Global technology and Knowledge Management: Product development in Brazilian car industry

International Journal of Automotive Technology and Management

Volumn 7, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 135-152

  Balcet, Giovanni ^a,c,d   Consoni, Flávia L ^b,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS EST CRÉTEIL   (France)

^d OECD   (France)

^e GEMPI Research Group on Firms and Innovation   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Automotive industry; Emerging economies; Innovation; KM; Knowledge management; Product development

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; INNOVATION; PROCESS CONTROL; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

KNOWLEDGE ASSETS;

KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 35548955137     PISSN: 14709511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJATM.2007.014971     Document Type: Article

References (35)

1. Almeida, P. and Phene, A. (2004) 'Subsidiaries and knowledge creation: the influence of the MNC and host country on innovation', Strategic Management Journal, Vol. 25, Nos. 8-9, pp.847-864.
2. Anfavea (2006) Brazilian Automotive Industry Yearbook, Brazilian Organization of Motor Vehicle Manufacturers, Anfavea, São Paulo, http://www.anfavea.com.br/anuario2006/indice.pdf
3. Antonelli, C. (1995) The Economics of Localised Technological Change and Industrial Dynamics, Kluwer, Boston.
4. Balcet, G. and Enrietti, A. (2002) 'The impact of focused globalisation in the Italian automotive industry', Journal ofInterdisciplinary Economics, Vol. 13, Nos. 1-3.
5. Balcet, G. and Evangelista, R. (2005) 'Global technology: innovation strategies of foreign affiliates in Italy', Transnational Corporations, Vol. 14, No. 2, August, pp.53-92.
6. Birkinshaw, J. (1996) 'How multinational subsidiary mandates are gained and lost', Journal of International Business Studies, Vol. 27, No. 3, pp.467-494.
7. Buckley, P.J. and Casson, M. (1976) The Future of the Multinational Enterprise, MacMillan, London.
8. Cantwell, J. (1994) Transnational Corporations and Innovatory Activities, Routledge, London.
9. Castellani, D. and Zanfei, A. (2006) Multinational Firms, Innovation and Productivity, Edward Elgar, Cheltenham.
10. Chanaron, J.J. (1998) 'Automobiles: a static technology, a 'Wait-and-see' industry?', Technology Management, Vol. 16, No. 7, pp.595-630.
11. Consoni, F. (2004) Da Tropicalização ao Projeto de Veículos: um Estudo das Competências em Desenvolvimento de Produtos nas Montadoras de Automóveis no Brasil, PhD Thesis, Science and Technology Policy, IG/DPCT, NICAMP, Campinas, p.269, http://libdigi.unicamp.br/ document/?code=vtls000330594.
12. Consoni, F. and Quadros, R. (2006) 'From adaptation to complete vehicle design, a case study of product development capabilities in a car maker in Brazil', International Journal of Technological Management, Vol. 36, Nos. 1-3, pp.91-107.
13. Dunning, J. (1997) Alliance Capitalism and Global Business, Routledge, London.
14. Dunning, J. and Narula, R. (1995) 'The R&D activities of foreign firms in the United States', International Studies of Management and Organization, Vol. 25, Nos. 1-2, pp.39-73.
15. Foss, N.J. and Pedersen, T. (2002) 'Transferring knowledge in MNCs: the role of sources of subsidiary knowledge and organizational context', Journal of International Management, Vol. 8,No. 1, pp.49-67.
16. Ietto-Gillies, G. (2002) Transnational Corporations. Fragmentation Amidst Integration, Routledge, London.
17. Jung, A., Klemm, M., Schmidt, G., Simeunovic, V. and Srubar, I. (2004) 'Culture matters. The success story of the Volkswagen-Škoda venture', in Faust, M., Voskamp, U. and Wittke, V. (Eds.): European Industrial Restructuring in a Global Economy: Fragmentation and Relocation of Value Chain, SOFI Berichte, Universität Göttingen, pp.201-220.
18. Laplane, M. and Sarti, F. (2004) 'Mercosur: interaction between sustainability of the regional automobile industry', in Carrillo, J., Lung, Y. and van Tulder, R. (Eds.): Cars, Carriers of Regionalism?, Palgrave Macmillan, Vol. 1, pp.121-138.
19. le Bas, C. and Sierra, C. (2002) 'Location vs. country advantages', Research Policy, Vol. 31, pp.589-609.
20. Lung, Y. (2006) 'Ie Mercosur dans les trajectoires d'internationalisation des firmes automobiles', Cahier du GRES 2006-03, Bordeaux.
21. Narula, R. (2003) Technology and Globalisation, Polity Press, Cambridge.
22. Nonaka, I. and Takeuchi, H. (1995) The Knowledge-Creating Company, Oxford University Press, New York.
23. Pries, L. and Schweer, O. (2004) 'The product development process as a measuring tool for company internationalisation? The case studies of daimlerchrysler and volkswagen', Journal of Automotive Technology and Management, Vol. 2, No. 4, pp. 1-21.
24. Quadros, R. and Queiroz, S. (2001) 'The implications of globalisation for the distribution of design competencies in the auto industry in Mercosur', Actes du Gerpisa, Paris, Vol. 32, December, pp.35-45.
25. Quadros, R., Consoni, F. and Quintão, R. (2005) 'Cooperative research between firms and research institutions: a new look into R&D in the Brazilian automotive industry', GERPISA International Conference, June, Paris.
26. Quadros, R., Consoni, F., Vieira, G. and Quintão, R. (2006) 'Mapping out technological capabilities in research institutions as tool for prospecting R&D outsourcing opportunities: a methodology developed for the R&D centre of a major car assembler', XXTV Simpósio de Gestão da Inovação Tecnológica, October, Gramado/RS.
27. Sachwald, F. (2007) 'Location choices within global innovation networks: the case of Europe', in Edler, J. and Polt, W. (Eds.): International Industrial P&D: The Policy Challenges, Special Issue of Journal of Technology Transfer, forthcoming.
28. UNCTAD (2001) 'World Investment Report 2001', Promoting Linkages, UNCTAD, Geneva.
29. Vernon, R. (1966) 'International investment and international trade in product cycle', Quarterly Journal of Economics, Vol. 80, pp. 190-207.
30. Zanfei, A. (2000) 'Transnational firms and the changing organization of innovative activities', Cambridge Journal of Economics, Vol. 24, No. 5, September, pp.515-542.
31. Antonelli, C. and Calderini, M. (2006) The Governance of Knowledge Compositeness and Technological Performance: The Case of Automotive Industry in Europe, Economics of Innovation and New Technology 18, forthcoming.
32. Costa, I. and Queiroz, S. (2002) 'Foreign direct investment and technological capabilities in Brazilian industry', Research Policy, No. 31, pp.1431-1443.
33. Dunning, J. (1994) 'Multinational enterprises and globalization of innovatory capacity', Research Policy, Vol. 23, pp.67-88.
34. Narula, R. and Zanfei, A. (2005) 'Globalization of innovation: the role of multinational enterprises', in Fagerberg, J., Mowery, D. and Nelson, R. (Eds.): The Oxford Handbook of Innovation, Oxford University Press, Oxford, pp.318-345.
35. UNCTAD (2005) 'World Investment Report 2005', Transnational Corporations and the Internationalization of R&D, UNCTAD, Geneva.