Technological Upgrading and Challenges in the Thai Automotive Industry
Technological Upgrading and Challenges in the Thai Automotive Industry
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DOI：
10.1355/ae38-2d
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发表时间：
2021-08-01
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0.5
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Intarakumnerd, Patarapong
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作者：
Intarakumnerd, Patarapong
在过去的60年里，泰国已成为“亚洲汽车枢纽”，从进口替代转向出口导向，包括在汽车全球价值链（GVC）中发挥越来越重要的作用。促成这一转变的关键因素包括：（一）政府针对尖端技术活动的激励措施;（二）大学、研究机构和工业界在针对具体部门的教学和研究方案中开展合作;（三）针对具体部门的政府促进机构转向促进利益攸关方之间合作的“中介”活动。当地公司通过本地战略和努力，促进了在全球价值链中地位的提升。该行业已从生产基地升级为更具创新和研发密集型的行业，同时变得更加产品特定。突出的挑战在于采用新技术。虽然生产中的自动化已经广泛实施，但电动汽车（EV）生产的推动尚未成功。
Over the last sixty years, Thailand has become the "Automotive Hub of Asia", shifting from import substitution to export orientation, including an increasingly significant role in the automobile global value chain (GVC). Key contributory factors towards this shift include: (i) government incentives targeted at technologically sophisticated activities; (ii) collaborations among universities, research institutes and industry in sector-specific teaching and research programmes; and (iii) a shift in a sector-specific government promotion agency towards "intermediary" activities that facilitate collaborations among stakeholders. Local firms, through indigenous strategies and efforts, have fostered position upgrading in the GVC. The industry has upgraded from a production base to a more innovation and R&D-intensive one, while becoming more product-specific. Outstanding challenges lie in the adoption of new technologies. While robotization in production has been implemented extensively, the push for production of electric vehicles (EVs) has yet to succeed.