Reshaping the North American Automobile Industry
Reshaping the North American Automobile Industry

Author: John P. Tuman

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-04-03

Total Pages: 208

ISBN-13: 1136547517

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This work examines the responses of unions and workers to regional integration and restructuring in the automobile industry in North and Central America. The focus is on the automobile industry in Mexico, which, because of its size and importance, is viewed as a strategic sector of the Mexican economy and was the focal point of talks between the US, Canada and Mexico during negotiations on NAFTA. Focusing on the period from 1980, John P. Tuman examines the changes implemented by firms to promote export production, he explores reasons for the variation in labour responses to restructuring, and he discusses the prospects for cross-border organizing and co-operation among automobile workers in Canada, the US and Mexico.

Reshaping the North American Automobile Industry
Reshaping the North American Automobile Industry

Author: John Peter Tuman

Publisher:

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13:

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Examines the effect of industrial transformations on labour relations in the Mexican automobile industry. Considers barriers to cross-border regional cooperation among North American Unions, and the potential for a democratic form of corporatism. Focuses on the period 1980-2000.

Automobile Industry
Automobile Industry

Author: Leon R. Domansky

Publisher: Nova Publishers

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 230

ISBN-13: 9781594546860

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Like it or not, the automobile industry is now and will remain an overwhelming factor in the lives of most people - if not an owner and driver, then as a pedestrian or a breather of air, which is being polluted by the gas-guzzling and vile-air belching monsters created for our individual hedonistic pleasure. This book presents issues of current interest to those who cannot ignore their presence.

Work, Locality and the Rhythms of Capital
Work, Locality and the Rhythms of Capital

Author: Jamie Gough

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-12-02

Total Pages: 344

ISBN-13: 1317707621

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This theoretical and empirical study examines the relationship between the organisation of work, industrial relations, production spaces and the dynamics of capitalist investment. Jamie Gough explores the connections between labour process change, products, local economy and society, spaces and forms of competition, and firm's locational strategies. In a path-breaking analysis he shows that these are closely bound up with the business cycle and other rhythms of investment. Differences within the labour process are central to the argument. Gough explores the divisions between workers arising from these differences and from spatial flows of capital, and suggests strategies through which these divisions might be overcome.

The North American Auto Industry Under NAFTA
The North American Auto Industry Under NAFTA

Author: Sidney Weintraub

Publisher: CSIS

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 284

ISBN-13: 9780892063376

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Analyzes the performance of the industry after the North American Free-Trade Agreement took effect, in each of the three countries and on the continent as a whole. Also looks at the impact of environmental regulations. The studies were funded by automobile companies and reviewed by personnel representing them. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

New Frontiers of the Automobile Industry
New Frontiers of the Automobile Industry

Author: Alex Covarrubias V.

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2019-11-28

Total Pages: 516

ISBN-13: 3030188817

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Analysing developments in digital technologies and institutional changes, this book provides an overview of the current frenetic state of transformation within the global automobile industry. An ongoing transition brought about by the relocation of marketing, design and production centres to emerging economies, and experimentation with new mobility systems such as electrical, autonomous vehicles, this process poses the question as to how original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and newcomers can remain competitive and ensure sustainability. With contributions from specialists in the automobile sector, this collection examines the shifts in power and geographical location occurring in the industry, and outlines the key role that public policy has in generating innovation in entrepreneurial states. Offering useful insights into the challenges facing emerging economies in their attempts to grow within the automobile industry, this book will provide valuable reading for those researching internationalization and emerging markets, business strategy and more specifically, the automotive industry.

Vocational Training
Vocational Training

Author: Gerhard Bosch

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2009-09-10

Total Pages: 357

ISBN-13: 1135254745

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The last decade has given rise to a strong public discourse in most highly industrialized economies about the importance of a skilled workforce as a key response to the competitive dynamic fostered by economic globalisation. The challenge for different training regimes is twofold: attracting young people into the vocational training system while continuing to train workers already in employment. Yet, on the whole, most countries and their training systems have failed to reach those goals. How can we explain this contradiction? Why is vocational training seen to be an "old" institution? Why does vocational training not seem to be easily adapted to the realities of the 21st century? This book seeks to respond to these important questions. It does so through an in-depth comparative analysis of the vocational training systems in ten different countries: Australia, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Korea, Mexico, Morocco, the United Kingdom and the USA.

The North American Auto Industry since NAFTA
The North American Auto Industry since NAFTA

Author: Greig Mordue

Publisher: University of Toronto Press

Published: 2024-10-01

Total Pages: 378

ISBN-13: 148752739X

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The auto sector is North America’s most iconic of industries. Since the North American Free Trade Agreement came into existence in 1994, the sector has undergone tremendous change: escalating concerns around climate change, advances in electric and automated vehicles, deindustrialization/reindustrialization, and the rise of low-cost locations as hubs for manufacturing. The North American Auto Industry since NAFTA examines the issues that have preoccupied the development of policy associated with the manufacture of automobiles in North America. The collection addresses the punctuations that have afflicted the industry since NAFTA’s implementation as well as the slower, incremental evolutions that have also occurred. Several aspects of automobility and the industry are explored, including but not limited to the Canadian, American, and Mexican automotive sectors and their evolution and interaction under evolving trade regimes. The book analyses issues surrounding labour, technology, trade policy, regional development, the environment, and broader societal impacts of the automobile. It also draws on the expertise of a wide cross-section of industry experts and scholars to provide readers with a deeper understanding of the automotive industry and its central role in North America’s economic, business, and political landscape.

Shaping a New International Financial System
Shaping a New International Financial System

Author: Karl Kaiser

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2019-06-26

Total Pages: 242

ISBN-13: 1351763016

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This title was first published in 2000: An outstanding volume which examines the professional economic merits, practical feasibility, and underlying politics of the hotly contested competing initiatives for strengthening the international financial system. Challenging much of the conventional wisdom, it offers a comprehensive account of the traditional enduring financial issues facing the G7 and the fundamental architectural elements of the new systemic design. This authoritative text contains a rich and balanced array of contributions from distinguished experts from all G7 countries and from emerging markets outside. Essential reading for academics in the areas of economics and management, to political scientists specializing in international political economy and to officials in the government and the private sector.