In this paper we will, based on both quantitave and qualitative data, examine the following questions: On the inter-organisational level, which effects on inter-firm relations are to be expected? Given the lead role of procurement technologies in the automotive supplier industry, what effects...

Since around a decade, the automobile industry is undergoing a dramatic turnaround. New strategies for marketing and producing are considered as trigger pulses for the emergence of different inter-firm relations between customers and suppliers in the car industry's production complex. The...

1. Introduction to Automotive Disruption and the Urban Mobility Revolution -- 2. Characterization of the Automotive Industry -- 3. Elements of the Automotive Disruption -- 4. Urban Mobility Revolution: A Quantitative Analysis -- 5. Business Model 2030: A Metamorphosis of the Automotive Landscape...

Over the past two decades Wales has been quite successful in developing industrial clusters inautomotive components and electronics, but is still relatively weak in areas thought important tolong term manufacturing competitiveness, notably Research and Development (R&D). Thispaper examines...