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2001
Conference Paper
Titel
The Transition From Multi-Domestic To Global Supply Chain Operations In The Automotive Industry Of Emerging Countries
Abstract
The globalization economic process has brought a new competitive reality to industries present in emerging countries. This paper highlights some implications of this process regarding to the automotive industry, focusing on Central Europe, Latin America and East-Southeast Asia regions. Within this purpose, the different backgrounds, common characteristics and global trends, and relevant questions concerning the future of the auto industry in these three regions are presented and analyzed. It concludes not only by reconfirming the new series of challenges and risks, but also by highlighting the set of new opportunities being opened to the auto industry in emerging countries.