Foreign Automakers in Independent Slovakia

Jacobs, A. J.

doi:10.1057/978-1-137-40786-3_6

A. J. Jacobs²

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Abstract

This chapter offers an overview of Post-Socialist Slovakia’s three existing and one planned car factories. This begins by tracing the origins of today’s VW factory in Bratislava under Socialist Czechoslovakia through the German automaker’s takeover and subsequent numerous expansions of the complex. This is followed by sections on PSA Peugeot Citroen’s (PSA) Trnava complex, Kia’s Zilina plant, and Tata Motors’ under construction Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) facility in Nitra. Its conclusion brief summarizes the now independent nation’s rise to become the most prolific vehicle producer per capita in the world.

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Notes

1.
The Initial Development of BAZ draws upon: Smith (1998); Pavlinek (2008); Thompson (2011); Jacobs (2013a, 2013b, 2016a, 2018).
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AP (1990); Zverina (1990).
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AP (1990); Zverina (1990).
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Reuters (1991); Pavlinek (2008).
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AP (1991); Jakubiak et al. (2008); Pavlinek (2008); Jacobs (2013a, 2013b, 2016a, 2018).
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Jakubiak et al. (2008); Jacobs (2013a, 2016a, 2018).
7.
Jakubiak et al. (2008); Pavlinek (2008); Jacobs (2013a, 2016a).
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Done (1995); Jakubiak et al. (2008); Pavlinek (2008); BLS (2013); Jacobs (2013a, 2016a).
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Jones (1997); Jakubiak et al. (2008); Pavlinek (2008); Jacobs (2013a, 2016a)
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Ward’s (1958–2014, 2014); VW (2000–2016); Jakubiak et al. (2008); Jacobs (2013a, 2016a)
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Jakubiak et al. (2008); Jacobs (2013a, 2016a)
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Done (1999); National Post (1999); Jacobs (2013a, 2016a)
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Anderson (1999); Griffiths (1999); Jacobs (2013a, 2016a)
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SARIO (2007–2016a); Skoda (2001–2016)
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Tagliabue (1999); Mitchell (2000); Tutak (2000); VW (2000–2016); Smolka (2002); Jacobs (2013a, 2016a)
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Ward’s (1958–2014, 2014); OICA (1999–2016); VW (2000–2016)
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SARIO (2007–2016a, 2007–2016b); Jacobs (2013a, 2016a)
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Ward’s (1958–2014, 2014); OICA (1999–2016); VW (2000–2016); Audi (2004–2016)
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Wage data adapted from BLS (2013)
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VW (2000–2016, 2009); Skoda (2001–2016); Slovak Spectator (2007–2013); Jacobs (2013a, 2016a, 2018).
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Ward’s (1958–2014, 2014); OICA (1999–2016); VW (2000–2016); Audi (2004–2016); VW Slovakia (2011–2016); Pavlinek (2015, 2016); Jacobs (2016a, 2018)
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Ward’s (1958–2014, 2014); OICA (1999–2016); VW (2000–2016); Audi (2004–2016); VW Slovakia (2011–2016)
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VW Slovakia (2011–2016)
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SARIO (2007–2016a); VW Slovakia (2011–2016)
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Bryant & Foy (2014); Krogh & Pix (2014); Automotive News Europe (2015b)
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Anderson et al. (2003); Arnold (2003); Green (2003); Jakubiak et al. (2008)
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European Commission (2006, 2007); Jakubiak et al. (2008)
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SARIO (2007–2016a, 2007–2016b); Jakubiak et al. (2008); PSA Slovakia (2012–2016a, 2012–2016b)
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Frink (2005)
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Tagliabue (2006); PSA (2007–2016); PSA Slovakia (2008–2011)
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PSA (2007–2016, 2010–2016, 2014); PSA Slovakia (2008–2011, 2012–2016a, 2012–2016b); Pavlinek (2016)
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PSA (2007–2016, 2010–2016, 2014); PSA Slovakia (2008–2011, 2012–2016a, 2012–2016b).
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Bloomberg (2013); McVeigh (2013); Pavlinek (2016)
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PSA (2007–2016, 2010–2016, 2014); PSA Slovakia (2012–2016a, 2012–2016b)
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PSA (2007–2016); Reuters (2014)
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Automotive News Europe (2015a)
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Automotive News Europe (2015a); PSA (2010–2016)
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SARIO (2007–2016a); PSA Slovakia (2012–2016a, 2012–2016b, 2014–2016).
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PSA (2010–2016); Homola (2016a)
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PSA (2010–2016); Jancarikova (2016a)
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PSA (2010–2016); PSA Slovakia (2012–2016a, 2012–2016b); Homola (2016b)
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Korea Times (2003–2004).
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Korea Times (2003–2004).
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Korea Times (2003–2004); Kim (2004a); Landler (2004); Rousek (2004); Skyring (2004)
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Korea Times (2003–2004); Kim (2004a); Landler (2004); Rousek (2004); Skyring (2004)
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Kim (2004b, 2004c); Len (2004); Rousek (2004)
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Len (2004); Rousek (2004); Jakubiak et al. (2008); Snyder (2015)
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Rousek (2004); Jakubiak et al. (2008)
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Jakubiak et al. (2008); Thomas (2011)
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Mogyorosiova (2006); European Commission (2007)
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Mogyorosiova (2006); Thomas (2011)
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Jakubiak et al. (2008); Thomas (2011)
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Mogyorosiova (2006); Thomas (2011)
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Rousek (2004); KMS (2007–2016); SARIO (2007–2016a, 2007–2016b); Jakubiak et al. (2008)
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KMS (2007–2016, 2016)
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European Commission (2007); KMS (2007–2016, 2016); AmCham (2011); Pavlinek (2016)
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KMS (2007–2016, 2016); SARIO (2007–2016a).
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KMS (2007–2016, 2016); SARIO (2007–2016a).
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ACEA (2011–2016)
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KMS (2007–2016); Jancarikova (2016a).
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London Times (2004)
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Jacobs (2016b)
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Jacobs (2016b); Gibbs (2014a, 2014b)
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Automotive News (2015a)
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Automotive News Europe (2015c); Bloomberg (2015a)
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Reuters (2015a); Snyder (2015)
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Bloomberg (2015b); Reuters (2015a); Snyder (2015)
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Automotive News (2015b); Nitra (2015); Reuters (2015b)
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Homola (2016c); Jancarikova (2016b); Krajanova (2016); Pitas (2016)
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JLR (2016); Nitra (2016); Jancarikova (2016c).
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ACEA (2011–2016)
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The Conclusion also draws upon: SARIO (2007–2016a, 2007–2016b); Cienski (2008); Czechia (2016); Jancarikova (2016c); Slovakia (2016)

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