Empirical study on evolution of the Car Production Network in the European automotive industry

本研究的目的是明确欧洲汽车工业汽车生产网络的结构特征及其发展动力，考察与欧盟扩大相关的区域和/或公司间分工体系的重组趋势。我在研究中得到了以下结论。(1)随着欧洲一体化的深化，空间扩张(如罗马尼亚的发展)和“升级”(在西班牙生产高性能汽车，在中东欧建立研发基地)正在稳步推进。(2)我们需要将欧洲汽车生产网络的转型理解为一种灵活的“进化”模式，可以根据地区特点重组其结构，而不是作为一种固定的分工模式。(3)欧洲跨国公司一直在利用其原有的网络优势来增强全球竞争力。

The purposes of this research is to make it clear the characteristics on the fabric of the Car Production Network and dynamism of its development in the European Automotive Industry, examining the reorganizational trend of regional and/or inter-company division of labor system associated with the Enlargement of European Union. I got the following conclusions in the study. (1)Spatial expansion (development such as Romania) and "Upgrading" (production of high-performance vehicles in Spain, establishment of R & D bases in Central-Eastern Europe) are making steady progress with unification deepening in Europe.(2)We need to understand the transformation of Car Production Network in Europe as a flexible "evolution" model that can reorganize its structure considering regional characteristics, not as a fixed division of labor model.(3)European multinational companies have been reinforcing global competitiveness by making advantage of their original network.