Global trends and spatiotemporal shifts in the automotive assembly footprint

In this paper, the author studies the spatiotemporal dynamics that occurred in the automotive industry between 1899 and 2018. Globalisation dynamics decreased the transportation costs of goods, people, and ideas and changed the spatial configuration of car assembly quite drastically. The author combines insights from the eclectic paradigm, economic geography, and the core-periphery literature to shed light on how assembly plant footprints formed and evolved over time. By 2018, most plants were Asian-owned and located in developing and peripheral countries, breaking a century-long dominance of European and US carmakers and of developed core countries. The author analyses the spatial implication of this production reorganisation using spatial point pattern methods and tests. The author finds that significant spatial footprint shifts were correlated with regional integration processes and the 2008-2009 financial crisis.

• Record URL:
  • https://doi.org/10.1504/IJATM.2023.133353
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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Copyright © 2023 Inderscience Enterprises Ltd.
• Authors:
  • Rarou, Hamza
• Publication Date: 2023

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Features: References;
• Pagination: pp 121-143
• Serial:
  • International Journal of Automotive Technology and Management
  • Volume: 23
  • Issue Number: 2-3
  • Publisher: Inderscience Enterprises Limited
  • ISSN: 1470-9511
  • Serial URL: http://www.inderscience.com/jhome.php?jcode=IJATM

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Globalization; Motor vehicle industry; Production; Spatial analysis; Trend (Statistics)
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Economics; Highways; History;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01897225
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 23 2023 4:52PM