Cars, Carriers of Regionalism?

Résumé:

The car industry is considered one of the most archetypal global industries. Nevertheless, it looks more like a world of regions rather than a fully integrated global one. Does regionalism prevail over or complement globalization?

Moreover, is there still room for unilateral (go-it-alone) strategies? This volume addresses these questions from the perspective of the car industry, the most important industrial ‘carrier’ of these developments.Cars, Carriers of Regionalism? provides an integral account of the geo-economic and geo-political dilemmas and opportunities faced by the car industry in developed as well as developing countries at the start of the twenty-first century.

All major regional integration initiatives are covered and their feasibility is assessed, including that of go-it-alone efforts. This volume – written by leading scholars who have participated in the GERPISA international network’s four-year research programme Globalization or Regionalization for the Auto Industry? – is intended for academics and practitioners/managers.

Jorge Carrillo is Researcher at El Colegia de la Frontera Norte in Tijuana, Mexico. He is a specialist in industrial and labour sociology on transnational corporations in the Maquiladoras automobile industries
in Mexico, and author and editor of several books and numerous academic articles. He co-founded the Latin American Labor Studies Association.

Yannick Lung is Professor of Economics at Montesquieu University, Bordeaux, and Co-Director of the GERPISA international network, Université d’Evry et CRH-EHESS, Paris.

Rob van Tulder is Professor at the Erasmus University Rotterdam School of Management. He is co-founder of the Department of Business–Society Management (RSM), which includes the study of international business, corporate communication and business ethics. He is also Director of SCOPE, the international business expert centreof RSM.

1. Introduction: In Search of a Viable Automobile Space

   • Yannick Lung, Rob van Tulder

   Pages 1-20

2. The Faster Lane of Regionalism

   • Rob van Tulder, Denis Audet

   Pages 23-41

3. Multinational Carmakers’ Regional Strategies

   • Michel Freyssenet, Yannick Lung

   Pages 42-54

4. The Dynamics of Regional Integration in the European Car Industry

   • Jean-Bernard Layan, Yannick Lung

   Pages 57-74

5. Peripheral Regionalism: The Consequences of Integrating Central and Eastern Europe in the European Automobile Space

   • Rob van Tulder

   Pages 75-90

6. Challenges for the Turkish Car Industry on its Way to Integration with the European Union

   • Lale Duruiz

   Pages 91-103

7. NAFTA: The Process of Regional Integration of Motor Vehicle Production

   • Jorge Carrillo

   Pages 104-117

8. MERCOSUR: Interaction between Governments and Producers and the Sustainability of the Regional Automobile Industry

   • Mariano F. Laplane, Fernando Sarti

   Pages 121-138

9. ASEAN: Developing a Division of Labour in a Developing Region

   • Koïchi Shimokawa

   Pages 139-156

10. Recreating an Automobile Space by Regional Integration: The CIS Perspective

    • Jean-Jacques Chanaron

    Pages 157-172

11. The Limits to Regionalism: The Automotive Industry in the Southern African Development Community

    • Anthony Black, Samson Muradzikwa

    Pages 173-188

12. Maghrebi Integration and the Automobile Industry: Past Failures and New Perspectives

    • Jean-Bernard Layan, Mihoub Mezouaghi

    Pages 189-201

13. The Risk of ‘Go-It-Alone’: The Japanese Car Industry — From Boom to Bust?

    • Rob van Tulder

    Pages 205-217

14. ‘Avoiding the Neighbours’: The National/Global Development Strategy of the Korean Automobile Industry

    • Marc Lautier

    Pages 218-232

15. Going Local: Foreign Investment, Local Development and the Chinese Auto Sector

    • Eric Thun

    Pages 233-246