Sustaining industrial competitiveness after the crisis: lessons from the automotive industry

The economic downturn of 2008-2009 and the disaster that hit Japan in 2011 exasperated the structural problems of the automotive industry, ranging from over-stretched supply chains to excess capacity and pressures to generate more environmentally-friendly products. Car production recovered swiftly from 2008 but several of the largest car manufacturers are in trouble, and the industry suffers from low levels of profitability. This book outlines the status of the industry and analyses the challenges that car-makers are facing, taking advantage of the multidisciplinary and cross-country expertise of the authors. Its chapters underline the importance of emerging markets, not only as drivers of demand growth but possibly also as loci of future innovations. INDICE: List of Tables.List of Figures.Introduction; .L.Ciravegna.The Crisis from a Supply Chain Perspective: the Case of the Italian Automotive Supply Chain; .F.Zirpoli., .A.Stocchetti .& .E.Scattola.The Toyota Way and the Crisis: a New Industrial Divide; .A.Camuffo .& .D.R.Weber.The Effects of Low-Probability, High-Impact Events on Automotive Supply Chains: Black Swans and the 2011Earthquake-Tsunami Disaster that Hit Japan; .A.E.Coronado Mondragon .& .C.E.Coronado Mondragon.Chinese FDI in the European automotive sector; .A.Amighini.Strategies and Performances of European Carmakers in China under the Shadow of the Global Financial Crisis; .H.Tan. & .Q.Ai.From Torino to Detroit; .G.Berta .& .C.Casalino.Electric Cars: is this a Boom or Another False Start?; .A.Enriettia .& .P.P.Patruccoa.Environmental Policies and Lobbying by Automotive Makers in Europe; .S.M.Wagner.Opportunities and Challenges for Open Innovation in the Automotive Industry; .A.Brem .& .G.Schuster.

• ISBN: 978-0-230-34816-5
• Editorial: Palgrave Macmillan
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 264
• Fecha Publicación: 25/05/2012
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Desconocido