Paris, Ministère de la Recherche,
(1 rue Descartes, Paris 5ème)

8h45 : Welcome of participants, (Ministère de la Recherche)

9h30-10h45 : Plenary session

9h30 Plenary Session, (amphi Poincaré)

Conférence introductive :
Les travaux du GERPISA depuis 15 ans : méthodes et enseignements
Michel Freyssenet (GERPISA, CSU-CNRS, Paris, France)

10h45 Coffee break

11h00-12h30 : Parallel sessions

11h00 Session 1 (amphi Poincaré)
Automobile firms trajectories lessons since mid 90s
The surpassed Giant

Michel Freyssenet (GERPISA, CSU-CNRS, Paris, France)
Presentation of the sessions « Automobile firms trajectories lessons since 1995 »
First drafts and the project of book

Walter McManus, Richard Senter
General Motors in an age of rapid change
(Communication presented by Bruce Belzowski (University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute - Office for the Study of Automotive Transportation))

Giuseppe Volpato (Universitá Ca-Foscari di Venezia)
Fiat auto 2008 – An arabian phoenix in the international auto industry

Session 2 (amphi A, Ministère de la recherche)
Automobile companies’ past and present forms of internationalisation

Uichi Asao, (Toho Gakuen University, Japan), Hikari Nohara, (Nagano University, Japan)
Inner and intra dialogue on the labor process: the compararison of team work in japon and sweden

Jacques Perrat, (ADEES, Rhône – Alpes, Lyon)
A new employment pattern? Hypotheses and realities

Session 3 (amphi B, Ministère de la recherche)
Automobile firms and systems’ insertion into national or regional configurations

Holger Bungsche (Industrial Research Institute Kwansei Gakuin UniversityNishinomiya, Japan)
Developing an automobile industry: China a model for other developing countries?

Otávio Silva Camargo (Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil), Mario Sergio Salerno (Polytechnic School, University of São Paulo, Brazil), Mauro Borges Lemos (Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil)
Modularity and profits: A study of assemblers and suppliers profits after ten years of tiering in Brazil

12h30 Lunch

14h15-17h30: Parallel sessions

14h15 Session 4 (amphi Poincaré)
Automobile firms trajectories lessons since mid 90s
What is the solution?
Chair : Giuseppe Volpato (Universitá Ca-Foscari di Venezia)

Glenn Mercer (McKinsey & Company)
Ford 1993 to 2007: Losing Its Way?

Daniel Arturo Heller
Mazda Motor Corporation (1995-2007): Finding its own identity under Ford's big shadow

Michel Freyssenet
Renault: globalization and doubts

Session 5 (amphi A, Ministère de la recherche)
Automobile companies’ past and present forms of internationalisation

Eishi Fujita (Nagoya City University, Japan), Masaki Saruta (Chukyo University, Japan)
Yutaka Tamura (Toho Gakuen University, Japan)
Two trajectories of the transformation of Ford production system and tayloristic division of labor in postwar Japan and Sweden

Jun Hyunjoong, (Dongseo University, Busan, Korea)
Hyundai motor’s form of internationalisation


Session 6 (amphi B, Ministère de la recherche)
The productive and technological division of labour in the automobile systems

Jorge Carrillo (Colef-Mexico), Oscar Contreras (Colson-Mexico), Ismael Plascencia (Uabc-Mexico)
The historical evolution of American Auto Firms in Mexico. Two models of local development. From local supplier networks to firm upgrading

Bruce Belzowski (University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute - Office for the Study of Automotive Transportation)
Inside India: Indians View Their Automotive Future

15h45 Coffee break

16h00 Session 7 (amphi Poincaré)
Automobile firms trajectories lessons since mid 90s
Is it possible to make all?
Chair : Takahiro Fujimoto (University of Tokyo, Department of Economics; Japan)

Holm-Detlev Köhler (Universidad de oviedo, Espana)
From the marriage in heaven to the divorce on earth. The DaimlerChrysler trajectory since the merger

Bruce Belzowski (University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute - Office for the Study of Automotive Transportation)
Can Chrysler Survive Its Re-invention?

8h45-12h30: Parallel sessions

8h45 Session 8 (amphi Stourdzé, Ministère de la recherché)
Automobile firms trajectories lessons since mid 90s
The entreprise government compromises
Chair : Bruce Belzowski (University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute - Office for the Study of Automotive Transportation)

Merieke Stevens, Takahiro Fujimoto (University of Tokyo, Department of Economics; Japan)
Firm trajectories: Nissan
Contesting the convergence thesis to lean production

Ulrich Jürgens (Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin fuer Sozialforschung (WZB), Berlin; Germany)
The Volkswagen Trajectory over the Last Decade

Session 9 (amphi A, Ministère de la recherche)
Automobile companies’ past and present forms of internationalisation

Yannick Lung, (University of Montesquieu-Bordeaux IV)
Mercosur’s place in carmakers’ internationalisation strategies

