GLOBAL STRATEGIES IN THE AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY

This paper examines the multinational firm as a learning hierarchy, and presents a model capable of analyzing the spatial organization of multinational firms. The model is based on 2 criteria: the principle of hierarchy; and the degree of hierarchical control. Four types of multinational companies are defined (worldwide, multidomestic, multiregional, and transregional) and the process of internationalization is understood through the way in which firms develop their organizational capabilities. The model is applied to a study of the strategies that have been practiced by U.S., Japanese, and European automobile manufacturers.

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• Authors:
  • Belis-Bergouignan, M-C
  • Bordenave, G
  • Lung, Y
• Publication Date: 2000

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References;
• Pagination: p. 41-53
• Serial:
  • Regional Studies
  • Volume: 34
  • Issue Number: 1
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis
  • ISSN: 0034-3404
  • EISSN: 1360-0591
  • Serial URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/cres20

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automobile industry; Forms of business or industry; Globalization; Multinational corporations; Organization; Private enterprise
• Uncontrolled Terms: International business
• Geographic Terms: Europe; Japan; United States
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Highways; Vehicles and Equipment; I10: Economics and Administration;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00798827
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 24 2000 12:00AM