TY - BOOK AU - Anderson,G.E. TI - Designated drivers: how China plans to dominate the global auto industry SN - 9781118328866 AV - HD8039.A8 U1 - 331.12/92 23 PY - 2012///] CY - Singapore PB - John Wiley & Sons KW - Automobile industry and trade KW - China KW - BUSINESS & ECONOMICS KW - Labor KW - bisacsh KW - fast KW - Electronic books N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Chapter One. Building National Champions -- Chapter Two. The System -- Chapter Three. The Policy -- Chapter Four. The Joint Ventures -- Chapter Five. The Independents -- Chapter Six. The Mergers -- Chapter Seven. The Neighbors -- Chapter Eight. In Conclusion N2 - 'China's unprecedented growth over the last three decades, along with the recent financial crisis in the West, has raised questions about the superiority of state-led capitalism. In Designated Drivers: How China Plans to Dominate the Global Auto Industry, G.E. Anderson, a specialist in finance and Chinese political economics, uses the auto industry to examine how China's industrial planning works, and explores whether state involvement in the economy really is a winning formula for sustainable growth. Bringing to light the strengths and weaknesses that define the Chinese economy, Anderson finds that in some ways the government has become its own worst enemy, unable to choose between industrial competitiveness and social stability. While the economy is booming now, evidence suggests that long-term success is far from assured. Tracing the evolution of the post-Mao auto industry through thirteen case studies, Designated Drivers raises the difficult questions about the future of China that few people have dared to ask'--Provided by publisher UR - https://eresourcesptsl.ukm.remotexs.co/user/login?url=https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119199052 ER -