The impressive and sustained growth of India's automobile industry in recent years has catapulted it into the league of the world's top-seven producers of four-wheelers. In the past decade, its exports have surged more than 25 percent a year on average. The turning point was arguably the 1991...

Society's concern over the negative impact of business activities on the naturalenvironment has significantly increased and, as a result, environmental regulationshave grown considerably both in number and scope. As these policies affectbusinesses and their competitive environment, firms are...

The aim of this paper is to study the evolution of the trust in the relationships between carmakers and their suppliers. The importance of the trust for the good performance of the relation has been recognized in the economic literature, but now is considerated a vital aspect. We use the Lewicki...

The goal of this research is to investigate the impact of marketing mix strategies on companies’ profitability in the automotive industry in France. Therefore we will be able, by establishing the relationship between the efforts of the implementation of marketing mix strategies and their...

The demand for energy keeps growing and new energy vehicles represent the future direction of the automotive industry over the next decade. Renewable energy sources provide a strong contribution to greenhouse gas emission reduction. New developments in hybrid, EV or alternative fueled vehicles,...

The objective of this thesis is to investigate the potential contribution of transnational corporations (TNC) to the upgrading of systems of innovation in late-industrialising countries. This study looks specifically at TNC-affiliierter in Thailand’s manufacturing sector and compares them with...

This paper is based on research from an in-progress project on the effect ofglobalization on competition and jobs in the automotive industry.3 Its purpose is to gain aclearer picture of the emerging economic geography of automobile production. The projecthas found that automakers and their Tier...

Artículo de revista ; In an attempt to rebalance trade with China, the United States administration decided in early 2018 to introduce a series of protectionist measures affecting certain imports in particular. This gave rise to an escalation of US-China trade tensions. The new tariffs have...

Central Europe has experienced one of the most impressive growth and convergence stories of recent times. In particular, this has been achieved on the back of foreign-owned, capital-intensive manufacturing production in the automotive sector. With large domestic supplier networks and high skill...

The aim of this paper is to determine the degree of implementation of certain work practices of reflexive production and lean production, individually and jointly, in Catalonia direct suppliers firms of OEM. We present the results of a survey, which examines various items about the degree of...