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Author-Name: Jorge Carrillo
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Author-X-Name-Last: Carrillo
Author-Name: Bertha Vallejo
Author-X-Name-First: Bertha
Author-X-Name-Last: Vallejo
Author-Name: Redi Gomis
Author-X-Name-First: Redi
Author-X-Name-Last: Gomis
Title: COVID-19 and industrial resilience in the Global South. A case study on the auto parts sector in Mexico
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The global COVID-19 pandemic has exposed the low level of resilience of supply chains and the fragility of employment in most economic sectors. This research, which is based on two independent online surveys, explores the level of readiness of automotive firms in Mexico to adopt I4.0 technologies, as well as the mitigation strategies adopted by such firms to overcome the economic effects of COVID-19. The results indicate a low level of readiness and understanding of I4.0 technologies in the automotive parts sector in Mexico and that most of the COVID-19 mitigation efforts have been focused on workforce management strategies, rather than on technological solutions.
Journal: Int. J. of Automotive Technology and Management
Pages: 82-105
Issue: 1
Volume: 22
Year: 2022
Keywords: Industry 4.0; I4.0; automobile industry; supply chain; industrial resilience; COVID-19; Mexico.
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Author-Name: Jeffrey Carey
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Author-Name: Greig Mordue
Author-X-Name-First: Greig
Author-X-Name-Last: Mordue
Title: Why Industry 4.0 is not enhancing national and regional resiliency in the global automotive industry
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The post 2000 period has witnessed the rise of countries offering low-cost labour as important hubs for automotive manufacturing. As that occurred, automotive 'semi-periphery' countries faltered: struggling to retain vehicle production, unable to obtain mandates for more knowledge-intensive aspects of automotive value chains. For them, Industry 4.0 (I4.0) is considered an ideal tool to enhance competitiveness. That is because even though they have high labour costs and lack a homegrown automaker, they do have well-educated workforces. Here, we examine the technological upgrading strategies of manufacturers in a prototypical semi-periphery location: Ontario, Canada. We find that few firms there are making investments in I4.0-oriented technologies sufficient to upgrade their position within global production networks (GPNs). Consequently, notwithstanding the prominence of I4.0, our results indicate that I4.0 is unlikely to spur economic resilience in automotive semi-peripheries. Even so, targeted deployment of industrial policy measures may augment I4.0's applicability in those locations.
Journal: Int. J. of Automotive Technology and Management
Pages: 52-81
Issue: 1
Volume: 22
Year: 2022
Keywords: Industry 4.0; automotive industry; global production networks; GPNs; automotive semi-periphery; industrial policy; resilience.
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Author-Name: Graciela Irma Bensusàn Areous
Author-X-Name-First: Graciela Irma Bensusàn
Author-X-Name-Last: Areous
Author-Name: Alex Covarrubias Valdenebro
Author-X-Name-First: Alex Covarrubias
Author-X-Name-Last: Valdenebro
Author-Name: Ines González Nicolas
Author-X-Name-First: Ines González
Author-X-Name-Last: Nicolas
Title: The USMCA and the Mexican automobile industry: Towards a new labor model?
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The USMCA has created a new environment for the North American automobile industry. It places higher and additional rules related to regional content and labour provisions supported by a new generation of strongly binding mechanisms. In Mexico, there is a new labour law and a wage policy meant to support a new labour relations model. This paper investigates the extent of the progress in such model by assessing the way in which unions are responding to its demands. Based on primary evidence of union leaders, and drawing future sceneries, the paper contends that the adaptive capacity of corporatist unions will prevent the new labour model from succeeding.
Journal: Int. J. of Automotive Technology and Management
Pages: 128-144
Issue: 1
Volume: 22
Year: 2022
Keywords: automobile industry; USMCA; NAFTA; labour relations; new model; rules of origin; labour provisions; future sceneries.
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Author-Name: Benedict Seiferlein
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Author-Name: Oliver Gernsheimer
Author-X-Name-First: Oliver
Author-X-Name-Last: Gernsheimer
Author-Name: Dominik K. Kanbach
Author-X-Name-First: Dominik K.
