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Author : Price Waterhouse
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 111 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (847 download)
Download or read book The Competitiveness of European Manufacturing Locations for the Automotive Industry written by Price Waterhouse and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 111 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Oliver Heneric
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3790816442
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (98 download)
Download or read book Europe's Automotive Industry on the Move written by Oliver Heneric and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2006-03-30 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The automotive industry is a major pillar of the modern global economy and one of Europe’s key industries. There can hardly be any doubt about the important role of this sector as an engine for employment, growth and innovation in Europe, and there are crucial challenges and opportunities ahead. The authors shed light on a broad range of issues – globalisation and restructuring, trade and foreign direct investment, innovation, regulation, and industry policy – and put a special focus on the new member states. While change may be inevitable, progress is not. This book shall serve as a map to all stakeholders: business executives and policy makers, investors and scholars.
Author : Peter Sachsenmeier
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3662051958
Total Pages : 346 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (62 download)
Download or read book Challenges Between Competition and Collaboration written by Peter Sachsenmeier and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-03-14 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: European manufacturing industries are changing fast. Amid the pressures of globalisation, emerging markets and shifting geographical patterns of consumption and production, competition and collaboration need to be redefined. The book contains roadmaps for survival in the emerging global competitive arena by and for practitioners, as well as concrete examples and theoretical studies across industries. New forms of cooperation are analysed which combine intensive collaboration with high competition in networks of excellence among suppliers, manufacturers and customers. The success factors for such industrial networks are described in detail, as well as their benefits and potential risks. In a multidisciplinary approach, the book draws on parallels from other fields and disciplines in order to explore the many facets of competition and collaboration.
Author : Glenn Parry
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1848002254
Total Pages : 433 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (48 download)
Download or read book Build To Order written by Glenn Parry and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2008-07-23 with total page 433 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the past 100 years the European Automotive Industry has been repeatedly challenged by best practice. First by the United States, through the development of ‘mass production’ pioneered by Henry Ford and more recently by ‘lean production techniques’ as practised by the leading Japanese producers, particularly Toyota. It has consistently risen to these challenges and has shown it can compete and even outperform its competitors with world-class products. However, the European - dustry is now faced with growing competition and growth from new emerging low-cost countries and needs to re-define its competitive advantage to remain at the forefront of the sector. Automotive growth is driven by two factors, new m- kets and new technologies. Global competition is increasing, with technology and product differentiation becoming the most important sales factors, but with c- tinued cost pressure. Within the market the winners will be more profitable and the losers will disappear. The Automotive Industry makes a significant contribution to the socio-economic fabric of the European Union. Manufacturing output represents €700 billion and research and development spending €24 billion. European automotive suppliers number 5000 member companies and represent 5 million employees and generate €500 billion in revenues. These are significant figures that generate wealth and high value employment within the EU. European firms must consistently improve their competitive position to ensure that the industry does not migrate to growing new markets.
Author : Ray Hudson
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Towards a New Map of Automobile Manufacturing in Europe? written by Ray Hudson and published by Springer. This book was released on 1995-06-20 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is the product of four years of collaborative work within the framework of the European Science Foundation's Regional and Urban Restructuring in Europe (RURE) programme. With one exception, all of the chapters have been prepared by participants in RURE - the exception being that commissioned from Conti and Enrietti on Fiat and Italy to provide a fuller coverage of changes in the main automobile producing companies and countries of Europe. A - perhaps the - central theme around which the RURE programme was conceived is that the restructuring of the production system lies at the heart of the changing map of Europe. Equally, it continues to be the case that the automobile industry lies at the cutting edge of the search for viable new models of production. Some eighty years ago the automobile industry occupied a pivotal position in the transition from craft to mass production - indeed "Fordism" came to denote not just a particular micro-economic model of production organisation in the factory but a macro-scale model of economic development, characterized by a particular pattern of relations between mass production, mass consumption and national state regulation. From the late 1960s, however, it became increasingly clear that Fordism as a macro-scale model of advanced capitalist development was reaching its limits.
