'Taking a global production networks approach, Professor Pavlínek - the world's leading expert in the European automotive industry - has produced a definitive account of its dynamics of change and transformation in the context of regional restructuring. A must-read for all scholars and policy makers in regional development and the global automotive industry.' Henry Wai-chung Yeung, Distinguished Professor, National University of Singapore

'A highly accurate, well-documented book on the automotive industry in Europe by one of its leading experts, which goes beyond the example of the car industry to show how the large capitalist corporations have structured the geography of the world. A must read if you want to understand the challenges of industrial reconquest in high wage countries and how the world economy has been structured in recent years.' Vincent Frigant, Professor of Economics, University of Bordeaux

'For students and researchers, this book will remain a core work on the international division of labor in the European automotive industry for a long time to come. A must for all those interested in core-periphery dynamics in the industry.' Martin Krzywdzinski, WZB Berlin Social Science Center