The transformation of the automotive industry toward electrification and its impact on global value chains: Inter-plant competition, employment, and supply chains
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The transformation of the automotive industry toward electrification and its impact on global value chains: Inter-plant competition, employment, and supply chains
Subject
Automotive industry
Design for manufacture
Supply chains
Technological change
Design for manufacture
Supply chains
Technological change
Description
The automotive industry is undergoing a profound transformation in its transition to production of electric vehicles. This paper seeks to examine the main transformations taking place in global value chains in the
automotive industry as a result of this transition. The analysis follows a multiple case study methodology based on a theoretical approach that seeks to address the research question and purpose. The main findings of this research focus on three dimensions of GVCs. First, this transition increases competition among assembly plants at the intra-group level for the awarding of new models. Second, it continues to reconfigure supply chains, threatening the viability of certain traditional providers of components and giving rise to new players – battery manufacturers – that may challenge the chain hierarchy. Third, the transition to electric vehicles has led to a reduction in employment volume in the chain as a whole. Because the transition is ongoing, it will continue to pose significant challenges for multiple actors involved in the automotive industry .
automotive industry as a result of this transition. The analysis follows a multiple case study methodology based on a theoretical approach that seeks to address the research question and purpose. The main findings of this research focus on three dimensions of GVCs. First, this transition increases competition among assembly plants at the intra-group level for the awarding of new models. Second, it continues to reconfigure supply chains, threatening the viability of certain traditional providers of components and giving rise to new players – battery manufacturers – that may challenge the chain hierarchy. Third, the transition to electric vehicles has led to a reduction in employment volume in the chain as a whole. Because the transition is ongoing, it will continue to pose significant challenges for multiple actors involved in the automotive industry .
Creator
Mario Rísquez Ramos , María Eugenia Ruiz-Galvez
Source
https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/european-research-on-management-and-business-economics/vol/30/issue/1
Publisher
Elsevier Espana, S.L.U
Date
23 February 2024
Contributor
Sri Wahyuni
Rights
ISSN: 2444-8834
Format
PDF
Language
English
Type
Text
Coverage
Jurnal Internasional European Research on Management and Business Economics 2024
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Citation
Mario Rísquez Ramos , María Eugenia Ruiz-Galvez, “The transformation of the automotive industry toward electrification and its impact on global value chains: Inter-plant competition, employment, and supply chains,” Repository Horizon University Indonesia, accessed October 31, 2025, https://repository.horizon.ac.id/items/show/6872.