Global Alliances in the Motor Vehicle Industry
Publisher: Quorum Books
Published: October 30, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9781567203462
Subjects: Globalization; International business; Road vehicle manufacturing industry; Industries - General; Automobile Industries (Economic Aspects); Business & Economics; Business / Economics / Finance; Biography/Autobiography; International - General; Industries - Automobile Industry; Business & Economics / International; Automotive - General
First sentence: As national boundaries proved too confining for the growth and competitiveness of principal manufacturers (General Motors, Ford, Toyota, Volkswagen, Chrysler, and Daimler-Benz), globalization of the motor vehicle industry markedly accelerated in the last half of the 1990s through the construction of major complexes abroad and the forging of international megamergers.