Author-X-Name-Last: Kanbach
Title: Fostering entrepreneurial competencies for business model innovation - the case of Audi Denkwerkstatt
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Corporate incubators are a phenomenon of increasing relevance to elicit business model innovation (BMI) within large firms. They equip talented employees with entrepreneurial competencies (ECs) to identify, build, and pursue new ventures. However, their specific approach in developing ECs conducive to BMI has been understudied so far. Based on an in-depth case study at Audi Denkwerkstatt, one of Germany's most successful corporate incubators in BMI, we investigate how ECs emerge along the incubation process. Specifically, our study suggests four distinct levers facilitating EC development: 1) a dedicated team of venture developers, coaching and guiding the intrapreneurs; 2) friendly internal coopetition among the intrapreneurs, sparking positive tension and higher performance; 3) co-living, nurturing continuous creative exchange, team intimacy, and trust; 4) co-working and early partnering in the start-up ecosystem. Our findings underline the importance of corporate incubators in developing ECs to effectuate BMI in the automotive industry.
Journal: Int. J. of Automotive Technology and Management
Pages: 401-423
Issue: 4
Volume: 22
Year: 2022
Keywords: entrepreneurial competencies; business model innovation; corporate incubator; automotive manufacturers.
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Author-Name: Joao Paulo Nascimento Silva
Author-X-Name-First: Joao Paulo Nascimento
Author-X-Name-Last: Silva
Author-Name: Paulo de Oliveira Lima Júnior
Author-X-Name-First: Paulo de Oliveira Lima
Author-X-Name-Last: Júnior
Author-Name: André Grützmann
Author-X-Name-First: André
Author-X-Name-Last: Grützmann
Author-Name: Luiz Guilherme R. Antunes
Author-X-Name-First: Luiz Guilherme R.
Author-X-Name-Last: Antunes
Author-Name: Gabriel Pedrosa
Author-X-Name-First: Gabriel
Author-X-Name-Last: Pedrosa
Author-Name: Cledison Carlos Oliveira
Author-X-Name-First: Cledison Carlos
Author-X-Name-Last: Oliveira
Author-Name: Joel Yutaka Sugano
Author-X-Name-First: Joel Yutaka
Author-X-Name-Last: Sugano
Title: Factors for diffusion of autonomous vehicles technology: text mining of online news
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Autonomous vehicles technology is in prominent development and is already widespread in most popular media. Therefore, it is important to understand how this diffusion is happening and how it can impact the development of technology. This study aims to understand which factors contribute to the diffusion of autonomous vehicles (AVs) through primary research sourcing online media data. Based on Rogers (1995), 11,017 online news articles were classified and analysed using software-assisted text mining. Results point to promotion efforts, observability, and relative advantage as the most critical among a cluster list of 28 factors. This study contributes to the literature by identifying and describing the aspects of playing a role in the AV technologies diffusion.
Journal: Int. J. of Automotive Technology and Management
Pages: 424-449
Issue: 4
Volume: 22
Year: 2022
Keywords: autonomous vehicles; diffusion of technology; diffusion factors; text mining.
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Author-Name: Anna Novaresio
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Author-X-Name-Last: Novaresio
Author-Name: Pier Paolo Patrucco
Author-X-Name-First: Pier Paolo
Author-X-Name-Last: Patrucco
Title: Patterns of green innovation in the automotive industry: empirical evidence from OECD countries 1990-2018
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The paper identifies patterns of specialisation in different 'green' technologies in the automobile industry. The study builds upon a large panel based on green patents in OECD countries from 1990 to 2018. We depict specialisation trends for three automotive technologies: green internal combustion engine (ICE) ('brownish'), hybrid ('greenish'), electric and fuel cell vehicles ('green'). Only Japan shows a persistent specialisation in all the three technologies and few countries (Italy, France, Sweden, South Korea and the USA) are catching up in the cleaner technologies from 2008 onwards. The majority of the OECD countries display persistent negative levels of specialisation in all the three technological areas. The econometric analysis, based on a multinomial logit model, shows that the greening of the automotive industry is led by 'economies of specialisation' through private R%D investments, and by 'learning economies' triggered by economic policies. The complementarity of the two factors calls for a systemic approach.
