Follow this link to an article by Jeffrey A. Sonnenfeld in Business Week.

I do not know enough to be able to attest to the quality of the analysis.  However, it does resonate with a question that came to mind yesterday.  That question being, “If GM was taken down by its disastrous labor agreements with the UAW, then how come Ford is doing OK with the same labor contracts?”

In passing, the article does allude to some things that Ford did differently from General Motors that account for its avoiding some of what has driven GM to the brink.