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Shocks, resilience and regional industry policy: Brexit and the automotive sector in two Midlands regions

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  • David Bailey
  • Alex de Ruyter
  • David Hearne
  • Raquel Ortega-Argilés

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This article draws upon novel survey evidence to examine the possible regional impacts of Brexit as a ‘disruptive process’ to manufacturing operations and logistics in the automotive industry, in the context of the regional resilience literature. The current Brexit (and Covid-19) context, along with the sector’s need to re-orientate towards electrification, provides renewed urgency to reconsider industrial policy in spatial terms. The findings have salience not only in the context of anticipating and reacting to Brexit-induced economic shocks at a regional level, but also over the role of decentralized regional bodies. In this regard, the UK government’s agenda of ‘levelling up’ will be challenging, especially in the context of the place-based shocks likely to arise from Brexit as well as the impact of Covid-19. The article concludes that a more place-based regional industrial policy is required both to anticipate and to respond to shocks and also to reposition the sector in the region going forward.

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  • David Bailey & Alex de Ruyter & David Hearne & Raquel Ortega-Argilés, 2023. "Shocks, resilience and regional industry policy: Brexit and the automotive sector in two Midlands regions," Regional Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 57(6), pages 1141-1155, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:regstd:v:57:y:2023:i:6:p:1141-1155
    DOI: 10.1080/00343404.2022.2071421
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    1. Abeer Aljohani, 2023. "Predictive Analytics and Machine Learning for Real-Time Supply Chain Risk Mitigation and Agility," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(20), pages 1-26, October.

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