The global automotive industry

The Global Automotive Industry provides a comprehensive overview of the automotive sector, covering the current shape and structure of the industry, how this structure came about and how and where it is under threat. It begins with an introduction of the current state of the automotive industry and discusses existing and emerging markets, before considering car manufacturing and its implications. Labour relations, impacts of automobility and car regulations are also covered. As well as considering the current state of the industry, this book considers the challenges of the future and examines the impact of new business models as well as discussing the move to electric cars.

Notes on contributors -- Series preface -- Foreword -- 1. Introduction and overview -- 2. Understanding change and difference in the global automotive industry -- 3. The market for new cars -- 4. Understanding people and cars -- 5. Car manufacturing -- 6. Recent trends in manufacturing innovation policy for the automotive sector: a survey of the United States, Mexico, European Union, Germany and Spain -- 7. Labour relations and human resource management in the automotive industry: North American perspectives -- 8. Labour relations and HRM in the automotive industry: Japanese impacts -- 9. The rise of South Korean (or Korean) automobile industry -- 10. China's car industry -- 11. Forging ahead or stagnating?: an analysis of Indian automotive industry -- 12. From factory to end-user: an overview of automotive distribution and the challenges of disruptive change -- 13. Impacts of automobility -- 14. Regulating the car -- 15. Global versus local: regionalism in a global industry -- 16. The impact of electric automobility -- 17. Alternatives to the car -- 18. New business models and the automotive industry -- 19. Future challenges for product and industry -- References.