Tensions in the periphery
Dependence and the trajectory of a low-cost productive model in the Central and Eastern European automotive industry
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12317534 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Dragoș Adăscăliței (0000-0003-2739-1067, Sheffield University Management School, UK, corresponding author), Stefan Guga (Central European University, Hungary) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 27 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 18-34 |
| Publication date | 2018-09-03 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | European Urban and Regional Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0969-7764 • E-ISSN: 1461-7145 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0969776418795205 |
| OpenAlex | W2607280294 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 25 |
This article analyses the productive strategy adopted by Renault for its Dacia plant in Romania. It proposes a detailed analysis of the conditions for the success of the Logan project – Renault’s radical approach to the concept of the low-cost automobile. We look into both market- and production-related aspects that have made the Logan work and highlight the tensions sparked by Renault’s drive to capitalize on its favourable market situation as well as the success achieved by Dacia’s workers in defending their interests. In particular, we emphasize the company governance compromises that have shaped industrial relations at Dacia over the past decades and show how in recent years the maintaining of such a compromise has come increasingly into question due to threats by automation and relocation in a context of constantly rising wages and improving working conditions. Finally, we discuss the strategic dilemmas facing both management and labour and their possible resolutions, as well as the relevance of the Dacia case for understanding the future of Central and Eastern Europe as a peripheral region attracting automotive foreign direct investments
Automotive industry · Business · Compromise · Context (archaeology · Corporate governance · Economic system · Economics · Economy · Industrial organization · Management · Market economy · Political science · Relevance (law · Relocation · Work (physics · Asian Industrial and Economic Development · Computer Science · Engineering · Labor Movements and Unions · Post-Communist Economic and Political Transition
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| Citations per year | 0.75 |
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| Citation span | 2018 - 2026 (9) |
| Highly cited | No |