This article applies game theory in the company under study, in order to optimize the competitive strategy with respect to its main competitor in the bicycle and motorcycle market. Once the problem is defined, the zero-sum matrix between the competitors is established, then the model is...

The entry of new actors is an important, but not sufficiently examined aspect of research about regional clusters. This paper contributes to the existing literature about cluster entry by extending prior research. It incorporates the possibilities of negative and positive selection of entrants...

Purpose – Logistic service providers (LSPs) are increasingly required to take over the ownership of network-specific inventories and to finance related working capital. The paper examines the nature of associated uncertainties, especially behavioural risks and illustrates the mechanisms of the...

In recent years have been recording the number of sectorial clusters of firms and their links with a research and academic sphere unprecedented prosperity in the Czech Republic. The trend and popularity of clusters in regions are considered as an important source of competitive advantage of...

This paper examines the link between fuel prices and sales of cars and trucks. U.S. automakers have long denied that such a link exists. One source of this false belief is an obsession with the crude count of units sold, equating Hummers with Minis. Another source is the conventional...

The modular revolution has transformed the industrial architecture of the automotive supply chain. Now it is conventional to describe it as a narrow pyramid where only mega-suppliers have access to manufacturers. However, some authors show that SME still manage to reach the summit of a pyramid...

This article applies game theory in the company under study, in order to optimize the competitive strategy with respect to its main competitor in the bicycle and motorcycle market. Once the problem is defined, the zero-sum matrix between the competitors is established, then the model is...

This paper presents and discusses two case studies in the Portuguese motor vehicle industry – Salvador Caetano’s Ovar Industrial Division (SCOID), a ‘Brownfield site’ with minority Toyota ownership; and Autoeuropa, a ‘Greenfield site’ wholly owned by Volkswagen. Basically, it...

Warrian, P. and Mulhern, C. (2005) Knowledge and innovation in the interface between the steel and automotive industries: the case of Dofasco, Regional Studies 39 , 161-170. The key motivation behind innovation in the steel industry has been the revolution in vehicle manufacturing, as automotive...

In the economy of any country, the auto parts manufacturing sector holds an important percentage in the national automotive industry. The dynamics of sales within it can vary significantly on short term, depending on the automotive market trend. This is also the case of the current situation in...