2024-03-28T21:08:15Z
https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/cgi/oai2
oai:mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de:1701
2019-09-28T12:34:51Z
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/1701/
Learning across policy regimes: The impact of protection vis-à-vis competition in the Indian automotive industry
Saripalle, Madhuri
L5 - Regulation and Industrial Policy
C33 - Panel Data Models ; Spatio-temporal Models
L62 - Automobiles ; Other Transportation Equipment ; Related Parts and Equipment
Learning has been recognized as an important factor in explaining the growth of firms in both industrial organization theory and literature. However, few models have attempted to relate the learning and growth literature with the industrial policy regime, especially in economies heavily regulated by government policies. The present study attempts to apply one such model of growth and learning of firms across three different industrial policy regimes in the Indian automotive industry. It tries to analyze whether learning is promoted by a competitive or a protective policy regime. It also tries to decompose learning into several types to understand the mechanism underlying the growth process. In doing so, it relies on the growth-size distribution literature.
2006
MPRA Paper
NonPeerReviewed
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/1701/1/MPRA_paper_1701.pdf
Saripalle, Madhuri (2006): Learning across policy regimes: The impact of protection vis-à-vis competition in the Indian automotive industry.
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oai:mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de:1787
2019-10-25T05:29:40Z
oai:mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de:3460
2019-09-26T22:34:02Z
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/3460/
Can proactive fuel economy strategies help automakers mitigate fuel price risk?
McManus, Walter
Q59 - Other
L62 - Automobiles ; Other Transportation Equipment ; Related Parts and Equipment
Detroit automakers have opposed mandated improvements in fuel economy since legislation
was first proposed in the 1970’s. Their opposition is based, among other considerations, on
the assumption that their customers value fuel economy only when fuel prices are high. This
paper presents the findings of our on-going research that strongly refutes this assumption.
Using data on sales, prices, and attributes of vehicles in 2005, we find that consumers are
willing to pay, on average, $578 per MPG for higher fuel economy. At the price of gasoline
prevailing in 2005, $2.30 per gallon, the $578 per MPG that consumers are willing to pay
for fuel economy implies that consumers put more weight in choosing vehicles on future
fuel savings than most analysts (including ourselves) had thought.
The paper incorporates these new data-driven estimates of the value of fuel economy into an
automotive market simulation model that has three components: a consumer demand
function that predicts consumers’ vehicle choices as functions of vehicle price, fuel price,
and vehicle attributes (the new estimates of the value of fuel economy are used to set the
parameters of the demand function); an engineering and economic evaluation of feasible
fuel economy improvements by 2010; and a game theoretic analysis of manufacturers’
competitive interactions.
Using our model, we estimated the market shares and profits of automakers in 128 separate
scenarios defined by alternative plausible values for the price of fuel and consumers’
discount rates. Under the fuel price risks and the competitive risks that automakers face, our
analysis concludes that a proactive strategy of pursuing fuel economy improvements—
above and beyond what is required by law—would increase annual profits for Ford ($0.5
billion to $1.4 billion), GM ($0.2 billion to $0.5 billion, and DaimlerChrysler ($0.1 billion).
Even if the uncertainty over fuel price were removed, all three automakers would increase
profits by pursuing fuel economy improvements, though the gains are smaller with fuel at
$2.00/gallon.
2006-09-14
MPRA Paper
NonPeerReviewed
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/3460/1/MPRA_paper_3460.pdf
McManus, Walter (2006): Can proactive fuel economy strategies help automakers mitigate fuel price risk?
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oai:mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de:3461
2019-09-30T15:17:08Z
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/3461/
Economic analysis of feebates to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from light vehicles for California
McManus, Walter
Q52 - Pollution Control Adoption and Costs ; Distributional Effects ; Employment Effects
Q58 - Government Policy
L62 - Automobiles ; Other Transportation Equipment ; Related Parts and Equipment
A growing majority of climate scientists are convinced that unless emissions are reduced, global warming would cause a number of adverse effects throughout the United States. In California, rising temperatures would reduce the snow pack in the Sierra-the state's primary source of water-and lead to less water for irrigating farms in the Central Valley. Global warming would increase the number of extreme heat days and greatly increase the risk of poor air quality across the state. California's 1,100 miles of coastline and coastal communities are vulnerable to rising sea levels. Concerted action could curb global warming, but all sectors would need to take immediate steps to reduce heattrapping pollution.
In California, the transportation sector consumes well over half the oil used statewide, and passenger cars and trucks emit 20 to 30 percent of the state's global warming pollution. Vehicles therefore are a central focus of the immediate action required to reduce global warming.
The state of California's regulatory approach involves phasing in limits to average global warming emissions from passenger cars and trucks beginning in 2009 and culminating in 2016. This regulation is often called "Pavley," after its author, Assemblywoman Fran Pavley.
The federal government's approach provides tax incentives to buyers of hybrid vehicles, which emit significantly lower amounts of global warming pollution than most conventional vehicles. However, the hybrid incentive affects only a small portion of the vehicle market.
A third approach that could be used to enhance or replace existing regulations would be a feebates program. A feebates program creates a schedule of both fees and rebates that reflects the amount of global warming pollution that different vehicles emit. Purchasers of new vehicles that emit larger amounts of heat-trapping emissions pay a one-time surcharge at the point of purchase. These surcharges are then used to provide rebates to buyers of new vehicles that emit less pollution. A feebates program has several advantages over other approaches: Market-oriented: A feebates program recognizes the power of price signals to change consumer behavior. That is, incentives spur consumers to purchase and manufactures to produce cleaner vehicles. Self-financing: A feebates program can be designed so that the surcharges collected equal the rebates paid.
Affects entire market: A feebates program applies to all new vehicles-clean and dirty-spurring a transformation of the entire market. Consumer choice: A feebates program can be designed so that consumers have the option to buy vehicles that carry no surcharge in each vehicle class, such as cars, trucks, sport utility vehicles (SUVs), and minivans.
This study explores the economic impacts on consumers and manufacturers of the existing Pavley regulation and a feebates program by analyzing four alternative scenarios, using information from 2002 as the base year.
Our findings show that a feebates program is an effective strategy to reduce global warming pollution by up to 25% more than Pavley alone. Also, under a feebates program consumers will save thousands of dollars and retailers will see their revenue rise by as much as 6%.
2007-05
MPRA Paper
NonPeerReviewed
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/3461/1/MPRA_paper_3461.pdf
McManus, Walter (2007): Economic analysis of feebates to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from light vehicles for California.
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oai:mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de:3463
2019-09-26T11:05:06Z
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/3463/
The link between gasoline prices and vehicle sales:economic theory trumps conventional Detroit wisdom
McManus, Walter
M21 - Business Economics
L62 - Automobiles ; Other Transportation Equipment ; Related Parts and Equipment
This paper examines the link between fuel prices and sales of cars and trucks. U.S. automakers have long denied that such a link exists. One source of this false belief is an obsession with the crude count of units sold, equating Hummers with Minis. Another source is the conventional “wisdom” that Americans are unwilling to pay for fuel economy. The paper presents theoretical reasons and market evidence that refute Detroit’s conventional wisdom. American manufacturers’ reaction to rising fuel prices over the last few years revealed the shortcomings of the U.S. automakers’ recent product and powertrain strategies. The effect of rising fuel prices has, in effect, been offset by reducing prices of vehicles in inverse proportion to fuel economy. Thus, unit sales of large SUVs could be maintained, but their revenue (and profit) fell because vehicle prices were cut, directly or indirectly. The paper concludes with a few practical guidelines that business economists should use to prevent their companies from experiencing the recent massive losses experienced by the U.S. automobile industry.
2007-01
MPRA Paper
NonPeerReviewed
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/3463/1/MPRA_paper_3463.pdf
McManus, Walter (2007): The link between gasoline prices and vehicle sales:economic theory trumps conventional Detroit wisdom. Published in: Business Economics , Vol. 42, No. 1 (January 2007): pp. 54-60.
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oai:mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de:5140
2019-10-25T06:14:29Z
oai:mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de:5658
2019-10-05T03:30:01Z
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/5658/
CONDITIONS OF INTER-FIRM CO-OPERATION IN A VIRTUAL ENTERPRISE CONCEPT : THE CASE OF AUTOMOTIVE SECTOR IN PORTUGAL
Moniz, António
Kovács, Ilona
M14 - Corporate Culture ; Diversity ; Social Responsibility
L62 - Automobiles ; Other Transportation Equipment ; Related Parts and Equipment
L23 - Organization of Production
J24 - Human Capital ; Skills ; Occupational Choice ; Labor Productivity
O33 - Technological Change: Choices and Consequences ; Diffusion Processes
O14 - Industrialization ; Manufacturing and Service Industries ; Choice of Technology
One can assist to significant changes in the organisation of manufacturing systems during the last years. Lean production, network enterprise or the virtual enterprises
are reference concepts of the re-organisation of manufacturing systems. Some authors mention a new enterprise paradigm, of generalisation of intelligent manufacture, organised in networks and assisted by information and communication technologies.
The first part of the paper develops a critical approach to the illusion connected to these concepts, calling the attention to the diversity of the type of relationships among firms. If virtual enterprises (VE) are networks of firms with intensive usage of ICT, one can verify a predominance of a technicist perspective. This one considers that the development of VEs is a technological problem, of development and management of information systems, and of entrepreneurial share of different databases. Sociology can be useful, even fundamental in an anthropocentric approach.
The last part of the paper is on the Portuguese situation in the automobile sector, approaching the types of entrepreneurial organisation.
2000-06
MPRA Paper
NonPeerReviewed
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/5658/1/MPRA_paper_5658.pdf
Moniz, António and Kovács, Ilona (2000): CONDITIONS OF INTER-FIRM CO-OPERATION IN A VIRTUAL ENTERPRISE CONCEPT : THE CASE OF AUTOMOTIVE SECTOR IN PORTUGAL. Published in: Proceedings Rencontre International GERPISA No. 8 (2000): pp. 1-8.
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oai:mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de:5659
2019-09-29T04:48:16Z
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/5659/
Technological practices in the European auto industry: Exploring cases from Belgium, Germany and Portugal
Moniz, António
Krings, Bettina
Van Hootegem, Geert
Huys, Rik
L23 - Organization of Production
L62 - Automobiles ; Other Transportation Equipment ; Related Parts and Equipment
O33 - Technological Change: Choices and Consequences ; Diffusion Processes
J24 - Human Capital ; Skills ; Occupational Choice ; Labor Productivity
The relation between work organisation and technological practices in auto industry is analysed in this article. The concept of “technological practice” in this sector is used to describe the specific ways of embedding information and communication technology applications into the organizational forms and cultural patterns. This concept was developed with the Sowing project (TSER, DG XII) and that approach included either the shop floor co-operation up to the regionally based networks of companies and supporting institutions. The authors studied different sectors in the automotive firms of different European countries (Germany, Belgium and Portugal): shopfloor and production lines, design and management and the local inter-relationships. It was underlined some evidencies of the different alternatives in terms of technological practices for the same sector. Much of the litterature try to disseminate an idea of a single (and optimum) organisational model for the same type of product. And here, even with the same type of technology, and of product (medium-high range), one can find different models, different cultures, different ways of organising the industrial structure (firms, regional institutions, R&D centres) in the same sector (auto industry).
2001-06
MPRA Paper
NonPeerReviewed
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/5659/1/MPRA_paper_5659.pdf
Moniz, António and Krings, Bettina and Van Hootegem, Geert and Huys, Rik (2001): Technological practices in the European auto industry: Exploring cases from Belgium, Germany and Portugal. Published in: Proceedings Rencontre International GERPISA No. 9 (June 2001): pp. 1-23.
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oai:mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de:5881
2019-09-26T09:53:53Z
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/5881/
Assembling Toyota in Portugal
Machado, Tiago
Moniz, António
J41 - Labor Contracts
L62 - Automobiles ; Other Transportation Equipment ; Related Parts and Equipment
O33 - Technological Change: Choices and Consequences ; Diffusion Processes
O14 - Industrialization ; Manufacturing and Service Industries ; Choice of Technology
A lot has been written over the last decade with regard to Toyota and the productive model associated to it (toyota-ism). And more specifically concerning the "(…) best-seller that changed the... sociological world" (Castillo, 1998: 31). But the case of Salvador Caetano’s Ovar Industrial Division (OID), that assembles Toyota light commercial vehicles in Portugal, allows us to put forward a sub-hypothesis that fits into the analysis schema proposed in the First GERPISA International Program – "In short, GERPISA members considered that the plurality of models was much a plausible hypothesis deserving testing as that of the diffusion of a unique model (…)" (Boyer, Freyssenet, 2001: 42). So we add: and within Toyota itself, is it not true that different productive models co-exist – especially when delocalised – depending, amongst other factors, on the degree of Toyota participation – in terms of capital and technology transfer – in the local company (strong or weak) and on the markets to be reached (internal or external)? If so, what work system can we expect to find in a plant that presents such peculiar characteristics as this one?
2003-06
MPRA Paper
NonPeerReviewed
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/5881/1/MPRA_paper_5881.pdf
Machado, Tiago and Moniz, António (2003): Assembling Toyota in Portugal. Published in: GERPISA International Colloquium proceedings No. 11 (2003): pp. 1-11.
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oai:mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de:5932
2019-09-26T12:13:44Z
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/5932/
Novos Modelos de Produção na Indústria Automóvel Algumas Interrogações
Moniz, António
Machado, Tiago
L23 - Organization of Production
L62 - Automobiles ; Other Transportation Equipment ; Related Parts and Equipment
O33 - Technological Change: Choices and Consequences ; Diffusion Processes
L22 - Firm Organization and Market Structure
Taking into account the global trends towards vertical de-integration and functional integration, the WorTiS project is expected to be able to determine to what extent the Portuguese automobile industry is experiencing far-reaching changes as far as innovative (post-fordist) work systems are concerned.
One of the objectives is to reach wider conclusions regarding the sector under analysis within a new multi-disciplinary approach, in connection with other research networks (namely, GERPISA and IMVP-MIT). It will recover relevant information in automobile companies located in Portugal (like, Toyota, Citröen, FIAT, Renault, Ford, VW, UMM), in order to understand how concrete practices have being developed in time, and update the scientific knowledge with the development of new case studies (Mitsubishi, AutoEuropa, Opel-GM, and other sub-contracting firms). is intended to present a new fieldwork methodology in order to analyse the variety, and contradictory character, of changes in work practices. The analysis would focus on the cases of automotive firms that operated, and are still operating, in Portugal. The effectiveness of such a tool will last far beyond the project itself.
2001-03
MPRA Paper
NonPeerReviewed
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/5932/1/MPRA_paper_5932.pdf
Moniz, António and Machado, Tiago (2001): Novos Modelos de Produção na Indústria Automóvel Algumas Interrogações. Published in: Actas do Encontro SIOT, Lisboa No. 9 (March 2001): pp. 1-8.
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oai:mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de:5933
2019-10-05T12:45:26Z
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/5933/
Discussão de temas de cenarização para a indústria automóvel para aplicação do método Delphi em Portugal
Moniz, António
M11 - Production Management
R40 - General
L62 - Automobiles ; Other Transportation Equipment ; Related Parts and Equipment
O33 - Technological Change: Choices and Consequences ; Diffusion Processes
Q01 - Sustainable Development
R41 - Transportation: Demand, Supply, and Congestion ; Travel Time ; Safety and Accidents ; Transportation Noise
As was recently published in the GERPISA newsletter, one of the aims of the research for the new years will be the knowledge of interactions between the organisational company dynamics and the social-economical models of development. If one takes the example of the German exercise in the framework of FUTUR programme, one of the main thematic groups that emerged from the first discussions was preciselly “Mobility: individually atractive and socially sustainable”. Also the IMVP programme at MIT is taking these questions on the “visions for a sustainable future” theme.
In the same way the WorTiS Project analysed several scenario topics on the issue of mobility and automotive industry. Those scenario topics are explained and justified in this research paper.
2004-06
MPRA Paper
NonPeerReviewed
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/5933/1/MPRA_paper_5933.pdf
Moniz, António (2004): Discussão de temas de cenarização para a indústria automóvel para aplicação do método Delphi em Portugal. Published in: WorTiS Research Reports No. RPT_DELPHI_05 (June 2004): pp. 1-17.
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oai:mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de:5936
2019-10-01T04:51:57Z
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/5936/
Resultados provisórios do exercício Delphi WorTiS (1ª fase)
Moniz, António
L62 - Automobiles ; Other Transportation Equipment ; Related Parts and Equipment
O14 - Industrialization ; Manufacturing and Service Industries ; Choice of Technology
A14 - Sociology of Economics
J11 - Demographic Trends, Macroeconomic Effects, and Forecasts
In this working paper are present the main provisional results of the first round of a Delphi survey held in Portugal on the automotive sector. It was done under the WorTiS project, developed by IET – Research Centre on Enterprise and Work Innovation, and financed by the Portuguese Ministry of Science and Technology.
The majority of experts consider to have an average of less knowledge in almost all the scenario topics presented. Nevertheless, we considered specially the topics where the experts considered themselves to have some knowledge. There were no “irrelevant” topics considered as such by the expert panel. There are also no topics that is not considered a need for co-operation (that happens in jus tone case). The lack of technological infra-structrures was not considered as an hindered factor for the accomplishement of any scenario. The experts panel considered no other international competence besides US, Japan or Germany in these topics. Although the members of the expert panel were not as many as needed, These situations will be taken into consideration for a second round of the Delphi survey
2004-08
MPRA Paper
NonPeerReviewed
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/5936/1/MPRA_paper_5936.pdf
Moniz, António (2004): Resultados provisórios do exercício Delphi WorTiS (1ª fase). Published in: WorTiS Research Reports No. RPT_DELPHI_06 (August 2004): pp. 1-25.
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oai:mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de:5938
2019-10-01T04:42:37Z
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/5938/
Elementos para o estudo de um caso de sucesso na montagem automóvel em Portugal: a Opel Portugal
Moniz, António
J81 - Working Conditions
L62 - Automobiles ; Other Transportation Equipment ; Related Parts and Equipment
L22 - Firm Organization and Market Structure
The interest to study this factory of GM group in Portugal is due to the facto of being one of the oldest assembly lines of the automotive sector still operating in Portugal (it was founded in 1963). Besides that, it went recently across a very intensive technological change, and then would be interesting to know the organisation of work model chose. The Opel factory occupies at the moment the former one that belonged to Ford Lusitana. There it has being under production some modules that feed the assembly line on JIT and in sequence. Although there were severe difficulties to implement the case study at Opel, this report could be done using secondary information and several interviews at the factory and initial visits. This Opel factory was recently closed down in the frame of a GM European strategy for re-structuring.
2004-07
MPRA Paper
NonPeerReviewed
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/5938/1/MPRA_paper_5938.pdf
Moniz, António (2004): Elementos para o estudo de um caso de sucesso na montagem automóvel em Portugal: a Opel Portugal. Published in: WorTiS Report Papers No. RPT_SIOT_07 (2003): pp. 1-26.
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oai:mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de:5939
2019-10-08T16:34:19Z
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/5939/
Futuros da indústria automóvel: Qual a sua importância para a definição do produto, modelos de produção e estratégias de mobilidade?
Moniz, António
L14 - Transactional Relationships ; Contracts and Reputation ; Networks
C92 - Laboratory, Group Behavior
F23 - Multinational Firms ; International Business
E27 - Forecasting and Simulation: Models and Applications
L62 - Automobiles ; Other Transportation Equipment ; Related Parts and Equipment
L22 - Firm Organization and Market Structure
Some programs and research networks are dealing with topics associated to the automtive sector and they observe one of the most significative sectores of modern economies. Because of that is so interesting to forecast some possible changes in an horizon of 10 to 20 years.
But this exercse must not be centred only on technical aspects of automobile construction, or on the design, or even on the mobility systems.
How one can face these problems, and how it can be so decisivelly important, is what we will try to answer in this paper that resumes some of the debates on the foresight exercises in Germany (Futur) and on the automotive sector in Portugal (WorTiS).
2007-03
MPRA Paper
NonPeerReviewed
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/5939/1/MPRA_paper_5939.pdf
Moniz, António (2007): Futuros da indústria automóvel: Qual a sua importância para a definição do produto, modelos de produção e estratégias de mobilidade? Published in: Actas dos ateliers do Vº Congresso Português de Sociologia (May 2004): pp. 1-11.
