Location of Japanese-owned car assembly plants in the United Kingdom
Assemblyline ; Car industry ; External control ; Foreign investment ; Industrial location ; Industry ; Japaneses ; United Kingdom
Since mid-1980s, Japanese motor companies have newly set up vehicle assembly plants in EC countries, to meet both the voluntary restraint of car exports from Japan (since 1986) and the establishment of EC single market in 1993. The UK Government
Industrial policy and market structure: Korean auto assembly
Assemblyline ; Car industry ; Competition ; Economic policy ; Economies of scale ; Exporting industry ; Firm strategy ; Industry ; Market ; Production cost ; Productivity ; South Korea ; Technological innovation
In most newly industrializing economies, entrants face home markets which are still too small to support a single world scale firm. Their entry into auto assembly was premature and it has created pressure to prolong state support for the infant
sector. This has led to policy capture, which can result in substantial welfare losses. Korea suggests that the maturation of auto assembly may proceed faster if governments confine themselves to promoting domestic assemblers through strategic alliances
Assemblyline ; Car industry ; Firm strategy ; Foreign investment ; Industrial location ; Industrial organization ; Industrial policy ; Industry ; Japaneses ; Market ; Productivity
there are similarities in locational strategies at the level of the assemblers, distinct differences are emerging in terms of the location of Japanese component firms. European assemblers are to some extent following similar peripheral location strategies to those
Assemblyline ; Car industry ; Europe ; European Union ; Foreign investment ; Industrial concentration ; Industry ; Investment ; Japaneses ; Location choice
Japanese investment in automobile production in North America and Western Europe during the 1980s and early 1990s posed some sharp questions about the future of domestically owned assemblers and automotive component companies. The paper examines
Lean production systems, labor unions, and greenfield locations of the Korean new auto assembly plants and their suppliers
Assemblyline ; Car industry ; Firm strategy ; Flexible production ; Industrial location ; Industrial production ; Industry ; Labour ; Rural area ; Social relations ; South Korea ; Trade union
Assemblyline ; Car industry ; Enterprise ; Free trade ; Impact ; Industrial location ; Location choice ; Market ; Mexico ; Model ; North America
A multiregional monopolistic-competition model is constructed, which accomodates three types of vehicle assembler and two classes of vertically linked parts supplier. By revealing the changes in potential profits of the firms in each region
Assemblyline ; Enterprise;Firm ; Firm strategy ; Flexible production ; Industrial organization ; Industry ; Innovation ; Japan ; Management ; Sub-contracting ; United States
Assemblyline ; Car industry ; Foreign investment ; Industrial location ; Industry ; International relations ; Investment ; Japaneses ; Multinational firm ; South Africa
Assemblyline ; Car industry ; Firm strategy ; India ; Industry ; Location ; Production system ; Supplying ; Technology ; Technology transfer ; Transnational corporation
Low-wage workers in a high-technology manufacturing complex : the Southern Californian electronics assembly industry
Assemblyline ; California ; Commuting ; Electronics ; High-tech industry ; Immigration ; Industrial complex ; Industry ; Labour mobility ; Local labour market ; Los Angeles ; Plant;Factory ; United States ; Work ; Work organization
Assemblyline ; Car industry ; Flexibility ; Industrial restructuring ; Industrial space ; Industrialization ; Industry ; Market ; Production system ; Spain
Assemblyline ; Car industry ; Competitiveness ; Enterprise;Firm ; Exporting industry ; Industrialization ; Production system ; South Korea ; Trade policy
Assemblyline ; Car ; Eastern Europe ; Economic restructuring ; Foreign investment ; Hungary ; Industry ; Investment ; Political reform ; Privatisation ; Regional development ; Uneven development ; Work organization