The global automotive industry

Nieuwenhuis, Paul Andre Henri Francois and Wells, Peter Erskine ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4376-7178, eds. 2015. The global automotive industry. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.. 10.1002/9781118802366

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Abstract

The automotive industry is still one of the world's largest manufacturing sectors, but it suffers from being very technology-focused as well as being relatively short-term focused. There is little emphasis within the industry and its consultancy and analyst supply network on the broader social and economic impacts of automobility and of the sector that provides it. The Global Automotive Industry addresses this need and is a first port of call for any academic, official or consultant wanting an overview of the state of the industry. An international team of specialist researchers, both from academia and business, review and analyse the key issues that make vehicle manufacturing still the world’s premier manufacturing sector, closely tied in with the fortunes of both established and newly emerging economies. In doing so, it covers issues related to manufacturing, both established practices as well as new developments; issues relating to distribution, marketing and retail, vehicle technologies and regulatory trends; and, crucially, labour practices and the people who build cars. In all this it explains both how the current situation arose and also likely future trajectories both in terms of social and regulatory trends, as the technological, marketing and labour practice responses to those, leading in many cases to the development of new business models.

Item Type:	Book - edited
Book Type:	Edited Book
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Schools > Business (Including Economics)
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HE Transportation and Communications
Publisher:	John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
ISBN:	9781118802397
Last Modified:	20 Aug 2026 08:16
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/76218

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