Journal: Int. J. of Automotive Technology and Management
Pages: 450-484
Issue: 4
Volume: 22
Year: 2022
Keywords: automotive; innovation systems; technological change; sustainable transition.
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Author-Name: João Valsecchi Ribeiro de Souza
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Author-X-Name-Last: Souza
Author-Name: Adriana Marotti de Mello
Author-X-Name-First: Adriana Marotti de
Author-X-Name-Last: Mello
Author-Name: Roberto Marx
Author-X-Name-First: Roberto
Author-X-Name-Last: Marx
Title: Barriers and drivers to implement innovative business models towards sustainable urban mobility
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This research aims to investigate the barriers organisations face when implementing innovative and sustainable business models for urban mobility industry. Organisations and practitioners are increasingly promoting sustainable mobility-oriented initiatives, and although the business model approach is frequently associated with the transitions to more sustainable mobility systems, their adoption investigation is still limited, and many initiatives fail or remain isolated. In this sense, the following question is pursued: what is the barriers organisations face when implementing innovative business models for sustainable urban mobility and which drivers are associated with the identified barriers? Multiple case-based researches were adopted through an empirical analysis among ten business models initiatives led in Brazil and China. The research results were organised in a framework composed of five barriers faced by the analysed organisations and the respective drivers according to the parts of a business model and the category of each barrier.
Journal: Int. J. of Automotive Technology and Management
Pages: 485-505
Issue: 4
Volume: 22
Year: 2022
Keywords: Brazil; China; emergent countries; large urban centres; sustainable business models; sustainable urban mobility; barriers; drivers; business model innovation; business models for sustainability; BMfS.
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Author-Name: Giuseppe Giulio Calabrese
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Author-Name: Greta Falavigna
Author-X-Name-First: Greta
Author-X-Name-Last: Falavigna
Title: Does Industry 4.0 improve productivity? Evidence from the Italian automotive supply chain
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This paper aims at investigating the diffusion, application, constraints and performance of the implementation of Industry 4.0 technologies in the Italian automotive supply chain. The worldwide positioning of Stellantis is likely to move the Italian automotive industry from a core automotive country like the USA, Germany, or Japan to a semi-peripheral automotive country like the UK, Canada or Sweden focused mainly on the supply chain. The Italian automotive supply chain is one of the most relevant in Europe with more than 2,000 firms and covers all product specialisation. In the digitalisation transition era, Industry 4.0 holds potential to reshape and reinforce existing regional supply chains. Literature suggests better performance for whom invested in Industry 4.0; however our findings did not match expectations although some interesting exceptions emerge.
Journal: Int. J. of Automotive Technology and Management
Pages: 506-526
Issue: 4
Volume: 22
Year: 2022
Keywords: Industry 4.0; digital transition; Italian automotive supply chain; productivity.
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Author-Name: Fabio Antonialli
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Author-Name: Andrea Martinesco
Author-X-Name-First: Andrea
Author-X-Name-Last: Martinesco
Author-Name: Sylvie Mira-Bonnardel
Author-X-Name-First: Sylvie
Author-X-Name-Last: Mira-Bonnardel
Title: Artificial intelligence as a determinant for reshaping the automotive industry and urban mobility services
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With the growing interest in smart cities and autonomous mobility, policymakers, citizens, and the automotive industry face a looming shift towards intelligent mobility solutions. By filling a gap of transversal analysis among artificial intelligence (AI), the automotive industry, and urban mobility; the present study discusses how AI has been transforming both the automotive industry and urban mobility globally. By applying a qualitative and descriptive approach, data were collected from primary and secondary sources and analysed from the standpoint of technology, regulations (public policies), and citizens (users). The results show how AI is bringing the traditional automotive industry and the urban mobility sector closer through mobility-as-a-service schemes and illustrate with the city of Curitiba (Brazil) how such AI-enabled technological advances linked with public policies can help design sustainable urban mobility in developing countries.
Journal: Int. J. of Automotive Technology and Management
Pages: 324-351
Issue: 3
Volume: 22
Year: 2022
Keywords: artificial intelligence; urban mobility; mobility-as-a-service; MaaS; automotive industry; technological innovation; public policies; citizens' behaviour transformation.
