The Greening of the Automotive Industry

ISBN-13: 9780230369092 / Angielski / Twarda / 2012 / 398 str.

Giuseppe Calabrese

Opis

The automotive industry constitutes the backbone of the world's economy and employs the greatest share of the working population. It has been contributing to the growth of modern society by satisfying everyday mobility. However, it has been accused of affecting the environment and public health, and thus finding new methods of propulsion for automotives is currently a subject of intense debate. In this volume, the concept of sustainable development has been correlated with the main theoretical framework of production analysis and managerial economics, that is: manufacturing and architecture theories; theory of comparative advantage of design location; design driven and design thinking theories; concepts-knowledge models; rule-based and innovative design regimes; path dependency theory; literature on breakthrough and disruptive innovations; studies on technology competition; reasoned action and planned behavior theories; institutional theoretical approaches; firm growth theories; smart grid paradigm; business model innovation; definition of scenarios through analytic hierarchy process models and consumer framing. The Greening of the Automobile Industry is one of the products of the research program "Sustainable Development and Automotive Industry," run between 2007-2010 by GERPISA (the Permanent Group for the Study of and Research into the Automobile Industry and its Employees). GERPISA is a French-based international network of researchers in economics, management, history, and sociology, all studying the automotive industry. The GERPISA was formed in 1992 and is made up of 400 members from 27 different countries.

Spis treści

Contents List of Tables List of Figures Foreword; B.Jullien Acknowledgements Notes on Contributors Presentation of the Book; G.Calabrese PART I: INNOVATION DESIGN FOR ALTERNATIVE VEHICLES Innovation Design and Sustainable Development In the Automotive Industry; G.Calabrese Manufacturing Capability and Architecture of Green Vehicles; T.Fujimoto Industrial Designers and Challenges of Sustainable Development; M.Vervaeke Towards new R&D Processes for Sustainable Development in the Automotive Industry: Experiencing Innovative Design; M.Elmquist & B.Segrestin PART II: TECHNOLOGICAL TRAJECTORIES IN ALTERNATIVE VEHICLES Balancing a Strong Strategic Intent and an Experimental Approach for Electric Vehicles; F.Charue-Duboc & C.Midler 'Sailing Ship Effects' in the Global Automotive Industry? The Competition between 'New' and 'Old' Technologies in the Race for Sustainable Solutions; D.Sushandoyo , T.Magnusson & C.Berggren Firm Perspectives on Hydrogen; M.Dijk & C.Montalvo CNG Cars: The Sustainable Motorization is Within Reach; G.Volpato & A.Stocchetti Institutional, Technological and Commercial Innovations in the Brazilian Ethanol and Automotive Industry; M.Amatucci & E.E.Spers New Forms of Vehicle Maker-Supplier Interdependence? The Case of Electric Machine Development for Heavy Hybrid Vehicles; D.Sushandoyo , T.Magnusson & C.Berggren PART III: SURROUNDING CONDITIONS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF ALTERNATIVE VEHICLES Electric Vehicles and Power Grids: Challenges and Opportunities; E.Ragazzi , E.Bompard & A.Tenconi Agreements and Joint-Ventures in the Electric Vehicle Industry; G.Vitali Business Model Innovation and the Development of the Electric Vehicle Industry in China; H.Wang & C.Kimble Urban Mobility as the Product of a Systemic Change and the Greening of Automotive Industry; F.Garibaldo Forecasting Framework for Evaluating Alternative Vehicles by Analytic Hierarchy Process Model and Scenarios; T.U.Daim & J.D.Upadhyay Consumer Attitudes Towards Alternative Vehicles; M.Dijk , J.Nijhuis & R.Madlener The Second Automotive Revolution Is Underway. The Scenarios in Confrontation; M.Freyssenet Appendix: the GERPISA International Network

O autorze

GIUSEPPE CALABRESE Senior Researcher at CNR-CERIS and teaches managerial economics at the University of Turin, Italy. He is co-editor of the International Journal of Automotive Technology and Management and a member of the International Steering Committee of GERPISA. His main areas of research are industrial organisation, technological innovation, industrial policy and the automotive industry.