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oai:mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de:6171
2019-09-27T04:54:27Z
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/6171/
Models and Practices in the Motor Vehicle Industry – contrasting cases from the Portuguese experience
Machado, Tiago
Moniz, António
O25 - Industrial Policy
L62 - Automobiles ; Other Transportation Equipment ; Related Parts and Equipment
L23 - Organization of Production
L52 - Industrial Policy ; Sectoral Planning Methods
M21 - Business Economics
This paper presents and discusses two case studies in the Portuguese motor vehicle industry – Salvador Caetano’s Ovar Industrial Division (SCOID), a ‘Brownfield site’ with minority Toyota ownership; and Autoeuropa, a ‘Greenfield site’ wholly owned by Volkswagen. Basically, it considers the scope for the meaningful application of ‘Japanese’ organisational methods in these contexts, focusing on the human factor – i.e. as close as possible to the actors on the shop floor. After providing some insights into the Portuguese automotive industry, it profiles both SCOID and Autoeuropa and assesses each of their methods of work, within this balance of commitment between global and local. The main findings reveal the lag that can exist between theoretical models (namely those following a geographical criteria) and the actual practice carried out by manufacturers when tested outside their point of geographical origin.
2005-06
MPRA Paper
NonPeerReviewed
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/6171/1/MPRA_paper_6171.pdf
Machado, Tiago and Moniz, António (2005): Models and Practices in the Motor Vehicle Industry – contrasting cases from the Portuguese experience.
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oai:mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de:6970
2019-10-01T22:25:44Z
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Competitividade no sector automóvel e formas inovadoras de gestão do emprego em Portugal
Moniz, António
I29 - Other
P17 - Performance and Prospects
L62 - Automobiles ; Other Transportation Equipment ; Related Parts and Equipment
J21 - Labor Force and Employment, Size, and Structure
L23 - Organization of Production
M54 - Labor Management
M12 - Personnel Management ; Executives; Executive Compensation
If indicators of international competitivity of the Portuguese industry reveal very strong weaknesses in the field of education and vocational training, the achievement of a solution is not based only (and should not!) in a decisive increase of investment and support in the education and training system. It seem not logical to think in that way, once normally when one tries to solve a problem that is done in the context of that same problem. Eventually there are other strategies. Which are, then, the fields where is necessary to orient the investiment to improve an industrial competitivity?
To try to answer this question, we analise one of the sectors that have contributed the most for an improvement of the Portuguese economical performance, and for a true innovative process as in terms of industrial product, or in terms of manufacturing and distribution processes. Is the automotive sector where that happens, taken in its two most important sub-sectors: the one of automobile manufacturing and assembly, and the one of components manufacturing.
2006-09
MPRA Paper
NonPeerReviewed
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Moniz, António (2006): Competitividade no sector automóvel e formas inovadoras de gestão do emprego em Portugal.
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Novos modelos de produção na indústria automóvel? Análise de uma fábrica de motores em Portugal
Moniz, António
L23 - Organization of Production
L62 - Automobiles ; Other Transportation Equipment ; Related Parts and Equipment
L1 - Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance
This paper is based in a report for the international project “GERPISA-Labour Relations” on the concept of leader-factory, and in other papers written after that using the case study of the Renault factory in the Aveiro region. This case study is articulated with other studies on engine factories of the same company in Spain, France and Mexico. That study has been co-ordinated by Prof. Juan José Castillo (Univ. Complutense Madrid, Spain). Here we present the results of this empirical research from where were developed the first indicators of a discussion on the concept of new production models and leader-factory that have been studied by the GERPISA international network.
1996-06
MPRA Paper
NonPeerReviewed
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Moniz, António (1996): Novos modelos de produção na indústria automóvel? Análise de uma fábrica de motores em Portugal. Published in: Actas do Congresso Luso-Afro_Brasileiro de Ciências Sociais, Rio de Janeiro , Vol. 4, (July 1996): pp. 1-9.
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The automobile sector and the organisation of the industrial space: the case of Setúbal Region (Portugal)
Moniz, António
F23 - Multinational Firms ; International Business
L62 - Automobiles ; Other Transportation Equipment ; Related Parts and Equipment
L22 - Firm Organization and Market Structure
J23 - Labor Demand
This paper is based on a study about the Setúbal region, included in the internacional project “The Future of Industry in Europe” for the programme FAST-MONITOR of the European Community (1992-94). There were some information on the project VW/Ford for this region and those that are connected with research networks on industrial sectors (specially, on the automobile industry), and the network on the spatial and regional factors of regional development. Those studies allowed the scenario development on evolution trends of European industry and, specifically, on the automobile sector, and on the Setúbal region that was studied by the Portuguese team.
1994-07
MPRA Paper
NonPeerReviewed
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Moniz, António (1994): The automobile sector and the organisation of the industrial space: the case of Setúbal Region (Portugal).
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Competitividade no sector automóvel e formas inovadoras de gestão do emprego em Portugal
Moniz, António
I29 - Other
P17 - Performance and Prospects
L62 - Automobiles ; Other Transportation Equipment ; Related Parts and Equipment
J21 - Labor Force and Employment, Size, and Structure
L23 - Organization of Production
M54 - Labor Management
M12 - Personnel Management ; Executives; Executive Compensation
If indicators of international competitivity of the Portuguese industry reveal very strong weaknesses in the field of education and vocational training, the achievement of a solution is not based only (and should not!) in a decisive increase of investment and support in the education and training system. It seem not logical to think in that way, once normally when one tries to solve a problem that is done in the context of that same problem. Eventually there are other strategies. Which are, then, the fields where is necessary to orient the investiment to improve an industrial competitivity?
To try to answer this question, we analise one of the sectors that have contributed the most for an improvement of the Portuguese economical performance, and for a true innovative process as in terms of industrial product, or in terms of manufacturing and distribution processes. Is the automotive sector where that happens, taken in its two most important sub-sectors: the one of automobile manufacturing and assembly, and the one of components manufacturing.
2006-09
MPRA Paper
NonPeerReviewed
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/8046/1/MPRA_paper_8046.pdf
Moniz, António (2006): Competitividade no sector automóvel e formas inovadoras de gestão do emprego em Portugal.
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oai:mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de:8048
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Discussão de temas de cenarização para a indústria automóvel para aplicação do método Delphi em Portugal
Moniz, António
M11 - Production Management
R40 - General
L62 - Automobiles ; Other Transportation Equipment ; Related Parts and Equipment
O33 - Technological Change: Choices and Consequences ; Diffusion Processes
Q01 - Sustainable Development
R41 - Transportation: Demand, Supply, and Congestion ; Travel Time ; Safety and Accidents ; Transportation Noise
As was recently published in the GERPISA newsletter, one of the aims of the research for the new years will be the knowledge of interactions between the organisational company dynamics and the social-economical models of development. If one takes the example of the German exercise in the framework of FUTUR programme, one of the main thematic groups that emerged from the first discussions was preciselly “Mobility: individually atractive and socially sustainable”. Also the IMVP programme at MIT is taking these questions on the “visions for a sustainable future” theme.
In the same way the WorTiS Project analysed several scenario topics on the issue of mobility and automotive industry. Those scenario topics are explained and justified in this research paper.
2004-06
MPRA Paper
NonPeerReviewed
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Moniz, António (2004): Discussão de temas de cenarização para a indústria automóvel para aplicação do método Delphi em Portugal. Published in: WorTiS Research Reports No. RPT_DELPHI_05 (June 2004): pp. 1-17.
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Futures of automobile industry and challenges on sustainable development and mobility
Moniz, António
Paulos, Margarida Ramires
L62 - Automobiles ; Other Transportation Equipment ; Related Parts and Equipment
A14 - Sociology of Economics
J11 - Demographic Trends, Macroeconomic Effects, and Forecasts
O14 - Industrialization ; Manufacturing and Service Industries ; Choice of Technology
Portugal had only very few foresight exercises on the automobile sector, and the most recent one was a survey held in a project on work organisation systems in the automobile industry, its recent historical paths and the special strategies of location of companies (the WorTiS project). This involved several teams with different disciplinary backgrounds and from two Portuguese universities.
The provisional main results of the first round of a Delphi survey held in Portugal on the automotive sector were already published, but a further analysis was not yet done.
This foresight survey was done under the WorTiS project, developed in 2004 by IET – Research Centre on Enterprise and Work Innovation (at FCT-UNL), and financed by the Portuguese Ministry of Science and Technology. Some of this experience on foresight analysis is also been transferred to other projects, namely the WORKS project on work organisation restructuring in the knowledge society that received the support from EC and still is running.
The majority of experts considered having an average of less knowledge in almost all the scenario topics presented. This means that information on the automotive industry is not spread enough among academics or experts in related fields (regional scientists, innovation economists, engineers, sociologists). Some have a good knowledge but in very specialised fields. Others have expertise on foresight, or macroeconomics, or management sciences, but feel insecure on issues related with futures of automobile sector. Nevertheless, we considered specially the topics where the experts considered themselves to have some knowledge. There were no “irrelevant” topics considered as such by the expert panel. There are also no topics that are not considered a need for co-operation. The lack of technological infrastructures was not considered as a hindered factor for the accomplishment of any scenario. The experts’ panel considered no other international competence besides US, Japan or Germany in these topics.
Special focus will be made in this paper on the topic 2. Public policy and automobile industries, and more specifically on the technological and/or research policies issues, where one can specify the automobile’s role in transport policies with further implications like environment, safety, energy, mobility.
2008-05
MPRA Paper
NonPeerReviewed
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Moniz, António and Paulos, Margarida Ramires (2008): Futures of automobile industry and challenges on sustainable development and mobility. Forthcoming in: Proceeding of GERPISA International Colloquium No. 16 (June 2008): pp. 1-13.
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Enriching Production: Perspectives on Volvo's Uddevalla plant as an alternative to lean production
Sandberg, Åke
L2 - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior
D2 - Production and Organizations
M1 - Business Administration
L62 - Automobiles ; Other Transportation Equipment ; Related Parts and Equipment
M5 - Personnel Economics
J5 - Labor-Management Relations, Trade Unions, and Collective Bargaining
J50 - General
Enriching Production was first published by Avebury in 1995. The book was quickly sold out and is now made available again. Enriching Production was edited by professor Åke Sandberg, Arbetslivsinstitutet/ National Institute for Working Life and KTH The Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm.
Enriching Production was followed up by a symposium on the general theme of ‘Good work and productivity’. The papers were collected in a special issue of Economic and Industrial Democracy, Vol. 19, No 1, February 1998. There will also be follow up articles on Volvo and alternative production systems in a forthcoming reader Absolut management. Scandinavian perspectives on management in the new working life, to be published by SNS förlag, Stockholm, 2007/2008.
Abstract
Both researchers and practitioners in industrial organization ask themselves today whether lean production is the only possible model for the future. Enriching Production proposes a radically different alternative, which was put into practice at Volvo’s Uddevalla plant during its brief life span. Skilled workers in autonomous teams could altogether abandon the assembly line. With a work content of several hours they built cars according to customer order, with a short delivery time, thus avoiding stocks. In spite of its good performance the plant was closed after only a few years without having developed its full potential.
Enriching Production explains the design of the Uddevalla plant and tries to understand its closure against a background of organizational politics and Volvo’s production structure. In comparative chapters the NUMMI and Saturn plants in the US and European car manufacturers are contrasted to the Uddevalla model and also to Volvo’s Kalmar plant with still another form of group work. Chapters on social problems with lean production and recent developments in Japanese car manufacturing also contribute to an understanding of where the car building industry and the organization of industrial production is heading. Although the Uddevalla plant in its original form was closed, the vision of competitive systems of production that do not destroy but enhance human competencies and in a a wider sense a human working life lives on. Enriching Production contributes by reminding us that under certain circumstances good and competitive ways of arranging production are possible.
Content
Preface
The book and its authors
The Uddevalla experience in perspective
Åke Sandberg
Part I
Volvo’s innovative Uddevalla and Kalmar plants. The creation of a new production system at the Volvo automobile assembly plant in Uddevalla, Sweden,
Kajsa Ellegård
Production system design – a brief summary of some Swedish design efforts,
Tomas Engström and Lars Medbo
The Uddevalla plant: Why did it succeed with a holistic approach and why did it come to an end?
Lennart Nilsson
Volvo Kalmar – twice a pioneer
Thomas Sandberg
Part II
The performance of the Uddevalla plant in a comparative perspective. The fate of the branch plants – performance versus power
Christian Berggren
Assembly skills, process engineering and engineering design
Henrik Blomgren and Bo Karlson
Building for new production concepts
Colin Clipson, Jesper Steen, Anders Törnqvist and Peter Ullmark
Designed for learning: A tale of two auto plants
Paul S. Adler and Robert E. Cole
Limits to innovation in work organization?
Bob Hancké and Saul Rubinstein
Group work and the reception of Uddevalla in German car industry
Ulrich Jürgens
Part III
Volvo car plants internationally and the alliance with Renault. Volvo truck and bus in the UK: The clash of the Titans
Paul Thompson and Terry Wallace
Volvo-Gent: A Japanese transplant in Belgium or beyond?
Rik Huys and Geert Van Hootegem
First DAF, then Volvo and now Mitsubishi
Ben Dankbaar
Missing the road: Working life at Volvo Nova Scotia
L. Anders Sandberg
Volvo in Malaysia
Hing Ai Yun
The origins of team work at Renault
Michel Freyssenet
Fait accompli? A Machiavellian interpretation of the Renault–Volvo merger
Karel Williams, Colin Haslam and Sukhdev Johal
Part IV
Beyond lean production Japanese work policy: Opportunity, challenge or threat?
Norbert Altmann
Lean production in the automobile industry: Second thoughts
Dan Jonsson
Humanization of the production system and work at Toyota Motor Co and Toyota Motor Kyushu
Koichi Shimizu
Recent developments at Toyota Motor Co
Terje Grönning
Social preconditions for lean management and its further development
Paul Lillrank
Lean production. The Micro-Macro dimension, employment and the welfare state
Peter Auer
Key words
Automobile, Automobile industry, car makers, employment relationships, team working, team leaders, lean production, reflective production, moving line, fordism, taylorism, toyotism, Volvo, Volvo Uddevalla plant, Volvo Kalmar plant, Volvo Gent plant, division of work, NUMMI, SATURN, Toyota, Volkswagen, Renault, Mitsubishi, DAF.
Concerned disciplines
Economics, Ergonomics, Management, Geography, History, History of Sciences and Technologies, Engineering, Cognitive sciences, Sociology.
Writing context
References, commentaries, critics
“This book -- a careful selection of well informed and provoking papers -- provides a solid basis for a reassessment of the socio-technical experiments at the Uddevalla plant and for a critical debate of the lean production system in industry.”
Prof. Dr. Frieder Naschold
“This volume should come to represent a classic for all those interested in different national and international trajectories of work and design in industry.”
Alan Jenkins, in Organization Studies
“An invaluable aspect of Sandberg’s book is the wealth of comparative information, not only about other Volvo plants in Sweden, but also with regard to those in the UK, Belgium, the Netherlands, Malaysia and Canada. … this invaluable collection of readings raises a wide range of additional questions which takes the critical debate about lean production significantly further. Its message is not only of relevance to academics, and managers unconvinced by the evangelical enthusiasm of many advocates of lean production, but also to those trade unions which are keen to preserve their independence through the development of new bargaining strategies in the face of an onslaught of new management techniques.”
Dave Beale, in Industrial Relations Journal
“… this is an important book and one to be read by academics and practitioners alike. Although it appears as a narrative relating to a single company, it goes beyond this; asking what it is we seek from work reforms.”
Peter Cressey, in New Technology, Work and Employment
“This book closes the chapter on Uddevalla’s heroic experiment. It helps the sympathetic reader understand what really happened there, and it draws out the positive lessons of Uddevalla for the very unfinished chapter of ongoing worldwide production and work reorganization in today’s turbulent markets.”
Lowell Turner, in Industrial and Labour Relations Review
“…essential reading for all those interested in the auto industry and the challenging innovations associated with Volvo.”
Russel Lansbury, in Economic and Industrial Democracy
“…detailed and compelling…Enriching Production provides researchers with a very deep vein of information and analysis.”
Steve Babson, in Work and Occupations
“This is a valuable collection…for researchers in this area, and for those who teach in the field, this is a useful addition to the literature.”
Human Resource Management Journal
“By its rich content, Enriching production is a good vehicle for keeping the discourse on alternative production systems rolling; and on the road”
Lars Normann Mikkelsen, in Acta Sociologica
Curent relevance
See also
✔ Freyssenet M., “La production réflexive, une alternative à la production de masse et à la production au plus juste?”, Sociologie du Travail, n°3/1995, pp 365-388. Édition numérique, freyssenet.com, 2007, 320 ko, ISSN 1776-0941. Version modifiée et augmentée en anglais : Freyssenet M., “Reflective production: an alternative to mass-production and lean production?”, Economic and Industrial Democracy, vol. 19, n°1, february 1998, pp 91-117. Digital publication, freyssenet.com , 2006, 280 Ko, ISSN 7116-0941.
✔ Charron E., Freyssenet M., “L’usine d’Uddevalla dans la trajectoire de Volvo”, Actes du GERPISA, n°9, mars 1994, pp 161-183. Éditions numériques, gerpisa.univ-evry.fr, 2001, 88 Ko; freyssenet.com , 2006, 1 Mo. Version en espagnol, Charron E., Freyssenet M., “La ‘produccion reflexiva’ en la fabrica Volvo de Uddevalla”, Sociologia del trabajo, 1996, 27, pp 103-129.
✔ Charron E., Freyssenet M., “L’usine d’Uddevalla dans la trajectoire de Volvo, annexe photographique”, Actes du GERPISA, n°9, mars 1994, pp 161-183. Édition numérique, freyssenet.com , 2006, 10,4 Mo.
✔ Freyssenet M., L’usine sans chaînes. Volvo Uddevalla. Diaporama. 63 photos. Édition numérique, freyssenet.com, 2006, 13,7 Mo.
Last presentation page updating
2007.03.14
Date of the putting on line of the downloadable book
2007.03.18, Sandberg Å. (ed.), Enriching Production. Perspectives on Volvo’s Uddevalla plant as an alternative to lean production, Avebury, Aldershot (UK), 1995, 459 p. Digital edition, New Preface, Åke Sandberg, Stockholm, 2007. Édition numérique, freyssenet.com, 2007, 5,7 Mo, ISSN 7116-0941.
1995
MPRA Paper
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Sandberg, Åke (1995): Enriching Production: Perspectives on Volvo's Uddevalla plant as an alternative to lean production. Published in:
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Outward FDI and Knowledge Flows: A Study of the Indian Automotive Sector
Pradhan, Jaya Prakash Pradhan
Singh, Neelam
F23 - Multinational Firms ; International Business
L62 - Automobiles ; Other Transportation Equipment ; Related Parts and Equipment
O32 - Management of Technological Innovation and R&D
F21 - International Investment ; Long-Term Capital Movements
In recent years developing countries have emerged as significant participants in the OFDI
(outward foreign direct investment) activities having the strategic asset seeking motive. Such OFDI
which is assets exploiting cum augmenting involves potential two way cross border knowledge flows.
This study examines these issues for the Indian automotive industry that is currently
transnationalizing at a rapid rate in terms of both exports and OFDI. The study traces the
technological capability building and several dimensions of OFDI in this industry. The case studies of
two major automotive Groups highlight their competence building, and knowledge seeking operations.
This study undertakes a quantitative analysis of the influence of OFDI activities on the in‐house
(domestic) R&D performance of Indian automotive firms during 1988–2008. As expected, the
favourable impacts on R&D intensity appear to be stronger for developed vs. developing host nations,
and for joint venture vs. wholly‐owned ownership OFDI. The study concludes with suggestions to
promote particularly the strategic asset enhancing OFDI.
2008-11
MPRA Paper
NonPeerReviewed
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Pradhan, Jaya Prakash Pradhan and Singh, Neelam (2008): Outward FDI and Knowledge Flows: A Study of the Indian Automotive Sector.
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Outward FDI and Knowledge Flows: A Study of the Indian Automotive Sector
Pradhan, Jaya Prakash
Singh, Neelam
F23 - Multinational Firms ; International Business
L62 - Automobiles ; Other Transportation Equipment ; Related Parts and Equipment
O32 - Management of Technological Innovation and R&D
F21 - International Investment ; Long-Term Capital Movements
In recent years developing countries have emerged as significant participants in the OFDI (outward foreign direct investment) activities having the strategic asset seeking motive. Such OFDI which is assets exploiting cum augmenting involves potential two way cross border knowledge flows. This study examines these issues for the Indian automotive industry that is currently transnationalizing at a rapid rate in terms of both exports and OFDI. The study traces the technological capability building and several dimensions of OFDI in this industry. The case studies of two major automotive Groups highlight their competence building, and knowledge seeking operations.
