Restructuring the Global Automobile Industry

by Law, Christopher M.

• ISBN13: 9780415047128
• ISBN10: 0415047129
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1991-08-01
• Publisher: Routledge

Table of Contents

List of figures
List of tables
Notes on contributors
Preface
Motor vehicle manufacturing: the representative industry	p. 1
The world automotive industry in transition	p. 19
New horizons? The Third World motor vehicle industry in an international framework	p. 61
The transformation of the Japanese motor vehicle industry and its role in the world: industrial restructuring and technical evolution	p. 88
The impact of Japanese investment in the United States	p. 114
Nothing new about Nissan?	p. 143
Motor components: locational issues in an international industry	p. 156
Vertical integration or disintegration? The case of the UK car parts industry	p. 169
Restructuring the Swedish manufacturing industry--the case of the motor vehicle industry	p. 200
Subcontracting in the motor industry: a case study in Coventry	p. 215
Industrial restructuring and the labour force: the case of Austin Rover in Longbridge, Birmingham	p. 231
Policy implications of trends and changes in the vehicle and components industries: the case of the West Midlands	p. 251
Bibliography	p. 263
Index	p. 275
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