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