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Factors Behind International Relocation and Changes in Production Geography in the European Automobile Components Industry
Lampón, Jesús; Lago-Peñas, Santiago - 2013
This article analyses business strategies in the automobile sector to determine the key factors behind production relocation processes in automobile components suppliers. These factors help explain changes in production geography in the sector not only in terms of location advantages but also...
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Eurasian Integration and Its Institutions : Possible Contributions to Security in Eurasia
Vinokurov, Evgeny; Libman, Alexander - 2017
The authors turn to the large family of institutions that came into existence in post-Soviet Eurasia (and, in some ways, beyond it) over the last two decades. The researchers review their current state, agenda, real and perceived mandate, and their respective achievements and constraints. The...
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Strategic Alliances in Container Lines
Nistor, Filip - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
The container-shipping industry's poor performance in 2011 and its continued struggles in 2012 are primarily the result … present how the global rates in container industry had dropped as the carriers added ships in anticipation of an economic … recovery, causing overcapacity. Container lines began cutting capacity and raising rates to restore profitability. The article …
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Automotive Industry Response to its Global QMS Standard ISO/TS-16949
Singh, Neelam - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
With increasing globalization, the intense competition and customer-pressure have spurred many producers from developing/ emerging countries to adopt the best management and organizational practices. The quality issues are paramount for automotive manufacturing. The multiplicity of Quality...
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The link between gasoline prices and vehicle sales:economic theory trumps conventional Detroit wisdom
McManus, Walter - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007
This paper examines the link between fuel prices and sales of cars and trucks. U.S. automakers have long denied that such a link exists. One source of this false belief is an obsession with the crude count of units sold, equating Hummers with Minis. Another source is the conventional...
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Futuros da indústria automóvel: Qual a sua importância para a definição do produto, modelos de produção e estratégias de mobilidade?
Moniz, António - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007
Some programs and research networks are dealing with topics associated to the automtive sector and they observe one of the most significative sectores of modern economies. Because of that is so interesting to forecast some possible changes in an horizon of 10 to 20 years. But this exercse must...
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Resultados provisórios do exercício Delphi WorTiS (1ª fase)
Moniz, António - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2004
In this working paper are present the main provisional results of the first round of a Delphi survey held in Portugal on the automotive sector. It was done under the WorTiS project, developed by IET – Research Centre on Enterprise and Work Innovation, and financed by the Portuguese Ministry of...
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Kompetenzaufteilung in konzerninternen Netzwerken der Automobilindustrie: Chance für Standort und Region?
Winter, Johannes - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2006
an analysis of the Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles group which is the market leader in Western Europe within the segment … corporate competencies. By means of FDI and local efforts, selected locations in Central Eastern Europe – among them Poland …
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Novos Modelos de Produção na Indústria Automóvel Algumas Interrogações
Moniz, António; Machado, Tiago - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2001
Taking into account the global trends towards vertical de-integration and functional integration, the WorTiS project is expected to be able to determine to what extent the Portuguese automobile industry is experiencing far-reaching changes as far as innovative (post-fordist) work systems are...
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Outward FDI and Knowledge Flows: A Study of the Indian Automotive Sector
Pradhan, Jaya Prakash; Singh, Neelam - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
In recent years developing countries have emerged as significant participants in the OFDI (outward foreign direct investment) activities having the strategic asset seeking motive. Such OFDI which is assets exploiting cum augmenting involves potential two way cross border knowledge flows. This...
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