Global Shifts in the Automotive Sector

Martin Krzywdzinski is Professor of International Labor Relations at Helmut Schmidt University in Hamburg, Germany.

Grzegorz Lechowski is researcher at the Helmut Schmidt University in Hamburg and the WZB Social Sciences Center Berlin (Germany).

John Humphrey is an Honorary Visiting Professor at the Sussex Business School, UK.

Tommaso Pardi is a sociologist, senior researcher at the IDHES (CNRS and Ecole Normale Supérieure of Paris-Saclay), France.

Part I: Key Transformative Trends of the Global Automotive Sector.- 1. Introduction John Humphrey, Martin Krzywdzinski, Grzegorz Lechowski and Tommaso Pardi.- 2. Car Markets in Transition. Can Emerging Countries Take the Lead? Tommaso Pardi.- 3. Incumbent Responses to the Challenges of Producing Connected, Autonomous, Shared and Electric Vehicles John Humphrey.- 4. Industry 4.0 and Its Implications for the International Division of Labor in the Automotive Industry Martin Krzywdzinski and Grzegorz Lechowski.- Part II: The Multilevel Sectoral Transformation in the European Union.- 5. Bringing the European Union Back in the Automobile Sector After the Covid Crisis Samuel Klebaner and Sigfrido Ramírez-Pérez.- 6. German Industrial Model in Transition: Electromobility Challenges in the Automotive Sector Grzegorz Lechowski and Nathan Weis.- 7. Is Electrification an Opportunity or a Threat? The French Automotive Industry at the Crossroad Tommaso Pardi.- 8. The Imposed Path for the Italian Automotive System Matteo Gaddi, Nadia Garbellini and Francesco Garibaldo.- Part III: The Global Variety of Sectoral Restructuring.- 9. Between Covid and Geopolitics. Emerging Production Networks in the New Energy Vehicle Industry in China Boy Lüthje and Wei Zhao.- 10. Industrial Trajectories in the Brazilian and Indian Auto Sectors Praveen Jha, Hansjörg Herr, Bruno De Conti, Christina Teipen and Helena Gräf.- 11. The Impact of Global Shifts in the Automotive Industry in the United States Bernard F. Swiecki and Kristin Dziczek.- 12. From Automobile Industry to Mobility Industry? New Mobility Concepts and Policies in Japan Holger Bungsche.- 13. Africa's Automobile Sector - Development Opportunities in a Rapidly Changing Industry Tilman Altenburg, Justin Barnes, Anthony Black and Mbongeni Ndlovu.- Part IV: Conclusions.- 14. Global Shifts in the Automotive Industry. Outlining the New Arrangements between Technology, Policy, Firms, and Markets Grzegorz Lechowski, Martin Krzywdzinski, John Humphrey, Tommaso Pardi.