MERCOSUR: Interaction between Governments and Producers and the Sustainability of the Regional Automobile Industry

Laplane, Mariano Francisco; Sarti, Fernando

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“…The organization served as a Central European precursor to the European Union, the organization the region ultimately wished to join. Regional economic unions and the social and economic integration they tended to yield helped alter the strategies of global automotive corporations (Carrillo, 2004;Freyssenet, Lung, 2004;Laplane, Sarti, 2004;Wójtowicz, 2009). The next part of the paper will address historical issues, economic issues, and industrialization policy in the studied countries.…”

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“…Brazil's government decided to help protect the domestic automotive sector by increasing collaboration with other South American nations as part of the MERCOSUR agreement and by signing the Automobile Agreement (Regime Automotivo). The latter was a clear signal to automobile manufacturers that the Brazilian government viewed the sector as strategically important and would help sustain its development by protecting it from strong foreign competition (Laplane, Sarti, 2004;Wójtowicz, 2012). The second stage includes the period 1998-2003 and is associated with the financial crisis in Brazil and the country's subsequent economic recession.…”

Section: Brazilthe Leader Of the Growing Mercosur Automobile Marketmentioning

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“…Investment in suppliers and component manufacturers would follow later in the form of multiplier effects driven by the need for fast and reliable delivery. The Brazilian government also helped domestic suppliers grow via policies designed to induce foreign corporations to include the largest possible number of domestically produced parts and larger components in their finished products (Laplane, Sarti, 2004;Wójtowicz, 2012).…”

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“…Only 55% of production capacity at both new and modernized plants was used in 2002 and 2003. This translates into 1.8 million units produced out of 3.1 million units of capacity (Laplane, Sarti, 2004;Wójtowicz, 2008).…”

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Globalization and New Centers of Automotive Manufacturing – the Case of Brazil, Mexico, and Central Europe

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Rachwał

2014

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The globalization of the automotive industry in the last twenty years has manifested itself ina rapid increase in the assembly of automobiles and the production of automotive components and spareparts outside of the traditional centers of automotive manufacturing. On the basis of contemporary researchand literature, we can distinguish two types of emerging centers of automobile manufacturing.First are potentially large domestic markets with a low level of motor vehicle ownership and rapidlygrowing economy such as Brazil. The second type of new automobile manufacturing center consistsof the peripheries of automotive core regions such as Mexico in the case of the North American coreregion and Central Europe in the case of the Western European core region. These new growth centershave benefitted from their lower production costs compared to those of core regions and their geographicproximity to the largest automobile markets. These emerging centers of manufacturing havebecome attractive locations, especially for export-oriented manufacturing facilities operated by largetransnational automotive corporations attempting to improve their global competitiveness. The purposeof this paper is to evaluate the effect of foreign direct investment on the development of automobile productionin these three emerging regions. The paper reviews post-1990 production trends and changes inthe geography of automobile production, especially new greenfield investments in the three analyzedregions. We examine changes in international trade in Brazil, Mexico and Central Europe with a focuson automobiles and automobile parts. Based on the results of our research, we determine the effects offoreign direct investment and industrial upgrading on the role of these emerging production centers inthe global production system.

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Section: Brazilthe Leader Of the Growing Mercosur Automobile Marketmentioning

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Globalization and New Centers of Automotive Manufacturing – the Case of Brazil, Mexico, and Central Europe

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2014

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“…Nieobecne na tym rynku koncerny, biorąc pod uwagę demograficzny potencjał kraju, niski wskaźnik motoryzacji i optymistyczne prognozy rozwoju gospodarczego, dostrzegły w Brazylii bardzo ważny perspektywiczny rynek do "zagospodarowania". Od czasu budowy przez koncern Honda w 1997 roku fabryki w mieście Sumare pojawiło się w tym kraju jeszcze osiem innych koncernów: Peugeot Citroen, Renault, Toyota, Mitsubishi, Nissan, Mercedes Benz, Hyundai i Mahindra (Laplane, Sarti, 1997;Laplane, Sarti, 2004;Rodríguez-Pose, Arbix, 2001;Wójtowicz, 2008;Wójtowicz, 2012).…”

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Zmiany struktury przestrzennej przemysłu samochodowego Brazylii na przełomie XX i XXI wieku

Wójtowicz

2014

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Przemysł samochodowy w Brazylii przeszedł w ostatnich dekadach głęboką transformację związaną z unowocześnieniem produkcji, podniesieniem efektywności oraz jakości produkowanych pojazdów. Procesy te zachodziły w sytuacji postępującej liberalizacji gospodarki, integracji regionalnej w obrębie Mercosur oraz globalizacji. Wysokie tempo wzrostu gospodarczego i stabilna sytuacja w kraju przyczyniły się do dynamicznego wzrostu zapotrzebowania na nowe pojazdy, za czym próbowały nadążyć miejscowe fabryki, notujące co roku nowe rekordy produkcji. Ten dynamiczny wzrost sprzedaży na krajowym rynku oraz w sąsiednich państwach skłonił międzynarodowe koncerny do dalszych inwestycji rozbudowujących moce produkcyjne brazylijskich fabryk motoryzacyjnych. Nowe inwestycje napływające do Brazylii diametralnie zmieniły przestrzenną strukturę przemysłu motoryzacyjnego. Na początku lat 90. XX wieku 75% produkcji samochodów pochodziło ze stanu São Paulo, natomiast w 2012 roku jego udział w tym przemyśle zmalał do 41,5%. Pojawiły się nowe centra produkcyjne w stanach: Parana, Bahía, Rio Grande do Sul czy Rio de Janeiro, a dalsze inwestycje w nowych lokalizacjach są w trakcie realizacji. Celem artykułu jest określenie zmian struktury przestrzennej przemysłu samochodowego w Brazylii w latach 1996–2011 oraz próba określenia, czy i gdzie powstały nowe skupienia tego przemysłu.

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The Relocation of the Automotive Industry in Brazil and Mexico: Between Corporate Strategies and Industrial Policies

Wójtowicz

2018

Relocation of Economic Activity

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MERCOSUR: Interaction between Governments and Producers and the Sustainability of the Regional Automobile Industry

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Globalization and New Centers of Automotive Manufacturing – the Case of Brazil, Mexico, and Central Europe

Globalization and New Centers of Automotive Manufacturing – the Case of Brazil, Mexico, and Central Europe

Zmiany struktury przestrzennej przemysłu samochodowego Brazylii na przełomie XX i XXI wieku

The Relocation of the Automotive Industry in Brazil and Mexico: Between Corporate Strategies and Industrial Policies

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