This study undertakes a quantitative analysis of the influence of OFDI activities on the in‐house (domestic) R&D performance of Indian automotive firms during 1988–2008. As expected, the favourable impacts on R&D intensity appear to be stronger for developed vs. developing host nations, and for joint venture vs. wholly‐owned ownership OFDI. The study concludes with suggestions to promote particularly the strategic asset enhancing OFDI.
2008-11
MPRA Paper
NonPeerReviewed
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Pradhan, Jaya Prakash and Singh, Neelam (2008): Outward FDI and Knowledge Flows: A Study of the Indian Automotive Sector.
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When does variety increase with quality?
Basov, Suren
Danilkina, Svetlana
Prentice, David
L11 - Production, Pricing, and Market Structure ; Size Distribution of Firms
L62 - Automobiles ; Other Transportation Equipment ; Related Parts and Equipment
D8 - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty
L15 - Information and Product Quality ; Standardization and Compatibility
D4 - Market Structure, Pricing, and Design
Casual empiricism suggests higher quality is associated with greater variety. However, recent theoretical and empirical research has either not considered this link, or has been unable to establish unambiguous predictions about the relationship between quality and variety. In this paper we develop a simple model, which predicts that for low qualities variety should be positively correlated with quality and we establish conditions under which variety will
either increase or decrease with quality at higher quality levels. The monopolist uses variety to increase the profitability of price discrimination across product lines of different qualities, by increasing the likelihood consumers choose high price products among products yielding the same utility. We show that the number of varieties offered by the monopolist is greater than
the social optimum. The predictions of the model are supported by an analysis of the market for cars. A wide range of car manufacturers are found to offer a hump-shaped distribution of varieties.
2009-02-02
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NonPeerReviewed
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Basov, Suren and Danilkina, Svetlana and Prentice, David (2009): When does variety increase with quality?
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Audi vs. BMW – On the Physical Heterogeneity of German Luxury Cars
Vistesen, Claus
L62 - Automobiles ; Other Transportation Equipment ; Related Parts and Equipment
This paper uses Logit and Probit regressions to test for and quantify the physical heterogeneity
between German luxury cars. Using a matched sample database, the binary response variable
consisting of Audis and BMWs is fitted to a matrix of physical characteristics such as power,
torque, fuel consumption, engine displacement etc. The results indicate that having a forced
induction engine (e.g. turbo) is associated with a 51% lower probability of observing a BMW and
that increasing fuel consumption by 1 liter per 100km lowers the probability of observing a BMW
with 61%. The results are discussed in relation to the idea that consumers may not differentiate
across luxury products on the basis of physical characteristics and how this may introduce a bias
with respect to predicting demand in the context of available market data.
2009-12-18
MPRA Paper
NonPeerReviewed
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/19516/1/MPRA_paper_19516.pdf
Vistesen, Claus (2009): Audi vs. BMW – On the Physical Heterogeneity of German Luxury Cars.
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oai:mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de:19607
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Fixing Detroit: how far, how fast, how fuel-efficient
Kleinbaum, Rob
McManus, Walter
L62 - Automobiles ; Other Transportation Equipment ; Related Parts and Equipment
Q55 - Technological Innovation
Q58 - Government Policy
The Automotive Industry Crisis of 2009 is the worst the industry has ever experienced. This paper helps resolve the debate on how much and fast it should change and how it should it respond to demands for increased fuel efficiency. Looking at the actions of successful corporate turnarounds, the lessons are very clear: implement broad, deep, fast change, replace the management team, and transform the culture. We modeled the impacts of different fuel economy standards on profitability and sales, using the most accepted estimates of all the key parameters, and conducted an extensive sensitivity analysis on the key parameters. The impact of higher fuel economy standards on industry profits is very clear: increasing fuel economy 30% to 50% (35 mpg to 40.5 mpg) would increase the Detroit 3’s gross profits by roughly $3 billion per year, and increase sales by the equivalent of two large assembly plants. The sensitivity analysis showed our findings are very robust. The overall risk and reward profile is very positive, with only a small chance of losing and a very large probability of gain.
2009-06
MPRA Paper
NonPeerReviewed
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/19607/1/MPRA_paper_19607.pdf
Kleinbaum, Rob and McManus, Walter (2009): Fixing Detroit: how far, how fast, how fuel-efficient.
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oai:mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de:25781
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The role of trading frictions in real asset markets
Gavazza, Alessandro
G12 - Asset Pricing ; Trading Volume ; Bond Interest Rates
C78 - Bargaining Theory ; Matching Theory
E22 - Investment ; Capital ; Intangible Capital ; Capacity
L62 - Automobiles ; Other Transportation Equipment ; Related Parts and Equipment
D83 - Search ; Learning ; Information and Knowledge ; Communication ; Belief ; Unawareness
This paper investigates how trading frictions vary with the thickness of the asset market by examining patterns of asset allocations and prices in commercial aircraft markets. The empirical analysis indicates that assets with a thinner market are less liquid—i.e., more difficult to sell. Thus, firms hold on longer to them amidst profitability shocks. Hence, when markets for assets are thin, firms’ average productivity and capacity utilization are lower, and the dispersions of productivity and of capacity utilization are higher. In turn, prices of assets with a thin market are lower and have a higher dispersion.
2010-01
MPRA Paper
NonPeerReviewed
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/25781/2/MPRA_paper_25781.pdf
Gavazza, Alessandro (2010): The role of trading frictions in real asset markets.
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oai:mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de:26805
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El conocimiento productivo aplicado en el sector autopartista de Córdoba: sus distintas dimensiones
Motta, Jorge
Morero, Hernán
B52 - Institutional ; Evolutionary
L62 - Automobiles ; Other Transportation Equipment ; Related Parts and Equipment
O3 - Innovation ; Research and Development ; Technological Change ; Intellectual Property Rights
The great expansion of the production of cars and trucks in Argentina, which began in 2003 and remains strong in 2008, was transmitted to the auto parts sector, it not only had to increase their level of production but also was forced to modernize, to introduce new models and to gradually improve the processes and the organizational form of productive activities within enterprises.
In a previous study (Motta, Morero and Llinas, 2007) presented at the 12 th Annual Meeting of the PME's Network held in Campinas (Brazil), the authors carried out an initial exploratory study on sources of learning and accumulating knowledge for innovation in Argentine auto parts businesses in the immediate aftermath of the crisis (2002-2006).
As a result of this analysis, we created a typology of firms according to the sources of learning and knowledge accumulation. A total of 5 groups of companies formed, where it could be seen that different forms of knowledge accumulation (accumulated knowledge crystallized endogenous capabilities, their own efforts for the generation of new knowledge and knowledge acquired from external sources) were strongly interdependent and complementary in determine the innovative performance of firms.
This time, the overall objective is to deepen this topic. Specifically, interest focuses on studying: i) how do companies to introduce new products, processes and organizational forms and then make improvements in them, and ii) the sources of the knowledge and what knowledge is relevant to each case.
The article consists of four sections. The next section presents the theoretical framework, the questions guiding the research and the specific objectives of the same. The third section describes the methodology and analysis are some characteristics of the firms surveyed. Finally, the fourth section summarizes the main conclusions.
2008
MPRA Paper
NonPeerReviewed
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/26805/1/MPRA_paper_26805.pdf
Motta, Jorge and Morero, Hernán (2008): El conocimiento productivo aplicado en el sector autopartista de Córdoba: sus distintas dimensiones.
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oai:mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de:26964
2019-09-27T05:10:01Z
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Internacionalización, Tramas Productivas y Sistema Nacional de Innovación
Morero, Hernán
B52 - Institutional ; Evolutionary
L62 - Automobiles ; Other Transportation Equipment ; Related Parts and Equipment
O3 - Innovation ; Research and Development ; Technological Change ; Intellectual Property Rights
This paper aims to study the capacity of the National Systems of Innovation to affect the innovative performance of firms in internationalized production activities of a developing economy. The research adopted a production networks perspective on Innovation Systems and the empirical work involved a survey to firms from the automotive productive network in Argentina. The importance of domestic and external sources of knowledge to the innovative performance of these firms was evaluated through the use of multivariate analysis and data clustering techniques. The main findings of the study are that: i) the innovative performance of argentinian auto parts firms is positively related to certain complementation between internal and external sources of knowledge; and that ii) the importance of the national innovation system is essential for them, even if those firms belongs to internationalized production networks that operates in a developing country.
2010-03-26
MPRA Paper
NonPeerReviewed
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/26964/5/MPRA_paper_26964.pdf
Morero, Hernán (2010): Internacionalización, Tramas Productivas y Sistema Nacional de Innovación. Published in: Journal of Technology Management & Innovation , Vol. 5, No. 3 (November 2010): pp. 142-161.
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oai:mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de:26965
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Procesos de aprendizaje y de acumulación de conocimiento en las empresas autopartistas argentinas
Motta, Jorge
Morero, Hernán
LLinás, Irene
B52 - Institutional ; Evolutionary
L62 - Automobiles ; Other Transportation Equipment ; Related Parts and Equipment
O3 - Innovation ; Research and Development ; Technological Change ; Intellectual Property Rights
From the early 1990, there is a process of modernization of the automotive industry in Argentina that modifies both the required skills and methods of learning processes in the automakers and auto parts suppliers.
The local automakers permanently cease its efforts to launch new models using the adaptive design procedure on the basis of models discontinued in developed countries and begin to introduce models of cars from the latest technology completely designed and developed in the laboratories of their headquarters.
This modernization process was accompanied and underpinned by a sharp decline in the national minimum required components for the automobile to be considered as national. Thus, the automakers had large margins of freedom to replace with foreign suppliers by increasing the local supply is not suited to their demands in terms of design, technological complexity, quality, price, etc..
In this context, the ability to design and adaptation of products - it was a very important competitive asset for auto parts companies until the early 1980 - was no longer relevant. The companies failed to design the products they made, and went on to produce goods according to the plans of the automakers. They did not allow local suppliers to make changes, however small these were.
In return, the need to reduce costs, improve quality and reduce delivery times to avoid being displaced by internal or external competition, pressure generated hitherto unknown in the auto parts producers to make more efficient production processes and change their traditional organizational forms, it they required the completion of a major effort which appealed to both external sources of knowledge as cumulative competence within the companies themselves
In addition, the nineties were characterized by entry into the country of major international auto parts, through direct investment or joint ventures with domestic firms.
As a result of these changes in the automotive and auto parts increased the importance of technology transfer from abroad as a source of knowledge for productive modernization.
This scenario is extended, albeit with some changes to the current decade. On the one hand, the automotive industry crisis that manifested itself in all its harshness in 2001 and 2002 sharply reduced production volumes as auto parts companies had to adapt its structure to the new situation. Success in this task was strongly related to the existence of internal powers to enable them to cut costs, reduce production scales, introducing new products, find new customers, etc. Companies were not able to implement these changes, a situation that included several subsidiaries of major international companies, had to leave the market.
For its part, the new macroeconomic scenario in the country installed after the 2002 devaluation led to renewed interest in the terminals to increase the degree of national integration, vehicle manufacturing, opening up new possibilities and new demands for local producers. They also began to develop some experience, but emerging patterns of delegation and participation of local auto parts makers in international design projects.
Framed in this picture, the overall objective of this work is to investigate in an exploratory way, sources and forms of learning and the accumulation of productive knowledge of auto parts companies in Argentina.
The paper is structured as follows. The section II describes the theoretical framework underlying the analysis and presents the hypotheses guiding the research. Section III mentions the sources of information used, and the next section describes the behavior of firms in relation to the analysis of key variables, namely: technical assistance or technology transfer, internal and external efforts made to enable or facilitate the introduction of innovations, the level of endogenous capabilities and innovative performance. Section V presents the main results of the analysis, that shows 5 groups that differ according to the characteristics of firms that adopt the processes of learning and knowledge accumulation and the related innovation performance. Finally, we present the main conclusions.
2007-09
MPRA Paper
NonPeerReviewed
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/26965/1/MPRA_paper_26965.pdf
Motta, Jorge and Morero, Hernán and LLinás, Irene (2007): Procesos de aprendizaje y de acumulación de conocimiento en las empresas autopartistas argentinas.
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Trade sustainability impact assessment (SIA) on the comprehensive economic and trade agreement (CETA) between the EU and Canada: Final report
Kirkpatrick, Colin
Raihan, Selim
Bleser, Adam
Prud'homme, Dan
Mayrand, Karel
Morin, Jean Frederic
Pollitt, Hector
Hinojosa, Leonith
Williams, Michael
F16 - Trade and Labor Market Interactions
F13 - Trade Policy ; International Trade Organizations
L62 - Automobiles ; Other Transportation Equipment ; Related Parts and Equipment
H41 - Public Goods
K21 - Antitrust Law
D58 - Computable and Other Applied General Equilibrium Models
P48 - Political Economy ; Legal Institutions ; Property Rights ; Natural Resources ; Energy ; Environment ; Regional Studies
K11 - Property Law
H42 - Publicly Provided Private Goods
F15 - Economic Integration
H70 - General
K33 - International Law
O51 - U.S. ; Canada
L8 - Industry Studies: Services
H57 - Procurement
L67 - Other Consumer Nondurables: Clothing, Textiles, Shoes, and Leather Goods; Household Goods; Sports Equipment
K0 - General
O34 - Intellectual Property and Intellectual Capital
O24 - Trade Policy ; Factor Movement Policy ; Foreign Exchange Policy
F14 - Empirical Studies of Trade
F19 - Other
H82 - Governmental Property
L69 - Other
F18 - Trade and Environment
Q17 - Agriculture in International Trade
F17 - Trade Forecasting and Simulation
O52 - Europe
B41 - Economic Methodology
C01 - Econometrics
Q58 - Government Policy
Commissioned by the European Commission, the Final Report for the EU-Canada Sustainability Impact Assessment (SIA) on the EU-Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) provides a comprehensive assessment of the potential impacts of trade liberalisation under CETA. The analysis assesses the economic, social and environmental impacts in Canada and the European Union in three main sectors, sixteen sub-sectors and across seven cross-cutting issues.
It predicts a number of macro-economic and sector-specific impacts. The macro analysis suggests the EU may see increases in real GDP of 0.02-0.03% in the long-term from CETA, whereas Canada may see increases of 0.18-0.36%. The Investment section of the report suggests these numbers could be higher when factoring in investment increases. At the sectoral level, the study predicts the greatest gains in output and trade to be stimulated by services liberalisation and by the removal of tariffs applied on sensitive agricultural products. It also suggests CETA could have a positive social impact if it includes provisions on the ILO’s Core Labour Standards and Decent Work Agenda.
The study also details a variety of impacts in various “cross-cutting” components of CETA. It finds CETA would stimulate investment in Canada, and to a lesser extent in the EU; and finds costs outweigh the benefits of including controversial NAFTA-style investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) provisions in CETA. It predicts potentially imbalanced benefits from a government procurement (GP) chapter. The study assumes CETA will lead to an upward harmonisation in intellectual property rights (IPR) regulations, particularly in Canada, which will have a number of effects. It predicts some notable impacts in terms of competition policy, as well as trade facilitation, free circulation of goods and labour mobility.
2011-06
MPRA Paper
NonPeerReviewed
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/28812/1/MPRA_paper_28812.pdf
Kirkpatrick, Colin and Raihan, Selim and Bleser, Adam and Prud'homme, Dan and Mayrand, Karel and Morin, Jean Frederic and Pollitt, Hector and Hinojosa, Leonith and Williams, Michael (2011): Trade sustainability impact assessment (SIA) on the comprehensive economic and trade agreement (CETA) between the EU and Canada: Final report. Published in: European Commission Trade Assessments (September 2011)
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oai:mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de:28821
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Leasing and Secondary Markets: Theory and Evidence from Commercial Aircraft
Gavazza, Alessandro
L14 - Transactional Relationships ; Contracts and Reputation ; Networks
L62 - Automobiles ; Other Transportation Equipment ; Related Parts and Equipment
G32 - Financing Policy ; Financial Risk and Risk Management ; Capital and Ownership Structure ; Value of Firms ; Goodwill
D24 - Production ; Cost ; Capital ; Capital, Total Factor, and Multifactor Productivity ; Capacity
I construct a dynamic model of transactions in used capital to understand the role of leasing when trading is subject to frictions. Firms trade assets to adjust their productive capacity in response to shocks to profitability. Transaction costs hinder the efficiency of the allocation of capital, and lessors act as trading intermediaries who reduce trading frictions. The model predicts that leased assets trade more frequently and produce more output than owned assets, for two reasons. First, high-volatility firms are more likely to lease than low-volatility firms, since they expect to adjust their capacity more frequently. Second, ownership's larger transaction costs widen owners' inaction bands relative to lessees'.
Using data on commercial aircraft, I find that leased aircraft have holding durations 38-percent shorter and fly 6.5-percent more hours than owned aircraft. Additional tests indicate that most of these differential patterns
in trading and utilization arise because owners have wider inaction bands than lessees, and carriers' self-selection into leasing plays a minor role.
2010-04
MPRA Paper
NonPeerReviewed
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/28821/1/MPRA_paper_28821.pdf
Gavazza, Alessandro (2010): Leasing and Secondary Markets: Theory and Evidence from Commercial Aircraft.
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oai:mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de:29312
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Product-line variety and innovation along product life-cycle in car market: are carmakers’ policies really effective?
Volpato, Giuseppe
Stocchetti, Andrea
M31 - Marketing
M00 - General
L62 - Automobiles ; Other Transportation Equipment ; Related Parts and Equipment
This paper presents some preliminary results of a research concerning the evolution of product variety and product innovation policies of carmakers in the European market. Three market segments are taken into consideration for the period 1984-2004; data concerning model sales and product characteristics of some of the main carmakers are examined and the aspects taken into consideration refers to Product Life-Cycle (PLC), price positioning, rough measures of Product Line Width (PLW) and Product Line Innovation (PLI).
The aim of the research is to describe product replacement policies and timing pursued by carmakers within each segment to evaluate the effectiveness of carmakers PLC policies through inter-brand comparison mainly based upon: a) PLC extent for each model, b) PLW variation along the life-cycle, c) PLI effectiveness. Differences in brands policies, as well as evolutionary trends of persistence or of discontinuity within the same brand are investigated, as well as the relation between PLC trend and timing in new model introduction.
2006-05
MPRA Paper
NonPeerReviewed
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/29312/1/MPRA_paper_29312.pdf
Volpato, Giuseppe and Stocchetti, Andrea (2006): Product-line variety and innovation along product life-cycle in car market: are carmakers’ policies really effective?
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oai:mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de:29708
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When does variety increase with quality?
Basov, Suren
Danilkina, Svetlana
Prentice, David
L11 - Production, Pricing, and Market Structure ; Size Distribution of Firms
L62 - Automobiles ; Other Transportation Equipment ; Related Parts and Equipment
D8 - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty
L15 - Information and Product Quality ; Standardization and Compatibility
D4 - Market Structure, Pricing, and Design
Casual empiricism suggests higher quality is associated with greater variety. However, recent theoretical and empirical research has either not considered this link, or has been unable to establish unambiguous predictions about the relationship between quality and variety. In this paper we develop a simple model, which predicts that for low qualities variety should be positively correlated with quality and we establish conditions under which variety will either increase or decrease with quality at higher
quality levels. The producer uses variety to increase the profitability of price discrimination across different qualities, by increasing the likelihood consumers choose high price products among products yielding the same utility. We show that the number of varieties offered by the monopolist is greater than the social optimum. The predictions of the model are supported by an empirical analysis of the market for cars. A wide range of car manufacturers are found to offer a hump-shaped distribution of varieties.
2009-02-02
MPRA Paper
NonPeerReviewed
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/29708/1/MPRA_paper_29708.pdf
Basov, Suren and Danilkina, Svetlana and Prentice, David (2009): When does variety increase with quality?
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oai:mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de:30443
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Primary Seat Belt Laws and Offsetting Behavior: Empirical Evidence from Individual Accident Data.
