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Background: The Global Value Chain (GVC) is a recurrent approach to analyse the changes in the production geography in the auto-parts industry. Attending to GVC, certain regions have the decision power to coordinate the productive and technological innovation. This spatial model is dynamic and it is thus possible to modify the initial status of a region within GVC. This paper aims to analyse the keys in the evolution of Mexico in the auto-parts sector from the GVC perspective, focusing on the development of home companies and the role of institutions. Methodology: The methodology combines a qualitative and quantitative analysis to compare key variables from domestic firms and institutions belonging to a Mexican region (el Bajío) and a Spanish region with an intermediate status in the GVC (North-west region). Results: The multinationalization degree of Mexican companies, understood as the presence of leading domestic multinationals in the industry, is lower than in the Spanish region. Furthermore, Mexican domestic companies' show activities with lower added value and complexity, and they are mostly simple suppliers of components or raw materials and therefore are not in the first levels of supply within the GVC. This reduces the technological innovation and it causes a scarce diversification of knowledge in the Mexican region, with competencies and capabilities comparatively simpler than in the Spanish one. Conclusions: The multinationalization and the technological innovation capacity of domestic companies are a key for Mexico to evolve within the automobile GVC. Regarding institutions, the improvement of some innovation infrastructures in terms of performance, and a better definition of public policies towards the multinationalization and the promotion of technological innovation in domestic companies can favour the evolution of Mexico within the GVC. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Public policy is clearly committed to supporting research as a driving force in regional development. However, few studies have yet to analyze the relationship between governance and performance of research group networks. An analysis of 11 multidisciplinary research networks containing 83 research groups revealed that governance does in fact influence network performance. Specifically, high-performance networks are characterized by relationships having strong ties, formalized structures and powerful groups with low centrality. These findings suggest the need to improve network consolidation and to better define decision-making bodies in order to ensure proper collective operation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The intense competitive pressure experienced by the automobile industry is forcing the sector to seek solutions that dramatically improve its efficiency. In this line, the paper explores the consequences of the new modular platforms implementation in the production organization. The analysis of the three leading European automobile manufacturers, Volkswagen, PSA Peugeot-Citroen and Renault-Nissan, points out that the use of this modular architecture will increase the flexibility of the production network, the scale economies, and the internal rivalry in the production allocation among its plants. Finally, this new organization will facilitate the elimination of the installed overcapacity involving new challenges for managers of manufacturing plants, since the rationalization of production capacity in Europe is a real option. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]