The Editors: Francesco Garibaldo is director of the Institute for Labour Foundation in Bologna. He worked for several years for trade unions at high levels of responsibility. From 1992 to 1998 the editor was director of the Institute for Social and Economic Research in Rome. He has published widely in the fields of organization, governance and regional development policies, production decentralisation and SME networking. Specific studies were carried out in the automobile, machine tools, and information technology industry. The editor has experience in advanced action research methodologies, groupware and search conferences. He is director of the international network Regional and Local Development of Work and Labour. Andrea Bardi studied Political Science at the University of Bologna. He was a consultant on organisational evolution and Head of the Marketing Department at the National Confederation for the Craft Sector and Small and Medium Enterprises in Ravenna. Currently he is the Project Manager for private sector research at the Institute for Labour Foundation in Bologna, a position he has held since 1999. His fields of activity regard local development and industrial policies, especially issues related to SMEs.

• Contents: Francesco Garibaldo/Andrea Bardi: Introduction – Ulrich Jürgens: Restructuring the Automobile Industry and Its Workforce: A Worldwide Perspective – Torsten Müller/Hans-Wolfgang Platzer/Stefan Rüb: Global Company Strategies - Global Employee Interest Representation? The Cases of Volkswagen and DaimlerChrysler – Rainer Greca: Audi and BMW - Supplier Strategies of Two Successful Car Producers – Joachim Warschat/Kristina Wagner/Christina Edelmann: Automotive District Stuttgart - Evolution and Trends with the Focus on Cooperation in Virtual Clusters – Peter Fredriksson: Modular Supply in the Swedish Automotive Sector – José Ferro-Camacho: The Automotive Cluster of Galicia: The Role of PSA in the Regional Dynamics – Giuseppe Calabrese/Fabrizio Erbetta: Factors of Performance in a Context of Market Change: The Automotive District of Turin – Andrea Bardi/Francesco Garibaldo/Stefano Raffa/Volker Telljohann: The Automotive Cluster of Turin: Company, Strategy and Organisational Evolution – Andrea Bardi/Francesco Garibaldo: The Automobile Filière in Emilia-Romagna: Strategic Positioning and the Consequences of the Fiat Auto Crisis – Davide Bubbico/Francesco Pirone: The Weakness of Car Manufacturing Industries Associated with Fiat Sata, Alfa Romeo and FMA Powertrain in the South of Italy – William Cooke/David Meyer/Christopher Huxley: Teamworking in the U.S. Motor Vehicle Supplier Sector: Strategies and Effects on Manufacturing Performance and Worker Outcomes – Mario Sergio Salerno/Ana Valéria Carneiro Dias: The Development of Modularity and Niche Product Design in Brazil – René Haak: The Japanese Car Industry - Restructuring of the Suppliers’ Sector for a New Stage of Competitiveness.

The Editors: Francesco Garibaldo is director of the Institute for Labour Foundation in Bologna. He worked for several years for trade unions at high levels of responsibility. From 1992 to 1998 the editor was director of the Institute for Social and Economic Research in Rome. He has published widely in the fields of organization, governance and regional development policies, production decentralisation and SME networking. Specific studies were carried out in the automobile, machine tools, and information technology industry. The editor has experience in advanced action research methodologies, groupware and search conferences. He is director of the international network Regional and Local Development of Work and Labour. Andrea Bardi studied Political Science at the University of Bologna. He was a consultant on organisational evolution and Head of the Marketing Department at the National Confederation for the Craft Sector and Small and Medium Enterprises in Ravenna. Currently he is the Project Manager for private sector research at the Institute for Labour Foundation in Bologna, a position he has held since 1999. His fields of activity regard local development and industrial policies, especially issues related to SMEs.

