A Volkswagen tevékenységének nemzetközivé válása, a termelés térbeli mintázatának átalakulása a hatvanas évektől napjainkig
Internationalisation of Volkswagen’s activities, transformation of the spatial pattern of production from the sixties to the present day

Summary/Abstract: Nowadays, subsidiaries are organised into global networks along production chains, which assure both the international presence and competitiveness of the corporation and the brand. This paper deals with the evolution and development of production networks, which are shown through an examination of Volkswagen’s international expansion. In the period between 1960 and 2010 Volkswagen underwent notable changes in the field of geographical distribution of production and employment, labour division within the company, and the relationship between the parent company and the subsidiaries. The examined period incorporates the era of dynamic growth following the Second World War, the structural and spatial transformations in production in the 1970s and 1980s, as well as the strengthening processes of globalisation. Through the expansion of potentials in the reviewed six decades (i.e., technological and labour organisation improvements, IT and communication developments) the geographic structure of Volkswagen’s production network underwent significant change.

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