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Technological practices in the European auto industry: exploring cases from Belgium, Germany and Portugal

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  • Antonio Brandao Moniz, Bettina-Johanna Krings, Geert Van Hootegem, Rik Huys
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The relationship between work organisation and technological practices in the auto industry is analysed in this article. The concept of "technological practice" in this sector is used to describe the specific ways of embedding information and communication technology applications into the organisational forms and cultural patterns. This concept was developed as a theoretical and methodological approach within the Sowing project (TSER, DG XII), which included, as components of that practice, shop floor cooperation up to the regionally based networks of companies and supporting institutions. The authors studied different sectors in the automotive firms of different European countries (Germany, Belgium and Portugal) shopfloor and production lines, design and management and the local inter-relationships. The focus was on finding out, if, within the same sector (and the same product industry) the same technological practice existed, although the cases were found in several European countries. In the following article some evidence of the different alternatives in terms of technological practices for the same sector is presented. Much of the literature tries to disseminate an idea of a single (and optimum) organisational model for the same type of product. And here, even with the same type of technology, and product (medium-high range), one can find different models, cultures and ways of organising the industrial structure (firms, regional institutions, R&D centres) in the auto industry.

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  • Antonio Brandao Moniz, Bettina-Johanna Krings, Geert Van Hootegem, Rik Huys, 2002. "Technological practices in the European auto industry: exploring cases from Belgium, Germany and Portugal," International Journal of Automotive Technology and Management, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, vol. 2(1), pages 84-100.
    • Handle: RePEc:ids:ijatma:v:2:y:2002:i:1:p:84-100
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    1. Moniz, António & Kovács, Ilona, 2000. "Conditions Of Inter-Firm Co-Operation In A Virtual Enterprise Concept : The Case Of Automotive Sector In Portugal," MPRA Paper 5658, University Library of Munich, Germany, revised Jun 2000.
    2. Moniz, António, 1996. "Novos modelos de produção na indústria automóvel? Análise de uma fábrica de motores em Portugal [New production models in the automotive industry? Analysis of an engine factory in Portugal]," MPRA Paper 7207, University Library of Munich, Germany, revised May 1996.
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    1. António B. Moniz & Bettina-Johanna Krings, 2016. "Robots Working with Humans or Humans Working with Robots? Searching for Social Dimensions in New Human-Robot Interaction in Industry," Societies, MDPI, vol. 6(3), pages 1-21, August.
    2. Nuno Boavida & Manuel Baumann & António B. Moniz & Jens Schippl & Max Reichenbach & Marcel Weil, 2013. "Technology transition towards electric mobility - technology assessment as a tool for policy design," IET Working Papers Series 04/2013, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, IET/CICS.NOVA-Interdisciplinary Centre on Social Sciences, Faculty of Science and Technology.
    3. António Moniz & Marta Candeias & Nuno Boavida, 2022. "Changes in productivity and labour relations," Post-Print hal-04670873, HAL.
    4. Moniz, António, 2004. "Discussão de temas de cenarização para a indústria automóvel para aplicação do método Delphi em Portugal [Discussion of scenario topics for the automotive industry to apply a Delphi method in Portu," MPRA Paper 5933, University Library of Munich, Germany, revised Nov 2007.
    5. Moniz, António, 2006. "Competitividade no sector automóvel e formas inovadoras de gestão do emprego em Portugal [Competitivity in the Portuguese automotive sector and innovative forms of employment management]," MPRA Paper 6970, University Library of Munich, Germany, revised Aug 2006.

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    Keywords

    automobile sector; technological practice; information and communication technologies; work organisation; industrial structure; production models.;
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    JEL classification:

    • L23 - Industrial Organization - - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior - - - Organization of Production
    • L62 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Manufacturing - - - Automobiles; Other Transportation Equipment; Related Parts and Equipment
    • O33 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Technological Change: Choices and Consequences; Diffusion Processes
    • J24 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity

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