Strategische Implikationen einer geringen Fertigungstiefe für die Automobilindustrie

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In the German automobile industry the vertical integration, as an indicator of value added, is on average low. Beyond the argument of relative high labour costs for manufacturing, several specific reasons for the level of vertical integration, linked to the flexibility of business administration and the requirements of microeconomic mechanisms in the industry, can be found. The analysis based on empirical data including lessons from the early American automobile industry and theoretical explanations underlines the diversity of decision criteria towards a high or low level of vertical integration. The results facilitate the decision making of the OEM’s on vertical integration.

Object Details

• Language: Deutsch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: Discussion Paper Series ; No. 456

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Organizational Behavior; Transaction Costs; Property Rights ; Industrial Organization and Macroeconomics: Industrial Structure and Structural Change; Industrial Price Indices ; Automobiles; Other Transportation Equipment; Related Parts and Equipment ; Business Administration: General ; Production Management
• Subject: vertical integration ; strategic management ; automobile industry ; Kfz-Industrie ; Make-or- Buy-Entscheidung ; Vertikale Integration ; Strategisches Management ; Betriebliche Wertschöpfung ; Theorie ; Deutschland

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Krcal, Hans-Christian
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): University of Heidelberg, Department of Economics
• (where): Heidelberg
• (when): 2007

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/127273
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:42 AM CET