variables, any control variables, how they are labeled, what your value ranges are, your specific data source, and your tentative research question.

Answer 1

Ford has gone through many evolutions since its humble

beginnings on June 16, 1903.1 Henry Ford began this

corporation, now synonymous with the assembly line,

the Industrial Revolution, and the American Dream,

with 11 business associates and $28,000 in capital.2 Ford

Motor Company continued along with minimal leadership

problems until the death of its president, Edsel Ford,

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in 1943. Intense dissension about who should succeed

Edsel Ford continued until Henry Ford, at the age of 79,

returned from retirement to lead the company. For the

next two years under Henry Ford the company operated

with massive losses of $10 million dollars per month.3

Finally, in 1945, Henry Ford was forced to step down and

Henry Ford II assumed the role of president.4 Henry Ford

II managed to successfully maneuver the company back

to productivity and empowered Robert McNamara and

his group (planning and financial analysis) to transform

Ford’s leadership style from a tyrannical dictatorship to a

“powerful, professional oligarchy.”5 Over the next 20 years,

Ford Motor Company’s presidents and CEOs turned over

13 times.6 The current CEO, Alan Mulally, was appointed

in September 2006 to take over for William Clay Ford, Jr.,

who had served as both president and CEO since 2001.

William Clay Ford, Jr., led Ford Motor Company to three

straight years of profitability followed by a sharp decrease

in profits marked by a $1.44 billion loss in the first half

of 2006.7 These losses motivated Ford Motor Company

to search for a new CEO from outside the industry, Alan

Mulally, formerly of Boeing Corporation. Mulally stood

out as a qualified successor because he demonstrated the

leadership skills Ford had established many years ago as