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Comment la production modulaire transforme l'industrie automobile

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  • Vincent Frigant
  • Bernard Jullien

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?In this paper, we explain why and how the ado? ?ption of a modular product-architecture transforms the organisation of industry. Considering the auto industry, we show that modularity-as-process transforms the overall automobile industry: carmakers, suppliers and buyer/suppliers relationships. Modularity-as-process is a key driver of carmakers? vertical disintegration, growth of suppliers and emergence of mega-suppliers, international division of labour and delocalizations. This single-industry case study provides some evidences of the ?mirroring? hypothesis (Colfer and Baldwin). In the last part of the paper, we stress that some carmakers develop a new generation of modular platforms. We examine their motivations but also the limits of these platforms and the risk of new unfilled promises.?

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  • Vincent Frigant & Bernard Jullien, 2014. "Comment la production modulaire transforme l'industrie automobile," Revue d'économie industrielle, De Boeck Université, vol. 0(1), pages 11-44.
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    1. Claude Paraponaris, 2017. "Plateformes numériques, conception ouverte et emploi," Post-Print halshs-01614430, HAL.
    2. Carole Donada & Guy Fournier, 2014. "Stratégie industrielle pour un écosystème en émergence : le cas de la mobilité 2.0, décarbonée, intermodale et collaborative," Revue d'économie industrielle, De Boeck Université, vol. 0(4), pages 317-348.
    3. Vincent Frigant & Stéphane Miollan & M. Presse, 2016. "Is the Fuel Cell Vehicle’s Technological Innovation System built at a global or national scale? An analysis of carmakers' co-patents’ portfolios," Post-Print hal-02150385, HAL.
    4. Marina Flamand, 2016. "Studying strategic choices of carmakers in the development of energy storage solutions: a patent analysis," International Journal of Automotive Technology and Management, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, vol. 16(2), pages 169-192.
    5. Sandrine Labory, 2014. "Determining Industrial Policy in Current Conditions of Competition," QA - Rivista dell'Associazione Rossi-Doria, Associazione Rossi Doria, issue 4, December.
    6. Vincent Frigant, 2015. "Beyond The Business Case and Sustainable chain management: Why Do We Need to Build a Theory of Interfirm Social Responsability?," Post-Print hal-01426819, HAL.
    7. Vincent FRIGANT & Marina FLAMAND, 2015. "The diversity of carmakers\' behaviors vis-a-vis the Corporate Venture Capital," Cahiers du GREThA (2007-2019) 2015-24, Groupe de Recherche en Economie Théorique et Appliquée (GREThA).
    8. Bianchi, Patrizio & Labory, Sandrine, 2019. "Manufacturing regimes and transitional paths: Lessons for industrial policy," Structural Change and Economic Dynamics, Elsevier, vol. 48(C), pages 24-31.
    9. Frigant, Vincent, 2014. "Une comparaison de la fragmentation internationale des chaînes d’approvisionnement automobiles allemande et française," Revue de la Régulation - Capitalisme, institutions, pouvoirs, Association Recherche et Régulation, vol. 15.
    10. Claude Paraponaris, 2017. "Plateformes numériques, conception ouverte et emploi," Working Papers halshs-01614430, HAL.
    11. Yannick LUNG & Bernard JULLIEN & Christophe MIDLER, 2016. "From the Logan to the Kwid. \r\nAmbidexterity, reverse and fractal innovation, design-to-cost: recipes from Renault\'s Entry strategy," Cahiers du GREThA (2007-2019) 2016-19, Groupe de Recherche en Economie Théorique et Appliquée (GREThA).
    12. Vincent Frigant & Stéphane Miollan & Maëlise Presse & David Virapin, 2019. "Quelles frontières géographiques pour les systèmes d’innovation technologique ?. Une analyse par les co-brevets appliquée au véhicule à pile à combustible," Innovations, De Boeck Université, vol. 0(1), pages 243-273.

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