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Globalization or Regionalization of the American and Asian Car Industry?

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  • © 2003

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Editors:
  1. Michel Freyssenet

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

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  2. Koichi Shimizu

    1. Faculty of Economics, University of Okayama, Japan

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  3. Giuseppe Volpato

    1. Faculty of Economics, University Ca’Foscari, Venice, Italy

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About this book

The automobile sector is one of the most archetypal global industries and is seen by many as one of the main drivers behind the homogenisation of world markets due to firms' internationalization strategies and the social practices that firms impose. This book argues that this is not entirely the case due to the heterogeneity of firms and the diversity of strategies pursued. It highlights the diversity and forms of internationalization and the preference for regionalization rather than globalization that has occurred over the past decade. This book looks specifically at the American and Asian car industry.

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xviii
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  2. Introduction: The Diversity of Internationalization Strategies and Trajectories of Automobile Sector Firms

    1. Introduction: The Diversity of Internationalization Strategies and Trajectories of Automobile Sector Firms

      • Michel Freyssenet, Koichi Shimizu, Giuseppe Volpato
      Pages 1-8

  3. The Internationalization of American and Asian Automobile Firms: A Statistical Comparison with the European Companies

    1. The Internationalization of American and Asian Automobile Firms: A Statistical Comparison with the European Companies

      • Bruno Jetin
      Pages 9-50

  4. Towards the Regionalization of the Global Strategies of US Automakers, Suppliers and Dealers

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 51-51
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    2. The Twin Internationalization Strategies of US Automakers: GM and Ford

      • Gérard Bordenave, Yannick Lung
      Pages 53-94

    3. The Internationalization of American Automobile Service Companies and Changes in Distribution

      • Bernard Jullien
      Pages 95-116

  5. The Diversity of Internationalization Trajectories and the Local Hybridization of Japanese and Korean Automobile Firms

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 117-117
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    2. A Maverick in the Age of Mega-mergers? Toyota’s Global Strategies

      • Koichi Shimizu
      Pages 119-143

    3. Nissan: From a Precocious Export Policy to a Strategic Alliance with Renault

      • Hiroshi Kumon
      Pages 144-162

    4. Honda, an Independent Global Automobile Company, Out of the ‘Four Million Units Club’

      • Koichi Shimokawa
      Pages 163-184

    5. The Chance for a Peripheral Market Player: The Internationalization Strategies of the Korean Automobile Industry

      • Myeong-Kee Chung
      Pages 185-208

    6. Conclusion: Regionalization of the American and Asian Automobile Industry, More Than Globalization

      • Michel Freyssenet, Koichi Shimizu, Giuseppe Volpato
      Pages 209-230

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 231-243
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Editors and Affiliations

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

    Michel Freyssenet

  • Faculty of Economics, University of Okayama, Japan

    Koichi Shimizu

  • Faculty of Economics, University Ca’Foscari, Venice, Italy

    Giuseppe Volpato

About the editors

JOSÉ RICARDO RAMALHO Professor of Sociology, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro MARCO AURÉLIO SANTANA Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Rio de Janeiro LUIS PAOLO BRESCIANI Director for Economic Development, City Governmant at Santo Andre RUY QUADROS Assistant Professor, Department of Science and Technology, Unicamp LUIS ANTONIO CARDOSO LUDGER PRIES Chair on Sociology of Organisations and Participation Studies, Ruhr-Universität Bochum MYEONG-KEE CHUNG Professor of Economics, Hannam University ANDY DANFORD Employment Studies Research Unit, University of the West of England VALERIA PULIGNANO Lecturer in Industrial Relations, University of Warwick Business School UDO REHFELDT Researcher, Institute de Recherches Economiques et Sociales YOLANDA MONTIEL CIESAS, Mexico STEVE BABSON Labour Studies Center, Wayne State University WAYNE LEWCHUK Labour Studies Programme, McMaster University CHARLOTTE YATES Labour Studies Programme, McMaster University MASAKI SARUTA Chukyo University, Nagoya

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