Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/127273 
Year of Publication: 
2007
Series/Report no.: 
Discussion Paper Series No. 456
Publisher: 
University of Heidelberg, Department of Economics, Heidelberg
Abstract (Translated): 
In the German automobile industry the vertical integration, as an indicator of value added, is on average low. Beyond the argument of relative high labour costs for manufacturing, several specific reasons for the level of vertical integration, linked to the flexibility of business administration and the requirements of microeconomic mechanisms in the industry, can be found. The analysis based on empirical data including lessons from the early American automobile industry and theoretical explanations underlines the diversity of decision criteria towards a high or low level of vertical integration. The results facilitate the decision making of the OEM’s on vertical integration.
Subjects: 
vertical integration
strategic management
automobile industry
JEL: 
D23
L16
L62
M10
M11
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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