Bae, Yong-Kyun
L51 - Economics of Regulation
L62 - Automobiles ; Other Transportation Equipment ; Related Parts and Equipment
D01 - Microeconomic Behavior: Underlying Principles
According to the offsetting effect theory, since drivers wearing seat belts feel more
secure, they tend to drive less carefully and may cause more accidents, including
those involving pedestrians. Most previous studies have used only state-level accident
data, which cannot control for individual characteristics of drivers, vehicles, and the
environmental factors surrounding the accidents. This paper uses individual-level
accident data to analyze how drivers respond to the laws exploiting changes in the
seat belt laws in a number of US states in the last decade. I find that the laws do not
cause less careful behavior by drivers. In fact, they drive more carefully when more
stringent seat belt laws are in effect, and this leads to less involvement of pedestrians
in accidents. These results show that the offsetting effects do not exist when all
accidents, including fatal accidents, are considered.
2011-04-15
MPRA Paper
NonPeerReviewed
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/30443/1/MPRA_paper_30443.pdf
Bae, Yong-Kyun (2011): Primary Seat Belt Laws and Offsetting Behavior: Empirical Evidence from Individual Accident Data.
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oai:mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de:33148
2019-09-30T14:08:10Z
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Eastern Europe shifts second gear
Mohelsky, Lukas
L62 - Automobiles ; Other Transportation Equipment ; Related Parts and Equipment
R41 - Transportation: Demand, Supply, and Congestion ; Travel Time ; Safety and Accidents ; Transportation Noise
The paper describes the recent development in the personal car ownership within the European Union. It stems from the key factors influencing its fluctuations (population, GDP, fleet renewal), which also represent important socio-economic differences between the EU countries. The subsequent part analyses the comparison of the total car parc and of the new personal carc sales and offers the potential prospects of the further development of both indicators in the twelve new EU members.
2010-06-24
MPRA Paper
NonPeerReviewed
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/33148/1/MPRA_paper_33148.pdf
Mohelsky, Lukas (2010): Eastern Europe shifts second gear. Published in: Trendy v mezinárodním podnikání (26 June 2010): pp. 228-243.
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oai:mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de:37543
2019-09-27T01:10:29Z
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Türkiye’de Bilgi Ekonomisi ve Bilgi Yoğun Malların Dış Ticareti (1969-2009)
Ekizceleroglu, Caner
F11 - Neoclassical Models of Trade
L62 - Automobiles ; Other Transportation Equipment ; Related Parts and Equipment
F12 - Models of Trade with Imperfect Competition and Scale Economies ; Fragmentation
D83 - Search ; Learning ; Information and Knowledge ; Communication ; Belief ; Unawareness
C01 - Econometrics
L63 - Microelectronics ; Computers ; Communications Equipment
Economic activities becoming more knowledge oriented. With liberalization of the global trade global competition escalated. In this context global competition acquired a shape among the knowledge goods. Societies which produce and use knowledge goods in their economic activities holding an advanced economic outlook. Knowledge goods create more added value than other goods.
Thus exporters of knowledge goods acquire more wealth and competitive power. Transformation of the exportation structure to knowledge oriented increases the competitive power of the economies. This requires improvement of the technological ability and human capital stock. In this study it is intended that to analyze the share and the importance of the knowledge goods in Turkey's foreign trade. For this purpose, foreign trade data of knowledge-intensive goods tested in VAR (Vector autoregression) model. The results obtained are interpreted.
2011-01-01
MPRA Paper
NonPeerReviewed
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/37543/1/MPRA_paper_37543.pdf
Ekizceleroglu, Caner (2011): Türkiye’de Bilgi Ekonomisi ve Bilgi Yoğun Malların Dış Ticareti (1969-2009). Published in: Marmara University Journal of Faculty of Economic and Administrative Sciences , Vol. XXX, No. I (1 June 2011): pp. 209-228.
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oai:mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de:38414
2019-09-27T06:25:26Z
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/38414/
A quantitative analysis of the used-car market
Gavazza, Alessandro
Lizzeri, Alessandro
Rokestkiy, Nikita
D12 - Consumer Economics: Empirical Analysis
L62 - Automobiles ; Other Transportation Equipment ; Related Parts and Equipment
E10 - General
We quantitatively investigate the allocative and welfare effects of secondary markets for cars. An important source of gains from trade in these markets is the heterogeneity
in the willingness to pay for higher-quality (newer) goods, but transaction costs are an impediment to instantaneous trade. We explore how the income distribution affects this
heterogeneity--income is an important determinant of willingness to pay for quality. Calibration of the model successfully matches several aggregate features of the U.S. and French used-car markets. Counterfactual analyses show that transaction costs have a large effect on volume of trade, allocations, and the primary market. Aggregate effects on consumer surplus and welfare are relatively small, but the effect on lower-income households can be large.
2012-04-25
MPRA Paper
NonPeerReviewed
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/38414/1/MPRA_paper_38414.pdf
Gavazza, Alessandro and Lizzeri, Alessandro and Rokestkiy, Nikita (2012): A quantitative analysis of the used-car market.
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oai:mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de:41197
2019-09-28T16:40:10Z
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/41197/
Brazilian automotive industry in the nineties
Cecchini, Kerlyng
Guilhoto, Joaquim José Martins
Hewings, Geoffrey J.D.
Chokri, Dridi
O18 - Urban, Rural, Regional, and Transportation Analysis ; Housing ; Infrastructure
L62 - Automobiles ; Other Transportation Equipment ; Related Parts and Equipment
This paper aims to carry out an analysis of fuzzy clusters in the Brazilian automotive industry to contribute to the analysis of the relative importance of these economic activities in the national productive structure and in their regional contexts. The intention is to assess whether, once they have been established in the structure of a determined region, the economic activities of the industry establish productive relationships similar to other industries to the point of leading an industrial group in the regions or in the national economy.
2007
MPRA Paper
NonPeerReviewed
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/41197/1/MPRA_paper_41197.pdf
Cecchini, Kerlyng and Guilhoto, Joaquim José Martins and Hewings, Geoffrey J.D. and Chokri, Dridi (2007): Brazilian automotive industry in the nineties.
en
oai:mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de:43928
2019-09-28T10:34:31Z
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/43928/
Horizontal and vertical intra-industry trade of Nafta and Mercosur: The case of the automobile industry
Montout, Sylvie
Mucchielli, Jean-Louis
Zignago, Soledad
F15 - Economic Integration
F10 - General
L62 - Automobiles ; Other Transportation Equipment ; Related Parts and Equipment
F14 - Empirical Studies of Trade
The NAFTA and MERCOSUR agreements seem to have accelerated the regional integration process respectively within North and South of America. In the South in particular, MERCOSUR has led to trade liberalisation and deregulation, which has resulted in significant growth of its regional trade. In this article, we study the pattern of that trade growth in the automobile industry. Our results highlight an increase of intra-industry trade in the corresponding industry since the beginning of the 1990s. Firstly, we use the Grubel and Lloyd indicator (1975). Secondly, following Abd-el-Rahman (1991), Greenaway et al. (1995), Fontagné and Freudenberg (1997), we distinguish horizontally differentiated goods from vertically differentiated goods using a comparison of the unit values. With the increase of intra-industry trade, it appears that MERCOSUR has favoured in particular the development of trade in vertically differentiated goods. In NAFTA, intra-industry trade exists in most sectors and in two bilateral relations (US-Canada and US-Mexico). In
MERCOSUR, the automobile industry has experienced the highest rate of growth in intraindustry trade, which accounts for 66% of total trade and 90% of all intra-regional trade. Thirdly, we analyse the nature of that increase and more precisely, the determinants of intra-industry trade. In order to explain the pattern of trade for the automobile industry, we use a gravity-type model taking into account some country-specific variables.
2001-11
MPRA Paper
NonPeerReviewed
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/43928/1/MPRA_paper_43928.pdf
Montout, Sylvie and Mucchielli, Jean-Louis and Zignago, Soledad (2001): Horizontal and vertical intra-industry trade of Nafta and Mercosur: The case of the automobile industry.
en
oai:mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de:44409
2019-09-28T21:55:16Z
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/44409/
Internacionalizacion y Sistema Nacional de Innovacion argentino: una perspectiva de tramas productivas. Los casos automotriz y siderurgico
Morero, Hernan Alejandro
B52 - Institutional ; Evolutionary
L6 - Industry Studies: Manufacturing
L61 - Metals and Metal Products ; Cement ; Glass ; Ceramics
L62 - Automobiles ; Other Transportation Equipment ; Related Parts and Equipment
O14 - Industrialization ; Manufacturing and Service Industries ; Choice of Technology
O31 - Innovation and Invention: Processes and Incentives
In recent decades the highlighted characteristics of the economic and techno-productive context involves an increasing degree of internationalization: a large expansion of international trade flows, capital, technology and information, greater interconnection between socio-institutional and production systems of nations, and an important transnationalization of the major economic actors. In this context, the Thesis inquires into the relevance of the domestic sources of knowledge for the innovative performance of firms that perform in internationalized production activities in an emerging economy, such as Argentina.
Addressing this problem involves asking about the way in which the internationalization of production affects the National System of Innovation (NSI). More precisely, we wonder about its ability to affect the innovative performance of firms in internationalized production activities in a developing economy. In fact, a recurrent issue in the NSI’s literature is the way which the national dimension of the Systems of Innovation (SI) is affected by the phenomenon of internationalization of production and, within this problem and in this context, the relative relevance of domestic sources of production of knowledge for innovation (Lundvall, 2007, 1992, Johnson 1992, Nelson, 1993; López, 1996; Chudnovsky, 1999; Balzat and Hanusch 2004).
The literature that studies the SI’s internationalization has pointed two main conclusions (Carlsson, 2006): first, empirically the growing internationalization of the ISs, and, secondly, the national institutions maintain their importance in supporting innovative activity, even in activities increasingly internationalized. However, this literature focuses mainly on developed countries. Then, the general concern of this paper is if a developing country, like Argentina, which is far from the international technological frontier, the NSI, the national institutions and the domestic sources of generation of knowledge, remain important for the support of innovative activity, or if, on the contrary, its significance is marginal in highly internationalized production activities.
The main objective of the Thesis is to study the way in which the National System of Innovation (NSI) affects the innovation capabilities in internationalized production activities from an emerging economy. Particularly, to analyze the importance of the NSI and the relative relevance of the domestic sources of knowledge for the innovative performance of firms that operates in internationalized production activities in an emerging economy, as Argentina.
A National System of Innovation approach from a Production Network (PN) perspective is adopted to analyze two internationalized PNs in Argentina: The Automotive (APN), organized around foreign subsidiaries of Multinational Companies (MNCs); and the Iron and Steel (IPN), organized around a domestic MNC’s headquarter. In that sense, a second specific objective is to analyze if the relevance of NSI and the domestic knowledge sources for innovation differs between internationalized PN organized around MNC’s foreing subsidiaries, or around local headquarters.
The main idea that guides the research is that the national dimension of the NSI is relevant to the processes of accumulation and generation of knowledge even in internationalized PN. It follows the first hypothesis of the research: it is expected that even in internationalized PNs, the firms that complement their external knowledge with domestic knowledge, will have better innovative performance than those firms with sources of knowledge that remain mainly external and foreign. However, this importance will vary according to the particular characteristics regarding the type of internationalization of each PN. In particular, by of the importance of the tacit dimension of knowledge rooted in the nation, in the internationalized PNs whose cores are local, the importance of the NSI for the generation and accumulation of knowledge of the companies will be higher, respect to the internationalized PNs whose cores are outside the country; which is the second hypothesis of the Thesis.
A qualitative and a quantitative analysis were done to deal with these hypotheses. The qualitative analysis involves an historical approach though secondary sources of the internationalization process in both PN, and a structural characterization of each PN at the moment of the data of quantitative analysis (2006).
The chapter II presents the historical evolution of Argentina's APN focusing on its internationalization’s process. This analysis tries to emphasize the character that the globalization process acquired in this network from its beginnings, and the relative importance that acquired the domestic and foreign elements in this processes. This will involve analyze the process of development of the production network’s cores, the development of their supply chain, the evolution of the trade, technological and production flows, and the impact of the sectoral policy. The analysis will follow five parts: the first covers the period between 1920 and 1950, characterized by the installation of the firsts assembly plants; the second between 1951 and 1958, when began the domestic production driven by the State; the third between 1959 and 1974, characterized by the domination of the network by foreign automakers; the fourth between 1975 and 1990, where the domestic institutional and macroeconomic instability led to a deep crisis in the network; and finally, the fifth between 1990 and 2006, characterized by the approaching of the local production network to the international technological frontier and its final integration into the global production chain. The chapter ends with a static characterization of the APN at 2006 year.
The chapter III presents the historical evolution of the IPN focusing on their internationalization process. The analysis follow to three time periods: the first one covers the period between 1940 and 1975, when the gestation of the core companies was carried on by the state and there existed a public - private articulation, which was fully focused on supplying the domestic market; the second one covers from 1975 to 1990, with the incorporation of private actors as integrated factories, and the start of commercial internationalization through exports; and finally, the third one, from 1990 to 2006, was characterized by the privatization of state-owned companies, and by the productive internationalization -via FDI- to the rest of the world. The chapter ends with a static characterization of the IPN at 2006 year.
Chapter IV presents the quantitative analysis. A Multiple Factor and a Cluster Analysis were carried out using data for 163 firms from a specific technological survey. A different innovative performance was identified according to the complementarities of knowledge sources: The best performance is positively related to a certain balance between domestic and foreign sources, although in the IPN case the international linkages are less important. The findings of this empirical paper are confirmatory of the working hypothesis in the following direction: i) the level of internationalization of industrial activities does not reduce nor extinguishes the importance of national sources of knowledge; ii) for those internationalized PNs organized around domestic MNCs’ headquarters, the best innovative performance underlines the relevance of some foreign knowledge sources, as regards PNs organized around foreign subsidiaries.
Chapter V summarizes the main conclusions of the Thesis, were the qualitative analysis from chapters II and III adds elements to enlighten and to a better understanding of the quantitative results.
2013-02-08
MPRA Paper
NonPeerReviewed
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/44409/1/MPRA_paper_44409.pdf
Morero, Hernan Alejandro (2013): Internacionalizacion y Sistema Nacional de Innovacion argentino: una perspectiva de tramas productivas. Los casos automotriz y siderurgico.
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oai:mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de:45225
2019-09-29T09:57:45Z
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/45225/
Dynamic interaction between markets for leasing and selling automobiles
Andrikopoulos, Athanasios
Markellos, Raphael. N
C73 - Stochastic and Dynamic Games ; Evolutionary Games ; Repeated Games
D43 - Oligopoly and Other Forms of Market Imperfection
E32 - Business Fluctuations ; Cycles
L62 - Automobiles ; Other Transportation Equipment ; Related Parts and Equipment
We develop a model of dynamic interactions between price variations in leasing and selling markets for automobiles. Our framework assumes a differential game between multiple Bertrand-type competing firms which offer differentiated products to forward-looking agents. Empirical analysis of our model using monthly US data from 2002 to 2011 shows that variations in selling (cash) market prices lead rapidly dissipating changes of leasing market prices in the opposite direction. We discuss the practical implications of these results by augmenting a standard leasing valuation formula. The additional terms represent the leased asset value changes that can be expected on the basis of past variations in automobile selling market prices.
2012-06
MPRA Paper
NonPeerReviewed
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/45225/1/MPRA_paper_45225.pdf
Andrikopoulos, Athanasios and Markellos, Raphael. N (2012): Dynamic interaction between markets for leasing and selling automobiles.
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oai:mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de:45659
2019-09-27T09:54:05Z
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/45659/
Factors behind international relocation and changes in production geography in the European automobile components industry
Lampón, Jesús F.
Lago-Peñas, Santiago
F22 - International Migration
L6 - Industry Studies: Manufacturing
L62 - Automobiles ; Other Transportation Equipment ; Related Parts and Equipment
This article analyses business strategies in the automobile sector to determine the key factors behind production relocation processes in automobile components suppliers. These factors help explain changes in production geography in the sector not only in terms of location advantages but also from a perspective of corporate strategies and decision-making mechanisms within firms. The results obtained from an empirical study in Spain during the period 2001-2008 show how the components sector has used relocation to meet the requirements for efficiency imposed by automobile manufacturers. The search for lower labour costs, production concentration and specialisation in order to obtain economies of scale and improved productivity are found to be the main factors determining relocation in the sector. These processes are facilitated by the operational flexibility of the multinational firms that dominate the sector which allows them to transfer resources internationally. Lean supply, technological requirements for production processes and the integration of production plants in the institutional environment are the main barriers to such processes of mobility, and may also determine the geographical destination of migrated production.
2013-03-29
MPRA Paper
NonPeerReviewed
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/45659/8/MPRA_paper_45659.pdf
Lampón, Jesús F. and Lago-Peñas, Santiago (2013): Factors behind international relocation and changes in production geography in the European automobile components industry.
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oai:mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de:46043
2019-09-26T20:53:30Z
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/46043/
Análisis de elasticidades en el mercado automotor colombiano (2009 - 2011) mediante un modelo logit anidado
Sánchez Navarro, Dennis
C39 - Other
C53 - Forecasting and Prediction Methods ; Simulation Methods
D12 - Consumer Economics: Empirical Analysis
L62 - Automobiles ; Other Transportation Equipment ; Related Parts and Equipment
El presente documento busca analizar el comportamiento de los hogares colombianos en la compra de vehículo nuevo para uso particular, y modelar el funcionamiento de la demanda de vehículos particulares en Colombia, entre 2009 y 2011. Esto a partir de la estimación de un modelo logit anidado que permite tomar como variables explicativas las características o atributos de los vehículos como determinantes de la decisión de compra de vehículo. Finalmente, se estiman las elasticidades con el fin de analizar el grado de sustituibilidad o contestabilidad del mercado automotor en Colombia.
This paper analyzes the behavior of Colombian households in purchasing a new vehicle for private use, and model the performance of the demand for private vehicles in Colombia, between 2009 and 2011. This paper estimates a Nested Logit model that takes the characteristics or attributes of vehicles as explicative variables as determinants of the vehicle purchase decision. Finally, the elasticities are estimated in order to analyze the substitutability or contestability automotive market in Colombia.
2013-02-28
MPRA Paper
NonPeerReviewed
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/46043/1/MPRA_paper_46043.pdf
Sánchez Navarro, Dennis (2013): Análisis de elasticidades en el mercado automotor colombiano (2009 - 2011) mediante un modelo logit anidado.
es
oai:mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de:48905
2019-09-27T11:04:45Z
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/48905/
The Market Impact and the Cost of Environmental Policy: Evidence from the Swedish Green Car Rebate
Huse, Cristian
Lucinda, Claudio
H23 - Externalities ; Redistributive Effects ; Environmental Taxes and Subsidies
H25 - Business Taxes and Subsidies
L11 - Production, Pricing, and Market Structure ; Size Distribution of Firms
L62 - Automobiles ; Other Transportation Equipment ; Related Parts and Equipment
L71 - Mining, Extraction, and Refining: Hydrocarbon Fuels
L98 - Government Policy
Q42 - Alternative Energy Sources
Q48 - Government Policy
We quantify the effects of the Swedish GCR, a program to reduce oil dependence and greenhouse gas emissions in the automobile industry. We find the GCR to increase the market shares of `green cars' and its cost to be $109/tonCO2 saved, thus 5 times the price of an emission permit. Since the main green cars in Sweden are FFVs (flexible-fuel vehicles), which can switch between petrol (gasoline) and ethanol, we also account for fuel choice, which increases the cost of the program. Finally, we show that consumers would have purchased FFVs regardless of the rebate provided by the GCR.
2013
MPRA Paper
NonPeerReviewed
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/48905/1/MPRA_paper_48905.pdf
Huse, Cristian and Lucinda, Claudio (2013): The Market Impact and the Cost of Environmental Policy: Evidence from the Swedish Green Car Rebate. Forthcoming in: Economic Journal
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oai:mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de:48906
2019-09-28T06:38:21Z
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/48906/
How to use demand systems to evaluate risky projects, with an application to automobile production
Friberg, Richard
Huse, Cristian
F23 - Multinational Firms ; International Business
G32 - Financing Policy ; Financial Risk and Risk Management ; Capital and Ownership Structure ; Value of Firms ; Goodwill
L16 - Industrial Organization and Macroeconomics: Industrial Structure and Structural Change ; Industrial Price Indices
L62 - Automobiles ; Other Transportation Equipment ; Related Parts and Equipment
This article introduces a method to quantify the effect of a firm’s strategic choices on the risk profile of its profits at different horizons. We combine a demand system for differentiated products with counterfactual paths of risk factors. Prices, costs and quantities respond endogenously to the counterfactual state of the world. The draws on risk factors are generated using copulas, in a way that flexibly can be adapted to the risks faced in various industries. We illustrate the method by studying how the US operations of German carmakers BMW and Porsche are affected by the decision to relocate production, i.e. operational hedging. We find that for plausible costs of building a plant, production in the US is attractive for BMW, but not for Porsche.
