<!--Début du contenu @xml:lang="en"--> ?In this paper, we explain why and how the ado? <!--Fin du contenu @xml:lang="en"--> <!--Début du contenu @xml:lang="en"--> ?ption of a modular product-architecture transforms the organisation of industry. Considering the auto industry, we show that modularity-as-process transforms the overall automobile industry: carmakers, suppliers and buyer/suppliers...

The paper analyses the strategies of internationalization pursued by first tier automotive suppliers (FTS). The advent of modular production in this sector implies many changes in vertical relationships, which can in turn be used to explain the causes and forms of suppliers’...