Petr Pavlínek is a Professor of Geography at the University of Nebraska-Omaha and Charles University. His previous books include Economic Restructuring and Local Environmental Management in the Czech Republic (1997), Environmental Transitions: Transformation and Ecological Defence in Central and Eastern Europe (with John Pickles) (2000), A Successful Transformation? Restructuring of the Czech Automobile Industry (2008), and Dependent Growth: Foreign Investment and the Development of the Automotive Industry in East-Central Europe (2017).

'Taking a global production networks approach, Professor Pavlínek - the world's leading expert in the European automotive industry - has produced a definitive account of its dynamics of change and transformation in the context of regional restructuring. A must-read for all scholars and policy makers in regional development and the global automotive industry.' Henry Wai-chung Yeung, Distinguished Professor, National University of Singapore

• 1. Foreign direct investment and economic development in less developed countries; 2. Revisiting foreign direct investment in peripheral regions; 3. Foreign direct investment and supplier linkages in integrated peripheries; 4. Restructuring and internationalization of the European automotive industry; 5. The core-periphery structure of the European automotive industry; 6. Value creation and capture in the automotive industry; 7. Transition toward the production of electric vehicles in eastern Europe; 8. Conclusion; References.

Petr Pavlínek is a Professor of Geography at the University of Nebraska-Omaha and Charles University. His previous books include Economic Restructuring and Local Environmental Management in the Czech Republic (1997), Environmental Transitions: Transformation and Ecological Defence in Central and Eastern Europe (with John Pickles) (2000), A Successful Transformation? Restructuring of the Czech Automobile Industry (2008), and Dependent Growth: Foreign Investment and the Development of the Automotive Industry in East-Central Europe (2017).

'Taking a global production networks approach, Professor Pavlínek - the world's leading expert in the European automotive industry - has produced a definitive account of its dynamics of change and transformation in the context of regional restructuring. A must-read for all scholars and policy makers in regional development and the global automotive industry.' Henry Wai-chung Yeung, Distinguished Professor, National University of Singapore

• 1. Foreign direct investment and economic development in less developed countries; 2. Revisiting foreign direct investment in peripheral regions; 3. Foreign direct investment and supplier linkages in integrated peripheries; 4. Restructuring and internationalization of the European automotive industry; 5. The core-periphery structure of the European automotive industry; 6. Value creation and capture in the automotive industry; 7. Transition toward the production of electric vehicles in eastern Europe; 8. Conclusion; References.

Petr Pavlínek is a Professor of Geography at the University of Nebraska-Omaha and Charles University. His previous books include Economic Restructuring and Local Environmental Management in the Czech Republic (1997), Environmental Transitions: Transformation and Ecological Defence in Central and Eastern Europe (with John Pickles) (2000), A Successful Transformation? Restructuring of the Czech Automobile Industry (2008), and Dependent Growth: Foreign Investment and the Development of the Automotive Industry in East-Central Europe (2017).

'Taking a global production networks approach, Professor Pavlínek - the world's leading expert in the European automotive industry - has produced a definitive account of its dynamics of change and transformation in the context of regional restructuring. A must-read for all scholars and policy makers in regional development and the global automotive industry.' Henry Wai-chung Yeung, Distinguished Professor, National University of Singapore

• 1. Foreign direct investment and economic development in less developed countries; 2. Revisiting foreign direct investment in peripheral regions; 3. Foreign direct investment and supplier linkages in integrated peripheries; 4. Restructuring and internationalization of the European automotive industry; 5. The core-periphery structure of the European automotive industry; 6. Value creation and capture in the automotive industry; 7. Transition toward the production of electric vehicles in eastern Europe; 8. Conclusion; References.