Globalization or Regionalization of the American and Asian Car Industry?

Cover......Page 1
Contents......Page 6
List of Tables......Page 8
List of Figures......Page 9
List of Statistical Appendix Tables......Page 10
List of Abbreviations......Page 11
Foreword......Page 14
Notes on the Contributors......Page 17
1 Introduction: The Diversity of Internationalization Strategies and Trajectories of Automobile Sector Firms......Page 20
2 The Internationalization of American and Asian Automobile Firms: A Statistical Comparison with the European Companies......Page 28
Part I Towards the Regionalization of the Global Strategies of US Automakers, Suppliers and Dealers......Page 70
3 The Twin Internationalization Strategies of US Automakers: GM and Ford......Page 72
4 The Internationalization of American Automobile Service Companies and Changes in Distribution......Page 114
Part II The Diversity of Internationalization Trajectories and the Local Hybridization of Japanese and Korean Automobile Firms......Page 136
5 A Maverick in the Age of Mega-mergers? Toyota’s Global Strategies......Page 138
6 Nissan: From a Precocious Export Policy to a Strategic Alliance with Renault......Page 163
7 Honda, an Independent Global Automobile Company, Out of the ‘Four Million Units Club’......Page 182
8 The Chance for a Peripheral Market Player: The Internationalization Strategies of the Korean Automobile Industry......Page 204
9 Conclusion: Regionalization of the American and Asian Automobile Industry, More Than Globalization......Page 228
Appendix: The GERPISA International Network......Page 250
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Y......Page 262