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An Investigation Into the Personal Interaction Items Which Best Explain the Variation in Trust Within Automotive Supply Chains

Tolmay, Aletta Sophia - In: International Journal of Information Systems and Supply … 11 (2018) 2, pp. 77-91

The sustainability of automotive component suppliers is under threat due to various global challenges. Literature suggests that only the actual personal relationship can differentiate suppliers within supply chains. Literature further encourages more insight into the conceptualization of...

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Standardization in China: Electric Vehicle Technology as Driver for Change in China's Automotive Standardization

Weithmann, Sabrina - In: International Journal of Standardization Research (IJSR) 14 (2016) 2, pp. 20-32

Electric vehicle (EV) development in China emerged with the 863 program (1986) for high technologies and has received support since the 10th Five Year Plan. While standards were of no particular importance in the early years of EV development, standards have increasingly become subject to...

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Lifecycle analysis for automobiles: Uses and limitations

Gaines, L.; Stodolsky, F. - 2009

There has been a recent trend toward the use of lifecycle analysis (LCA) as a decision-making tool for the automotive industry. However, the different practitioners` methods and assumptions vary widely, as do the interpretations put on the results. The lack of uniformity has been addressed by...

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Developing an improved retail pricing model for Volkswagen of South Africa in a changing competitor environment with special reference to the passenger vehicle market

Van der Merwe, Susan Josina - 2008

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The aim of this research report is to identify the impact of the changes in retail pricing driving forces since the introduction of the Motor Industry Development Programme (MIDP) in 1995, identify the shortcomings and develop an improved retail pricing principle model for...

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Exploring the Evolution of Innovation Networks in Science-driven and Scale-intensive Industries: New Evidence from a Stochastic Actor-based Approach

Buchmann, Tobias; Hain, Daniel; Kudic, Muhamed; … - 2014

Our primary goal is to analyse the drivers of evolutionary network change processes by using a stochastic actor-based simulation approach. We contribute to the literature by combining two unique datasets, concerning the German laser and automotive industry, between 2002 and 2006 to explore...

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Automobile industry of China: past, present and future

Lee, Hyun-Sook; Anderson, Beverlee B. - In: World Review of Entrepreneurship, Management and … 2 (2006) 1/2, pp. 144-160

China is poised to become a major player in world markets in a variety of industries. The government has recently designated the automobile industry as one of the pillars for its economic growth and development. This paper examines the auto industry as it has developed and its potential within...

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The Evolution of Car Sales in S.C. Next Automobile S.A. During the Crisis

Mihaela, Savu; Eugenia, Antonescu; Georgiana, Mîndreci - In: Ovidius University Annals, Economic Sciences Series XII (2012) 2, pp. 511-514

The automotive industry had to withstand the effects of the economic crisis, a fact underlined by the automobile production which had a volume decrease between 2008 and 2009. The same situation occurred on the car market in Romania, with the difference that the decline began in 2009 and it has...

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The Effects of the Global Recession on the Work Restructuring Levels Of Managers in the South African Automotive Industry

Paddey, Michelle; Rousseau, Gideon Gabriel - In: South African Journal of Economic and Management Sciences 14 (2011) 3, pp. 346-360

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A multi-tier study on supply chain flexibility in the automotive industry

Thomé, Antonio Márcio T.; Scavarda, Luiz Felipe; … - In: International Journal of Production Economics 158 (2014) C, pp. 91-105

concept of supply chain flexibility (SCF). Although there has been considerable academic progress on SCF, most of the previous … research framework that scrutinises the relationships between SC contextual constraints and flexibility types. The study took … such as sourcing, relational, delivery, postponement, new product and responsiveness influenced the SC׳s flexibility …

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INFLUENCE OF AUTOMOTIVE CLUSTERS IN REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT

BORDEI, Constantin - In: SEA - Practical Application of Science (2014) 5, pp. 149-158

This paper proposes an overview of the evolution in the automotive sector in the process of regional development. The fundamental changes made by the component supplier sector improved the regional development and manufacturing process. Automotive industry is one of the modern sectors in many...

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