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This volume chronicles the maturation of the South Korean auto industry and its native automakers, from the 1997 Asian Crisis to 2019. After examining the context for domestic vehicle production in South Korea, the author presents multiple case studies for all five Korean automakers: General Motors Korea/Daewoo Motors, Kia, Hyundai, Ssangyong and Renault Samsung. This includes coverage of Hyundai-Kia's foreign plants in North America, Europe, India, China, and Emerging Asia. The book closes by assessing the five-to-ten-year future outlooks for Korean automakers at home and abroad. This important work will prove informative to scholars of business, management, automotive history, international development, Asian studies, and public administration.
List of contents
1. Introduction and Overview: The Maturing Korean Auto Industry, 1997-2019.- 2. The Asian Crisis Context and the Korean Auto Industry, 1997-2004.- 3. The Korean Auto Industry Reaches Maturity and Internationalizes, 2005-2019.- 4. Daewoo Motor before GM Korea: Headlong Expansion, Asian Crisis, Failure.- 5. From GMDAT to the New GM Korea, 2003-2019.- 6. Kia Motors: Asian Crisis, Merger into the Hyundai Group, 1997-1998.- 7. Kia Motors in Korea under Hyundai, 1999-2010.- 8. Hyundai Motor: Asian Crisis through Global Recession, 1997-2010.- 9. Uneven Growth: Hyundai and Kia's Korean Operations, 2011-2019.- 10. Hyundai-Kia in North America, 1997-2019.- 11. Hyundai-Kia Serves EU from Turkey, Slovakia, and Czechia, 1997-2019.- 12. Hyundai-Kia in China, India, and Emerging Asia, 1997-2019.- 13. The Constant Struggle for Survival of Ssangyong Motor, 1997-2019.- 14. FromKorean to French: Renault Samsung Motors, 1997-2009.- 15. The Peak and Valleys of RSM, 2010-2019.- 16. Conclusion and Outlook: Korea's Automakers, 2020 and Beyond.
About the author
A.J. Jacobs is a Professor of Sociology at East Carolina University, USA.
