Marcelo José do Carmo, PhD – Postgraduate Program in Production Engineering, Federal University of São Carlos, São Carlos, São Paulo, Brazil
Mário Sacomano Neto, PhD – Postgraduate Program in Production Engineering, Federal University of São Carlos, São Carlos, São Paulo, Brazil
Júlio César Donadone, PhD – Postgraduate Program in Production Engineering, Federal University of São Carlos, São Carlos, São Paulo, Brazil
Aditya Kuthar – Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, West Bengal, India
Shreya Gupta – Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, West Bengal, India

Series: Economic Issues, Problems and Perspectives; Business Issues, Competition and Entrepreneurship
BISAC: BUS070020; BUS038020; BUS113000
DOI: https://doi.org/10.52305/NGSD2284

“This book is a very important contribution for all those researching the transformation of the automotive sector and its global value chain. With very precise data, the authors present us with the new configuration of the sector’s geography, pointing out companies, countries and trends that will be at the forefront of this industry and that will guide research in the coming years. This book is essential for students and researchers in economics, geography, sociology and other social sciences”. – Raphael J. da C. Lima, D.Sc., Associate Professor, Federal Fluminense University

This book is a valuable contribution for all those interested in the functioning of the historical geography of capitalism. As sociology has been emphasizing for some years now, throughout the 20th century, capital has perfected its mobility capacity, subjecting communities, workers and territories, increasingly susceptible to locational blackmail, that is, to the constant threat of plant closures. This process is due, for example, to union pressure and the reluctance of other agents to ensure production stability. As these plants adopt increasingly modern practices, characterized by highly compact industrial organization models such as Completely Knock-Down (CKD) and its prefabricated and imported kits, the attachment of these companies to their locations weakens. Consequently, the trend of investment becomes more frequent. This book accurately identifies these movements, above all, in terms of Foreign Direct Investments (FDIs), which flood countries and regions lacking “indigenous” automobile groups and transform them into low-cost production and export platforms.

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