Whose success? The state-foreign capital nexus and the development of the automotive industry in Slovakia
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216208%3A11310%2F16%3A10283308" target="_blank" >RIV/00216208:11310/16:10283308 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0969776414557965" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0969776414557965</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0969776414557965" target="_blank" >10.1177/0969776414557965</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Whose success? The state-foreign capital nexus and the development of the automotive industry in Slovakia
Original language description
Using the case study of Slovakia, this article considers the role of the state in the rapid growth of the automotive industry in integrated peripheral markets of the global automotive industry. Although this growth has been mainly driven by the investment strategies of automotive lead firms, the state has played an important role by accommodating the strategic needs of foreign capital through neoliberal economic policies. In addition to secondary sources, the empirical research is based on a 2010 survey of 299 Slovak-based automotive firms with a response rate of 44% and on 38 on-site firm-level interviews conducted between 2011 and 2013 and one in 2005. The analysis draws upon approaches in economic geography, international political economy and upon global value chains and global production networks perspectives to argue that the successful development of the automotive industry in Slovakia has been achieved at the expense of its overwhelming dependence on foreign capital and corporate capture. The article considers the potential consequences of dependent industrial development for the domestic automotive industry and its position in the international division of labor.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>x</sub> - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)
CEP classification
DE - Earth magnetism, geodesy, geography
OECD FORD branch
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Result continuities
Project
<a href="/en/project/GA13-16698S" target="_blank" >GA13-16698S: Regional development effects of global production networks in the Czech and Slovak automotive industries</a><br>
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)
Others
Publication year
2016
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
European Urban and Regional Studies
ISSN
0969-7764
e-ISSN
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Volume of the periodical
23
Issue of the periodical within the volume
4
Country of publishing house
US - UNITED STATES
Number of pages
23
Pages from-to
571-593
UT code for WoS article
000385668100003
EID of the result in the Scopus database
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