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The Restructuring of the Automobile Industry in the USA

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  • R D Bingham
  • K K Sunmonu

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In this paper, the changes in the US automobile industry which have occurred over the 1979–86 economic downturn and recovery are examined within the framework of Markusen's profit-cycle theory. When viewing the automobile indusltry as a whole, some of the findings support the profit-cycle theory and others do not. The theory is supported, however, within the context of two distinct automobile industries in the USA—one ‘Fordist’ and the other a Japanese ‘post-Fordist’ system. The Fordist system is entering the negative profit-cycle phase and the post-Fordist system is in the mature phase. The two systems have very different spatial configurations and are likely to have very different economic futures.

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  • R D Bingham & K K Sunmonu, 1992. "The Restructuring of the Automobile Industry in the USA," Environment and Planning A, , vol. 24(6), pages 833-852, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:envira:v:24:y:1992:i:6:p:833-852
    DOI: 10.1068/a240833
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    1. Martin Kenney & Richard Florida, 1988. "Beyond Mass Production: Production and the Labor Process in Japan," Politics & Society, , vol. 16(1), pages 121-158, March.
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