Author : Paul Nieuwenhuis
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 111880239X
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (188 download)
Download or read book The Global Automotive Industry written by Paul Nieuwenhuis and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2015-10-12 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The automotive industry is still one of the world's largest manufacturing sectors, but it suffers from being very technology-focused as well as being relatively short-term focused. There is little emphasis within the industry and its consultancy and analyst supply network on the broader social and economic impacts of automobility and of the sector that provides it. The Global Automotive Industry addresses this need and is a first port of call for any academic, official or consultant wanting an overview of the state of the industry. An international team of specialist researchers, both from academia and business, review and analyse the key issues that make vehicle manufacturing still the world’s premier manufacturing sector, closely tied in with the fortunes of both established and newly emerging economies. In doing so, it covers issues related to manufacturing, both established practices as well as new developments; issues relating to distribution, marketing and retail, vehicle technologies and regulatory trends; and, crucially, labour practices and the people who build cars. In all this it explains both how the current situation arose and also likely future trajectories both in terms of social and regulatory trends, as the technological, marketing and labour practice responses to those, leading in many cases to the development of new business models. Key features Provides a global overview of the automotive industry, covering its current state and considering future challenges Contains contributions from international specialists in the automotive sector Presents current research and sets this in an historical and broader industry context Covers threats to the industry, including globalization, economic and environmental sustainability The Global Automotive Industry is a must-have reference for researchers and practitioners in the automotive industry and is an excellent source of information for business schools, governments, and graduate and undergraduate students in automotive engineering.
Author : Dr Christopher Carr
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134987943
Total Pages : 349 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (349 download)
Download or read book Britain's Competitiveness written by Dr Christopher Carr and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2003-09-02 with total page 349 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book addresses the widespread concern regarding British industry's ability to compete internationally. Through an analysis of the UK automotive components sector, the author examines the central issues at the core of the competitiveness debate and outlines why there has been such a widespread and severe decline in the performance of British manufacturing. It draws on findings from visits to thirty British manufacturers and also to thirty overseas manufacturers in Germany, the USA and Japan, matched on a product basis to allow comparisons and a genuine international perspective. The author concludes that competitive decline is due, in part, to a weakness in the strategic management capability of many UK companies, and also to the lack of adequate co-ordination and co-operation between customer and supplier industries. Dr Carr identifies the remaining areas of vulnerability and priorities for action, and finally considers the implications for Britain's overall competitiveness.
Author : Ray Hudson
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 9783642794728
Total Pages : 269 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (947 download)
Download or read book Towards a New Map of Automobile Manufacturing in Europe? written by Ray Hudson and published by Springer. This book was released on 2012-02-12 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is the product of four years of collaborative work within the framework of the European Science Foundation's Regional and Urban Restructuring in Europe (RURE) programme. With one exception, all of the chapters have been prepared by participants in RURE - the exception being that commissioned from Conti and Enrietti on Fiat and Italy to provide a fuller coverage of changes in the main automobile producing companies and countries of Europe. A - perhaps the - central theme around which the RURE programme was conceived is that the restructuring of the production system lies at the heart of the changing map of Europe. Equally, it continues to be the case that the automobile industry lies at the cutting edge of the search for viable new models of production. Some eighty years ago the automobile industry occupied a pivotal position in the transition from craft to mass production - indeed "Fordism" came to denote not just a particular micro-economic model of production organisation in the factory but a macro-scale model of economic development, characterized by a particular pattern of relations between mass production, mass consumption and national state regulation. From the late 1960s, however, it became increasingly clear that Fordism as a macro-scale model of advanced capitalist development was reaching its limits.