• Contents: Francesco Garibaldo/Andrea Bardi: Introduction – Ulrich Jürgens: Restructuring the Automobile Industry and Its Workforce: A Worldwide Perspective – Torsten Müller/Hans-Wolfgang Platzer/Stefan Rüb: Global Company Strategies - Global Employee Interest Representation? The Cases of Volkswagen and DaimlerChrysler – Rainer Greca: Audi and BMW - Supplier Strategies of Two Successful Car Producers – Joachim Warschat/Kristina Wagner/Christina Edelmann: Automotive District Stuttgart - Evolution and Trends with the Focus on Cooperation in Virtual Clusters – Peter Fredriksson: Modular Supply in the Swedish Automotive Sector – José Ferro-Camacho: The Automotive Cluster of Galicia: The Role of PSA in the Regional Dynamics – Giuseppe Calabrese/Fabrizio Erbetta: Factors of Performance in a Context of Market Change: The Automotive District of Turin – Andrea Bardi/Francesco Garibaldo/Stefano Raffa/Volker Telljohann: The Automotive Cluster of Turin: Company, Strategy and Organisational Evolution – Andrea Bardi/Francesco Garibaldo: The Automobile Filière in Emilia-Romagna: Strategic Positioning and the Consequences of the Fiat Auto Crisis – Davide Bubbico/Francesco Pirone: The Weakness of Car Manufacturing Industries Associated with Fiat Sata, Alfa Romeo and FMA Powertrain in the South of Italy – William Cooke/David Meyer/Christopher Huxley: Teamworking in the U.S. Motor Vehicle Supplier Sector: Strategies and Effects on Manufacturing Performance and Worker Outcomes – Mario Sergio Salerno/Ana Valéria Carneiro Dias: The Development of Modularity and Niche Product Design in Brazil – René Haak: The Japanese Car Industry - Restructuring of the Suppliers’ Sector for a New Stage of Competitiveness.

The Editors: Francesco Garibaldo is director of the Institute for Labour Foundation in Bologna. He worked for several years for trade unions at high levels of responsibility. From 1992 to 1998 the editor was director of the Institute for Social and Economic Research in Rome. He has published widely in the fields of organization, governance and regional development policies, production decentralisation and SME networking. Specific studies were carried out in the automobile, machine tools, and information technology industry. The editor has experience in advanced action research methodologies, groupware and search conferences. He is director of the international network Regional and Local Development of Work and Labour. Andrea Bardi studied Political Science at the University of Bologna. He was a consultant on organisational evolution and Head of the Marketing Department at the National Confederation for the Craft Sector and Small and Medium Enterprises in Ravenna. Currently he is the Project Manager for private sector research at the Institute for Labour Foundation in Bologna, a position he has held since 1999. His fields of activity regard local development and industrial policies, especially issues related to SMEs.

• Contents: Francesco Garibaldo/Andrea Bardi: Introduction – Ulrich Jürgens: Restructuring the Automobile Industry and Its Workforce: A Worldwide Perspective – Torsten Müller/Hans-Wolfgang Platzer/Stefan Rüb: Global Company Strategies - Global Employee Interest Representation? The Cases of Volkswagen and DaimlerChrysler – Rainer Greca: Audi and BMW - Supplier Strategies of Two Successful Car Producers – Joachim Warschat/Kristina Wagner/Christina Edelmann: Automotive District Stuttgart - Evolution and Trends with the Focus on Cooperation in Virtual Clusters – Peter Fredriksson: Modular Supply in the Swedish Automotive Sector – José Ferro-Camacho: The Automotive Cluster of Galicia: The Role of PSA in the Regional Dynamics – Giuseppe Calabrese/Fabrizio Erbetta: Factors of Performance in a Context of Market Change: The Automotive District of Turin – Andrea Bardi/Francesco Garibaldo/Stefano Raffa/Volker Telljohann: The Automotive Cluster of Turin: Company, Strategy and Organisational Evolution – Andrea Bardi/Francesco Garibaldo: The Automobile Filière in Emilia-Romagna: Strategic Positioning and the Consequences of the Fiat Auto Crisis – Davide Bubbico/Francesco Pirone: The Weakness of Car Manufacturing Industries Associated with Fiat Sata, Alfa Romeo and FMA Powertrain in the South of Italy – William Cooke/David Meyer/Christopher Huxley: Teamworking in the U.S. Motor Vehicle Supplier Sector: Strategies and Effects on Manufacturing Performance and Worker Outcomes – Mario Sergio Salerno/Ana Valéria Carneiro Dias: The Development of Modularity and Niche Product Design in Brazil – René Haak: The Japanese Car Industry - Restructuring of the Suppliers’ Sector for a New Stage of Competitiveness.