Smart Programming: Automotive Renewal and the Michigan Permitting Process

The Center for Automotive Research (CAR) has, at the request of the Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC), undertaken a study for the Michigan Automotive Partnership (MAP) of the time needed for the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) to issue a major modification air quality permit and how it may affect future automotive investment in Michigan.

A Study Prepared for the Michigan Automotive Partnership and the Michigan Economic Development Corporation.

The Michigan Automotive Policy Survey

This report contains two sets of overall results. First, a human resources forecast is presented. Most of the results contained in this section either describe Michigan’s automotive labor economy or forecast expected changes in Michigan’s automotive labor market during 1998-1999.

Michigan Automotive Research and Development Directory

The first ever assembly of data on 135 Michigan companies involved in vehicle research, engineering and product development.

A report of the Michigan Economic Development Corporation and the Michigan Automotive Partnership.

Estimating the New Automotive Value Chain

The automotive value chain is comprised of one of the largest sets of interconnected markets in the U.S. economy. We define the automotive value chain as the accumulated value produced by companies that sell components,

This study was prepared for Accenture.

Michigan: The High-Technology Automotive State

There is no fixed “official” definition for the concept of high tech. At different times various organizations and individuals have issued such labels as the “new category,” “information age,” “Internet economy,” “dot.com economy,” “web economy,” “silicon states,” or cyber-states,” and so on.

This report was prepared for the Michigan Economic Development Corporation