Gallagher, Kelly Sims

China shifts gears: automakers, oil, pollution, and development/ Kelly Sims Gallagher. - Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c2006. - x, 219 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. - Urban and industrial environments .

Includes bibliographical references (p. [189]-201) and index.

Introduction -- The energy and environmental dimensions of cars in China -- Zoom, zoom, zoom : the auto industry and economic development -- Foreign technology in the development of China's automotive sector -- Beijing Jeep -- Shanghai GM -- Chang'An Ford -- Technology transfer, energy, and the environment -- Technology transfer, innovation, and economic development -- Limits to leapfrogging and how to overcome them : implications for policy, theory, and future research -- Appendix A : Acronyms -- Appendix B : Chronology of events -- Appendix C : Sino-foreign joint ventures in the Chinese automobile industry, 1984-2005.

026207270X (alk. paper) 026257232X (pbk. : alk. paper) 9780262072700 9780262572323


Automobile industry and trade--China.
Automobile industry and trade--Environmental aspects--China.
Automobile industry and trade--Energy consumption--China.

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