2012
MPRA Paper
NonPeerReviewed
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/48906/1/MPRA_paper_48906.pdf
Friberg, Richard and Huse, Cristian (2012): How to use demand systems to evaluate risky projects, with an application to automobile production.
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oai:mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de:48909
2019-09-27T10:54:55Z
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/48909/
Fast and Furious (and Dirty): How Asymmetric Regulation May Hinder Environmental Policy
Huse, Cristian
H23 - Externalities ; Redistributive Effects ; Environmental Taxes and Subsidies
L51 - Economics of Regulation
L62 - Automobiles ; Other Transportation Equipment ; Related Parts and Equipment
L98 - Government Policy
Q42 - Alternative Energy Sources
Q48 - Government Policy
Q53 - Air Pollution ; Water Pollution ; Noise ; Hazardous Waste ; Solid Waste ; Recycling
In the first year after the inception of the Swedish Green Car Rebate (GCR), green cars had carved over 25 percent market share in the new vehicle market, an effect of unprecedented scale if compared to recent policies incentivizing the purchase of fuel-efficient vehicles. By awarding vehicles satisfying certain emission criteria a rebate, but giving alternative fuel vehicles (AFVs, those able to run on alternative fuels) a more lenient treatment than regular fuel vehicles (RFVs, those able to run only on gasoline and diesel), the GCR created a regulatory loophole which led carmakers to increase the emissions of AFVs as compared to RFVs. This paper examines the impact of regulation on market developments comparing CO2 emissions (and fuel economy) of AFVs and RFVs. Once carmakers adjust their product lines to the policy, CO2 emissions of AFVs increased significantly as compared to those of RFVs, thus undermining the very objectives of the GCR.
2014
MPRA Paper
NonPeerReviewed
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/48909/7/MPRA_paper_48909.pdf
Huse, Cristian (2014): Fast and Furious (and Dirty): How Asymmetric Regulation May Hinder Environmental Policy.
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oai:mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de:50380
2019-09-28T04:38:51Z
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/50380/
Information Transmission and Vehicle Recalls: The Role and Regulation of Recall Notification Letters
Bae, Yong-Kyun
Benitez-Silva, Hugo
D01 - Microeconomic Behavior: Underlying Principles
L51 - Economics of Regulation
L62 - Automobiles ; Other Transportation Equipment ; Related Parts and Equipment
Using data on correction rates for vehicle recalls in the United States from 2007 to 2010, we investigate information transmission from manufacturers to owners regarding the defects of recalled vehicles. We pay special attention to the role of the language manufacturers use to convey each recall's seriousness in the letters they send to owners to explain the nature of the defects in their vehicles, and the possible consequences if the defects are not fixed. We find that recalls linked to riskier defects, defined by the type of equipment affected in the vehicles, are associated
with higher correction rates. Interestingly, the content of recall notification letters plays an important role in increasing correction rates because the letters convey
information to owners above and beyond baseline information about which part of their vehicles can present problems. We also find that, in a number of cases, the language that manufacturers use to explain the risks to owners are worryingly milder than the descriptions the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) use, resulting in significantly lower correction rates. We conclude that information transmission to owners regarding recalls should be more clearly regulated since the language affects drivers' likelihood of taking their cars to be fixed. We advocate that the NHTSA return to the pre-2001 practice of assigning hazard levels to all recalls, and that the agency consider making sure manufacturers clearly
communicate recall rating information to vehicle owners. Our results indicate that these practices would result in higher correction rates, remove faulty cars from the
roads, and, consequently, save lives.
2013-10-04
MPRA Paper
NonPeerReviewed
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/50380/1/MPRA_paper_50380.pdf
Bae, Yong-Kyun and Benitez-Silva, Hugo (2013): Information Transmission and Vehicle Recalls: The Role and Regulation of Recall Notification Letters.
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oai:mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de:51342
2019-09-26T09:21:31Z
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/51342/
Automotive Industry Response to its Global QMS Standard ISO/TS-16949
Singh, Neelam
F23 - Multinational Firms ; International Business
L15 - Information and Product Quality ; Standardization and Compatibility
L62 - Automobiles ; Other Transportation Equipment ; Related Parts and Equipment
With increasing globalization, the intense competition and customer-pressure have spurred many producers from developing/ emerging countries to adopt the best management and organizational practices. The quality issues are paramount for automotive manufacturing. The multiplicity of Quality Management System (QMS) Standards prevalent till the 1990s finally gave way to development of a harmonized automotive industry-specific QMS, namely ISO/TS-16949. This paper analyzes the major factors motivating firms to adopt this Standard: its quality signaling function, especially in international business, and facilitative role in moving up the supply chain. We investigate the inter-national and inter-regional concentration of ISO/TS-16949 certificates and relate those changes to the automotive industry dynamics. Among the top certifying nations - China, India and Brazil included - these certificates and ‘cars and commercial vehicles’ produced are highly correlated. A moderate-to-high worldwide growth of this certification is probable in near future with its gaining popularity among Tier-2 suppliers and for two/ three-wheeler automotive production. The Indian evidence indicates a sizeable proportion of car and commercial vehicle plants being ISO/TS-16949 certified and a high certification incidence among large and medium-large auto component firms. We suggest the creation of a Centre to encourage and prepare SMEs and provide financial assistance for ISO/TS-16949 certification.
2013-11-09
MPRA Paper
NonPeerReviewed
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/51342/1/MPRA_paper_51342.pdf
Singh, Neelam (2013): Automotive Industry Response to its Global QMS Standard ISO/TS-16949.
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oai:mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de:52744
2019-09-28T21:53:22Z
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The Interplay between Innovation and Production Systems at Various Levels: The case of the Hungarian automotive industry
Havas, Attila
L14 - Transactional Relationships ; Contracts and Reputation ; Networks
L21 - Business Objectives of the Firm
L23 - Organization of Production
L62 - Automobiles ; Other Transportation Equipment ; Related Parts and Equipment
O25 - Industrial Policy
O31 - Innovation and Invention: Processes and Incentives
O38 - Government Policy
P23 - Factor and Product Markets ; Industry Studies ; Population
The paper first discusses alternative theoretical frameworks to analyse the impacts of FDI on host economies. Second, it provides an overview of major developments in the Hungarian automotive industry since the early 1990s, discussing both firm strategies and the macro level factors influencing the former ones, especially by highlighting the consequences of Hungary’s accession to the EU. A tentative taxonomy has also been developed, and applied when discussing the prospects for Hungarian suppliers. The paper concludes that diffusion models and the notion of sectoral system of innovation and production offer a more appropriate conceptual framework to capture the actual socio-economic impacts of FDI in this sector than the generally used spillover models. Notwithstanding the huge importance of globalisation, various elements and dynamics of national innovation systems still do matter. As for a major element of an NIS, namely government policies, it is more fruitful to create an attractive, favourable environment for R&D and innovation than focusing on the promotion of industry-specific R&D and innovation activities. It is also of crucial importance to co-ordinate several policies to enhance competitiveness.
2007-08
MPRA Paper
NonPeerReviewed
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/52744/1/MPRA_paper_52744.pdf
Havas, Attila (2007): The Interplay between Innovation and Production Systems at Various Levels: The case of the Hungarian automotive industry.
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oai:mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de:53213
2019-10-01T05:59:42Z
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/53213/
High efficiency turbines
Varma, Vijaya Krushna Varma
L6 - Industry Studies: Manufacturing
L62 - Automobiles ; Other Transportation Equipment ; Related Parts and Equipment
L64 - Other Machinery ; Business Equipment ; Armaments
L94 - Electric Utilities
Varma designed ultra modern and high efficiency turbines which can use gas, steam or fuels as feed to produce electricity or mechanical work for wide range of usages and applications in industries or at work sites.
Varma turbine engines can be used in all types of vehicles. These turbines can also be used in aircraft, ships, battle tanks, dredgers, mining equipment, earth moving machines etc,
2012-12-09
MPRA Paper
NonPeerReviewed
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/53213/8/MPRA_paper_43384.pdf
Varma, Vijaya Krushna Varma (2012): High efficiency turbines. Published in: htttp://turbines.net.in No. DECEMBER -2012 (9 December 2012)
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oai:mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de:53509
2019-09-27T00:30:19Z
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/53509/
The geographical restructuring of the European automobile industry in the 2000s
Frigant, Vincent
Miollan, Stéphane
F23 - Multinational Firms ; International Business
F62 - Macroeconomic Impacts
L23 - Organization of Production
L62 - Automobiles ; Other Transportation Equipment ; Related Parts and Equipment
R12 - Size and Spatial Distributions of Regional Economic Activity
The paper seeks to provide a quantitative and macroeconomic picture of the new geography of the automotive industry in Europe. Since ten new members joined the European Union in 2004, automakers and suppliers have changed their location strategies and now view the whole of Europe as a single fully integrated space. Using data on employment, production, trade and foreign control of affiliated firms, the paper measures the East-West relocation process. The first section studies the motor vehicle sector, highlighting a sharp rise in the activity levels of Central and Eastern European countries (CEEC), as well as the specific role that Germany plays. It is crucial to remember that motor vehicle manufacturing remains a key traditional economic activity for some of the larger Western European countries. The second section looks at the automotive parts sector. The CEECs’ growth is particularly impressive when consideration is given to employment, a variable largely driven by foreign firms’ decision to export much of their local production. At the same time, the offshoring process remains more or less selective even if it often revolves around labour-intensive activities – explaining in turn the creation today of embedded East-West networks.
2014-01-07
MPRA Paper
NonPeerReviewed
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/53509/1/MPRA_paper_53509.pdf
Frigant, Vincent and Miollan, Stéphane (2014): The geographical restructuring of the European automobile industry in the 2000s.
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oai:mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de:55727
2019-09-26T10:30:23Z
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/55727/
Are automotive global production networks becoming more global? Comparison of regional and global integration processes based on auto parts trade data
Frigant, Vincent
Zumpe, Martin
F14 - Empirical Studies of Trade
F15 - Economic Integration
F23 - Multinational Firms ; International Business
L62 - Automobiles ; Other Transportation Equipment ; Related Parts and Equipment
R12 - Size and Spatial Distributions of Regional Economic Activity
In this paper, we examine the evolution of international exchanges of auto parts over the 2000-2012 period. The first part of our study proposes an analysis of the organisation of automotive supply chains based on the global production networks framework. We give details about this approach by stating the nature of trade flows that occur in these networks, and by highlighting the importance of intra-firms flows. The second part poses the question of reasons for an eventual increase of intercontinental flows at the expense of intra-continental flows. In the third part, we evaluate the assumptions made in this context. On the basis of Chelem data about auto parts exchanges, we examine in a comparative way the evolution of intra-continental and intercontinental flows for nine zones of regional integration that cover the world’s entire set of countries. Our results highlight the heterogeneity of situations and of trajectories in the different zones. We explain this state of affairs by the history and the trajectory of the industrial actors, by institutional opportunities/constraints, and by the balance of power between the industries engaged in the setting up of automotive production networks.
2014-05-05
MPRA Paper
NonPeerReviewed
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/55727/1/MPRA_paper_55727.pdf
Frigant, Vincent and Zumpe, Martin (2014): Are automotive global production networks becoming more global? Comparison of regional and global integration processes based on auto parts trade data.
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oai:mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de:55786
2019-10-01T08:03:01Z
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/55786/
Private Sector R&D in the New Member States: Hungary
Havas, Attila
C81 - Methodology for Collecting, Estimating, and Organizing Microeconomic Data ; Data Access
L62 - Automobiles ; Other Transportation Equipment ; Related Parts and Equipment
L65 - Chemicals ; Rubber ; Drugs ; Biotechnology
L69 - Other
O3 - Innovation ; Research and Development ; Technological Change ; Intellectual Property Rights
P31 - Socialist Enterprises and Their Transitions
This report addresses two main topics, R&D and innovation data availability and reliability in Hungary, as well as private sector R&D activities.
Practically all relevant R&D data are collected in Hungary, but there are two major problems. Only a limited set of data are published, and thus made available free of charge. Obviously, this practice prevents detailed analyses, required both for deepening our theoretical understanding of RTDI processes, as well as for policy purposes. Further, the way in which data protection is understood and implemented also poses a challenge from the point of view of theoretical investigations, policy analysis, and ultimately policy-making. For instance, the list of R&D performing companies is not available, and thus it is not possible to conduct even the most elementary calculations, e.g. to establish how many of the top exporters conduct R&D activities. It would be a fairly simple and cheap exercise, and given the weight of exporting firms in the small, open Hungarian economy, a rather pertinent one. It is not possible to analyse the impacts of R&D and innovation on micro-economic performance, either, although these three sets of data (R&D, innovation, and company performance data) are collected – but using different surveys and thus stored in different data sets, which cannot be linked for legal restrictions. In other words, public money is spent on collecting data, which cannot be used for analyses aimed at supporting public policies.
The sectoral case studies confirm the dominant role of foreign-owned firms in RTDI activities. Foreign-owned firms tend to be large, and thus the decisive share of BERD is performed by large enterprises.
Pharmaceuticals industry is the most R&D intensive sector in Hungary. The sectoral research system has been radically restructured during the past fifteen years as foreign pharmaceuticals firms became majority owners in most companies, pursuing global R&D strategies. In Hungary, they focus on the development of generic drugs. Thus, the number of research projects has decreased, but the allocation of R&D expenditures became more efficient.
The most important trends in the world’s medical instruments industry play a determining role in the innovation activities of the Hungarian companies. These trends include the increasing use of IT systems for the support of medical equipment, the revolution of digital imaging equipment and the expansion of the home-use appliances market. Besides research and development of the traditional equipment, Hungarian medical equipment manufacturers proved successful in the development and application of these product families.
Automotive industry has been traditionally less R&D intensive, yet, innovation, R&D and engineering skills are becoming decisive factors of success for automotive firms, too, given the fierce competition, requiring improved products in terms of safety, comfort, and fuel efficiency. Interviews suggest emerging co-operation between automotive firms, on the one hand, and university departments as well as other R&D units, on the other. More recently, some foreign investors are setting up either their in-house R&D units or joint research groups with universities. Besides professional excellence, there is a considerable cost advantage in this field, too. Further, various policy schemes have also been introduced to foster innovation activities in the automotive industry.
2006-10
MPRA Paper
NonPeerReviewed
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/55786/1/MPRA_paper_55786.pdf
Havas, Attila (2006): Private Sector R&D in the New Member States: Hungary.
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oai:mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de:55852
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/55852/
Diversity in firms’ innovation strategies and activities: Main findings of interviews and implications in the context of the Hungarian national
Havas, Attila
L21 - Business Objectives of the Firm
L62 - Automobiles ; Other Transportation Equipment ; Related Parts and Equipment
L63 - Microelectronics ; Computers ; Communications Equipment
L65 - Chemicals ; Rubber ; Drugs ; Biotechnology
L8 - Industry Studies: Services
L86 - Information and Internet Services ; Computer Software
O31 - Innovation and Invention: Processes and Incentives
O32 - Management of Technological Innovation and R&D
O38 - Government Policy
This paper reports on the findings of interviews conducted with Hungarian firms on their overall business and innovation strategies and innovation activities to pursue three interconnected aims: a) better understand firm behaviour by analysing qualitative features of innovation processes (motivations, dynamics, linkages among driving factors and collaboration among actors); b) identify and sharpen hypotheses and research questions for quantitative analyses; derive policy implications.
A brief overview of the Hungarian NIS is offered in Section 2, and the major performance indicators are presented in international comparison in Section 3. Then the sample is described and the major interview findings are summarised in Section 4. The concluding section highlights implications for innovation surveys’ methods, further quantitative analyses, as well as innovation policies and policy analyses.
2010
MPRA Paper
NonPeerReviewed
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/55852/1/MPRA_paper_55852.pdf
Havas, Attila (2010): Diversity in firms’ innovation strategies and activities: Main findings of interviews and implications in the context of the Hungarian national.
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oai:mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de:60199
2019-09-27T12:39:53Z
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/60199/
The persistent heterogeneity of trade patterns: A comparison of four European Automotive Global Production Networks
Frigant, Vincent
Zumpe, Martin
F14 - Empirical Studies of Trade
F15 - Economic Integration
F23 - Multinational Firms ; International Business
L62 - Automobiles ; Other Transportation Equipment ; Related Parts and Equipment
R11 - Regional Economic Activity: Growth, Development, Environmental Issues, and Changes
In this paper, we examine the structure and the evolution of international exchanges of auto parts over the 2000-2012 period for four European countries. The first part of our study reviews the literature and points out four stylized facts about the geography of automotive supply networks. In section 2 we propose an analysis of the organisation of automotive supply chains based on the global production networks framework. We give details about this approach by stating the nature of trade flows that occur in these networks, and by highlighting the importance of intra-firms flows. In the third part, we compare the structure of external GPNs of German, Spanish, British and French automotive firms located in these countries. On the basis of Chelem data about auto parts exchanges, we examine in a comparative way the evolution of intra-continental and intercontinental flows. Our results highlight the heterogeneity of situations and of trajectories in the different countries.
2014-11-25
MPRA Paper
NonPeerReviewed
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/60199/1/MPRA_paper_60199.pdf
Frigant, Vincent and Zumpe, Martin (2014): The persistent heterogeneity of trade patterns: A comparison of four European Automotive Global Production Networks.
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oai:mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de:60365
2019-10-10T14:13:56Z
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/60365/
Learning across policy regimes: A case study of the Indian Automobile Industry
Saripalle, Madhuri
L5 - Regulation and Industrial Policy
C33 - Panel Data Models ; Spatio-temporal Models
L62 - Automobiles ; Other Transportation Equipment ; Related Parts and Equipment
Learning is an important factor that explains inter-firm differences in performances over time. This paper analyses the impact of government policy regime on the learning abilities of firms and markets over time. Through a case
study analysis of the Indian automotive industry, this paper develops three hypotheses relating policy regimes with learning strategies of firms. This paper tests these hypotheses through a model of learning using a panel data for the Indian automotive industry. The study finds that speed of knowledge assimilation is more important in the liberalised policy regime vis-à-vis protection when knowledge assimilation per se was a more important economic
goal.
Article published in Int. J. Automotive Technology and Management, Vol. 12, No. 2, pp.197–217.
http://www.inderscience.com/info/inarticletoc.php?jcode=ijatm&year=2012&vol=12&issue=2
2006
MPRA Paper
NonPeerReviewed
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/60365/1/MPRA_paper_60365.pdf
Saripalle, Madhuri (2006): Learning across policy regimes: A case study of the Indian Automobile Industry. Published in: International Journal of Automotive Technology and Management , Vol. 12, No. 2 (May 2012): pp. 197-217.
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oai:mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de:63184
2019-10-01T21:22:19Z
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/63184/
Estimating Dynamic Merger Effciencies with an Application to the 1997 Boeing-McDonnell Douglas Merger
Zhao, Wei
C73 - Stochastic and Dynamic Games ; Evolutionary Games ; Repeated Games
L13 - Oligopoly and Other Imperfect Markets
L40 - General
L62 - Automobiles ; Other Transportation Equipment ; Related Parts and Equipment
I evaluate the welfare effects of the 1997 merger between Boeing and McDonnell Douglas in the medium-sized, wide-bodied aircraft industry. I develop an empirical model of multi-product firms, allowing for both learning-by-doing and product innovation in a dynamic game to quantify merger efficiency. Merger efficiency from learning-by-doing is then disentangled from both the effects of innovation and market power. The results show that the primary benefits from the Boeing-McDonnell Douglas merger come from accelerated learning-by-doing. Taking account of all static and dynamic effects, net consumer surplus is found to have increased by as much as $1.57 billion. In contrast, a static model ignoring learning-by-doing and innovation predicts a consumer loss of approximately $20 billion. These results show that ignoring dynamic effects can lead to biased results and erroneous policy decisions regarding the welfare effects of proposed mergers.
2013-10-19
MPRA Paper
NonPeerReviewed
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/63184/1/MPRA_paper_63184.pdf
Zhao, Wei (2013): Estimating Dynamic Merger Effciencies with an Application to the 1997 Boeing-McDonnell Douglas Merger.
