Pub Date : 2023-01-01DOI: 10.1504/ijatm.2023.10053818
Zhao Wei, Dan-jun Wu, Boy Lüthje
This article discusses China's industrial and labour policy for the automotive industry facing the transition to the era of new energy vehicles. A conceptual framework on the regimes of production is employed to analyse the present transformation of industry structures in production models and labour markets. The growth of private-capitalist regimes of high-performance, low wages, and high profit incentives for workers is identified, which can be described as the 'Foxconnisation' of the industry, and it is at the expense of the corporate-bureaucratic regimes prevalent among the leading Sino-foreign joint ventures. As production networks become vertically disintegrated, some non-traditional industrial players are highlighted in the discussion of some recent developments in the industry during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The profound transformation in the regimes of production brought about social contradictions related to the production process, and new challenges and implications for workplace policies. The empirical study of this article confirms the necessity of trade union strategies inside China from an international perspective in order to ensure social standards and a more sustainable green transformation of the industry.
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Pub Date : 2023-01-01DOI: 10.1504/ijatm.2023.133361
Sara Caria, Francesco Garibaldo, Matteo Rinaldini
In line with the recent debate, the general aim of this paper is to explore the interplay of human intervention and digital technologies in lean production. In particular, we present an empirical analysis of how digitalisation is introduced into a lean system within a German owned firm located in the Italian 'motor valley', where technological innovation is theoretically inspired by the Industry 4.0 (I4.0) approach. The analysis of this single-case study brought to light that production is becoming more and more digital-intensive, but it appears to be informed by a digital shadow rather than a digital twin paradigm. Indeed, workers appear to hold a steady control over the work process, although digital self-configuring systems are beginning to be introduced. At the same time, the analysis identifies two elements allowing to maintain the balance between automation and human intervention: on one hand, the type and market positioning of the product, which leaves a wide scope for profit and, on the other hand, the important role played by trade union at company level in influencing the way digitalisation is introduced.
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Pub Date : 2023-01-01DOI: 10.1504/ijatm.2023.10053977
Hamza Rarou
{"title":"Global trends and spatiotemporal shifts in the automotive assembly footprint","authors":"Hamza Rarou","doi":"10.1504/ijatm.2023.10053977","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/ijatm.2023.10053977","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":35873,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Automotive Technology and Management","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"66780815","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-01-01DOI: 10.1504/ijatm.2023.10057300
M. Rinaldini, S. Caria, F. Garibaldo
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Pub Date : 2023-01-01DOI: 10.1504/ijatm.2023.133353
Hamza Rarou
{"title":"Global trends and spatiotemporal shifts in the automotive assembly footprint","authors":"Hamza Rarou","doi":"10.1504/ijatm.2023.133353","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/ijatm.2023.133353","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":35873,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Automotive Technology and Management","volume":"269 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135446769","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-01-01DOI: 10.1504/ijatm.2023.10055929
Kulacha Sirikhan
{"title":"Building scenarios for the integration of shared autonomous vehicles into multimodal shared mobility systems in Southeast Asia mega-urban regions","authors":"Kulacha Sirikhan","doi":"10.1504/ijatm.2023.10055929","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/ijatm.2023.10055929","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":35873,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Automotive Technology and Management","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"66780943","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-01-01DOI: 10.1504/ijatm.2023.133352
Lorenza Monaco, Tobias Wuttke
{"title":"The South African auto industry in a world of GVCs: lead firm sourcing strategies and local supplier development","authors":"Lorenza Monaco, Tobias Wuttke","doi":"10.1504/ijatm.2023.133352","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/ijatm.2023.133352","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":35873,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Automotive Technology and Management","volume":"12 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135446276","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-01-01DOI: 10.1504/ijatm.2023.10053116
M. Rocca, Francesco Fasano, F. Rizzo
{"title":"Working capital determinants in the automotive industry: An empirical analysis","authors":"M. Rocca, Francesco Fasano, F. Rizzo","doi":"10.1504/ijatm.2023.10053116","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/ijatm.2023.10053116","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":35873,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Automotive Technology and Management","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"66780732","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-01-01DOI: 10.1504/ijatm.2023.133357
Kulacha Sirikhan
{"title":"Building scenarios for the integration of shared autonomous vehicles into multimodal shared mobility systems in Southeast Asia mega-urban regions","authors":"Kulacha Sirikhan","doi":"10.1504/ijatm.2023.133357","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/ijatm.2023.133357","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":35873,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Automotive Technology and Management","volume":"269 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135444868","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-01-01DOI: 10.1504/ijatm.2023.10059845
Tommaso Pardi
{"title":"Work and employment in the lithium-ion battery industry for electric vehicles: a preliminary overview","authors":"Tommaso Pardi","doi":"10.1504/ijatm.2023.10059845","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/ijatm.2023.10059845","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":35873,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Automotive Technology and Management","volume":"21 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136368221","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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