Globalization is mainly characterized by industrial globalization and market globalization。
Global production networks（GPNs）nowadays has become the hot issueas the study of GPNs can probe into the nature of new international division of labor inthe age of globalization。The book attempts to analyse the major features of GPNs withthe case of automotive industry。It analyses the driving forces for the development ofGPNs from both macro and microeconomic perspectives。It mainly deals with the natureof GPNs and its effect on the firms of developing countries。The book focuses onthe study of the change of the relationship between suppliers and manufacturers，especiallyunder the background of modular production。The case study of Ford and Toyotacan be a good help for more understanding of GPNs and global value chain。Thefuture tendency of integration and disintegration of global production can also be seenfrom the detailed analysis in this book。All in all，the book intends to draw a picturefor the global competition in the automotive industry。It also provides some suggestionsfor the developing countries from the perspectives of industrial upgrading and firm'sstrategies.