Author : Christopher M. Law
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1351663968
Total Pages : 295 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (516 download)
Download or read book Restructuring the Global Automobile Industry written by Christopher M. Law and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2017-07-06 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cover page -- Halftitle page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Title Page -- Copyright page -- Contents -- Figures -- Tables -- Contributors -- Preface -- 1 Motor vehicle manufacturing: the representative industry -- 2 The world automotive industry intransition -- 3 New horizons? The Third World motor vehicle industry in an international framework -- 4 The transformation of the Japanese motor vehicle industry and its role in the world: industrial restructuring and technical evolution -- 5 The impact of Japanese investment in the United States -- 6 Nothing new about Nissan? -- 7 Motor components: locational issues in an international industry -- 8 Vertical integration or disintegration? The case of the UK car parts industry -- 9 Restructuring the Swedish manufacturing industry - the case of the motor vehicle industry -- 10 Subcontracting in the motor industry: a case study in Coventry -- 11 Industrial restructuring and the labour force: the case of Austin Rover in Longbridge, Birmingham -- 12 Policy implications of trends and changes in the vehicle and components industries: the case of the West Midlands -- Bibliography -- Index
Author : Petr Pavlínek
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319539558
Total Pages : 235 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (195 download)
Download or read book Dependent Growth: Foreign Investment and the Development of the Automotive Industry in East-Central Europe written by Petr Pavlínek and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-04-07 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers a critical analysis of recent developments in the automotive industry of East-Central Europe (ECE). Economists, industry specialists and national governments have considered the rapid development of the automotive industry in ECE in the past twenty years an unqualified success. This rapid growth has been based on large inflows of foreign direct investment (FDI) from Western Europe, North America, Japan and South Korea, and it significantly contributed to GDP growth, created thousands of new jobs, and completely transformed the previously existing automotive industry in the region. This volume offers an analysis that goes beyond uncritical celebratory accounts of this rapid growth. It is based on original, detailed firm-level research conducted by the author in Czechia and Slovakia between 2009 and 2015 that covered assembly firms and the networks of component suppliers. Theoretically and conceptually, the analysis will draw on the global production networks and global value chains perspectives. Drawing on the original empirical data and on additional available information, this volume concentrates on several important questions related to the development of the automotive industry in ECE in the 2000s:• The role of FDI in the rapid development of the automotive industry after 1990 and particularly in the 2000s.• The upgrading of the automotive industry in East-Central Europe through FDI• The position of ECE in the automotive industry research and development (R&D)• The effects of the 2008-2009 economic crisis in the automotive industry of ECE.• The role of state in the rapid development of the automotive industry in ECE in the 1990s and 2000s.• The effects of FDI on domestic firms in the form of linkages between foreign-owned and domestic firms and spillovers from foreign-owned to domestic firms.
Author : L. Ciravegna
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137010983
Total Pages : 177 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (37 download)
Download or read book Sustaining Industrial Competitiveness after the Crisis written by L. Ciravegna and published by Springer. This book was released on 2012-05-22 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Adopting a multi-disciplinary approach and using the case of the automotive industry as a starting point this volume discusses how industrial companies can remain competitive in spite of the current economic downturn.
Author : James Michael Laux
Publisher : Twayne Publishers
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book The European Automobile Industry written by James Michael Laux and published by Twayne Publishers. This book was released on 1992 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Laux carefully examines how European factory owners emulated American success in production and sales between the wars, how the postwar market boom chipped away at American dominance of the industry, and how Japanese models in turn began to cut into the world market in the competitive 1980s. In this incisive overview, Laux determines that Europe's most successful automaking firms were generally those which identified a market and offered this market a product at a reasonable price.
Author : A. J. Jacobs
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 303017431X
Total Pages : 449 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (31 download)
Download or read book The Automotive Industry and European Integration written by A. J. Jacobs and published by Springer. This book was released on 2019-08-07 with total page 449 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book chronicles the divergent growth trends in car production in Belgium and Spain. It delves into how European integration, high wages, and the demise of GM and Ford led to plant closings in Belgium. Next, it investigates how lower wages and the expansion strategies of Western European automakers stimulated expansion in the Spanish auto industry. Finally, it offers three alternate scenarios regarding how further EU expansion and Brexit may potentially reshape the geographic footprint of European car production over the next ten years. In sum, this book utilizes history to help expand the knowledge of scholars and policymakers regarding how European integration and Brexit may impact future auto industry investment for all EU nations.
