ANN ARBOR—With bankruptcy looming for General Motors, experts at the University of Michigan are available to lend insights. They include:

• Bruce Belzowski, associate director of the Automotive Analysis Division at the U-M Transportation Research Institute, is an authority on the North American and global auto industry and a consultant to car manufacturers, suppliers and dealers. He can be reached at (734) 936-2704 or bbl@umich.edu.
• Sreedhar Bharath, assistant professor of finance at the Ross School of Business, is an expert on corporate bankruptcy, mergers and acquisitions, capital structure, stock return volatility and pricing and contracting debt securities. He can be reached at (734) 763-0485 or sbharath@umich.edu.
• Don Grimes, senior research economist at the Institute for Research on Labor, Employment, and the Economy, can discuss the economic impact of the auto industry. He can be reached at (941) 330-5973 or dgrimes@umich.edu.
• David Lewis, professor emeritus of business history at the Ross School of Business, is an authority on automotive history, especially Ford Motor Co. He worked for both Ford and General Motors in the 1950s and ’60s. He can be reached at (734) 663-0199 or lewisdl@umich.edu.
• Walter McManus, director of the Automotive Analysis Division at the U-M Transportation Research Institute, is an expert on the impact of government corporate average fuel economy standards on the automotive industry. He can be reached at (734) 615-6743 or watsmcm@umich.edu.
• Gerald Meyers, professor of management and organizations at the Ross School of Business, is former CEO of American Motors Corp. and former executive at Chrysler Corp. and Ford Motor Co. He can be reached at (248) 851-6834 or gmprof@umich.edu.
• John Pottow, professor of law, is an expert in bankruptcy and commercial law. He can be reached at (734) 647-3736 or pottow@umich.edu.
• Nejat Seyhun, professor of finance at the Ross School of Business, is an authority on corporate finance, shareholder interest, executive compensation and managerial overconfidence. He can be reached at (734) 763-5463 or nseyhun@umich.edu.
• Noel Tichy, professor of management and organizations at the Ross School of Business, is an expert on organizational structure and design, corporate leadership and management styles. He can be reached at (734) 764-5134 or tichy@umich.edu.
• Marina Whitman, professor of business administration and public policy at the Ross School of Business, specializes in international trade and investment, the changing role of U.S. multinational corporations and global corporate social responsibility. She is a former chief economist and vice president at General Motors Corp. She can be reached at (734) 763-4173 or marina@umich.edu.
• Martin Zimmerman, the Ford Motor Company Clinical Professor of Business Administration at the Ross School of Business, is an authority on energy policy, government regulation of business and economic developments in the automotive industry. He is a former chief economist at Ford Motor Co. and can be reached at (734) 615-7234 or mbzimmer@umich.edu.