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High Noon in the Automotive Industry

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Authors:
  1. Helmut Becker

    1. Institute for Economic Analysis and Communication, München

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  • Global, macroeconomic view on the most important branch in developed countries
  • With quantitative forecasts about market-, production- and capacity developments in different countries
  • Rating of the 11 OEM with hindsight to their ability to survive (IWK Survival Index)
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages X-XII
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  2. Introduction

    Pages 1-7

  3. The current situation: markets in upheaval, turbulence in the sector oligopoly

    Pages 9-40

  4. The Western European automotive industry: cost stress and profit pressure

    Pages 41-86

  5. Global mega trends until 2015: intensified selection process

    Pages 87-133

  6. Further concentration of automobile manufacturers by 2015

    Pages 135-162

  7. Consequences for the Components Supply Industry

    Pages 163-203

  8. The future map of global vehicle location — some reflections

    Pages 205-237

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 239-261
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About this book

This book was born from curiosity. To begin with, it was the curiosity of an economist who studied in the 60’s in an environment which has subsequently developed from national into global economics. Who has to recognize that politicians, scholars and large segments of society oblivious to supranational authorities and e- nomic globalization forces continue to labour under the notion that they are still fully autonomous and sovereign when shaping national economic policy. And pretend as though their own national state were still the "m- ter in its own house" that despite unbridled market economics could c- tinue to dictate to the economy and companies how to live and in which "rooms". All that has become fiction. The laws of globalization diminish the - noeuvring space for shaping national economic policy. Even if many folks today don’t want to hear it: The issue is no longer achieving what is soc- politically desirable for the own society but rather the optimal adaptation of society and social benefits to the politically practicable.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Institute for Economic Analysis and Communication, München

    Helmut Becker

About the author

Dr. Helmut Becker is a world-renowned expert on the automotive industry. He has served on the staff of the German Council of Economic Advisors. As Chief Economist at BMW, he headed the Corporate Economic Research and Policy department for several of his twenty plus years there. Currently, he is the founder and CEO of Business Relations Company AG, and in addition, runs his own institute for economic analysis. Dr. Becker holds degrees in Economics and Business Studies and a PhD in Political Science.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: High Noon in the Automotive Industry

  • Authors: Helmut Becker

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-31191-2

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Business and Economics, Business and Management (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2006

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-540-25869-8Published: 06 December 2005

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-06523-1Published: 12 February 2010

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-540-31191-1Published: 10 February 2006

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 261

  • Number of Illustrations: 86 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Automotive Industry, Automotive Engineering

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