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Europe's Automotive Industry on the Move

Competitiveness in a Changing World

  • Broad picture of the European automotive industry – competitiveness, challenges and future strategies
  • Outline of policy implications
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: ZEW Economic Studies (ZEW, volume 32)

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XI
  2. Introduction

    • Oliver Heneric, Wolfgang Sofka
    Pages 1-4
  3. The Europerean Automotive Industry in a Global Context

    • Oliver Heneric, Georg Licht, Stefam Lutz, Waltraud Urban
    Pages 5-44
  4. Competitiveness: A Market Perspective

    • Georg Licht, Wolfgang Sofka, Waltraud Urban
    Pages 45-101
  5. Innovation and Competitiveness

    • Thomas Cleff, Georg Licht, Alfred Spielkamp, Waltraud Urban
    Pages 103-155
  6. The Regulation and Industrial Policy

    • Thomas Cleff, Oliver Heneric, Alfred Spielkamp
    Pages 157-190
  7. Challenges and Opportunities for the European Automotive Industry

    • Oliver Heneric, Georg Licht, Wolfgang Sofka
    Pages 191-205
  8. Summary and Conclusions

    • Oliver Heneric, Georg Licht, Wolfgang Sofka
    Pages 207-208
  9. Back Matter

    Pages 209-275

About this book

The automotive industry is a major pillar of the modern global economy and one of Europe’s key industries. There can hardly be any doubt about the important role of this sector as an engine for employment, growth and innovation in Europe, and there are crucial challenges and opportunities ahead. The authors shed light on a broad range of issues – globalisation and restructuring, trade and foreign direct investment, innovation, regulation, and industry policy – and put a special focus on the new member states. While change may be inevitable, progress is not. This book shall serve as a map to all stakeholders: business executives and policy makers, investors and scholars.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW), Mannheim, Germany

    Oliver Heneric, Georg Licht, Wolfgang Sofka

About the editors

Oliver Heneric: Since 2001 Oliver Heneric has been working in the Department of Industrial Economics and International Management at ZEW. His current research focuses on venture capital and industry analysis.

Georg Licht: Head of the Department of Industrial Economics and International Management at the Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW - Centre for European Economic Research), in Mannheim, Germany.

Wolfgang Sofka: Started working for the Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW), Department of Industrial Economics and International Management, in February 2002. His primary responsibilities lie in the field of industry analysis with a main focus on international competitiveness.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Europe's Automotive Industry on the Move

  • Book Subtitle: Competitiveness in a Changing World

  • Editors: Oliver Heneric, Georg Licht, Wolfgang Sofka

  • Series Title: ZEW Economic Studies

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/3-7908-1644-2

  • Publisher: Physica Heidelberg

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

  • Copyright Information: Physica-Verlag Heidelberg 2005

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-7908-1590-0Published: 15 July 2005

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-7908-1644-0Published: 30 March 2006

  • Series ISSN: 1615-6781

  • Series E-ISSN: 1867-2027

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 275

  • Number of Illustrations: 86 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Management, Industrial Organization

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Softcover Book USD 109.99
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  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
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