Michel Freyssenet - The Second Automobile Revolution: Trajectories of the world carmakers in the 21st century

The Second Automobile Revolution

Also by Michel Freyssenet

ONE BEST WAY? TRAJECTORIES AND INDUSTRIAL MODELS OF THE WORLDS AUTOMOBILE PRODUCERS (co-editor with Andrew Mair, Koichi Shimizu, Giuseppe Volpato)

THE PRODUCTIVE MODELS: The Conditions of Profitability (with Robert Boyer)

GLOBALIZATION OR REGIONALIZATION OF THE AMERICAN AND ASIAN CAR INDUSTRY?
(co-editor with Koichi Shimizu, Giuseppe Volpato)

GLOBALIZATION OR REGIONALIZATION OF THE EUROPEAN CAR INDUSTRY?
(co-editor with Koichi Shimizu, Giuseppe Volpato)

Other GERPISA titles

ONE BEST WAY? Trajectories and Industrial Models of the Worlds Automobile Producers (Edited by Michel Freyssenet, Andrew Mair, Koichi Shimizu, Giuseppe Volpato)

BETWEEN IMITATION AND INNOVATION: The Transfer and Hybridization of Productive Models in the International Automobile Industry (Edited by Robert Boyer, Elsie Charron, Ulrich Jrgens, Steven Tolliday)

TEAMWORK IN THE AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY: Radical Change or Passing Fashion?
(Edited by Jean-Pierre Durand, Paul Stewart, Juan-Jos Castillo)

COPING WITH VARIETY: Product Variety and Production Organization in the World Automobile Industry (Edited by Yannick Lung, Jean-Jacques Chanaron, Takahiro Fujimoto, Daniel Raff)

GLOBAL STRATEGIES AND LOCAL REALITIES: The Auto Industry in Emerging Markets
(Edited by John Humphrey, Yveline Lecler, Mario Sergio Salerno)

THE PRODUCTIVE MODELS: The Conditions of Profitability (Robert Boyer and Michel Freyssenet)

GLOBALIZATION OR REGIONALIZATION OF THE AMERICAN AND ASIAN CAR INDUSTRY? (Edited by Michel Freyssenet, Koichi Shimizu, Giuseppe Volpato)

GLOBALIZATION OR REGIONALIZATION OF THE EUROPEAN CAR INDUSTRY? (Edited by Michel Freyssenet, Koichi Shimizu, Giuseppe Volpato)

CARSCARRIERS OF REGIONALISM? (Edited by Jorge Carillo, Yannick Lung, Rob Van Tulder)

WORK AND EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS IN THE AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY (Edited by Elsie Charron, Paul Stewart)

INDUSTRIES AND GLOBALIZATION: The Political Causality of Differences (Bernard Jullien and Andy Smith)

Trajectories of the World Carmakers in the 21st Century

Edited by

Michel Freyssenet

Department of Sociology, National Centre of Scientific
Research (CNRS), Paris

In association with

GERPISA
Rseau International
International Network

Groupe dtude et de Recherche Permanent sur lIndustrie et les Salaris de lAutomobile, Permanent Group for the Study of the Automobile Industry and its Employees, cole des Hautes tudes en Sciences Sociales, Paris, Universit dvry-Val dEssonne.

Selection and editorial content Michel Freyssenet 2009
Individual chapters contributors 2009
Foreword Bernard Jullien 2009

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Florian Becker-Ritterspach is Assistant Professor at the University of Groningen, Faculty of Management & Organisation (The Netherlands). His main topics are developments in the global automobile industry with a specific focus on multinationals operating in India; knowledge transfers in multinationals; the Indian business system and institutional context; and combining organisation theory and international business perspectives. A recent article, The Social Constitution of Knowledge Integration in MNEs: a Theoretical Framework, appeared in the Journal of International Management, 12(3) (2006): 35877.

Bruce M. Belzowski is Associate Director and Assistant Research Scientist at the University of Michigan (Transportation Research Institute, Automotive Analysis Division), Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA). He is member of the international steering committee of GERPISA. His research topics are globalisation of the automotive industry, manufacturersupplierdealer relations, information technology, powertrain strategies, and human resource strategies. One of his recent publications is Powertrain Strategies for the 21st Century.

Philippe Byosire is Professor at the Doshisha Business School, Doshisha University, Kyoto (Japan) and Visiting Research Professor at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA). His research topics are knowledge and innovation, and global leadership. One of his recent publications is Microbursts of Knowledge and Creative Work in Japan, in D. H. Whittaker and R. E. Cole (eds), Recovering from Success: Management of Technology in Japan (Oxford University Press, 2006), pp. 18498.

Myeong-Kee Chung is Professor of Economics at the School of Chinese Studies and Economics, Hannam University (Korea). He is currently involved in research on production systems and labour relations in the Korean automobile industry. A recent publication is The Formation of International Production and Distribution Networks between Korea & China: a Case of the Automobile Parts Industry, Journal of Labor Studies, 12(2) (2006).

Dan Coffey is Senior Lecturer at Leeds University Business School, Leeds (United Kingdom). His main publication is The Myth of Japanese Efficiency: the World Car Industry in a Globalizing Age (Edward Elgar, 2006).

Michel Freyssenet is Research Director at the Scientific Research National Centre (CNRS) in Paris (France). He is co-founder of GERPISA and currently a member of its International Steering Committee. His main topics are: productive models, national growth models, world productive recomposition, history of work division, and social relationships theory. His main publication in English is