1st Edition

The Global Korean Motor Industry The Hyundai Motor Company's Global Strategy

144 Pages 8 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

144 Pages 8 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

144 Pages 8 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This book examines the experiences of the globalizing Korean automobile industry, with particular focus on the Hyundai Motor Company (HMC), one of the most prominent of the new Korean multinational corporations. It provides an overview of the changing nature of the global automobile industry, before considering in depth the globalization processes that the Korean automobile industry has... Read more

Foreword by Thomas A. Kochan  1. Introduction  2. The Global Auto Industry  3. The Korean Auto Industry Goes Global  4. Hyundai Motors as a Global Auto Company  5. Production Systems and Supplier Relations  6. The Management of Employment Relations 7. Conclusion: Global and Local? Afterword by Harry C. Katz.  Endnotes.  References

Biography

Russell D. Lansbury is Professor of Work and Organisational Studies and Associate Dean (Research) in the School of Business at the University of Sydney.

Chung-Sok Suh is Director of the Korea-Australasia Research Centre (KAREC) and Associate Professor in the School of Organisation and Management at the University of New South Wales.

Seung-Ho Kwon is Senior Research Fellow in the School of Organisation and Management, and Associate Director at the Korea-Australasia Research Centre (KAREC) at the University of New South Wales.

'The Global Korean Motor Industry is a welcome and needed contribution to our understanding of the evolution of the global automobile industry in the past decade.' -Thomas A. Kochan, George M. Bunker Sloan School of Management, MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA