Uma contribuição para o debate sobre a globalização na indústria automobilística internacional

The general aim of this work is to contribute to the discussion of the globalization process in the international automobile industry. It must be pointed out, however, that it has an exploratory character. Specifically, we will approach 1) the general basic characteristics of the globalization process in the international automobile industry; 2) some chosen aspects from the processes of internationalization of the western (mainly the North American) and the Japanese car assemblers and 3) the yet relatively restrict process of the R&D internationalization in this industrial sector.