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Thailand's automotive manufacturing corridor
Warr, Peter George; Kohpaiboon, Archanun - 2017
Thailand's export-oriented automotive industry is a recognized economic success story. How did it happen and what lessons might other countries draw? This paper argues that the success of the industry was based on three factors. First was the substantial public investment in port facilities and...
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Dissecting global value chains : evidence from the global automotive industry
Bisztray, Márta - 2021
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,...
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Trust, competition and innovation : theory and evidence from German car manufacturers
Calzolari, Giacomo; Felli, Leonardo; Koenen, Johannes; … - 2015
We develop a simple theoretical model of a long term buyer-supplier relationship with non-contractible buyer specific R&D investment, and derive predictions on the effects of trust and competition on suppliers' investment and buyers' procurement strategies. We address these issues empirically...
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Competition and trust : evidence from German car manufacturers
Felli, Leonardo; Koenen, Johannes; Stahl, Konrad - 2011
We explore the determinants and effects of trust relationships between upstream suppliers and downstream producers. Using unique survey data on individual supplier-buyer relationships in the German automotive industry, we show, by means of different measures of supplier-buyer trust, that higher...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009424126
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Competition and trust : evidence from German car manufacturers
Felli, Leonardo; Koenen, Johannes; Stahl, Konrad - 2011
We explore the determinants and effects of trust relationships between upstream suppliers and downstream producers. Using unique survey data on individual supplier-buyer relationships in the German automotive industry, we show, by means of different measures of supplier-buyer trust, that higher...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009010507
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Market leadership in the Brazilian automotive industry : the case of Marcopolo
Cavalcante, Luiz Ricardo; Araújo, Bruno César Pino … - 2013
The aim of this paper is to analyze the factors that explain the market leadership of a Brazilian bus bodywork manufacturer (Marcopolo). From a methodological point of view, the paper is a case study based on a bibliographic review and in-depth interviews.The underlying hypothesis is that some...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010244150
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Market leadership in the Brazilian automotive industry : the case of Marcopolo
Cavalcante, Luiz Ricardo Mattos Teixeira; Araújo, … - 2015
The aim of this paper is to analyze the factors that explain the industrial leadership of a Brazilian bus bodywork manufacturer (Marcopolo). From a methodological point of view, the paper was a case study based on bibliographic review and on in-depth interviews. The underlying hypothesis is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012056943
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Innovation (and upgrading) in the automobile industry : the case of India
Ray, Saon; Miglani, Smita - 2016
the case of India. The aim is to explore the relation between lead firms, particularly MNCs, and the extent to they have … countries, especially China. In contrast to China, India has relied more on home-grown lead firms to propel its industry. A …-to-end production, India has become an assembly hub for large cars and manufacturing hub for small cars. This is due to the fact that …
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Upgrading in the Indian automobile sector : the role of lead firms
Ray, Saon; Miglani, Smita - 2018
This paper has made an attempt to identify the role of lead firms in mapping the activities related to upgrading. Upgrading refers to the process through which firms may move up the value chain. The literature identifies different types of upgrading such as product, process, functional and...
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Impact of the ASEAN economic community on ASEAN production networks
Kornkarun Cheewatrakoolpong; Sabhasri, Chayodom; … - 2013
Empirical evidence suggests that the emergence of international production networks in East Asia results from market-driven forces such as vertical specialization and higher production costs in the home countries and institutional-led reasons such as free trade agreements. The growth in trade in...
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