Im Blickfeld dieser Studie stand die wirtschaftliche Bedeutung der Automobilindustrie in Deutschland im langfristigen internationalen Vergleich: Einerseits ihr Beitrag zu Wertschöpfung, Beschäftigung, Investitionen und Außenhandel, zum anderen ihre Bedeutung für den Forschungs- und...

Globalization has led to exciting new business opportunities around the globe. Still, national and cultural boundaries have not evaporated into a borderless world.ʺ Several studies have identified so-called liabilities of foreignness that arise from a lack of embeddedness and roots in the host...

The automotive industry is a major pillar of the modern global economy and one of Europe’s key industries. There can hardly be any doubt about the important role of this sector as an engine for employment, growth and innovation in Europe, and there are crucial challenges and opportunities...

The chapter presents a broad picture of the European automotive industry and seeks to determine how competitive it is internationally and which are the sources of its competitiveness. Competitiveness is defined as the ability of an industrial sector to defend and/or gain market share in open,...

Globalization has led to exciting new business opportunities around the globe. Still, national and cultural boundaries have not evaporated into a "borderless world." Several studies have identified so-called liabilities of foreignness that arise from a lack of embeddedness and roots in the host...

The automotive industry is a major pillar of the modern global economy and one of Europe's key industries. There can hardly be any doubt about the important role of this sector as an engine for employment, growth and innovation in Europe, and there are crucial challenges and opportunities ahead....