The automotive industry is still one of the world's largest manufacturing sectors, but it suffers from being very technology-focused as well as being relatively short-term focused. There is little emphasis within the industry and its consultancy and analyst supply network on the broader social and economic impacts of automobility and of the sector that provides it.

The Global Automotive Industry addresses this need and is a first port of call for any academic, official or consultant wanting an overview of the state of the industry. An international team of specialist researchers, both from academia and business, review and analyse the key issues that make vehicle manufacturing still the world's premier manufacturing sector, closely tied in with the fortunes of both established and newly emerging economies. In doing so, it covers issues related to manufacturing, both established practices as well as new developments; issues relating to distribution, marketing and retail, vehicle technologies and regulatory trends; and, crucially, labour practices and the people who build cars. In all this it explains both how the current situation arose and also likely future trajectories both in terms of social and regulatory trends, as the technological, marketing and labour practice responses to those, leading in many cases to the development of new business models.

Key features

Provides a global overview of the automotive industry, covering its current state and considering future challenges
Contains contributions from international specialists in the automotive sector
Presents current research and sets this in an historical and broader industry context
Covers threats to the industry, including globalization, economic and environmental sustainability

The Global Automotive Industry is a must-have reference for researchers and practitioners in the automotive industry and is an excellent source of information for business schools, governments, and graduate and undergraduate students in automotive engineering.

Autorentext
Paul Nieuwenhuis is co-Director of the Centre for Automotive Industry Research (CAIR) and the Electric Vehicle Centre of Excellence at Cardiff Business School, Cardiff University. CAIR studies economic and strategic aspects of the world motor industry. He was a founder member of the ESRC Centre for Business Relationships, Accountability, Sustainability and Society (BRASS). His main interests have been historic and environmental and publications have been in these areas, e.g. The Green Car Guide (1992), The Death of Motoring? (1997), The Automotive Industry and the Environment (2003), and the innovative Sustainable Automobility (2014) as well as articles and book chapters, while he contributed to the Beaulieu Encyclopaedia of the Automobile, which won a Cugnot Award from the Society of Automotive Historians. He has acted as an advisor to several car and truck companies, governments and international bodies and is regularly invited as a keynote speaker at business conferences. Peter Wells is a Professor of Business and Sustainability at Cardiff Business School and Co-Director of the Centre for Automotive Industry Research where his work has ranged across spatial industrial development, economics, organisational theory, industrial ecology, technological change, transitions theory, business models and sustainability all through an applied focus on the global automotive industry. He teaches themes of transport, mobility and business sustainability on the MBA and MSc programmes, as well as to a wide range of companies and organisations. Professor Wells has over 550 publications reaching academia, industry, policymakers and stakeholders through traditional academic papers and books, industry practitioner journals and events, internet publications and, more recently, webinars. His latest books are: The automotive industry in an era of eco-austerity (Edward Elgar, 2010) and Business models for sustainability (Edward Elgar, 2013).

Inhalt
Notes on Contributors xi Series Preface xvii

Foreword xix

1 Introduction and Overview 1

1.1 Introduction 1

1.2 Continuity and Change 3

1.3 Overview 4

References 6

2 Understanding Change and Difference in the Global Automotive Industry 7

2.1 Introduction 7

2.2 Socio?]Technical Transitions 9

2.3 Varieties of Capitalism 12

2.4 Global Value Chains 14

2.5 Change in the Automotive Industry: A Synthesis 15

2.6 Conclusions 16

References 17

3 The Market for New Cars 19

3.1 Introduction 19

3.2 Market Fragmentation and Lack of Industry Consolidation 20

3.3 Geography of Markets 22

3.4 Mobility Services and the Emergent Automotive Ecosystem 26

3.5 Conclusions 27

References 27

4 Understanding People and Cars 29

4.1 Influences on Travel Choices 29

4.2 Influences on Vehicle Choice 33

4.3 Acceptability of Transport Policies and New Technologies 34

4.4 Conclusions 36

References 37

5 Car Manufacturing 41

5.1 Background and Prehistory 41

5.2 Ford, Budd and Sloan: The History of Mass Car Production 42

5.3 Monocoque Construction: Budd's Impact on Car Design 44

5.4 Toyotism 45

5.5 Buddism in Crisis? 46

5.6 Lean v Agile 47

5.7 Conclusions 49

References 50

6 Recent Trends in Manufacturing Innovation Policy for the Automotive Sector: A Survey of the United States, Mexico, European Union, Germany and Spain 53

6.1 Introduction 53

6.2 A Changing Manufacturing Landscape 55

6.3 Restructuring in the Automotive Industry 56

6.4 Automotive Policies in the United States, Mexico, EU, Germany and Spain 57

6.4.1 United States 57

6.4.2 Mexico 59

6.4.3 European Union 60

6.4.4 Germany 61

6.4.5 Spain 62

6.5 Conclusion 63

References 64

7 Labour Relations and Human Resource Management in the Automotive Industry: North American Perspectives 67

7.1 Introduction 67

7.2 From Fordist Production to Lean Production: The Evolution of Labour Relations/Human Resource Management Systems in the North American Auto Industry Prior to 2000 70

7.2.1 The Classic Fordist Industrial Relations System in the US and Canadian Automotive Industries 70

7.2.2 The Impact of Japanese Transplants and Lean Production Methods on the North American Automotive Labour Relations System 72

7.3 Developments in North American Auto Labour Relations Since 2000 74

7.3.1 Concession Bargaining 20032008 74

7.3.2 The Impact of the Global Financial Crisis 76

7.3.3 Post?]Crisis Developments 78

7.4 Conclusion 78

References 80

8 Labour Relations and HRM in the Automotive Industry: Japanese Impacts 83

8.1 Introduction: The Japanese Car Industry and Toyota Production System 83

8.2 TPS and Japanese HRM 85

8.3 'Japanization' of the Global Automotive Industry 88