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Author-Name: Federico Dulcich
Author-X-Name-First: Federico
Author-X-Name-Last: Dulcich
Author-Name: Fernando Porta
Author-X-Name-First: Fernando
Author-X-Name-Last: Porta
Author-Name: Matias Ubogui
Author-X-Name-First: Matias
Author-X-Name-Last: Ubogui
Author-Name: Gustavo Baruj
Author-X-Name-First: Gustavo
Author-X-Name-Last: Baruj
Title: The transition to electric mobility: opportunities for the automotive value chain in Argentina
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The current transition from internal combustion engine vehicles to electric vehicles opens windows of opportunity for the repositioning of firms and countries in global and regional automotive value chains. The objective of this paper is to study these opportunities posed for the automotive chain in Argentina. The main results show that Argentina lags behind in the production and diffusion of electric vehicles and has a low deployment of the charging infrastructure. However, this transition would be an opportunity for Argentina to reposition itself in the regional automotive value chains; and its growing specialisation in pickups could position it in the nascent electric pickup market, without large, consolidated players. At the same time, there are opportunities to increase the national integration of parts and components of the electric powertrain and reduce the high incidence of imports of auto parts.
Journal: Int. J. of Automotive Technology and Management
Pages: 374-400
Issue: 3
Volume: 22
Year: 2022
Keywords: electric vehicles; electric mobility; automotive industry; auto parts industry; industrial policy; trade policy; Argentina.
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Author-Name: Altair Aparecido De Oliveira Filho
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Author-Name: Tatiana Bermúdez-Rodríguez
Author-X-Name-First: Tatiana
Author-X-Name-Last: Bermúdez-Rodríguez
Author-Name: Anna Carolina Navarro
Author-X-Name-First: Anna Carolina
Author-X-Name-Last: Navarro
Author-Name: Flávia L. Consoni
Author-X-Name-First: Flávia L.
Author-X-Name-Last: Consoni
Author-Name: Edgar Barassa
Author-X-Name-First: Edgar
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Author-Name: Eduardo Lacusta Jr.
Author-X-Name-First: Eduardo Lacusta
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Title: Institutional framework and the advance of electromobility: the case of South America
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This article describes the types of policies deployed for the advancement of electromobility in South America: Argentina-Buenos Aires, Brazil-São Paulo, Chile-Santiago, and Colombia-Bogotá. The selected cases validate the importance of institutional thickness to transition initiatives of sustainability. Thus, we have active and reactive territories about electromobility transition. It enabled us to highlight the pathways that have been taken so far in South America, namely: 1) the electric bus segment stands out in the regions, concentrating on private initiatives and public policy support, giving rise to new businesses and projects of technological experimentation; 2) a political glimpse of insertion in the lithium production chain for batteries; 3) technological dependence of the light vehicles and two wheelers segment. Thus, this research dialogues with the geography of transitions literature by emphasising the importance of the territorial context for the advancement or lethargy of socio-technical change.
Journal: Int. J. of Automotive Technology and Management
Pages: 277-304
Issue: 3
Volume: 22
Year: 2022
Keywords: transitions in the Global South; sustainability transitions; e-mobility; low-emission mobility; geography of sustainability transitions.
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Author-Name: Rodrigo Baroni De Carvalho
Author-X-Name-First: Rodrigo Baroni De
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Author-Name: Raoni Barros Bagno
Author-X-Name-First: Raoni Barros
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Author-Name: Hugo Ferreira Braga Tadeu
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Author-X-Name-Last: Tadeu
Author-Name: Noel Torres Júnior
Author-X-Name-First: Noel Torres
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Title: Industrial public policies and open innovation in Brazil: proposal of a performance measurement system at Fiat Chrysler Automobiles
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The objective of this paper is to propose a performance measurement system for open innovation initiatives of an automotive company. Dimensions of the proposed system outline the implications of an industrial public policy on the university-industry interaction. The research context is the R%D project portfolio supported by the Brazilian industrial policy 'Inovar Auto' within the scope of Fiat Chrysler Automobile in Betim, Brazil. The research methodology included document analysis of 12 R%D projects aligned with the policy, 11 interviews with managers and engineers, and participatory observation. The performance measurement system strengthens the debate on open innovation project portfolio management and enriches the dimensions typically used to assess U-I interactions. Moreover, the paper raises insights on how public policies for innovation in the auto industry effectively foster organisational changes towards innovation. These findings are especially purposeful for the increasingly dynamic environment of the Brazilian automotive industry and pave actions to future challenges.
