Title: Automotive Industry and Crisis

Abstract: This paper applies global value chain analysis to study recent trends in the global automotive industry. The authors pay special attention to the effects of the recent economic crisis on the industry in developing countries. The principal finding is that the crisis has accelerated precrisis trends toward greater importance of the industry in the South. More rapid growth of car ownership is the impetus, but the co-location and close interaction of suppliers and lead firms in this industry is an important catalyst…

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Publication ID: 72

Category Description: Indicators for International Trade and Economic Globalization

Publication Type: Paper

Inistitute: The World Bank

Year: 2010

Month: June

Sub Title: Effects of the Crisis on the Automotive Industry in Developing Countries

Author 1: Timothy Sturgeon

Author 2: Johannes Van Biesebroeck

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Link: http://unstats.un.org/unsd/trade/s_geneva2011/refdocs/RDs/Automotive%20Industry%20and%20Crisis%20(Sturgeon%20-%20Jun%202010).pdf

Tags: economic crisis , emerging economies , global automotive industry , global value chains ,

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