The inevitability of change in Chinese and Indian automakers' low cost productive models

Abstract: In emerging economies, social change and fast growth have created new automotive markets and a demand for relatively inexpensive, “modern-enough” cars. Up-and-coming local manufacturers and established companies from the Triad countries are competing for dominance in these vast market segments. The paper examines the productive models developed in this context by two indigenous carmakers, one from China (Geely) and the other from India (Mahindra & Mahindra). A variety of tensions are revealed within the two models, relating in particular to labour policies. Both models seek to combine low wages and a reliance on low-cost supply chains with simplified product architectures. Their stability is fragile, however, with one solution involving employee upskilling to increase productive system efficiency

Alternative title
L'inéluctable évolution des modèles productifs chez les constructeurs automobiles chinois et indiens
Location
Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
Extent
Online-Ressource
Language
Englisch
Notes
Veröffentlichungsversion
begutachtet (peer reviewed)
In: La nouvelle revue du travail (2018) 12 ; 1-19

Classification
Wirtschaft

Event
Veröffentlichung
(where)
Mannheim
(who)
SSOAR, GESIS – Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften e.V.
(when)
2018
Creator
Krzywdzinski, Martin
Lechowski, Grzegorz
Jürgens, Ulrich

DOI
10.4000/nrt.3653
URN
urn:nbn:de:101:1-2021100709220453613703
Rights
Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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Associated

  • Krzywdzinski, Martin
  • Lechowski, Grzegorz
  • Jürgens, Ulrich
  • SSOAR, GESIS – Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften e.V.

Time of origin

  • 2018

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