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A Successful Transformation?

Restructuring of the Czech Automobile Industry

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Authors:
  1. Petr Pavlínek
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Part of the book series: Contributions to Economics (CE)

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages 1-12
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  2. Central and East European Automobile Industry

    • Petr Pavlínek
    Pages 1-32

  3. Czech Automobile Industry Before 1990

    • Petr Pavlínek
    Pages 33-78

  4. Post-1989 Transformation of Škoda Auto

    • Petr Pavlínek
    Pages 79-126

  5. Restructuring of the Czech Commercial Vehicle Industry

    • Petr Pavlínek
    Pages 127-155

  6. Effects of Domestic Privatization in the Auto Components Industry

    • Petr Pavlínek
    Pages 157-184

  7. The Role of FDI in the Czech Automotive Industry

    • Petr Pavlínek
    Pages 185-225

  8. Restructuring Strategies in the Czech Automotive Components Industry

    • Petr Pavlínek
    Pages 227-256

  9. Conclusion

    • Petr Pavlínek
    Pages 257-265

  10. References

    Pages 267-290

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 1-6
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About this book

I started researching the dramatic changes in the automobile industry of Central and East European countries in the late 1990s. My interest grew out of my previous work on the post-socialist transformation, foreign - rect investment and regional economic development. While researching the economic and regional development effects of foreign direct inve- ment, I was increasingly drawn to the automobile industry because of the speed and depth of its transformation through foreign direct investment and its potentially very significant economic and regional development - fects. In addition to working on the Central and East European automobile industry as a whole, I became interested in detailed case studies of ent- prise restructuring as I wanted to understand its complex nature and the role of different actors in the restructuring of the automobile industry. In order to achieve this goal, I visited dozens of automotive enterprises, es- cially in the Czech Republic (Czechia) to conduct in-depths interviews with key informants. I have also interviewed key informants at ministries, automotive associations and academia and collected various secondary data and information. This book is the outcome of this work. In this endeavor I have benefited from various support. The University Committee on Research and Creative Activity at the University of Nebraska at Omaha funded three field work sessions in Czechia to conduct interviews and research for this book.

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