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oai:mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de:63483
2019-09-30T05:22:50Z
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From the Phased Manufacturing Programme to Frugal Engineering: Some Initial Propositions
Tyabji, Nasir
D22 - Firm Behavior: Empirical Analysis
L16 - Industrial Organization and Macroeconomics: Industrial Structure and Structural Change ; Industrial Price Indices
L21 - Business Objectives of the Firm
L23 - Organization of Production
L26 - Entrepreneurship
L62 - Automobiles ; Other Transportation Equipment ; Related Parts and Equipment
N65 - Asia including Middle East
N85 - Asia including Middle East
O31 - Innovation and Invention: Processes and Incentives
O32 - Management of Technological Innovation and R&D
O33 - Technological Change: Choices and Consequences ; Diffusion Processes
O38 - Government Policy
Although the structural reforms, initiated in 1991, did
not lead to any appreciable increase in either the efficiency or the export orientation of Indian
manufacturing firms, unexpectedly, there has been a
visible improvement in manufacturing design
capabilities in certain segments, for instance, in the
motor vehicle sector. The paper suggests that the
development of “frugal engineering”—an approach of
“frugality” in resolving complex design problems—is a
real advance. It suggests, further, that this approach
developed from the experiences of the procedures laid
down in the phased manufacturing programme of the
1950s, and first found expression in the successful forays
into some specific export markets by Indian vehicle
manufacturers in the late 1970s and 1980s. Although this
design expertise cannot solve the problems of
manufacturing efficiency, particularly across the wider
industrial sphere, it indicates that Indian firms have the
expertise to resolve problems related to the
manufacturing sphere if strategic goals are appropriately
set by managers.
2015-04-04
MPRA Paper
NonPeerReviewed
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/63483/1/MPRA_paper_63483.pdf
Tyabji, Nasir (2015): From the Phased Manufacturing Programme to Frugal Engineering: Some Initial Propositions. Published in: Economic and Political Weekly , Vol. L, No. 14 (4 April 2015): pp. 45-50.
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oai:mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de:64843
2019-09-26T10:02:50Z
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The role of diversification profiles and dyadic characteristics in the formation of technological alliances: Differences between exploitation and exploration in a low-tech industry
Krammer, Sorin M.S.
D21 - Firm Behavior: Theory
L62 - Automobiles ; Other Transportation Equipment ; Related Parts and Equipment
L65 - Chemicals ; Rubber ; Drugs ; Biotechnology
O32 - Management of Technological Innovation and R&D
O33 - Technological Change: Choices and Consequences ; Diffusion Processes
This paper posits that firms' corporate and technological diversification profiles and their relatedness in terms of products and technologies impact their propensity to form alliances for exploitation and exploration. The empirical investigation employs a dataset of all tire producers worldwide between 1985 and 1996 that combines detailed firm level data on establishment, patenting, and alliance activities. The results support these theoretical predictions and indicate that exploitative alliances are driven primarily by complementarity in terms of corporate diversification strategies, as well as partner characteristics (e.g., size, age, and technological capabilities). Moreover, firms with similar product portfolios but uneven technological performance are more likely to engage in exploitative interactions.
In contrast, exploration alliances are driven by strong partner similarity across all firm characteristics and product portfolios. Both market and technological diversification have positive effects on the propensity to engage in explorative alliances while technological distance has a negative one.
2015-06-05
MPRA Paper
NonPeerReviewed
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/64843/1/MPRA_paper_64843.pdf
Krammer, Sorin M.S. (2015): The role of diversification profiles and dyadic characteristics in the formation of technological alliances: Differences between exploitation and exploration in a low-tech industry.
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oai:mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de:67110
2019-09-26T16:19:09Z
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/67110/
Forecasting German Car Sales Using Google Data and Multivariate Models
Fantazzini, Dean
Toktamysova, Zhamal
C22 - Time-Series Models ; Dynamic Quantile Regressions ; Dynamic Treatment Effect Models ; Diffusion Processes
C32 - Time-Series Models ; Dynamic Quantile Regressions ; Dynamic Treatment Effect Models ; Diffusion Processes ; State Space Models
C52 - Model Evaluation, Validation, and Selection
C53 - Forecasting and Prediction Methods ; Simulation Methods
L62 - Automobiles ; Other Transportation Equipment ; Related Parts and Equipment
Long-term forecasts are of key importance for the car industry due to the lengthy period of time required for the development and production processes. With this in mind, this paper proposes new multivariate models to forecast monthly car sales data using economic variables and Google online search data. An out-of-sample forecasting comparison with forecast horizons up to 2 years ahead was implemented using the monthly sales of ten car brands in Germany for the period from 2001M1 to 2014M6. Models including Google search data statistically outperformed the competing models for most of the car brands and forecast horizons. These results also hold after several robustness checks which consider nonlinear models, different out-of-sample forecasts, directional accuracy, the variability of Google data and additional car brands.
2015
MPRA Paper
NonPeerReviewed
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/67110/1/MPRA_paper_67110.pdf
Fantazzini, Dean and Toktamysova, Zhamal (2015): Forecasting German Car Sales Using Google Data and Multivariate Models. Forthcoming in: International Journal of Production Economics (2015)
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oai:mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de:68375
2019-09-29T00:17:30Z
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International Co-operative Agreements in Hungary in the mid-1990s: Evolution, organisational forms and industry characteristics
Havas, Attila
F21 - International Investment ; Long-Term Capital Movements
F23 - Multinational Firms ; International Business
F61 - Microeconomic Impacts
F62 - Macroeconomic Impacts
F63 - Economic Development
L1 - Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance
L25 - Firm Performance: Size, Diversification, and Scope
L53 - Enterprise Policy
L62 - Automobiles ; Other Transportation Equipment ; Related Parts and Equipment
L63 - Microelectronics ; Computers ; Communications Equipment
L65 - Chemicals ; Rubber ; Drugs ; Biotechnology
L86 - Information and Internet Services ; Computer Software
O10 - General
O31 - Innovation and Invention: Processes and Incentives
O33 - Technological Change: Choices and Consequences ; Diffusion Processes
O52 - Europe
P2 - Socialist Systems and Transitional Economies
P31 - Socialist Enterprises and Their Transitions
Z13 - Economic Sociology ; Economic Anthropology ; Social and Economic Stratification
As the legislation on foreign direct investment (FDI) in Hungary has been probably the most liberal in Central and Eastern Europe since the mid-1980s, FDI is the primary form chosen by Western firms to enter the Hungarian market. The major channels of FDI include the privatisation of former state-owned enterprises and green-field investment projects. Portfolio investment and non-equity forms of co-operation can also be found in Hungary, yet, their significance is almost negligible compared to FDI.
A number of advantages, most importantly the highly skilled, experienced, yet, extremely cheap labour, and the geographical and cultural proximity to Western Europe give the Central European countries a certain competitive edge compared to other transition economies. On top of this, Hungary has opted for a unique approach to privatisation, i.e. sales of assets rather than voucher schemes, and offered a fairly liberal economic environment. Due to these factors, it has attracted roughly 45-50 per cent of the total amount of foreign capital invested in Central and Eastern Europe. These developments require a more detailed analysis. Major characteristics of the privatisation process, strictly defined, and the expansion of the private sector, including green-field investment projects, are discussed in Section 2. Sections 3-7 present the most important findings of sector studies, and identify major issues for further analysis.
1998-02
MPRA Paper
NonPeerReviewed
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/68375/1/MPRA_paper_68375.pdf
Havas, Attila (1998): International Co-operative Agreements in Hungary in the mid-1990s: Evolution, organisational forms and industry characteristics.
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oai:mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de:71614
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Demographic determinants of car ownership in Japan
Yagi, Michiyuki
Managi, Shunsuke
L62 - Automobiles ; Other Transportation Equipment ; Related Parts and Equipment
R10 - General
R40 - General
This study empirically examines the demographic determinants of car ownership in Japan between 1980 and 2009. Unique car cohort data, composed of the car age and 11 car types, at the prefectural level, is analyzed. The primary reason for examining the demographic determinants of car ownership in Japan is because Japan is projected to face radical demographic changes in the next few decades. These projected changes include depopulation and an aging population with diminishing household size. This study will be the first empirical study of the car cohort model with large countrywide observations in the recent literature. This study classifies the demographic determinants into five categories: (I) longitudinal factors, (II) economic factors, (III) natural factors, (IV) social factors, and (V) other transports. Although some tendencies vary among car types, this study finds the following tendencies of ordinary car ownership (compact four-wheel drive trucks and regular and compact passenger cars). Regarding the longitudinal factors, the long-run effect is much higher than average in the recent literature, whereas the semi elasticity of car age is approximately −7%. Regarding the economic factors, the elasticities of income and fuel price on car ownership tend to be less intense than in earlier studies. Regarding the natural factors of population increase, the elasticities of population and average household size on car ownership tend to be negative. This indicates that a decrease in population and household size in Japan will accelerate car ownership. In addition, the ratio of elderly people has various effects depending on car types. Regarding the social factors of population increase, car ownership tends to be encouraged by the concentration of population within prefecture, and increased and decreased for relatively new (aged 2-11) and old (aged 12+) cars, respectively, by the concentration of population across prefectures. The former is probably due to a composite effect in urban and rural areas, whereas the latter may be a quick update cycle due to an effect of urbanization. Regarding other transports, the degrees of train and bus use tend to be negatively associated with ordinary car ownership. However, these effects are considerably small and often insignificant as in the literature.
2016
MPRA Paper
NonPeerReviewed
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/71614/1/MPRA_paper_71614.pdf
Yagi, Michiyuki and Managi, Shunsuke (2016): Demographic determinants of car ownership in Japan. Forthcoming in: Transport Policy
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oai:mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de:72786
2019-09-27T10:31:43Z
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A regression model of product differentiation
Mogens, Fosgerau
C23 - Panel Data Models ; Spatio-temporal Models
C25 - Discrete Regression and Qualitative Choice Models ; Discrete Regressors ; Proportions ; Probabilities
C26 - Instrumental Variables (IV) Estimation
D12 - Consumer Economics: Empirical Analysis
L62 - Automobiles ; Other Transportation Equipment ; Related Parts and Equipment
This note develops a model of product differentiation that can be estimated using standard regression techniques and applies it to a panel data set of new car sales. The model allows for complex substitution patterns according to an overlapping nest structure that makes cars closer substitutes if the share brand, body type, and/or quality level. A nest comprising all the car alternatives ensure that they are closer substitutes with each other than with the outside good. In addition, the model comprises fixed effects by car model, controlling for unobserved car quality.
2016-07-01
MPRA Paper
NonPeerReviewed
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/72786/1/MPRA_paper_72786.pdf
Mogens, Fosgerau (2016): A regression model of product differentiation.
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oai:mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de:72796
2019-09-26T10:00:41Z
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/72796/
Bailing on the car that wasn’t bailed out: bounding consumer reactions to financial distress
Huse, Cristian
Koptyug, Nikita
C21 - Cross-Sectional Models ; Spatial Models ; Treatment Effect Models ; Quantile Regressions
D12 - Consumer Economics: Empirical Analysis
D22 - Firm Behavior: Empirical Analysis
G32 - Financing Policy ; Financial Risk and Risk Management ; Capital and Ownership Structure ; Value of Firms ; Goodwill
G33 - Bankruptcy ; Liquidation
L62 - Automobiles ; Other Transportation Equipment ; Related Parts and Equipment
This paper examines how consumers react to the financial distress of durable goods manufacturers by looking at the Swedish new car market. We employ a difference-in-differences matching methodology whereby we compare sales of carmaker Saab with those of a carefully
constructed control group of substitute products. To account for possible substitution between products in the treatment and control groups, we propose and apply bounds to our difference-in-differences matching estimator. We then refine the bounds and provide conditions under which they depend only on the products’ own- and cross-price elasticities. We find that even accounting for potential substitution, there was a significant decrease in the sales of Saab following its filing for administration. These findings are robust to a number of robustness checks and alternative hypotheses.
2016-07-01
MPRA Paper
NonPeerReviewed
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/72796/1/MPRA_paper_72796.pdf
Huse, Cristian and Koptyug, Nikita (2016): Bailing on the car that wasn’t bailed out: bounding consumer reactions to financial distress.
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oai:mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de:76854
2019-09-29T06:36:44Z
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/76854/
Characteristics of transit tourism in Hungary with a focus on expenditure
Kincses, Áron
Tóth, Géza
Tömöri, Mihály
Michalkó, Gábor
L62 - Automobiles ; Other Transportation Equipment ; Related Parts and Equipment
L83 - Sports ; Gambling ; Restaurants ; Recreation ; Tourism
O18 - Urban, Rural, Regional, and Transportation Analysis ; Housing ; Infrastructure
This study introduces the behaviour of participants in transit tourism in Hungary with a focus on their expenditure. With the help of multivariable mathematical-statistical methods, the motivational background and the spending characteristics of foreigners visiting Hungary between 2009 and 2013 are explored; in addition, the factors influencing expenditure, according to nationality, are investigated.
According to our investigations, people in transit, whose spending is continuously increasing, make up a significant share of the expenditure of foreigners arriving in Hungary. Typical types of spending during transit are fuel purchases and dining at restaurants. Among transit visitors to Hungary, Romanian, Serbian (including Monte-negro and Kosovo), and Bulgarian nationals have the highest share. While the number and expenditure of transit visitors slightly increased during the examined period, the per capita spending decreased. The results of the study show that this is due to the changes in the composition of the countries involved.
Changes in transit tourism expenditures are largely determined by nationality. The most important conclusion of our research is that the most significant characteristics of transit depend on general European trends (labour market conditions, tourism supply, etc.) and conditions (visa requirements, transport infrastructure, accommo-dation along transit routes, among others) provided for transit visitors by Hungary.
2017-02
MPRA Paper
NonPeerReviewed
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/76854/1/MPRA_paper_76854.pdf
Kincses, Áron and Tóth, Géza and Tömöri, Mihály and Michalkó, Gábor (2017): Characteristics of transit tourism in Hungary with a focus on expenditure. Published in: Regional Statistics , Vol. 6, No. 2 (February 2017): pp. 129-148.
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oai:mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de:79160
2019-09-26T09:16:18Z
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/79160/
The new automobile modular platforms: from the product architecture to the manufacturing network approach
Lampón, Jesús F.
Cabanelas, Pablo
Frigant, Vincent
L62 - Automobiles ; Other Transportation Equipment ; Related Parts and Equipment
M11 - Production Management
M16 - International Business Administration
This paper analyses the key factors for the adoption of the new automobile modular platforms through an eclectic perspective linking the product architecture with the manufacturing network approach. An exploratory analysis of the European production networks of seven automobile manufacturers shows that the benefits of the modular platforms’ adoption depend on two factors: the degree of platform modularity and the manufacturing issues of each carmaker —product portfolio, production volumes and network size. The results indicate that the degree of modularity of the platform chosen should be aligned with the manufacturing issues; otherwise, benefits might not reach expectations
2017
MPRA Paper
NonPeerReviewed
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/79160/1/MPRA_paper_79160.pdf
Lampón, Jesús F. and Cabanelas, Pablo and Frigant, Vincent (2017): The new automobile modular platforms: from the product architecture to the manufacturing network approach.
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oai:mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de:79305
2019-09-26T09:21:19Z
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/79305/
Hungarian car parts industry at a cross-roads: Fordism versus lean production
Attila Havas, Attila
L21 - Business Objectives of the Firm
L23 - Organization of Production
L62 - Automobiles ; Other Transportation Equipment ; Related Parts and Equipment
O25 - Industrial Policy
O31 - Innovation and Invention: Processes and Incentives
O38 - Government Policy
P23 - Factor and Product Markets ; Industry Studies ; Population
This article is aimed at shedding some light on the on-going re-structuring process in the Hungarian car parts industry. The performance of this sector can be regarded as a sort of proxy variable to gauge the success of transition to market economy: Hungarian car parts suppliers have lost their former principal market with the collapse of CMEA but just then major foreign investors have entered the Hungarian market. Thus the new market opportunities are there for the Hungarian companies; it is now their task to seize this chance for re-structuring and survival. A closely related issue is the speed and extent of the diffusion of a new production paradigm, namely, lean production, and that of new products, processes, management and organisational culture and techniques, e.g. just-in-time, total quality control, as required by foreign buyers. Will an archipelago of relatively advanced suppliers emerge, with these new developments being locked into an enclave, or can these new products, processes and management techniques diffuse in a wider circle through second and third tier suppliers? More generally, can this ‘on-the-job training’ accelerate the badly needed market re-orientation and transition? What is, and, should be, the role of the Hungarian government to facilitate this process?
This article, based on an extensive literature survey and interviews with managers, cannot provide comprehensive answers to these questions. Yet, it is hoped that the most significant issues can be addressed despite the lack of statistical data on this sector and the limited number of interviews, and hence informed guesses can also be formed about the most likely developments in the near future.
1995
MPRA Paper
NonPeerReviewed
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/79305/1/MPRA_paper_79305.pdf
Attila Havas, Attila (1995): Hungarian car parts industry at a cross-roads: Fordism versus lean production. Published in: Emergo , Vol. 2, No. 3 (1995): pp. 33-55.
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oai:mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de:79365
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The capital goods industry: diagnosis of the 2000-2012 period and perspectives based on the Brazilian economic scenario
Miguez, Thiago
Willcox, Luiz Daniel
Daudt, Gabriel
L16 - Industrial Organization and Macroeconomics: Industrial Structure and Structural Change ; Industrial Price Indices
L60 - General
L62 - Automobiles ; Other Transportation Equipment ; Related Parts and Equipment
L63 - Microelectronics ; Computers ; Communications Equipment
L64 - Other Machinery ; Business Equipment ; Armaments
O14 - Industrialization ; Manufacturing and Service Industries ; Choice of Technology
O25 - Industrial Policy
For several reasons the capital goods industry (CGI) is strategic for Brazil. This study aims to analyze this industry’s recent behavior in a period when the Brazilian economy regained momentum. We will evaluate some opportunities for several segments in the Brazilian economy by breaking down investment into several activities while we simultaneously evaluate the Brazilian capital goods industry’s ability to benefit from these mentioned opportunities. Data from IBGE and MDIC will be used in this study and also from Capital Flow Tables (CFT) and from BNDES’ operations and estimates of future investments.
2015-09
MPRA Paper
NonPeerReviewed
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/79365/1/MPRA_paper_79365.pdf
Miguez, Thiago and Willcox, Luiz Daniel and Daudt, Gabriel (2015): The capital goods industry: diagnosis of the 2000-2012 period and perspectives based on the Brazilian economic scenario. Published in: BNDES Setorial No. 42 (September 2015): pp. 297-336.
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oai:mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de:87385
2019-09-30T05:08:17Z
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/87385/
Interdependence between iron ore production and maritime transport
Todorut, Amalia Venera
Paliu-Popa, Lucia
Cirnu, Doru
L61 - Metals and Metal Products ; Cement ; Glass ; Ceramics
L62 - Automobiles ; Other Transportation Equipment ; Related Parts and Equipment
The maritime industry plays an important role in international trade, transporting a total of 10,1 billion tons of merchandise in 2015, representing over 80% of all global trade, with dry cargo estimated to account for over two thirds of the total seaborne trade. Bulk carriers supply the raw materials needed by the steel industry and container ships transport the steel products. Demand and supply for seaborne transport is influenced by trends in global economy and worldwide demand for commodities. The paper analyzes the most important economic determinants in the supply of metallurgical raw materials, highlighting the importance of the shipping sector.
2016-04-30
MPRA Paper
NonPeerReviewed
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/87385/8/MPRA_paper_87385.pdf
Todorut, Amalia Venera and Paliu-Popa, Lucia and Cirnu, Doru (2016): Interdependence between iron ore production and maritime transport. Published in: Metalurgija , Vol. 4, No. 55 (15 October 2016): pp. 859-861.
