Author : Michael Rawlinson
Release : 2016-07-27
Genre : Business & Economics
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 261/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The New European Automobile Industry by : Michael Rawlinson
Download or read book The New European Automobile Industry written by Michael Rawlinson. This book was released on 2016-07-27. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The New European Automobile Industry is about the struggle for survival going on among the assembler and components firms which constitute the European automobile industry. It describes and explains the competitive, structural, organisational and technological changes currently sweeping the industry and outlines the spatial and economic effects of those changes. The empirical core of the book is a study of a number of technology fields in automobile components. These sections draw on the latest research carried out by the authors in Europe through which they evaluate the extent to which lean production techniques have permeated the vehicle assemblers and components industry.