Europe's Automotive Industry on the Move

Competitiveness in a Changing World

By: Oliver Heneric (Editor), Georg Licht (Editor), Wolfgang Sofka (Editor)

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The automotive industry is a major pillar of the modern global economy and Europe is one of the key players. It has a unique role to play in Europe in - ployment, manufacturing, R&D, transportation and investment, and there are crucial challenges and opportunities ahead. We shed light on a broad range of issues - globalisation and restructuring, trade and foreign direct investment (no- bly in China and Russia), innovation, regulation, and industry policy - and put a special focus on the new member states. While change may be inevitable, progress is not. This book shall serve as a map to all stakeholders: business executives, policy makers, investors and scholars. th The contents originate from the 8 European Competitiveness Report 2004 p- ject of the European Commission. They document the contribution made at the Zentrum fur Europaische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - Centre for European Economic Resarch - in Mannheim, Germany, in cooperation with several external researchers. We as editors wish to mention and sincerely thank the many persons and institutions who have helped us in this effort. Special thanks go to the c- tributors: Thomas Cleff (Professor at the University of Applied Sciences in Pfo- heim, Germany), Stefan Lutz (then researcher at the Centre for European E- nomic Resarch, Mannheim, Germany), Alfred Spielkamp (Professor at the U- versity of Applied Sciences in Gelsenkirchen, Germany) and Waltraud Urban (Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies in Vienna, Austria).

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Introduction	p. 1
The European Automotive Industry in a Global Context	p. 5
Economic Importance	p. 5
Overview	p. 5
Value Added	p. 6
Employment	p. 8
Production, Backward and Forward Linkages	p. 9
Capital Stock and Investment	p. 12
Special Focus on the New Member States	p. 13
Industry Profile	p. 18
Automotive Production	p. 18
Manufacturers	p. 24
Special Focus on Manufacturers in the New Member States	p. 29
Suppliers	p. 29
Special Focus on Suppliers in the New Member States	p. 32
Globalisation and Restructuring	p. 33
Capacity Utilisation and Structural Overcapacity	p. 38
Conclusion	p. 43
Competitiveness: A Market Perspective	p. 45
Overview	p. 45
International Markets	p. 45
International Trade	p. 48
Foreign Direct Investment	p. 61
Emerging Markets	p. 71
Conclusion	p. 79
The Home Market	p. 79
Market Size	p. 79
Market Growth	p. 92
Special Focus on the New Member States	p. 97
Conclusion	p. 100
Innovation and Competitiveness	p. 103
Labour Costs, Labour Productivity and Unit Labour Costs	p. 103
Data	p. 103
Labour Costs	p. 106
Labour Productivity	p. 113
Special Focus on the New Member States	p. 117
Human Resources in Science and Technology	p. 122
R&D, Innovation, and Patents	p. 127
Expenditures on R&D	p. 127
Automotive Innovation as Mirrored in Patent Statistics	p. 130
Innovation Patterns	p. 134
Innovation Networks	p. 137
Summary	p. 139
Innovation and Restructuring of the Value Chain	p. 140
Innovation in the Value Chain	p. 140
The Relation Between Supplier and Vehicle Manufacturer	p. 141
Trends in Innovation Activities	p. 146
Price and Technological Competitiveness - A Short Summary	p. 154
Regulation and Industrial Policy	p. 157
The Regulatory Environment	p. 157
Measures and Procedures Affecting the Supply Side	p. 159
Block Exemption Regulation	p. 160
Harmonisation of Industrial Design Regulation on Spare Parts	p. 168
End-Of-Life Vehicle Directive 2000/53/EC	p. 169
Implications of the New EU Chemicals Legislation (REACH)	p. 170
The Kyoto Claim: C02 Emission Reduction - the Manufacturers’ Contribution	p. 171
Fuel Cell	p. 175
Measures and Procedures Affecting the Demand Side	p. 176
Charging for Infrastructure and Social Costs of Transportation	p. 177
Taxation of Passenger Cars	p. 182
Fiscal Measures in Order to Reduce C02 Emission - C02 Taxes	p. 184
Assessment and Implications	p. 186
Challenges and Opportunities for the European Automotive Industry	p. 191
A Summary of Strengths and Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats	p. 192
Strengths	p. 192
Weaknesses	p. 194
Opportunities	p. 195
Threats	p. 196
The Forward Vision: A Scenario Approach	p. 197
The Worst Case: Killing the Engine	p. 197
European Automotive Industry: Taking the Pole Position	p. 200
Policy Issues	p. 202
Summary and Conclusions	p. 207
Appendix	p. 209
List of Figures	p. 261
List of Tables	p. 265
References	p. 269
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