China's automotive modernization:the party-state and multinational corporations

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Chin Gregory T
Published: Palgrave Macmillan,
Publisher Address: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire New York
Publication Dates: 2010.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Series: International political economy series
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Carrier Form: xi, 301 p.: ill. ; 23 cm.
ISBN: 9780230220607 (hardback)
0230220606 (hardback)
Index Number: F426
CLC: F426.471
Call Number: F426.471/C539
Contents: Includes bibliographical references (p. 280-290) and index.
The Chinese state : international and comparative perspective -- Weak foreign automakers, state coordination failure -- Shanghai VW : origins of the modern supply network -- The automotive industrial policy -- Institutional inheritances and policy effectiveness -- Negotiating Shanghai GM -- Homegrown brands and models -- Vulnerabilities : view from the inside.
"As a window for understanding the relationship between globalization and the state's pursuit of national industrial development, this book examines how and why the Chinese government succeeded in leveraging China's international competitive advantages to modernize the country's automotive industry from 1978 to 2001"--Provided by publisher.