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...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to clarify the distinction between Global Value Chains and selected strands of the business literature: business networks, strategy, and international business. These four research areas have starting questions that are often different and the audiences...

The global value chains consist of the global trade in parts and components often involved in manufacturing and agriculture. The question asked is whether global production systems increase or hinder the development of developing countries with regard to sustainable increases in income,...