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oai:mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de:87636
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Loss Minimization through the Allocation of DGs Considering the Stochastic Nature of Units
Sirat, Ali Parsa
L00 - General
L15 - Information and Product Quality ; Standardization and Compatibility
L61 - Metals and Metal Products ; Cement ; Glass ; Ceramics
L62 - Automobiles ; Other Transportation Equipment ; Related Parts and Equipment
O14 - Industrialization ; Manufacturing and Service Industries ; Choice of Technology
O19 - International Linkages to Development ; Role of International Organizations
O32 - Management of Technological Innovation and R&D
Smart grid as the cleaner alternative to the legacy power system can improve technical, economical, and environmental aspects of the system up to a considerable degree. In smart grids, Distributed Generation (DG) units; which play an important role, should be optimally allocated. In this paper, DG placement is conducted with the goal of loss minimization of the grid considering the technical limitations associated with the voltage profile of the buses as well as the stochastic nature of the DGs. In this paper, three different kinds of DGs are included which are wind turbines, solar panels, and biomass generators. The results related to the case study which is IEEE standard 33 bus system reveals that the costs can be dramatically decreased.
2018
MPRA Paper
NonPeerReviewed
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/87636/1/MPRA_paper_87636.pdf
Sirat, Ali Parsa (2018): Loss Minimization through the Allocation of DGs Considering the Stochastic Nature of Units. Published in: International Journal of Engineering Innovation & Research , Vol. 7, No. 2 (2018): pp. 113-118.
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oai:mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de:87860
2019-09-27T12:23:32Z
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/87860/
A Literature Review on the Sediment Transport Process in Shallow-Grade Culverts and Storm Sewers
Ketabdar, Milad
Strom, Kyle
Qian, Qin
L61 - Metals and Metal Products ; Cement ; Glass ; Ceramics
L62 - Automobiles ; Other Transportation Equipment ; Related Parts and Equipment
L71 - Mining, Extraction, and Refining: Hydrocarbon Fuels
L74 - Construction
L85 - Real Estate Services
L91 - Transportation: General
L95 - Gas Utilities ; Pipelines ; Water Utilities
L97 - Utilities: General
Sedimentation of fine muddy material in culverts and storm sewers becomes an important issue in Texas coastal plain shallow-grade drain systems. It leads to a reduction inflow capacity with time and an associated high cost of cleaning. It may not be possible to maintain the required 2 feet per second along sewer in time. The objective of study is to conduct an extensive literature review, and field survey to implement physical experiment for quantifying the sediment transport process in shallow grade culverts and storm sewers. The previous studies indicate that culverts or sewers should be designed to transport fine grains as a suspended load and transport granular sediments as a bed load, and to erode the sediment deposition with high flow velocity to achieve self-cleaning. The suspended load, bed load and bed erosion sediment transport equations have been developed as the function of the sediment grain size, the sediment concentration, the slope of the culverts or sewers, the bed roughness. To quantify the sediment characteristics, three samples were collected from the culvert, the ditch and the sewer located in Orange County of southeast Texas. The sieve analysis indicates that d50 are greater than 0.5mm and d65 are greater than 1mm for all the samples. However, more fine particles are included in the sewer sump and ditch than that in the culvert. The ongoing study is to set up a physical model based on the key variables in the previous transport equation to study the transport process in shallow grade culverts and storm sewers.
2015-03
MPRA Paper
NonPeerReviewed
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/87860/1/MPRA_paper_87860.pdf
Ketabdar, Milad and Strom, Kyle and Qian, Qin (2015): A Literature Review on the Sediment Transport Process in Shallow-Grade Culverts and Storm Sewers. Published in: ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference (March 2015)
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oai:mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de:88175
2019-09-28T05:01:05Z
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Synthesizing Cash for Clunkers: Stabilizing the Car Market, Hurting the Environment?
Klößner, Stefan
Pfeifer, Gregor
C31 - Cross-Sectional Models ; Spatial Models ; Treatment Effect Models ; Quantile Regressions ; Social Interaction Models
C32 - Time-Series Models ; Dynamic Quantile Regressions ; Dynamic Treatment Effect Models ; Diffusion Processes ; State Space Models
C52 - Model Evaluation, Validation, and Selection
D04 - Microeconomic Policy: Formulation, Implementation, and Evaluation
D12 - Consumer Economics: Empirical Analysis
H23 - Externalities ; Redistributive Effects ; Environmental Taxes and Subsidies
H24 - Personal Income and Other Nonbusiness Taxes and Subsidies
L62 - Automobiles ; Other Transportation Equipment ; Related Parts and Equipment
Q51 - Valuation of Environmental Effects
We examine the impact of the EUR 5 billion German Cash-for-Clunkers program on vehicle registrations and respective CO2 emissions. To construct proper counterfactuals, we develop the multivariate synthetic control method using time series of economic predictors (MSCMT) and show (asymptotic) unbiasedness of the corresponding effect estimator under quite general conditions. Using cross-validation for determining an optimal specification of predictors, we do not find significant effects for CO2 emissions, while the stimulus’ impact on vehicle sales is strongly positive. Modeling different buyer subgroups, we disentangle this effect: 530,000 purchases were simply windfall gains; 550,000 were pulled forward; and 850,000 vehicles would not have been purchased in absence of the subsidy, worth EUR 17 billion.
2018-07-23
MPRA Paper
NonPeerReviewed
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/88175/1/MPRA_paper_88175.pdf
Klößner, Stefan and Pfeifer, Gregor (2018): Synthesizing Cash for Clunkers: Stabilizing the Car Market, Hurting the Environment?
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oai:mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de:91638
2019-10-02T19:32:18Z
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/91638/
Evaluating the effect of upside and downside slope on flow hydraulic in cylindrical overflows by using Flow 3D software
Mostofi, Kasra Hossein
Kolbadi nezhad, Rooholla
L6 - Industry Studies: Manufacturing
L62 - Automobiles ; Other Transportation Equipment ; Related Parts and Equipment
L72 - Mining, Extraction, and Refining: Other Nonrenewable Resources
L95 - Gas Utilities ; Pipelines ; Water Utilities
Q15 - Land Ownership and Tenure ; Land Reform ; Land Use ; Irrigation ; Agriculture and Environment
Q35 - Hydrocarbon Resources
Features and behavior of flow in hydraulic structures is one of the complex phenomena. Cylindrical overflow is a simple hydraulic structure which is used for energy dissipation, control and flow measurement. Hereof the sharp, wide and climactic edges overflows are used commonly. In water transmission and distribution systems, cylindrical overflows and crest- circular overflows because of being affordable and ease of fabrication compared with other overflows can be used for measurement of flow rate, evacuation buildings of flow water and controlling the level of water in canals and reservoirs. The water flow on overflow of dams and used overflows in water supply and sewage networks are some cases that a design engineer is in contact with them.
2016-11-10
MPRA Paper
NonPeerReviewed
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/91638/1/MPRA_paper_91638.pdf
Mostofi, Kasra Hossein and Kolbadi nezhad, Rooholla (2016): Evaluating the effect of upside and downside slope on flow hydraulic in cylindrical overflows by using Flow 3D software. Published in: international Academic Institute for Science and Technology , Vol. 3, No. 2454-3896 (10 November 2016): pp. 73-81.
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oai:mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de:92080
2019-09-26T19:28:52Z
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/92080/
A critical evaluation of the economics of Indian automobile industry
Jakhotiya, Girish
L62 - Automobiles ; Other Transportation Equipment ; Related Parts and Equipment
L92 - Railroads and Other Surface Transportation
It is a well-known fact that India is emerging as an ‘automobile hub’ for the entire global economy on account of its large pool of talented automobile designers and cost competitive workforce. The present rate of growth in India’s GDP is more than that of China. This promising growth story is also partially on account of robust growth in India’s automobile industry. Almost all the global automobile manufacturers are now directly and indirectly associated with Indian economy for a sustainable business. Yet, there are quite a few gaps in the overall economics of Indian automobile industry. This paper attempts to present these gaps with micro analysis of each aspect impacting the future journey of this most value-adding industry. The paper also attempts to present a few original ideas essential for strengthening the economics of Indian automobile industry. The coverage of this paper comprises of an inquiry into ten different dimensions of the present state of affairs of the Indian automobile industry. It also explores a possible analysis of the potentiality of this industry to act as a growth engine for India’s sustainable economic prosperity. Virtually India also should prove to be a growth engine to push the global economy to its normalcy during the present difficult days.
2019-02-09
MPRA Paper
NonPeerReviewed
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Jakhotiya, Girish (2019): A critical evaluation of the economics of Indian automobile industry.
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oai:mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de:92255
2019-09-29T03:58:59Z
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Robot path planning in a dynamic and unknown environment based on Colonial Competitive Algorithm (CCA) and fuzzy logic
Habibifar, Saeed
Kashaninia, Alireza
Farokhi, Fardad
L62 - Automobiles ; Other Transportation Equipment ; Related Parts and Equipment
L63 - Microelectronics ; Computers ; Communications Equipment
L91 - Transportation: General
L92 - Railroads and Other Surface Transportation
L94 - Electric Utilities
Robot path planning has been one of the favorite areas for many Machine Learning researchers from the past up to date. The trajectory designed for a robot can be simple or complex. The robot must pass through obstacles which are either movable or fixed. One of the considerable ways for robot path planning in the dynamic and unknown environment is a combination of Evolutionary algorithm and Fuzzy logic. There are different kinds of evolutionary algorithms such as Genetic algorithm, Ant Colony algorithm, Colonial Competitive algorithm, etc. A new approach has been proposed in this paper for robot path planning in the dynamic and unknown environment based on both the Colonial Competitive algorithm and fuzzy rules. The implemented results of the proposed method present its superiority over previous methods which used only fuzzy logic method.
2017-10
MPRA Paper
NonPeerReviewed
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/92255/1/MPRA_paper_92255.pdf
Habibifar, Saeed and Kashaninia, Alireza and Farokhi, Fardad (2017): Robot path planning in a dynamic and unknown environment based on Colonial Competitive Algorithm (CCA) and fuzzy logic. Published in: International Research Journal of Engineering and Technology (IRJET) , Vol. 04, No. 10 (October 2017): pp. 1677-1682.
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oai:mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de:95518
2019-09-27T09:24:43Z
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The determinant factors of automotive industry investment decision in Indonesia
Santoso, Muhammad Rifky
Bukit, Rina Br
D24 - Production ; Cost ; Capital ; Capital, Total Factor, and Multifactor Productivity ; Capacity
L11 - Production, Pricing, and Market Structure ; Size Distribution of Firms
L62 - Automobiles ; Other Transportation Equipment ; Related Parts and Equipment
Automotive industry contributes directly and indirectly to economic growth in Indonesia. Investment in this industry has increased after declining in the previous years. This paper examines some internal and external factors influencing the investment decision in this industry by using E-views for listed automotive company in Indonesia Stock Exchange from 2013 to 2017. This study finds that both net cash flow from operation and investment opportunity set (IOS) as internal factors have a significant and positive relationship to the investment decision. The capital market pressure as an external factor has a significant and negative relationship to the investment decision. The composition of the independence commissioner as an external factor does not have a significant relationship to the investment decision. By comparing the coefficient of the significant variables, the net cash flow from operation is a dominant factor in the investment decision. This fact relates to the report published by Bank Indonesia, as a central bank, that the increasing free cash flow of corporation enhances the investment in Indonesia. This study contributes as a reference to the free cash flow literatures and the capital market authority especially in the developing country.
2019-03
MPRA Paper
NonPeerReviewed
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Santoso, Muhammad Rifky and Bukit, Rina Br (2019): The determinant factors of automotive industry investment decision in Indonesia. Published in: JUNIOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCHER , Vol. 5, No. 1 (May 2019): pp. 3-17.
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oai:mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de:101830
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Japanese auto manufacturers in the Australian market and the government industry assistance spending
Bayari, Celal
E2 - Consumption, Saving, Production, Investment, Labor Markets, and Informal Economy
E22 - Investment ; Capital ; Intangible Capital ; Capacity
E23 - Production
E24 - Employment ; Unemployment ; Wages ; Intergenerational Income Distribution ; Aggregate Human Capital ; Aggregate Labor Productivity
E6 - Macroeconomic Policy, Macroeconomic Aspects of Public Finance, and General Outlook
E62 - Fiscal Policy
E65 - Studies of Particular Policy Episodes
F1 - Trade
F11 - Neoclassical Models of Trade
F12 - Models of Trade with Imperfect Competition and Scale Economies ; Fragmentation
F13 - Trade Policy ; International Trade Organizations
F15 - Economic Integration
F16 - Trade and Labor Market Interactions
F4 - Macroeconomic Aspects of International Trade and Finance
F41 - Open Economy Macroeconomics
F6 - Economic Impacts of Globalization
L5 - Regulation and Industrial Policy
L51 - Economics of Regulation
L52 - Industrial Policy ; Sectoral Planning Methods
L6 - Industry Studies: Manufacturing
L62 - Automobiles ; Other Transportation Equipment ; Related Parts and Equipment
O2 - Development Planning and Policy
O21 - Planning Models ; Planning Policy
O23 - Fiscal and Monetary Policy in Development
O24 - Trade Policy ; Factor Movement Policy ; Foreign Exchange Policy
O25 - Industrial Policy
This paper discusses Japanese motor vehicle manufacturing investment and state intervention measures in the Australian market. Australia’s auto industry is an extension of global motor vehicle manufacturers with a small number of domestic manufacturing firms that form a part of the global supply chain. Toyota Motor Corporation, Mitsubishi Motor Corporation, General Motors Corporation and Ford Motor Company all have had extensive investments in the Australian market.
2008-01-01
MPRA Paper
NonPeerReviewed
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Bayari, Celal (2008): Japanese auto manufacturers in the Australian market and the government industry assistance spending. Published in: The Otemon Journal of Australian Studies , Vol. 34, No. 34 (1 December 2008): pp. 87-107.
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Japanese Hybrid Factories in Australia: Analysing Labor Relations and Reflecting on the Work of Tetsuo Abo
Bayari, Celal
E2 - Consumption, Saving, Production, Investment, Labor Markets, and Informal Economy
E22 - Investment ; Capital ; Intangible Capital ; Capacity
E24 - Employment ; Unemployment ; Wages ; Intergenerational Income Distribution ; Aggregate Human Capital ; Aggregate Labor Productivity
E61 - Policy Objectives ; Policy Designs and Consistency ; Policy Coordination
F11 - Neoclassical Models of Trade
F12 - Models of Trade with Imperfect Competition and Scale Economies ; Fragmentation
F13 - Trade Policy ; International Trade Organizations
F15 - Economic Integration
F16 - Trade and Labor Market Interactions
F21 - International Investment ; Long-Term Capital Movements
F23 - Multinational Firms ; International Business
F4 - Macroeconomic Aspects of International Trade and Finance
F42 - International Policy Coordination and Transmission
F43 - Economic Growth of Open Economies
F44 - International Business Cycles
F62 - Macroeconomic Impacts
F63 - Economic Development
F65 - Finance
F66 - Labor
F68 - Policy
J5 - Labor-Management Relations, Trade Unions, and Collective Bargaining
L11 - Production, Pricing, and Market Structure ; Size Distribution of Firms
L16 - Industrial Organization and Macroeconomics: Industrial Structure and Structural Change ; Industrial Price Indices
L21 - Business Objectives of the Firm
L22 - Firm Organization and Market Structure
L5 - Regulation and Industrial Policy
L51 - Economics of Regulation
L52 - Industrial Policy ; Sectoral Planning Methods
L6 - Industry Studies: Manufacturing
L62 - Automobiles ; Other Transportation Equipment ; Related Parts and Equipment
L63 - Microelectronics ; Computers ; Communications Equipment
N6 - Manufacturing and Construction
N62 - U.S. ; Canada: 1913-
N64 - Europe: 1913-
N65 - Asia including Middle East
N67 - Africa ; Oceania
O11 - Macroeconomic Analyses of Economic Development
O14 - Industrialization ; Manufacturing and Service Industries ; Choice of Technology
O15 - Human Resources ; Human Development ; Income Distribution ; Migration
O32 - Management of Technological Innovation and R&D
O33 - Technological Change: Choices and Consequences ; Diffusion Processes
O43 - Institutions and Growth
P12 - Capitalist Enterprises
P5 - Comparative Economic Systems
P51 - Comparative Analysis of Economic Systems
P52 - Comparative Studies of Particular Economies
This paper provides an analysis of Japanese hybrid factories in Australia in a context of labor relations aspect of the Japanese management and production system. The paper argues that the labor relations aspect of the Japanese system is the most successful transfer to Australia. In its second part the paper compares the data from Australia with Tetsuo Abo’s research in the UK and the US where ‘labor relations’ is the most successful transfer detected by Abo. This paper is not a reconstruction of Abo’s hybrid framework but instead seeks to draw a qualified comparative analysis using Abo’s results. The paper argues that there is a parallel between research findings from the UK, the US and Australia in terms of the success of labor relations that is inherent to the Japanese management and production system. It is suggested that future research can investigate this point with larger comparative data sets.
2010-01-01
MPRA Paper
NonPeerReviewed
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/101832/1/MPRA_paper_101832.pdf
Bayari, Celal (2010): Japanese Hybrid Factories in Australia: Analysing Labor Relations and Reflecting on the Work of Tetsuo Abo. Published in: Euro Asia Journal of Management , Vol. 20, No. 39 (2) (1 December 2010): pp. 111-134.
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oai:mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de:102214
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Tax competition in EU and USA: A comparative analysis of the automotive and telecommunication industries
METAXAS, THEODORE
NIKOU, RANIA
H25 - Business Taxes and Subsidies
L62 - Automobiles ; Other Transportation Equipment ; Related Parts and Equipment
L86 - Information and Internet Services ; Computer Software
The aim of this article is to define the meaning of tax competition. More specifically, it carries out a comparative analysis between the European Union and the United States of America studying two key sectors of their economies, the motor industry and telecommunications with the aim of featuring which of these is more tax competitive. The comparison criteria are VAT and sales tax, excise duties, corporate income tax, wage costs and in particular the tax burden on labor, taxing savings and duties on trade. In some cases, the EU seems to be more competitive, and in other cases, the USA does so. With regard to motor industry and telecommunications, it seems that in most of the criteria featured, they are affected according to the rest areas of economy. We conclude that the issue of tax competition, and in particular the comparison between the EU and the USA, needs further investigation. Finally, substantial tax reforms as a means of promoting healthy tax competition, seems to be desiderata by both parties.
2020
MPRA Paper
NonPeerReviewed
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METAXAS, THEODORE and NIKOU, RANIA (2020): Tax competition in EU and USA: A comparative analysis of the automotive and telecommunication industries.
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oai:mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de:103350
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Development of a Novel Integrated CCSD-ITARA-MARCOS Decision-Making Approach for Stackers Selection in a Logistics System
Uluta¸s, Alptekin
Karabasevic, Darjan
Popovic, Gabrijela
Stanujkic, Dragisa
Thanh Nguyen, Phong
Karaköy, Ça˘gatay
L6 - Industry Studies: Manufacturing
L62 - Automobiles ; Other Transportation Equipment ; Related Parts and Equipment
M11 - Production Management
The main goal of this paper is to propose a Multiple-Criteria Decision-Making (MCDM)
approach that will facilitate decision-making in the field of logistics—i.e., in the selection of the
optimal equipment for performing a logistics activity. For defining the objective weights of the criteria,
the correlation coefficient and the standard deviation (CCSD method) are applied. Furthermore,
for determining the semi-objective weights of the considered criteria, the indifference threshold-based
attribute ratio analysis method (ITARA) is used. In this way, by combining these two methods,
the weights of the criteria are determined with a higher degree of reliability. For the final ranking of
the alternatives, the measurement of alternatives and ranking according to the compromise solution
method (MARCOS) is utilized. For demonstrating the applicability of the proposed approach,
an illustrative case study pointing to the selection of the best manual stacker for a small warehouse is
performed. The final results are compared with the ones obtained using the other proved MCDM
methods that confirmed the reliability and stability of the proposed approach. The proposed integrated
approach shows itself as a suitable technique for applying in the process of logistics equipment
selection, because it defines the most influential criteria and the optimal choice with regard to all
of them in a relatively easy and comprehensive way. Additionally, conceiving the determination
of the criteria with the combination of objective and semi-objective methods enables defining the
objective weights concerning the attitudes of the involved decision-makers, which finally leads to
more reliable results
2020-09-08
MPRA Paper
NonPeerReviewed
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Uluta¸s, Alptekin and Karabasevic, Darjan and Popovic, Gabrijela and Stanujkic, Dragisa and Thanh Nguyen, Phong and Karaköy, Ça˘gatay (2020): Development of a Novel Integrated CCSD-ITARA-MARCOS Decision-Making Approach for Stackers Selection in a Logistics System. Published in: Mathematics , Vol. 1672, No. 08 (1 October 2020): 01-15.
