Strengthening ties in production systems. Two approaches exemplified by the VOLVO case

Auteur :
ELLEGARD, K.

Description :
The effects of corporate efforts to reduce tied-up capital is exempliefied by the production system of Volvo cars. Two approaches are applied. The first one shows how Volvo gradually integrated production units into the system, through takeovers and new establishments. The second one discusses the integration of one particular process, the body assembly, against varying technologies and contracts of cooperation between the two companies involved.


Type de document :
Article de périodique

Source :
Geojournal. International journal for physical, biological and human geosciences and their application in environmental planning and ecology Wiesbaden, 1984, vol. 9, n°. 2, p. 179-186, Références bibliographiques : 5 réf.

Date :
1984