Oct 1, 2005
Automotive suppliers find themselves facing a business environment that continues to grow more competitive. Rising materials prices coupled with demands for price cuts, as well as the growing cost of health care and increased competition have created a business environment in which suppliers struggle to succeed.
Prepared for gedas, USA, Inc.
Jun 1, 2005
The motor vehicle industry is the largest manufacturing industry in the United States. No other single industry is linked so much to the U.S. manufacturing sector or directly generates so much retail business and employment. This study describes the economic contribution of an important company included in the U.S. motor vehicle industry: the U.S. operations of Toyota North America.
Prepared for Toyota Motor North America, Inc.
Mar 1, 2005
This study is an update of a previous report on the economic contribution of the international automotive industry completed in 1998 for the AIAM.
A study prepared for the Association of International Automobile Manufacturers, Inc.
Jun 1, 2004
This report first reviews the general economic environment that led into the 2003 negotiations.
A Research Report for the Auto Industry of the Future Program. Sponsored by Ernst & Young Global Automotive Center
May 1, 2004
The motor vehicle industry continues to be one of the most important sectors of the U.S. economy. It is sufficiently prominent to influence the movements of Gross Domestic Product, and it employs hundreds of thousands of workers in well-paying jobs across the country.
Prepared by: Institute of Labor and Industrial Relations, University of Michigan and the Economics and Business Group, Center for Automotive Research
Prepared for: Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers, Inc.
Feb 1, 2004
The purpose of this report is first to estimate the effect of the withdrawal of automotive leasing on automotive retail sales in New York, and second, to evaluate the effect of the loss of the automotive leasing option on the overall state economy.
This report was completed with the cooperation of the University of Michigan Institute of Labor and Industrial Relations.
Dec 1, 2003
Since the late 1980s, a number of high-profile automotive assembly facilities—and their associated jobs—have located in the southern portion of the United States—in a region which previously had a small automotive presence.
This study was prepard for the Automotive Communities Partnership.
Nov 1, 2003
The motor vehicle is the second most important possession of the great majority of Americans after housing. In no other society does the motor vehicle play such a large role in the lives of citizens and the economy in general.
This study was prepared by the Center for Automotive Research for the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers.
