Driving Force - The Global Restructuring of Technology, Labor, Investment in

Sommario

Preface -- Transnational Corporations and the New International Division of Labour -- The Point of Transition— From Machinofacture to Systemofacture -- The Automobile Industry -- Transition in the Japanese Auto Industry: The Emergence of Systemofacture -- Technological Transformation Among the United States and Western European Motor Vehicle Assemblers -- The Restructuring of Assembler-Supplier Relations and the Growth of Technological Intensity in the United States and Western European Components Industry -- Systemofacture, Investment Location and Off-Shore Sourcing -- TNCs and the New International Division of Labour in the Era of Systemofacture

Info autore

Hoffman, Kurt

Riassunto

This book is concerned with the future direction of the international division of labour in manufacturing. It explores the different patterns of foreign direct investment in the eras of machinofacture and systemofacture with respect to a study of the global production of automobile components.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Kurt Hoffman, Hoffman Kurt, Raphael Kaplinsky
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 31.12.2019
• EAN: 9780367014339
• ISBN: 978-0-367-01433-9
• Pagine: 400
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze politiche; POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, Politics & government, Politics and government