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A Successful Transformation?Czech Automobile Industry Before 1990

A Successful Transformation?: Czech Automobile Industry Before 1990 2 Czech Automobile Industry Before 1990 Successful Transformation? focuses on a detailed analysis of the post-1989 automobile industry restructuring in Czechia. However, before we concen- trate on the post-socialist industrial restructuring it is important to recog- nize that the profound post-1989 changes did not take place in a vacuum but were strongly affected by previous developments. The automobile in- dustry has played an important role in the Czech economy for many dec- ades. It has been one of the key industrial sectors both in terms of its share of total industrial production and of total industrial employment. Follow- ing the 1989 collapse of state socialism in the former Czechoslovakia the automobile industry has undergone a profound transformation. Although the post-socialist change has dramatically reshaped the sector, it is impor- tant to realize that the course of this transformation has been very much af- fected by previous developments. Differences among the individual sectors of the automobile industry before 1990 in terms of, for example, their trade orientation and state investment policies affected how these sectors per- formed in the 1990s. This chapter therefore reviews the development of the Czech automobile industry before 1990. This chapter begins with a brief summary http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

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Physica-Verlag HD
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© Physica-Verlag Heidelberg 2008
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978-3-7908-2039-3
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33 –78
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10.1007/978-3-7908-2040-9_2
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2 Czech Automobile Industry Before 1990 Successful Transformation? focuses on a detailed analysis of the post-1989 automobile industry restructuring in Czechia. However, before we concen- trate on the post-socialist industrial restructuring it is important to recog- nize that the profound post-1989 changes did not take place in a vacuum but were strongly affected by previous developments. The automobile in- dustry has played an important role in the Czech economy for many dec- ades. It has been one of the key industrial sectors both in terms of its share of total industrial production and of total industrial employment. Follow- ing the 1989 collapse of state socialism in the former Czechoslovakia the automobile industry has undergone a profound transformation. Although the post-socialist change has dramatically reshaped the sector, it is impor- tant to realize that the course of this transformation has been very much af- fected by previous developments. Differences among the individual sectors of the automobile industry before 1990 in terms of, for example, their trade orientation and state investment policies affected how these sectors per- formed in the 1990s. This chapter therefore reviews the development of the Czech automobile industry before 1990. This chapter begins with a brief summary

Published: Mar 4, 2008

Keywords: Automobile Industry; Capitalist Country; CMEA Country; Light Commercial Vehicle; Truck Production

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