Journal: Int. J. of Automotive Technology and Management
Pages: 352-373
Issue: 3
Volume: 22
Year: 2022
Keywords: open innovation; university-industry interaction; industrial public policy; innovation measurement; automotive industry; energy efficiency.
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Author-Name: Caroline Rodrigues Vaz
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Author-Name: Mauricio Uriona Maldonado
Author-X-Name-First: Mauricio Uriona
Author-X-Name-Last: Maldonado
Title: End-of-life electric vehicles batteries in Brazil: modelling ways after the first use
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This study aims to estimate the volume of EOL batteries in Brazil in 2050 and identify the implications for waste management. To achieve the goal, we made use of system dynamics. The number of EOL batteries can reach 250,000 units, representing environmental risks and loss of economic value due to improper disposal. Scenario 1, which represents a high recycling goal, demonstrates the possibility of recycling approximately 200,000 units, which represents economic gains. Scenario 2 demonstrates the insertion of the second use practice, and by 2050, EOL batteries could store about 2 GW of energy. It is recognised that the development of different management routes can bring new business models, technology development, recycling techniques, and new areas in the labour market. Understanding the implications and the need for implementation of regulations provides stakeholders with the possibility to act towards efficient management of EOL batteries.
Journal: Int. J. of Automotive Technology and Management
Pages: 305-323
Issue: 3
Volume: 22
Year: 2022
Keywords: electric vehicle; battery; waste management; end-of-life; EOL; simulation; system dynamics; Brazil.
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Author-Name: Monika Martišková
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Author-Name: Thomas S.J. Smith
Author-X-Name-First: Thomas S.J.
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Title: The transformation of the Slovak and Czech automotive industries: stakeholders' perspectives and barriers towards an ecological mobility industry
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The article identifies and critically discusses barriers for transforming the automotive industry into an ecological mobility industry in Slovakia and Czechia from the point of view of key stakeholders. The focus is on the actors in the transformation process and the obstacles they face in influencing the strategies and direction of such a shift. Furthermore, this study evaluates the structure of the automotive industry in these countries and points out the possible implications for changes in mobility patterns and the future of employment in the broader mobility sector. The exploratory research finds that transforming the Czech and Slovak automotive industries is currently constrained by the path-dependency of public institutions related to private transportation and by foreign ownership of the car companies, making it difficult for local actors to seize the initiative. Moreover, there is a lack of clarity amongst actors about the direction and aim of the mobility industry's transformation.
Journal: Int. J. of Automotive Technology and Management
Pages: 202-221
Issue: 2
Volume: 22
Year: 2022
Keywords: automotive industry; social-ecological transformation; ecological mobility; integrated peripheries; central and Eastern Europe; just transition; mobility industry; Czechia; Slovakia; European semi-periphery; mobility patterns; public institutions; foreign ownership; barriers of transformation.
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Author-Name: Marta Candeias
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Author-X-Name-Last: Candeias
Author-Name: Nuno Boavida
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Title: Changes in productivity and labour relations: artificial intelligence in the automotive sector in Portugal
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New technologies, sustainability policies, protectionism and consumers preferences are pushing for the reorganisation of the automotive cluster. The emergence of artificial intelligence (AI) has the potential to create disruptive effects in the employment systems across the world. The future deployment of broad-spectrum algorithms capable of being used in wide areas of application (e.g., industrial robotics, software and data communication) can lead to considerable changes in current work patterns, swiftly render many unemployed across the globe and profoundly destabilise labour relations. In this paper, we identify the probable penetration of AI in the automotive sector and to study its effects on work organisation, employment, and industrial relations systems, in Portugal. These changes are put in place to enhance the product quality, control costs, and improve productivity. We study these implications on productivity and industrial relations collecting new data and obtain results based on secondary statistical analyses and case studies in the automotive industry. Finally, changes in the productivity and labour market will be discussed considering the employment and skills changes in the automotive sector when investment on automation becomes a clear trend in the automotive sector.
