1st Edition

Knowledge Transfer in the Automobile Industry Global-Local Production Networks

By Dessy Irawati Copyright 2012
232 Pages
by Routledge

232 Pages 6 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

232 Pages 6 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

The book arose from a multi-disciplinary study which looked at the development of global-local manufacturing clusters in the context of a developing, Asian economy. The study demonstrates the connection amongst theoretical perspectives such as international business, development studies, economic geography, and organisational learning clusters/production... Read more
1. Clusters and Knowledge Transfer into the Indonesian Automotive Industry  2. Theoretical Framework on Cluster  3. Production and Knowledge Transfer in Japanese Automotive Networks  4. Global and National Environment: Macroeconomic Context in Indonesia  5. Methodologies  6. The Importance of the Java Region for the Indonesian Automotive Cluster  7. Case Study of Car Production in Indonesia: the Toyota Complex  8. Case Study of Motorcyle Production in Indonesia: the Honda Complex  9. The Indonesian Automotive Cluster in Toyota and Honda’s Global Production Networks  10. Contribution

Biography

Dessy Irawati, Ph.D, is a Teaching Associate at Newcastle University Business School in the UK and a Visiting Lecturer at Graduate School of Management, University Putra Malaysia. She gained her Ph.D in International Business Strategy and Economic Geography in 2009 from Newcastle University Business School, UK. Her disciplinary background is in International Business Strategy, Economic Geography, and Regional Studies. She explores why some regions have a better economic performance than others and argues that this is because they encourage knowledge creation in the global-local networks more than other regions. 

Furthermore, she has researched and taught international business management,  investigating  overlaps with the fields of strategy, organisation, and learning. Alongside this, she continues to develop her research interests on innovation and regional development in knowledge-based economy, specifically in the context of agglomeration, industries, and networks. Her extended research interests are: international business strategy, multinational enterprises (MNEs), small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), innovation and technology management, globalisation and development studies, cluster- based policy and networks, industrial dynamics and knowledge transfer.