HOW MOTORSPORT COMPANIES COLLABORATE AND SHARE KNOWLEDGE

The motorsport industry is a high value-added and highlyinnovative business sector. The UK’s leading racing carmanufacturers are world class centres of research, developmentand engineering. However, individual firms in the sector do nothave the range and depth of capabilities to competeindependently in motorsport’s dynamic and competitiveenvironment. Industry attention has therefore progressivelyfocused on how networks of collaborating firms can worktogether to develop new products, improve business processesand reduce costs.This report presents findings from a three year Cardiff BusinessSchool study which examined the ways in which firms collaborateas part of wider networks. The research involved gathering datafrom over 120 firms in the UK and Italian motorsport sectors.[...]