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Changing policies for the automotive industry in an 'old' industrial region: an open innovation model for the UK West Midlands?

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  • Stewart MacNeill
  • David Bailey

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Automobile manufacture in the UK West Midlands peaked during the 1950s and early 1960s but, with overseas competition, declined thereafter. Successive policies, such as government supported mergers to form the British Motor Corporation in the 1950s, green-field development away from the region in the 1960s, nationalisation of the (then) British Leyland in the 1970s, Japanese FDI in the 1980s and the Rover-centric Accelerate Project in the 1990s have failed to halt the decline. Since early 2000, regional policy has been the responsibility of the Regional Development Agency, Advantage West Midlands. The RDA has moved away from traditional support based on the needs of big companies or 'champions' and adopted an approach centred on a mix of small and large businesses and high level research, and – arguably – an 'open innovation' model. Here, we examine these new policies and their potential to create an innovative and competitive regional environment.

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  • Stewart MacNeill & David Bailey, 2010. "Changing policies for the automotive industry in an 'old' industrial region: an open innovation model for the UK West Midlands?," International Journal of Automotive Technology and Management, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, vol. 10(2/3), pages 128-144.
    • Handle: RePEc:ids:ijatma:v:10:y:2010:i:2/3:p:128-144
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    1. Gill Bentley & David Bailey & John Shutt, 2010. "From RDAs to LEPs: A New Localism? Case Examples of West Midlands and Yorkshire," Local Economy, London South Bank University, vol. 25(7), pages 535-557, September.
    2. Elena Candelo & Diego Matricano & Mario Sorrentino, 2018. "Top Management Involvement in Open Innovation Processes: Learning from a Global Carmaker," International Business Research, Canadian Center of Science and Education, vol. 11(7), pages 142-151, July.
    3. Hyejin Jang & Keeeun Lee & Byungun Yoon, 2017. "Development Of An Open Innovation Model For R&D Collaboration Between Large Firms And Small-Medium Enterprises (Smes) In Manufacturing Industries," International Journal of Innovation Management (ijim), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 21(01), pages 1-29, January.
    4. Philip Amison & David Bailey, 2013. "Industrial Diversity and Innovation Spillovers: Dynamic Innovation and Adoption. WWWforEurope Working Paper No. 45," WIFO Studies, WIFO, number 47020, February.
    5. Dodourova, Mariana & Bevis, Keith, 2014. "Networking innovation in the European car industry: Does the Open Innovation model fit?," Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, Elsevier, vol. 69(C), pages 252-271.
    6. Qamar, A. & Gardner, E.C. & Buckley, T. & Zhao, K., 2021. "Home-owned versus foreign-owned firms in the UK automotive industry: Exploring the microfoundations of ambidextrous production and supply chain positioning," International Business Review, Elsevier, vol. 30(1).

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