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Upgrading in the Indian Automobile Sector : The Role of Lead Firms

Ray, Saon - 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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Insiders, Outsiders and Host Country Bargains

Eden, Lorraine - 2020

The obsolescing bargain (OB) model analyzes bargaining between a host country (HC) government and a multinational enterprise (MNE) at time of entry and the circumstances under which the original bargain does or does not erode over time. The model has traditionally focused on the dyadic...

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Insiders and Outsiders : Defining 'Who Is Us' in the North American Automobile Industry

Eden, Lorraine - 2020

outsiders in a regional market and applies it to a case study of the North American automotive industry over the period 1980 …

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Made in America? The US Auto Industry, 1955-95

Eden, Lorraine - 2020

This paper examines the production and political responses of the Big Three auto assemblers to the penetration of the North American market by Japanese auto assemblers over the 1955-95 period, using the technological competition model to analyze three successive challenges faced by the Big...

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CASE : Aspiring to Go Global: Unitech Engineers

Chugan, Pawan K. - 2014

Unitech Engineers, a manufacturer of high tensile fasteners, was established by the Modi brothers – one a commerce graduate and the other a technocrat with engineering and managerial degrees. From a small workshop, the company gradually crossed many hurdles, and by investing in technological...

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Outward FDI and Knowledge Flows : A Study of the Indian Automotive Sector

Pradhan, Jaya Prakash; Singh, Neelam - 2009

potential two way cross border knowledge flows. This study examines these issues for the Indian automotive industry that is … building and several dimensions of OFDI in this industry. The case studies of two major automotive Groups highlight their … activities on the in‐house (domestic) R&D performance of Indian automotive firms during 1988–2008. As expected, the favourable …

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Indian Multinationals in the Automotive and the Pharmaceutical Sectors : Competitive Advantages and Strategies

Balcet, Giovanni; Bruschieri, Silvia - 2009

global market: the automotive and the pharmaceutical industry. We focus our attention on what kind of ownership advantages …” (Boston Consulting Group, 2006: 7) 20 are Indian, and out of them 5 are in the automotive and 3 in the pharmaceutical sector …

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R&D Thrust in Developing Countries - A Case of Indian Automobile Ancillary Industry

Chugan, Pawan K. - 2014

continued dependence on technology suppliers has been reported widely. Quality control truly has been considered a basic …

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Transaction Costs, Industry Experience and Make-or-Buy Decisions in the Population of Early U.S. Auto Firms

Bigelow, Lyda S.; Argyres, Nicholas S. - 2008

We study the determinants of make-or-buy decisions for engines made by every recorded U.S. auto firm during 1917-1933. Most make-or-buy studies testing predictions of transaction cost economics exclude smaller firms, even though their make-or-buy behavior might be different from large firms' due...

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Diversity in Firms’ Innovation Strategies and Activities : Main Findings of Interviews and Implications in the Context of the Hungarian National Innovation System

Havas, Attila - 2014

This paper reports on the findings of interviews conducted with Hungarian firms on their overall business and innovation strategies and innovation activities to pursue three interconnected aims: a) better understand firm behaviour by analysing qualitative features of innovation processes...

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