Cluster Complexes: Auto Production

Brian Wixted ()
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Brian Wixted: Simon Fraser University

Chapter Chapter 7 in Innovation System Frontiers, 2009, pp 125-146 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract The auto industry is often seemingly perceived by many governments as something of a growth engine and significant politically. Presumably, this is due to its linkages to many other industries including petroleum, metals, and electronics, because of its large scale employment and because of its connection to national consumer culture (see, e.g. Paterson 2000). As such, there is a huge literature on the inter­national industrial structure and the technological systems of transport related industries for many countries. Global auto production has been analysed from many different angles and often by authors with an intimate knowledge of the activities in individual countries or companies. A key theme of this literature has been the continuing international re-organisation (see Dicken 2003a, b) of the industry and technology.

Keywords: Cluster Complex; North American Free Trade Agreement; Auto Industry; Assembly Plant; Traded Interdependency (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-92786-0_7

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