This presentation introduces a forthcoming edited volume on the topic. Overall, the volume explores how the global automotive industry is changing and what the main drivers of transformation are; what new actors are setting the stage, including countries, firms and institutions; what developmental strategies they are pursuing and what obstacles they are encountering.
Building on the experiences of auto industrialisation in a wide range of emerging economies, the volume offers an extensive empirical base to understand the real challenges of GVC-led industrialisation, their policy implications and their meaning for local development. It includes numerous country cases, in different continents: Poland and Hungary in Eastern Europe; Brazil and Argentina in Latin America; Morocco and South Africa in Africa; Thailand, India, China and Vietnam in Asia.
These help substantiate a series of crucial theoretical reflections, on different integration patterns, on the value of institutions, on firm internationalisation strategies, on labour regimes and technological change within GVCs. Together, empirical and theoretical chapters also allow to make sense of the big transformations that are affecting the industry, and of electrification in particular, from an emerging economies perspective. read more
