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Authors :
Edmondson, Gail
Boston, William
Zammert, Andrea
Source :
BusinessWeek; 7/25/2005, Issue 3944, p48-51, 4p, 3 Color Photographs, 6 Charts, 2 Graphs, 1 Map
Publication Year :
2005

Abstract

Observes that Eastern Europe, with its cheap labor and high skills, is becoming the world's newest car capital. Overview of the automobile industry in such countries as Slovakia, the Czech Republic and Poland; Investments in these old Iron Curtain countries, including Toyota's expansion into Slovakia; How the low-cost corridor from Warsaw, Poland to Bucharest, Romania, is one of the world's fastest growing centers of auto manufacturing; How the opening of this low-cost production zone will not just change Eastern Europe, but will spark a dramatic overhaul of Western Europe's largest industry; The gap between East and West.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
00077135
Issue :
3944
Database :
Complementary Index
Journal :
BusinessWeek
Publication Type :
Periodical
Accession number :
17610533