Automotive FDI in Emerging Europe Shifting Locales in the Motor Vehicle Industry

Automotive FDI in Emerging Europe Shifting Locales in the Motor Vehicle Industry / by A. J. Jacobs.

This book examines the dramatic increase in automotive assembly plants in the former Socialist Central European (CE) nations of Czechia, East Germany, Hungary, Poland, and Slovakia from 1989 onwards. Enticed by relatively lower-wage labour and significant government incentives, the world’s largest a...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Jacobs, A. J. (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2017.
Edition:1st ed. 2017.
Series:Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Automobile industry and trade.
International business enterprises.
Production management.
Business logistics.
Business enterprises—Finance.
Electronic resources (E-books)
Online Access:Click to view e-book
Holy Cross Note:Loaded electronically.
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction and Overview
  • 2. Two Blocs to One Market: The Shift East of Auto Production in Post-Socialist Europe
  • 3. Foreign Passenger Car Plants in Post-Socialist Poland
  • 4. Passenger Car Plants Before and After the Former East Germany
  • 5. Foreign Carmakers in Post-Socialist Czechia
  • 6. Foreign Automakers in Independent Slovakia
  • 7. Foreign Car Plants in Post-Socialist Hungary
  • 8. The Next Ring: The Emerging Southeast Europe Auto Zone
  • 9. Conclusions and Future Auto FDI Prospects for CE and SEE Nations.

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