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Describes the lifecycle of an auto-industry - its birth, growth, functioning and death - and the shifting relationship it has with the government that supports it.
List of contents
1. The triumph of the automobile - and its incipient decline; 2. From revolution to revolution: a changing automotive industry; 3. The vehicle manufacturers: a controlling global semi-oligarchy; 4. A highly-disciplined global partnership: the components suppliers; 5. Tense relationships: the automotive industry and government; 6. Enthusiastic adopters: growth and change in the Australian car market; 7. The end of a life cycle: the rise and fall of the Australian light vehicle industry; 8. Distant children: Australian vehicle manufacturers and their foreign parents; 9. The Australian component suppliers: doomed by being so sub-scale; 10. From consistency to contradiction: Australian government automotive policy; 11. Government support policy and sectoral analysis: lessons learned.
About the author
John Wormald is Managing Partner and co-founder of Autopolis, which specializes in strategic assignments for actors in and around the global automotive industry, critically analysing the industry in order to understand its structures, relationships, influencing factors and dynamics. He is co-author of two major books about the automotive industry.Kim Rennick is Autopolis's partner resident in Australia. He also provides consulting services to business owners in the fields of governance, directorship and leadership. He has co-authored submissions and papers for the Australian Productivity Commission, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission and various State and Federal Government Inquiries.
Summary
Describing the lifecycle of an auto-industry - its birth, growth, functioning and death - and the shifting relationship it has with the government that supports it, this book will appeal to leaders and managers in the automotive industry and officials in the public sector who are responsible for this industry.
