Driving Force: The Global Restructuring Of Technology, Labor, And Investment In The Automobile And Components Industry (westview Special Studies In International Economics And Busi)

This book is concerned with the future direction of the international division of labour in manufacturing. It explores the different patterns of foreign direct investment in the eras of machinofacture and systemofacture with respect to a study of the global production of automobile components. 1. Transnational Corporations And The New International Division Of Labour -- 2. The Point Of Transition -- From Machinofacture To Systemmofacture -- 3. The Automobile Industry -- 4. Transition In The Japanese Auto Industry: The Emergence Of Systemofacture -- 5. Technological Transformation Among The United States And Western European Motor Vehicle Assemblers -- 6. The Restructuring Of Assembler-supplier Relations And The Growth Of Technological Intensity In The United States And Western European Components Industry -- 7. Systemofacture, Investment Location And Off-shore Sourcing In The Automobile Components Sector -- 8. Tncs And The New International Division Of Labour In The Era Of Systemofacture. By Kurt Hoffman And Raphael Kaplinsky ; Published In Cooperation With The United Nations Centre On Transnational Corporations. Includes Index. Bibliography: P. [371]-379.