Restructuring the global automobile industry : national and regional impacts

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Restructuring the global automobile industry : national and regional impacts

edited by Christopher M. Law

Routledge, 1991

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"The origin of this book lies in a session of the Institute of British Geographers' Industrial Activity and Area Development Study Group held at the annual conference in January 1989" --Pref

Bibliography: p. [263]-274

Includes index

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The motor industry has undergone a period of rapid and far-reaching change. The restructuring of the world economy and technological change have led to new patterns of automobile production, distribution and consumption. "Restructuring the Global Automobile Industry" examines the implications of these changes at world, national and local levels. The motor industry has often been representative of wider patterns of industrial change - hence the widespread adoption of the term "Fordism". This is borne out by recent trends. Japanese firms have become major players and this has been reflected in their level of foreign direct investment. But "Japanization" has also had an impact on companies of European or North American origin as the adoption of flexible working practices and "just-in-time" techniques have become commonplace. "Restructuring the Global Automobile Industry" brings together the work of North American, European and Japanese geographers, economists and sociologists, and includes perspectives from the components industry, the shop floor experience and local economic policy making. This book should be of interest to lecturers and students of geography, industrial studies and business/management studies.

目次

  • Chapter One: Motor Vehicle Manufacturing: The Representative Industry Chris Law
  • Chapter Two: The World Automotive Industry Gerald Bloomfield
  • Chapter Three: New Horizons: The Third World Motor Vehicle Industry in Transition Robert Gwyne
  • Chapter 4: The Transformation of the Japanese Motor Vehicle Industry and its Role in the World: Industrial Restructuring and Technical Evolution Yasuo Miyakawa
  • Chapter 5: The Impact of Japanese Investment in the USA James Rubenstein
  • Chapter 6: Nothing New About Nissan? Philip Garrahan and Paul Stewart
  • Chapter 7: Motor Components: Location Issues in an International Industry David Froggatt
  • Chapter 8: Vertical Integration or Disintegration? The Case of the UK Car Parts Industry Ash Amin and Ian Smith
  • Chapter 9: Restructuring Swedish Manufacturing Industry - The Case of the Motor Vehicle Industry Anders Malmberg
  • Chapter 10: Subcontracting in the Motor Industry: a Case Study of Coventry Mike Rawlinson
  • Chapter 11: Industrial Restructuring and the Labour Force: The Case of Austin Rover in Longbridge, Birmingham Dennis Smith
  • Chapter 12: Policy Implications for the West Midlands in Trends and Changes in the Motor Vehicle and Component Industries David Elliot and Patrick Gray.

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