International Motor Vehicle Program: Recent submissions

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    • The Role Of Proximity In Automotive Technology Supply Chain 

      Fine, Charles; Gilboy, George; Oye, Kenneth; Parker, Geoffrey (2002-09-11)
      This essay is divided into the following sections: in section 1.1, we briefly argue that the auto industry is a compelling case for studying regional economic development and economic geography precisely because it ...

    • Technology Suuply Chains: An Introductory Essay 

      Fine, Charles H.; Gilboy, George; Parker, Geoffrey G. (2002-09-11)
      This essay addresses strategic technology sourcing -- the determination of what technologies are strategic to a firm (or nation) and the management of the policy options that follow from this determination. This work is ...

    • Upstream Volatility in the Supply Chain: The Machine Tool Industry as a Case Study 

      Anderson Jr., E.G.; Fine, C.H.; Gilboy, G.J.; Parker, G.G. (2002-09-11)
      Cyclicality is a well known and accepted fact of life in market-driven economies. Less well known or understood, however, is the phenomenon of amplification as one looks "upstream" in the industrial supply chain. This paper ...