Journal: Int. J. of Automotive Technology and Management
Pages: 222-244
Issue: 2
Volume: 22
Year: 2022
Keywords: artificial intelligence; automotive cluster; cyber-physical systems; automation; labour relations; Portugal; productivity.
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Author-Name: Margherita Russo
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Author-Name: Fabrizio Alboni
Author-X-Name-First: Fabrizio
Author-X-Name-Last: Alboni
Author-Name: Giovanni Bonifati
Author-X-Name-First: Giovanni
Author-X-Name-Last: Bonifati
Author-Name: Jorge Carreto-Sanginés
Author-X-Name-First: Jorge
Author-X-Name-Last: Carreto-Sanginés
Author-Name: Pasquale Pavone
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Author-Name: Annamaria Simonazzi
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Title: Agents and artefacts in the emerging electric vehicle space
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After COP 21, the targets for reducing CO<SUB align="right"><SMALL>2</SMALL></SUB> emissions have boosted the commitment of governments and companies to developing alternative technologies for the mobility of people and goods. Electric vehicles are at the heart of this transformation, which is profoundly affecting the characteristics of agents and artefacts. The aim of the paper is to identify the relevant domains of this transformation, and to identify what characterises the space of the agents and artefacts of the electric vehicle and their interactions, as oriented by the public policies promoted by the various countries. The paper presents the results of a multidimensional textual analysis of the news published in English by electrive.com, a daily newsletter covering a wide range of relevant information on developments in electric transport in Europe and beyond. These results are a preliminary step for the analysis of the social, economic, organisational and technological changes related to sustainable mobility.
Journal: Int. J. of Automotive Technology and Management
Pages: 150-177
Issue: 2
Volume: 22
Year: 2022
Keywords: sustainable mobility; electric vehicle mobility; agents and artefacts space; text analysis; multidimensional clustering.
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Author-Name: Angelo Moro
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Author-Name: Maria Enrica Virgillito
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Title: Towards Factory 4.0? Convergence and divergence of lean models in Italian automotive plants
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This paper studies the interplay in terms of techno-organisational change between the adoption of I4.0 technologies and lean production systems. Leveraging on the results of two field-work analyses conducted under a collaboration with the Sabattini Foundation and the metal workers trade union FIOM in the period 2016-2018, we compare an ensemble of factories producing both high-end/highly customised and low-end products. Emerging patterns of convergence and divergence in the techno-organisational configurations of these factories confirm that this wave of technological innovation is far from leading to total automation or the digital revolution. On the contrary, it appears to be integrated into the historical trend of 'leanification' of production processes in the automotive sector, despite the organisational variety shaped by the actual implementation of this production model.
Journal: Int. J. of Automotive Technology and Management
Pages: 245-271
Issue: 2
Volume: 22
Year: 2022
Keywords: Industry 4.0; lean production; automotive; work organisation; technological innovation; organisational innovation.
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Author-Name: Xieshu Wang
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Author-Name: Wei Zhao
Author-X-Name-First: Wei
Author-X-Name-Last: Zhao
Author-Name: Joël Ruet
Author-X-Name-First: Joël
Author-X-Name-Last: Ruet
Title: Specialised vertical integration: the value-chain strategy of EV lithium-ion battery firms in China
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China has developed a fully-fledged industrial value chain for electric vehicle (EV) batteries within a short period. Such industrial dynamics are often seen as the product of a policy of protecting infant industries. However, extensive empirical observations from the field show that firms' value-chain strategies can also help answer the question of why China is so far the only country to have formed a complete and dynamic value chain for EV batteries so quickly. This paper explores the driving forces behind the emerging Chinese EV lithium-ion battery industry. Based on the analysis of the main moves made by actors along the battery value chain, we identify that many Chinese firms deploy a strategy that we term 'specialised vertical integration', i.e., actively entering related upstream and/or downstream segments within the EV lithium-ion battery supply chain, while continuing to reinforce their existing capacity using specific established assets in the original segment of the value chain, which serves as an expansion base. This specific approach, which is typical of strategies rooted in the resource-based view of the firm, has given the Chinese EV lithium-ion battery sector a unique internal dynamism, helping to secure its competitive advantage in the global value chain.
