Overview
The automobile industry has been transformed in the last thirty years, and illustrates some of the most significant consequences of globalization. The dramatic increase in the level of imports of Japanese cars in the 1970s transformed the European motor industry. However subsequent developments have been varied. On the one hand several Japanese car manufacturers now have centres of production in Europe. On the other, many European motor companies have tried to emulate Japanese manufacturing techniques in order to remain competitive. This book presents an analysis of some of the most important of those changes, focusing on the response of Europe's policy makers. It analyses government-industry relations at both national and transnational levels, demonstrating how national policy instruments have been eroded by regional political and economic integration. There has been a significant and irreversible shift in the locus of decision-making power from nation states to the regional level in the automobile sector.
Full Product Details
Author: William A. Maloney ,
Andrew McLaughlin
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint: Routledge
Volume: No.9
Dimensions:
Width: 13.80cm
, Height: 2.60cm
, Length: 21.60cm
Weight: 0.432kg
ISBN: 9780415113298
ISBN 10: 0415113296
Pages: 272
Publication Date: 22 April 1999
Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
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Tertiary & Higher Education
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
McLaughlin and Maloney's study is a most welcome and persuasive portrayal of the changing government-industry relationships under conditions of globalization and European integration.--Ulrich Wengenroth, Munich Center for the History of Science and Technology. From Enterprise and Society Review). The book is well presented and very, very well organized... The Flying Lady, Rolls-Royce Owners' Club, USA Sensitizes us to the complexity of industrial politcy, the wise gaps in our knowledge, and the need for more research to adapt literatures developed at the national level to an integrated, multilevel European system. ESCA Review, Nikolaos Zahariadis, Summer 2000.
McLaughlin and Maloney's study is a most welcome and persuasive portrayal of the changing government-industry relationships under conditions of globalization and European integration.--Ulrich Wengenroth, Munich Center for the History of Science and Technology. From Enterprise and Society Review). <br> The book is well presented and very, very well organized... The Flying Lady, Rolls-Royce Owners' Club, USA Sensitizes us to the complexity of industrial politcy, the wise gaps in our knowledge, and the need for more research to adapt literatures developed at the national level to an integrated, multilevel European system. ESCA Review, Nikolaos Zahariadis, Summer 2000. <br>
McLaughlin and Maloney's study is a most welcome and persuasive portrayal of the changing government-industry relationships under conditions of globalization and European integration.--Ulrich Wengenroth, Munich Center for the History of Science and Technology. From Enterprise and Society Review). The book is well presented and very, very well organized... The Flying Lady, Rolls-Royce Owners' Club, USA Sensitizes us to the complexity of industrial politcy, the wise gaps in our knowledge, and the need for more research to adapt literatures developed at the national level to an integrated, multilevel European system. ESCA Review, Nikolaos Zahariadis, Summer 2000.
