Publication Date

8-8-2008

DOI

10.17848/9781435678552

Abstract

The authors present the key characteristics of the vast network of auto parts suppliers and describe the changing geography of U.S. motor vehicle production at the local, regional, national, and international levels.

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Contents

1. The Parts of Your Vehicle

Part 1: Detroit: Heart of the Auto Industry

2. Rise and Fall of Vertical Integration in the Midwest
3. Supplying the Power
4. The Body Builders
5. Supplying the Suppliers

Part 2: Carmaker–Supplier Networks: How Close Is Close Enough?

6. The Closely Linked Supply Chain
7. Seat Supplier Right Next Door
8. Delivering the Goods

Part 3: Shifting Fortunes along Auto Alley

9. Emergence of Auto Alley
10. Abandoning Ohio: A Tale of Two Cities
11. Chassis Suppliers Move South in Auto Alley
12. Working for Suppliers

Part 4: The Endangered U.S. Supplier

13. The Rising Tide of Imports
14. The Driving Force: Electronics Suppliers
15. Conclusion: Surviving the Car Wars

ISBN

9780880993340 (cloth) ; 9780880993333 (pbk.) ; 9781435678552 (ebook)

Subject Areas

INTERNATIONAL ISSUES; Globalization; Offshoring; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; Industry studies

Who Really Made Your Car?: Restructuring and Geographic Change in the Auto Industry

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Klier, Thomas H. and James M. Rubenstein. 2008. Who Really Made Your Car?: Restructuring and Geographic Change in the Auto Industry. Kalamazoo, MI: W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research. https://doi.org/10.17848/9781435678552

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