Dario Ikuo Miyake (Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil)
The deployment of corporate production systems in auto-industry firms: a means to drive process improvements towards operational excellence

Vincent Frigant, Jean-Bernard Layan, (University of Montesquieu-Bordeaux IV)
La nouvelle géographie des équipementiers automobiles : une analyse de leur trajectoire récente en Europe de l’Est

Session 10 (amphi B, Ministère de la recherche))
The productive and technological division of labour in the automobile systems


Giovanni Balcet, (University of Turin, Italy), Flavia Consoni, (University of Sao Paulo, Brazil)
Global technology and knowledge management: product development in brazilian car industry

Arturo Angel Lara Rivero, Lluvia Ponce, Carlos Hernandez, (Departamento de Producción Económica, Mexico)
Modular production and supplier-user relation: the case Dana-Mexico

10h45 Coffee break

11h00 Session 11 (amphi Stourdzé, Ministère de la recherché))
Automobile firms trajectories lessons since mid 90s
Coherency, recovery and supply chain
Chair : Ulrich Jürgens (Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin fuer Sozialforschung (WZB), Berlin; Germany)

Ludger Pries (Fakultät für Sozialwissenschaft, Bochum; Germany)
The BMW-family – from a regional carmaker to a global premium player

Shinya Orihashi
Mitsubishi Motor Corporation : Emerging from its deep crisis

Vincent Frigant, (University of Montesquieu-Bordeaux IV)
The similarities and difference of the world automobile suppliers. A ten years assessment of reorganizations suppliers

Session 12 (amphi. A, Ministère de la recherche)
Automobile companies’ past and present forms of internationalisation

Hiroshi Kumon (Hosei University, Japan)
Toyota motor’s plant operation in Czeck Republic and Turkey – Transfer of the Toyota production system

Tommaso Pardi (GERPISA, Paris)
The Toyota production system in Europe : A different story

Session 13 (amphi B, Ministère de la recherche)
The productive and technological division of labour in the automobile systems

Akira Takeishi, (Hirotsubatshi University, Japan), Yoshihisa Noro, (Mitsubishi Research Institute, Inc, Japan)
Determinants of firm boundaries: Empirical analysis of the Japanese auto industry from 1984 to 2002

MIDLER Christophe, MANIAK Rémi, Romain Beaume, (Ecole Polytechnique (CRG), Paris),
From co-development to co-innovation model: insights from two case studies

12h30 Lunch

14h00-16h00: Parallel sessions

14h00 Session14 (amphi. Stourdzé, Ministère de la recherché)
Automobile firms trajectories lessons since mid 90s
The newcomers
Chair : Ludger Pries (Fakultät für Sozialwissenschaft, Bochum; Germany)

Hua Wang (Euromed Marseille Ecole de Management)
Determinants on the formation of automobile clusters in china

Florian Becker-Ritterspach
Maruti-Suzuki’s trajectory: from a public sector enterprise to a Japanese owned subsidiary

Michel Freyssenet (GERPISA, CSU-CNRS, Paris, France)
Conclusions and orientations for the book

Session 15 (amphi. A, Ministère de la recherche)
Automobile firms and systems’ insertion into national or regional configurations

Marco Aurélio Santana, (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro - UFRJ); José Ricardo Ramalho, (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro - UFRJ); Iram Jácome Rodrigues (University of São Paulo - USP)
Automobile industry, regional development and workers’ participation: comparing two regions in Brazil

Luciano Ciravegna, (The London School of EconomicsINCAE Business School)
Turin’s automotive cluster: Value chain restructuring and the emergence of a new sub-cluster

Bart Kamp, (Resource Analysis, Belgium)
Regional governments a shaping actors of automotive industry performance: a search after good practices

16h00 Coffee break

16h15-17h45: Plenary session



16h15 Session 16 (Amphi Stourdzé)

Conclusion – Programme GERPISA
Bernard Jullien, (GERPISA - University of Montesquieu – Bordeaux 4, France)

18h15 Cocktail

9h15-17h00: Plenary session - (Amphi Médicis)

9h15 Session 17

Conférence : Automobile et développement durable
Bernard Jullien, (GERPISA - University of Montesquieu – Bordeaux 4, France)

10h15 break

10h30 Session 18

Rounde table

Grand témoin : Thérèse Martinet
(Déléguée au Développement Durable du groupe PSA Peugeot Citroën)
Enjeux automobiles du développement durable
L'approche du Groupe PSA Peugeot Citroën

12h15 Lunch

14h00 Session 19

Quelques enseignements de la dernière décade automobile / Some lessons from the last automobile decade
Yannick Lung (University of Montesquieu – Bordeaux 4, France)

15h00 break

15h15 Session 20

Rounde table

Grand témoin : Patrick Pelata
(Directeur Général Adjoint, Directeur du Plan, du Produit et des Programme du groupe Renault)

17h00 End of colloquium