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The Durban Auto Cluster
Jochen Lorentzen
其他書名
Global Competition, Collective Efficiency and Local Development
出版University of KwaZulu-Natal, School of Development Studies, 2004
ISBN18684051849781868405183
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=G0ztygAACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋Joint action matters for firm performance, at least in the case at hand. Joint action lowers the costs of information provision about markets, product standards, process requirements, and other variables that determine the competence with which firms confront global value chains. Joint action also helps firms gear up for what is, not just in the global automotive industry, a tough fight for a place in the sun. Cooperation-vs-competition is a meaningless dichotomy. If global competition is the challenge, local cooperation is the efficient answer for firms that would stand little chance of understanding what this competition is really about, let alone facing up to what it asks of them. This applies to all firms in the cluster, but especially so to those relatively disadvantaged by small size and lack of experience in supplying to global value chains.