The paper opens by mapping the changes in the global auto industry in the 1990s, showing how the rapid growth in sales and production between 1990 and 1997 came largely from the emerging markets rather than the Triad regions (North America, the European Union and Japan). However, for some of...

Firms operating with foreign collaborations (FCA units) have been facing a high degree of dependence on the parent MNEs (Multi-national Enterprises) compared to their local counterparts (Non-FAC units) owing to reasons like larger imports of raw materials, machinery, equipments and spares by...

The potential restructuring of global value chains (GVCs) is a widely discussed question in current debates. At the same time, a proper way of capturing these value chains is challenging. This paper focuses on the automotive industry, using detailed data on firm-to-firm transactions in Hungary,...

Objective: The objective of the article is to reveal the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on the businesses in the European automotive sector, with a special focus on Central and Eastern Europe. The further objective is to identify how these effects relate to the ongoing transformational...

Transnational corporations are oligopolistic firms engaged in strategic games designed to enhance their market share at the expense of their rivals. They benefit from having governments see them as insiders within a regional market, and their rivals as outsiders. This article hypothesizes that...

This paper examines the production and political responses of the Big Three auto assemblers to the penetration of the North American market by Japanese auto assemblers over the 1955-95 period, using the technological competition model to analyze three successive challenges faced by the Big...

Purpose - This paper aims to articulate determinants of inter-organizational cooperation based on to the extent to which inter-organizational tasks are related to product development and production processes.Design/Methodology - This research conducted OLS regression analysis based on the data...

Purpose – This study is to investigate the determinants of suppliers' dependence on buyers in the home country by developing a theoretical model of innovative activities. The high dependence of auto parts suppliers on a single local buyer in South Korea due to firm ownership issues and...