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How Does Labour Work Now? A Quantitative Survey of Labour Practices in Japanese Multinationals Post 1996 Workplace Relations Act (Commonwealth)
Bayari, Celal
E0 - General
E02 - Institutions and the Macroeconomy
F1 - Trade
F14 - Empirical Studies of Trade
F15 - Economic Integration
F18 - Trade and Environment
F2 - International Factor Movements and International Business
F21 - International Investment ; Long-Term Capital Movements
F23 - Multinational Firms ; International Business
F3 - International Finance
F36 - Financial Aspects of Economic Integration
F6 - Economic Impacts of Globalization
F63 - Economic Development
F66 - Labor
J2 - Demand and Supply of Labor
J21 - Labor Force and Employment, Size, and Structure
J23 - Labor Demand
J28 - Safety ; Job Satisfaction ; Related Public Policy
J5 - Labor-Management Relations, Trade Unions, and Collective Bargaining
J51 - Trade Unions: Objectives, Structure, and Effects
J53 - Labor-Management Relations ; Industrial Jurisprudence
J8 - Labor Standards: National and International
J82 - Labor Force Composition
J83 - Workers' Rights
K0 - General
K20 - General
K4 - Legal Procedure, the Legal System, and Illegal Behavior
L11 - Production, Pricing, and Market Structure ; Size Distribution of Firms
L16 - Industrial Organization and Macroeconomics: Industrial Structure and Structural Change ; Industrial Price Indices
L22 - Firm Organization and Market Structure
L5 - Regulation and Industrial Policy
L62 - Automobiles ; Other Transportation Equipment ; Related Parts and Equipment
O1 - Economic Development
O11 - Macroeconomic Analyses of Economic Development
The focus of this paper is the labour practices that are identified with Japanese management style and their functioning in Australian subsidiaries of Japanese MNEs. The context of their functioning is the changes in labour and management relations in Australia. The data used in this paper was collected, across Australia, in the period between February and July 2001; approximately four years after the 1996 Workplace Relations Act came into effect. The data was collected from fifty-one companies, seventeen each from the sectors of manufacture and assembly, service, and marketing and sales. The survey questionnaires were aimed at the management and asked them to rate the functioning of specific labour practices. These were crosstabulated with the union presence variable at the companies. The results are discussed along with the theoretical framework and the literature review.
2001-12-01
MPRA Paper
NonPeerReviewed
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Bayari, Celal (2001): How Does Labour Work Now? A Quantitative Survey of Labour Practices in Japanese Multinationals Post 1996 Workplace Relations Act (Commonwealth). Published in: Proceedings of the 2001 Australian Sociological Association Annual Conference No. 2001 (1 December 2001): pp. 1-14.
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The Japanese Management and Production System in Australia Recruitment, Training and Bonus in Japanese Hybrid Factories
Bayari, Celal
J3 - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs
J4 - Particular Labor Markets
J48 - Public Policy
J5 - Labor-Management Relations, Trade Unions, and Collective Bargaining
J51 - Trade Unions: Objectives, Structure, and Effects
J53 - Labor-Management Relations ; Industrial Jurisprudence
J6 - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers
J62 - Job, Occupational, and Intergenerational Mobility
J69 - Other
K1 - Basic Areas of Law
K12 - Contract Law
K23 - Regulated Industries and Administrative Law
L1 - Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance
L15 - Information and Product Quality ; Standardization and Compatibility
L16 - Industrial Organization and Macroeconomics: Industrial Structure and Structural Change ; Industrial Price Indices
L21 - Business Objectives of the Firm
L22 - Firm Organization and Market Structure
L51 - Economics of Regulation
L62 - Automobiles ; Other Transportation Equipment ; Related Parts and Equipment
L63 - Microelectronics ; Computers ; Communications Equipment
M1 - Business Administration
M11 - Production Management
M12 - Personnel Management ; Executives; Executive Compensation
M16 - International Business Administration
M2 - Business Economics
M51 - Firm Employment Decisions ; Promotions
M52 - Compensation and Compensation Methods and Their Effects
M53 - Training
M54 - Labor Management
M55 - Labor Contracting Devices
M59 - Other
N17 - Africa ; Oceania
N27 - Africa ; Oceania
N67 - Africa ; Oceania
O1 - Economic Development
O11 - Macroeconomic Analyses of Economic Development
O32 - Management of Technological Innovation and R&D
O34 - Intellectual Property and Intellectual Capital
P5 - Comparative Economic Systems
P51 - Comparative Analysis of Economic Systems
P52 - Comparative Studies of Particular Economies
Japanese manufacturers have reconstituted the Japanese management and production system in Australia at different levels of success since the late 1960s (Hutchinson and Nicholas 1994, Nicholas and Purcell 2001, Purcell et al. 1999). Three of the essential elements of the Japanese system, recruitment, training, and bonus payments are discussed in this paper in order exhibit the structure of the labour contract within the Japanese hybrid factories. The Japanese system has been transferred to all the continents in the past three decades (Abo 2011, 2010). It has been studied in the UK (Kumon 2007, 2004a), the US (Abo 2007, Kawamura 2011), and Australia (Bayari 2011). A common characteristic of these studies is that they use 2001 data sets in their discussions. This paper uses the author’s data, also from a 2001 research, in its analysis of eighteen Japanese manufacturers in Australia. The common thread that runs through the Japanese system and work force interaction in these three Anglo-Saxon economies is the waves of labour market deregulation since the 1980s (Bayari 2011). This process has undermined the traditional union power base, and reduced the scope of the state institutions to arbitrate.
2011-06-01
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NonPeerReviewed
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Bayari, Celal (2011): The Japanese Management and Production System in Australia Recruitment, Training and Bonus in Japanese Hybrid Factories. Published in: Annual Convention of Japanese Association of Administrative Science Proceedings. , Vol. 14, No. 14 (26 November 2011): pp. 331-336.
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oai:mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de:103896
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Japanese Business in Australia: A Management Survey of Industry Interaction with Locational Factors
Bayari, Celal
E0 - General
E02 - Institutions and the Macroeconomy
F1 - Trade
F11 - Neoclassical Models of Trade
F15 - Economic Integration
F16 - Trade and Labor Market Interactions
F2 - International Factor Movements and International Business
F23 - Multinational Firms ; International Business
F4 - Macroeconomic Aspects of International Trade and Finance
F41 - Open Economy Macroeconomics
F43 - Economic Growth of Open Economies
F55 - International Institutional Arrangements
F62 - Macroeconomic Impacts
F63 - Economic Development
F66 - Labor
J21 - Labor Force and Employment, Size, and Structure
J28 - Safety ; Job Satisfaction ; Related Public Policy
J4 - Particular Labor Markets
J41 - Labor Contracts
J5 - Labor-Management Relations, Trade Unions, and Collective Bargaining
J51 - Trade Unions: Objectives, Structure, and Effects
J52 - Dispute Resolution: Strikes, Arbitration, and Mediation ; Collective Bargaining
J53 - Labor-Management Relations ; Industrial Jurisprudence
L1 - Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance
L2 - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior
L22 - Firm Organization and Market Structure
L24 - Contracting Out ; Joint Ventures ; Technology Licensing
L25 - Firm Performance: Size, Diversification, and Scope
L6 - Industry Studies: Manufacturing
L62 - Automobiles ; Other Transportation Equipment ; Related Parts and Equipment
L63 - Microelectronics ; Computers ; Communications Equipment
L67 - Other Consumer Nondurables: Clothing, Textiles, Shoes, and Leather Goods; Household Goods; Sports Equipment
L8 - Industry Studies: Services
O1 - Economic Development
O11 - Macroeconomic Analyses of Economic Development
P52 - Comparative Studies of Particular Economies
P59 - Other
This is a discussion of research findings on the interaction of the Japanese firms with Australia’s locational factors that affect their investment decisions in Australia. The paper argues that there is a convergence as well as divergence among the sixty-five companies from three industrial sectors on ten different factors affecting satisfaction that is reported by the management and the other variables that characterise the firms
2004-01-01
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Bayari, Celal (2004): Japanese Business in Australia: A Management Survey of Industry Interaction with Locational Factors. Published in: The Otemon Journal of Australian Studies , Vol. 30, No. 2004 (1 December 2004): pp. 119-149.
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oai:mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de:104045
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Japanese Manufacturers in Australia: Analysing Their Quality Evaluation and Employee Participation
Bayari, Celal
F1 - Trade
F15 - Economic Integration
F16 - Trade and Labor Market Interactions
F2 - International Factor Movements and International Business
F21 - International Investment ; Long-Term Capital Movements
F23 - Multinational Firms ; International Business
F3 - International Finance
F4 - Macroeconomic Aspects of International Trade and Finance
F41 - Open Economy Macroeconomics
F43 - Economic Growth of Open Economies
F5 - International Relations, National Security, and International Political Economy
F55 - International Institutional Arrangements
F6 - Economic Impacts of Globalization
F63 - Economic Development
F66 - Labor
J0 - General
J01 - Labor Economics: General
J24 - Human Capital ; Skills ; Occupational Choice ; Labor Productivity
J4 - Particular Labor Markets
J41 - Labor Contracts
J5 - Labor-Management Relations, Trade Unions, and Collective Bargaining
J53 - Labor-Management Relations ; Industrial Jurisprudence
J8 - Labor Standards: National and International
J81 - Working Conditions
K2 - Regulation and Business Law
L1 - Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance
L16 - Industrial Organization and Macroeconomics: Industrial Structure and Structural Change ; Industrial Price Indices
L2 - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior
L21 - Business Objectives of the Firm
L25 - Firm Performance: Size, Diversification, and Scope
L5 - Regulation and Industrial Policy
L6 - Industry Studies: Manufacturing
L62 - Automobiles ; Other Transportation Equipment ; Related Parts and Equipment
L63 - Microelectronics ; Computers ; Communications Equipment
M1 - Business Administration
M11 - Production Management
M21 - Business Economics
N6 - Manufacturing and Construction
N67 - Africa ; Oceania
O1 - Economic Development
O15 - Human Resources ; Human Development ; Income Distribution ; Migration
O33 - Technological Change: Choices and Consequences ; Diffusion Processes
O5 - Economywide Country Studies
O56 - Oceania
The characteristics of Japanese transnational automotive and electronic manufacturers in their overseas operations form a major topic of analysis.
This paper discusses the data from Japanese electronics and automotive (auto and auto parts) manufacturers that were subjects of the author’s research in Australia.
Dunning’s ‘eclectic paradigm’ has been applied herein, as a theoretical framework of transnational behaviour, to the previous analyses of Japanese manufacturers in Australia.
The paper argues that the concentration of foreign investment by the transnationals of a country in the host is primarily a manifestation of their respective gross domestic products and the bilateral trade.
2010-06-01
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NonPeerReviewed
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Bayari, Celal (2010): Japanese Manufacturers in Australia: Analysing Their Quality Evaluation and Employee Participation. Published in: Annual Convention of Japanese Association of Administrative Science Proceedings , Vol. 13, (12 October 2010): pp. 369-374.
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oai:mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de:104137
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The effect of design protection on price and price dispersion: Evidence from automotive spare parts
Herz, Benedikt
Mejer, Malwina
F15 - Economic Integration
K21 - Antitrust Law
L11 - Production, Pricing, and Market Structure ; Size Distribution of Firms
L62 - Automobiles ; Other Transportation Equipment ; Related Parts and Equipment
O34 - Intellectual Property and Intellectual Capital
The design right is a widely used but poorly understood intellectual property right that allows the protection of products’ aesthetics and outer appearances. We study the
influence of design right protection on price by exploiting cross-country differences in the scope of protection in the European automotive spare parts market: In some countries, repair parts are exempted from design protection, while in others they are not. Based on detailed price data, our difference-in-differences estimates imply that design protection increases prices by about 5–8%, with large differences between carmakers. We then link our findings to the literature on deviations from the law of one price. We document large cross-country price deviations for identical spare parts and provide evidence that a part of these price deviations can be explained by the lack of harmonization of design right protection in combination with carmakers’ pricing-to-market strategies.
2020-06-01
MPRA Paper
NonPeerReviewed
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Herz, Benedikt and Mejer, Malwina (2020): The effect of design protection on price and price dispersion: Evidence from automotive spare parts.
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oai:mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de:108312
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Danger, Respect, and Indifference: Bike-Sharing Choices in Shanghai and Tokyo using Latent Choice Models
Yoo, Sunbin
Hong, Sungwan
Park, Yeongkyung
Okuyama, Akihiro
Zhang, Zhaozhe
Yoshida, Yoshikuni
Managi, Shunsuke
L62 - Automobiles ; Other Transportation Equipment ; Related Parts and Equipment
Q5 - Environmental Economics
Q55 - Technological Innovation
R4 - Transportation Economics
While various policy instruments have attempted to raise environmental concerns in the past decades, it is unclear if these concerns are revealed in the consumer choices of our daily life. In this study, we investigate whether environmental concerns drive the choices of modes of transport through the bike-sharing example in Tokyo and Shanghai. We conducted a survey questionnaire to define three types of environmental concerns and quantitatively estimated their effects on bike-sharing choices using the latent class model, considering individual heterogeneity.
The results show that environmental concerns affect bike-sharing choices differently for different people. While the fear of natural disasters and/or an indifference towards the environment would be dominant factors in commuting, the willingness to preserve a natural environment shows substantial correlations to bike-sharing when respondents return from weekend shopping. These differences indicate that relevant policies should be effectively implemented to interact with such environmental concerns.
2021-06-16
MPRA Paper
NonPeerReviewed
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/108312/1/MPRA_paper_108312.pdf
Yoo, Sunbin and Hong, Sungwan and Park, Yeongkyung and Okuyama, Akihiro and Zhang, Zhaozhe and Yoshida, Yoshikuni and Managi, Shunsuke (2021): Danger, Respect, and Indifference: Bike-Sharing Choices in Shanghai and Tokyo using Latent Choice Models.
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oai:mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de:109645
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The effect of design protection on price and price dispersion: Evidence from automotive spare parts
Herz, Benedikt
Mejer, Malwina
F15 - Economic Integration
K21 - Antitrust Law
L11 - Production, Pricing, and Market Structure ; Size Distribution of Firms
L62 - Automobiles ; Other Transportation Equipment ; Related Parts and Equipment
O34 - Intellectual Property and Intellectual Capital
The design right is a widely used but poorly understood intellectual property right that allows the protection of products’ aesthetics and outer appearances. We study the
influence of design right protection on price by exploiting cross-country differences in the scope of protection in the European automotive spare parts market: In some countries, repair parts are exempted from design protection, while in others they are not. Based on detailed price data, our difference-in-differences estimates imply that design protection increases prices by about 5–8%, with large differences between carmakers. We then link our findings to the literature on deviations from the law of one price. We document large cross-country price deviations for identical spare parts and provide evidence that a part of these price deviations can be explained by the lack of harmonization of design right protection in combination with carmakers’ pricing-to-market strategies.
2020-06-01
MPRA Paper
NonPeerReviewed
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/109645/1/MPRA_paper_109645.pdf
Herz, Benedikt and Mejer, Malwina (2020): The effect of design protection on price and price dispersion: Evidence from automotive spare parts.
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oai:mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de:110970
2021-12-08T06:30:51Z
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Low-Carbon Incentives and the Diffusion for New Energy Vehicles: Evidence from Shanghai
Li, Yumin
Li, Shiyuan
Li, Guodong
Liu, Minquan
L62 - Automobiles ; Other Transportation Equipment ; Related Parts and Equipment
O31 - Innovation and Invention: Processes and Incentives
Governments have been heavily involved in financing investments that provide environmental benefits. The Chinese government has provided various green incentives for the new energy vehicle (NEV) industry. This study evaluates the effectiveness of these low-carbon incentive policies. We estimate a NEV demand model and simulate different policy scenarios. We find that incentive policies have increased the NEV demand by 56.26% during the sample period. Among these incentive policies, free license policy contributed most of the sales. One should, therefore, consider both financial and non-financial incentive policies in future green development program designs.
2020-12
MPRA Paper
NonPeerReviewed
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Li, Yumin and Li, Shiyuan and Li, Guodong and Liu, Minquan (2020): Low-Carbon Incentives and the Diffusion for New Energy Vehicles: Evidence from Shanghai.
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oai:mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de:115088
2022-10-24T13:28:56Z
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Powering up a slow charging market: how do government subsidies affect charging station supply?
Luo, Zunian
L62 - Automobiles ; Other Transportation Equipment ; Related Parts and Equipment
Q48 - Government Policy
Q58 - Government Policy
Electric vehicle adoption is considered by policymakers to be a promising pathway for addressing climate change. However, the market for charging stations suffers from a market failure: a lack of EV sales disincentivizes charging station production, which in turn inhibits mass EV adoption. Charging station subsidies are discussed as policy levers that can stimulate charging station supply to correct this market failure. Nonetheless, there is limited research examining the extent such subsidies are successful. Using annual data on electric vehicle sales, charging station counts, and subsidy amounts from 57 California counties and a staggered difference-in-differences methodology, I find that charging station subsidies are highly effective: a 1% increase in subsidies expands the supply of stations by 2.5%. This finding suggests that governmental intervention can help correct the market failure in the charging station market.
2022-10-20
MPRA Paper
NonPeerReviewed
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/115088/1/MPRA_paper_115088.pdf
Luo, Zunian (2022): Powering up a slow charging market: how do government subsidies affect charging station supply?
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oai:mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de:115629
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Returns to scale with a Cobb-Douglas production function for a small italian mechanical firm
Osti, Davide
C13 - Estimation: General
C32 - Time-Series Models ; Dynamic Quantile Regressions ; Dynamic Treatment Effect Models ; Diffusion Processes ; State Space Models
D22 - Firm Behavior: Empirical Analysis
D24 - Production ; Cost ; Capital ; Capital, Total Factor, and Multifactor Productivity ; Capacity
L23 - Organization of Production
L25 - Firm Performance: Size, Diversification, and Scope
L62 - Automobiles ; Other Transportation Equipment ; Related Parts and Equipment
with this piece of evidence, I try to she light upon the e ects of xed
and variable costs on revenues for a rm operating in the sector of
leathing and milling in the neighbourhood of Bologna, on the Tus-
can - Emilian Appennines, through the estimation of a linear bivariate
simultaneous equation model where variable and xed costs explain
revenues; with a sample of eleven years of annual data, I nd that a
marginal increase in variable costs of 1 euro, keeping the xed costs
constants, leads to higher revenues up to 1.155 euro; I further estimate
a cobb douglas production function, in order to nd out whether the
returns to scale are increasing, constant or decreasing; I nd support
for the hypothesis of slightly increasing returns to scale with the base-
line cobb douglas transformed in logarithms (with capital and labour
only), while multiplicatively including an additional regressor for raw
materials purchases, I nd evidence for slightly decreasing returns to scale
2021-11-20
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NonPeerReviewed
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Osti, Davide (2021): Returns to scale with a Cobb-Douglas production function for a small italian mechanical firm.
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oai:mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de:116744
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La industria automotriz argentina en perspectiva. La reconversión de la década del noventa como prólogo a la crisis actual
Schvarzer, Jorge
Papa, Javier
R. Breu, Mariana
L13 - Oligopoly and Other Imperfect Markets
L16 - Industrial Organization and Macroeconomics: Industrial Structure and Structural Change ; Industrial Price Indices
L5 - Regulation and Industrial Policy
L53 - Enterprise Policy
L6 - Industry Studies: Manufacturing
L62 - Automobiles ; Other Transportation Equipment ; Related Parts and Equipment
O54 - Latin America ; Caribbean
The automobile industry in Argentina shows a significant weight in the industrial sector and, correspondly, in the economic activity of the country. According to the Census 1994, the automobile industry accounted for 9% of total gross production (including spare parts production). That figure would increase even further if the mecanics service activity is to be included along with the commercial activities of oil stations and the like. A significant share of the industry production comes from the domestic demand, in line with tte rate of growth of the number of cars in circulation, while anothe part of it depends directly on supply of new units. In practice, although is not podisble to disentagle both activities, one can assume that the former is more stable while the latter relies more on the business cycle. In this paper we acalize both activities in depth and the impact that the regional integration (MERCOSUR) is having on them.
2003-11
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NonPeerReviewed
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Schvarzer, Jorge and Papa, Javier and R. Breu, Mariana (2003): La industria automotriz argentina en perspectiva. La reconversión de la década del noventa como prólogo a la crisis actual. Published in: CESPA - Documento de Trabajo No. 5 (November 2003)
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