Journal: Int. J. of Automotive Technology and Management
Pages: 178-201
Issue: 2
Volume: 22
Year: 2022
Keywords: EV industry; lithium-ion battery; value chain; vertical integration; specialisation; China.
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Author-Name: Elena Goracinova
Author-X-Name-First: Elena
Author-X-Name-Last: Goracinova
Author-Name: Patrick Galvin
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Author-X-Name-Last: Galvin
Author-Name: David A. Wolfe
Author-X-Name-First: David A.
Author-X-Name-Last: Wolfe
Title: Emerging models of networked industrial policy: recent trends in automotive policy in the USA and Germany
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The adoption of the US-Mexico-Canada (USMCA) trade agreement and the transition to electric and autonomous vehicles has created uncertainty for automotive companies. In response, the need for government efforts to position traditional automotive regions as a source of high-quality, green vehicles is pressing. The policy mix is changing rapidly as the public sector and firms cope with the challenges associated with new trade confrontations and disruptive technologies. The article captures this evolving policy landscape through a comparative analysis of automotive policy with respect to BEVs in the USA and Germany. It examines how innovation policies help the sector navigate the current technological transition. We find that theories grounded in traditional comparative political science do not provide an adequate framework to explain the observed similarities and differences in policy trajectories in the two countries. The article adopts insights from the networked industrial policy perspective to better understand the repertoire of policy instruments adopted to manage the changing impact of alternative energy technologies in the automotive industry.
Journal: Int. J. of Automotive Technology and Management
Pages: 29-51
Issue: 1
Volume: 22
Year: 2022
Keywords: networked industrial policy; comparative capitalisms; battery electric vehicles; USA; Germany.
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Author-Name: Thomas Klier
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Author-Name: James Rubenstein
Author-X-Name-First: James
Author-X-Name-Last: Rubenstein
Title: Trade agreements and the geography of motor vehicle production in North America and Europe
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This paper describes changes in the geography of the production of vehicles and sourcing of powertrains in both North America and Europe between 2000 and 2016. During that time period, new trade agreements in both regions resulted in larger economic geographies within which vehicle and parts producers could organise production. We show that as trade relationships encompassed larger geographies, powertrain sourcing and vehicle assembly diffused across countries within each region. At the same time, trade agreements did not alter the traditional forces affecting regional integration patterns within the industry, rather they changed their geographical reach at a subregional level.
Journal: Int. J. of Automotive Technology and Management
Pages: 4-28
Issue: 1
Volume: 22
Year: 2022
Keywords: Europe; North America; vehicle production; engine; transmission; trade agreements; geography.
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Title: New trade rules, technological disruption and COVID-19: prospects for Ontario in the cross-border Great Lakes automotive industry
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Canada has been characterised as a 'semi-peripheral' automotive-producing nation. This paper argues that to frame Canada only as a singular 'national' automotive industry is ill-conceived. Overwhelmingly concentrated in Ontario, Canadian automotive production forms an integral and important part of the cross-border Great Lakes automotive production region. The fortunes of automotive production in Canada are reliant, therefore, not only on 'national' policies but also on the continued vitality of the industry in this broader region and must be analysed as such. An analysis of the state of the industry in Canada stressing its integration within the Great Lakes automotive region is followed by an assessment of how the industry in the region, and especially in Ontario, might be impacted by impending challenges. These include supply chain weaknesses exposed by COVID-19, the more complex and stringent USMCA automotive rules of origin, and technological disruption associated with the transition to electric vehicles.
Journal: Int. J. of Automotive Technology and Management
Pages: 106-127
Issue: 1
Volume: 22
Year: 2022
Keywords: Canadian automotive industry; Great Lakes Region; USMCA rules of origin; electric vehicle technological disruption; pandemic disruption.
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