Special issue: Managing knowledge in the auto industry: pathway to excellence?

International Journal of Automotive Technology and Management 7(2/3) 2007 is a special issue: Managing knowledge in the auto industry: pathway to excellence?

* The Toyota way of global knowledge creation the 'learn local, act global' strategy
* Global technology and Knowledge Management: product development in Brazilian car industry
* Implementation of Corporate Production Systems in the Brazilian auto industry: managing knowledge through practice
* Chambre separee in product development: vertically mediated coopetition in the automotive supply chain
* Knowledge Management in the automotive supply chain: exploring suppliers' point of view
* Innovative capacity maintenance by automakers in a product development outsourcing scenario: the case of VW in Brazil
* Model for mapping Knowledge Management in product development: a case study at a truck and bus manufacturer
* Knowledge Management projects valorisation in an automotive company
* Knowledge management in auto ancillary industry: the case of grinding wheel manufacturing