Production Networks in Asia and Europe: Skill Formation and Technology Transfer in the Automobile Industry (Sheffield Centre for Japanese Studies Routledgecurzon)

This book explores Japanese investment in Europe and Southeast Asia, in relation to the automobile industry. In Part I the authors examine industrial organization and policy issues in Thailand, Malaysia, The Philippines and Indonesia, looking at Japanese investment and the relative policy successes and failures in these host countries. Part II looks at skill formation systems in the Japanese dominated automobile industry in Southeast Asia and in Part III the authors focus on the EU and the very different influence of Japanese investment. Book Cover......Page 1 Title......Page 4 Contents......Page 5 List of illustrations......Page 10 List of contributors......Page 13 Acknowledgements......Page 15 List of abbreviations......Page 16 Introduction......Page 20 Industrial organization and industry policy in ASEAN......Page 38 Industrial organization, culture and technology transfer......Page 40 Thai policies for the automobile sector: focus on technology transfer......Page 49 Malaysian policies for the automobile sector: focus on technology transfer......Page 70 Philippine policies for the automobile sector: focus on technology transfer......Page 90 Indonesian industrial policy in the automobile sector: focus on technology transfer......Page 114 Strategic effects of firm sizes and dynamic capabilities on overseas operations: a case-based comparison between Toyota and Mitsubishi in Thailand and Australia......Page 132 The transferability of 'Japanese' skill formation systems......Page 156 Intellectual skill and its transferability......Page 158 Skill formation in the Thai auto parts industry......Page 175 Producing auto parts in Malaysia: skill formation in forging and casting......Page 206 The Toyota Production System in Indonesia......Page 222 Industrial organization and skill formation in Europe with Japanese influence?......Page 240 Training and knowledge transfer in the European automotive industry: the impact of 'lean thinking'......Page 242 Japanese automobile makers in Europe and the organization of the supply system......Page 265 Flexible standardization: innovation for labour, industrial science and labour policy......Page 277 Tight flow and the competency model in the French car industry......Page 290 Index......Page 306 Edited By Rogier Busser And Yuri Sadoi. Series Numbering From Publisher's List In Later Volume. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. This study explains the various influences of the Japanese automobile industry on industrial development in both Southeast Asia and Europe