Author : Michael Rawlinson
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1349235261
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (492 download)
Download or read book The New European Automobile Industry written by Michael Rawlinson and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-07-27 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The New European Automobile Industry is about the struggle for survival going on among the assembler and components firms which constitute the European automobile industry. It describes and explains the competitive, structural, organisational and technological changes currently sweeping the industry and outlines the spatial and economic effects of those changes. The empirical core of the book is a study of a number of technology fields in automobile components. These sections draw on the latest research carried out by the authors in Europe through which they evaluate the extent to which lean production techniques have permeated the vehicle assemblers and components industry.
Author : Jana Scharfschwerdt
Publisher : GRIN Verlag
ISBN 13 : 3638424189
Total Pages : 98 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (384 download)
Download or read book FDI in Central Europe: How Companies Organize Production Networks? Applied to a subcontractor to the Automotive Industry written by Jana Scharfschwerdt and published by GRIN Verlag. This book was released on 2005-10-06 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bachelor Thesis from the year 2005 in the subject Business economics - Economic Policy, grade: 1,7, University of Applied Sciences Mainz, course: European Integration, language: English, abstract: If there is a term which can best subsume current trends in development of politics, society and economics it would be globalization. Major drivers of the globalization process are multinational companies (MNCs). The value of their foreign direct investments (FDI), as part of internationalization strategy, has enormously increased in the last decades. This development allows for their continuous strive for competitiveness through opening up new markets or lowering their costs as a result of economies of scale or a beneficial business environment in the target countries. Thereby the degree of international division of labor shows an upward trend underpinned by the increasing permeability of borders in regard to goods, services, capital and people. Above all lower communication barriers facilitate the operation of cross-border production networks. As the thesis will state Central European Countries have experienced a tremendous increase in FDI inflows in the last 10 years which definitely contributed to a faster privatization and deregulation process. Their attractiveness to foreign investors has increased in that way that locations in Central Europe take an important part in the production network of MNCs. The key question of this thesis is: What are the major reasons for multinational companies to invest in Central Europe through foreign direct investment and which role do production networks play for an international company? This question will be examined by regarding the example of Continental AG - a German component supplier to the automotive industry. The hypothesis is first that Continental AG has established a multinational production network. Secondly it is to be proven that locations in Central Europe play a significant role for Continental AG due to cost-based as well as marketbased considerations.
Author : DR. ING. BRUNO HAKE
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 29 pages
Book Rating : 4.L/5 ( download)
Download or read book CONCENTRATION AND COMPETITION IN THE EUROPEAN AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY written by DR. ING. BRUNO HAKE and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 29 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Arthur Francis
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 100088435X
Total Pages : 227 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (8 download)
Download or read book The Competitiveness of European Industry written by Arthur Francis and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-02-28 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1989, The Competitiveness of European Industry helps in developing our understanding of the process of improving and measuring industrial competitiveness. The contributors focus on the competitiveness of European industry. Three main topics are discussed: the concept of competitiveness itself; what can be learned about competitiveness at the level of an individual national economy; and processes and strategies in forms which might contribute to improved competitive performance. The first two papers critically assess concepts and measures of national competitiveness and review the performances of the economies of Britain, France, and the Federal German Republic. Then follow accounts of industrial competitiveness in three smaller economies (Belgium, Switzerland, and Sweden), which develop a series of methods and techniques for the analysis of industrial structures and indicate significant policy implications. The three concluding papers look at the competitiveness of British industry at the firm level, focusing on the strategic changes, the competitive process, and technical innovation. This book will be of interest to policy makers, business school teachers, and researchers in the area of strategy, industrial economics, organization behaviour, and innovation management.
