NATSUDA Kaoru
   Department   Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University  College of Asia Pacific Studies
   Position   Professor
Language English
Publication Date 2026/01/02
Type Book(Chapter)
Title Chapter 5: Automotive Development Strategies in the Age of Global Value Chains: National Champion, Product Champion and Technology Champion, in Monaco, L. and Schröder, M. (eds.) Emerging Auto Industries in a World of GVCs: Actors, Policies, and Structural Issues. Palgrave Macmillan.
Contribution Type Joint Work
Journal TypeAnother Country
Publisher Palgrave Macmillan.
Volume, Issue, Page pp.123-139
International coauthorship International coauthorship
Author and coauthor Schröder, Martin, Natsuda, Kaoru and Thoburn, John
Details This chapter proposes to analyse automotive industry development strategies through three distinct approaches, namely national champion, product champion, and technology champion. The main motivation for proposing this analytical perspective is to move beyond the well-known contrast between import substitution and export-oriented industrialisation. Based on real-world examples, the characteristics of each champion approach will be outlined and the industrial development logic behind them highlighted. Further, it is argued that these three distinct champion approaches have different levels of compatibility with Global Value Chain organisation and that these approaches follow different industrial development logics of how to deal with Global Value Chain organisation.
URL for researchmap https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-76410-3_8