Online programme - 28th Gerpisa International Colloquium

This is a virtual conference due to the cancellation of our 2020 Detroit International Colloquium following the Covid 19 crisis and lockdown. It takes place on gerpisa.org. We have 4 live roundtables on the impact of the Covid crisis on the global automotive industry (in Asia, North America, Europe and emergent countries) and 40 video presentations organised in 12 sessions and all accessible below. To upload the papers and the slides you need to have an account on gerpisa.org. gerpisa.org members can also post comments and ask questions on each presentation: log in, click on the title of the session you would like to comment on and you will access the comment section at the bottom.

Roundtables on the impact of the Covid crisis on the global automotive industry

Gerpisa 2020 Roundtable : Asia Michael Smitka, Washington and Lee University [Lexington, VA] Hua WANG, Emlyon business school Stéphane Heim, Kyoto University Holger Bungsche, School for International Studies, Kwansei Gakuin University Bruno Jetin, University of Brunei Darussalam, Institute of Asian Studies	Gerpisa 2020 Roundtable: North America Bruce Belzowski, Automotive Futures Michael Smitka, Washington and Lee University [Lexington, VA] Thomas Klier, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago Greig Mordue, McMaster University
Gerpisa 2020 Keynote Roundtable: Europe Guillaume Delautre, Organisation internationale du travail Organisation internationale du Travail Tommaso Pardi, CNRS-IDHES, GIS-Gerpisa Martin Krzywdzinski, Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung Margherita Russo, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia Boleslaw Domanski, Jagiellonian University	Gerpisa 2020 Roundtable: Emergent countries Adriana Marotti de Mello, University of São Paulo Lorenza Monaco, UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose Anthony D'Costa, College of Business, The University of Alabama in Huntsville Jorge Carrillo, El Colegio de la Frontera Norte Roberto Marx, University of São Paulo, Ecole polytechnique

11:00 - 12:30

Session n°: 1

OEMs and disruptive changes: facts, challenges and capabilities

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Bruce Belzowski, Automotive Futures

Tommaso Pardi, CNRS-IDHES, GIS-Gerpisa

Session n°: 2

Transformation and upgrading of regional value chains

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Margherita Russo, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia

Michael Smitka, Washington and Lee University [Lexington, VA]

Session n°: 3

Industry 4.0 in emerging countries: the case of Mexico

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Vallejo Bertha, INGENIO (CSIC-UPV) TwINS Afrika

Boleslaw Domanski, Jagiellonian University

13:00 - 14:30

Session n°: 4

Work and employment in value chains

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Lorenza Monaco, UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose

Margherita Russo, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia

Session n°: 5

Suppliers in value chains: trends and changes

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Vallejo Bertha, INGENIO (CSIC-UPV) TwINS Afrika

Giuseppe Giulio Calabrese, CNR-Ircres

Session n°: 6

Digitalization of value chains: geographical and political implications

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Giuseppe Giulio Calabrese, CNR-Ircres

Thomas Klier, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago

16:00 - 17:30

Session n°: 7

Managing disruption: forecasts and business models

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Adriana Marotti de Mello, University of São Paulo

Michael Smitka, Washington and Lee University [Lexington, VA]

Session n°: 8

Transforming production networks

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Thomas Klier, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago

Tommaso Pardi, CNRS-IDHES, GIS-Gerpisa

Session n°: 9

Mobility as a service: challenges and opportunities

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Giuseppe Giulio Calabrese, CNR-Ircres

Michael Smitka, Washington and Lee University [Lexington, VA]

18:00 - 19:30

Session n°: 9

Digitalisation in product and value chain architectures

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Jorge Carrillo, El Colegio de la Frontera Norte

Martin Krzywdzinski, Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung

Session n°: 11

Public policies, regulations and the automotive sector

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Marc ALOCHET, Ecole Polytechnique

Sigfrido Ramirez, Max Planck Institute for European Legal History Frankfurt

Session n°: 12

Electric vehicles: from OEMs to consumers via States' regulations

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Bruce Belzowski, Automotive Futures

Géry Deffontaines, GERPISA

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Journée du Gerpisa

Thursday, 12 February, 2026 - 14:00 - 16:00

The Global Auto Industry and Varieties of Integration

Journée du Gerpisa

Friday, 13 February, 2026 - 14:00 - 16:00

Rethinking Industrial Policy and Development Strategies for the Auto Industry

Journée du Gerpisa

Friday, 13 March, 2026 - 14:00 - 16:00

La transition vers l' électrique: quelles solutions pour les ménages modestes?

Journée du Gerpisa

Friday, 10 April, 2026 - 09:00 - 17:00

Journée Jeunes Chercheurs et Chercheuses

Colloque du Gerpisa

Monday, 15 June, 2026 - 08:00 - Thursday, 18 June, 2026 - 18:00

Towards a more circular economy in an increasing finite world : levers and obstacles in the global automotive industry

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Online programme - 28th Gerpisa International Colloquium

Roundtables on the impact of the Covid crisis on the global automotive industry

Gerpisa 2020 Roundtable : Asia

Gerpisa 2020 Roundtable: North America

Gerpisa 2020 Keynote Roundtable: Europe

Gerpisa 2020 Roundtable: Emergent countries

OEMs and disruptive changes: facts, challenges and capabilities

Patterns of digital innovative activities in complex product industries: a patent analysis of the global automotive industry

Assessing organisational capabilities of incumbent car manufacturers in light of current influencing factors

What Just Happened? Or didn't: a Personal Perspective on Three Decades of Forecasting Change in Automotive

Transformation and upgrading of regional value chains

The digitalisation of industry in the semi-periphery: the evidence from the Polish automotive sector

Can Industry 4.0 Spur Upgrading in the Automotive Semi-Periphery? Lessons from Canada

ICE Age Geography; Powertrain Production in Europe and North America

Industry 4.0 in emerging countries: the case of Mexico

Challenges of the digitalization strategy implementation, the experience of GKN – Mexico

Are engineers able to transit to Industry 4.0 in the automotive sector? The case of Baja California in Mexico

Automotive clusters and industry 4.0 in Mexico

Work and employment in value chains

Automation, digitalization, and changes in occupational structures in the automobile industry in Germany, the United States and Japan

Restructuring, internationalization and geographic change in the European automotive industry

The impact of Inovar-Auto on industrial employment and the closure of the Ford plant in São Bernardo do Campo, Brazil

Suppliers in value chains: trends and changes

Changes in the Auto Parts Global Value Chain between 2000 and 2018

Automotive Supplier Industry Development in Vietnam: Supplier Development and Localisation Strategies

Research on New value chains by using global FTAs and minimizing investment manufacturing policy tear 2 supplier for globalization based on digitalization

Digitalization of value chains: geographical and political implications

Path transformation in Baden-Württemberg's automotive industry: a growing divide?

Geopolitical and technological challenges for the automotive global value chains

Digital Transformation of the Italian and US Automotive Supply Chains: Evidence from Survey Data

Managing disruption: forecasts and business models

The Four Horsemen of the Carpocalypse: A View from the USA

Trends analysis on future mobility from the business perspective: electric, connected, autonomous vehicles and the mobility as a service phenomenon

Business model innovation in the automotive industry: a whole new world.

What's the buzz about? Analyzing acquistions by automotive companies

Transforming production networks

Do supplier associations foster transactional relationships between automakers and suppliers? Evidence from Japan

Evolution of production network and localization of firms: evidence from the Thai automotive industry

Regional productive integration of the automotive value chain of Mercosur as a development strategy against the new global architecture

Challenges in the implementation of digitalized information-sharing collaboration in the downstream decentralized supply chain.

Mobility as a service: challenges and opportunities

The ongoing evolution of the (American) new car dealership system, in a changing world

Disruptive changes and policy governance modes: the case of automobile industry and new mobility services

Challenges to develop business models towards sustainable urban mobility: A comparative empirical investigation between Brazilian and Chinese case studies

Strategy of MaaS Platformer -relation with pricing strategy-

Digitalisation in product and value chain architectures

Detecting a Dynamic Change in Latecomer Hyundai Motor with the Quasi-vertically Integrated Modular Sourcing System: A Path Breaking or Path Dependence?

Changes in new value chains in North America.

Digital technologies as lean augmentation: Preliminary study of Japanese Automotive manufacturers

Public policies, regulations and the automotive sector

State-business relations and the automotive industry: a comparison of state aid politics in Italy and Britain

The Inovar-Auto program in Brazil, its objectives and the automakers adhesion

Everything must change for everything to stay the same? Prospects and contradictions of the electrification of the European automotive industry

Electric vehicles: from OEMs to consumers via States' regulations

Are Chinese regulations shaping the global deployment of the EVs industry?

Electric Vehicle and Electric Vehicle Component Production in Thailand

The electrification of car mobility in the Netherlands (1995 – 2015): evidence of a transition pathway

From protection to exposure: commercial demonstrations as steppingstones for large-scale diffusion of electrified heavy vehicles

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