A Case Study of Anglo Japanese Cooperation in the Motor Vehicle Industry: Ishikawajima, Wolseley, Isuzu and Rootes

2002 ◽  
pp. 219-248 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher Madeley
Keyword(s):  
Motor Vehicle ◽  
Motor Vehicle Industry

scholarly journals A Cobb-Douglas estimation of labour productivity in the South African motor vehicle manufacturing industry

1995 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
G. Van Zyl ◽  
E. P. J. Kleynhans
Keyword(s):  
South African ◽  
Manufacturing Industry ◽  
Motor Vehicle ◽  
Labour Productivity ◽  
Unit Cost ◽  
The South ◽  
Low Level ◽  
Motor Vehicle Industry

The objective of the paper is to demonstrate the use of an unique extention of the Cobb-Douglas efficiency criteria for the measurement and quantification of labour productivity. The South African motor vehicle manufacturing industry is used as a case study. This paper adopts the hypothesis that one of the more important factors contributing to the spiralling unit cost in the motor vehicle industry is the sluggish level of labour productivity. The results of the measurements are indeed interesting and it substantiates the hypothesis that the low level of labour productivity does contribute significantly to the increasing unit cost of the industry. Opsomming Die oogmerk van die artikel is om 'n unieke uitbreiding van die Cobb-Douglas doelmatigheidskriteria in die meting en kwantifisering van arbeidsproduktiwiteit bekend te stel. Die Suid-Afrikaanse motorindustrie is as 'n gevalle studie gebruik. Die artikel stel die hipotese dat een van die belangrike bydraende faktore tot die toenemende eenheidskoste in die Industrie die oenskynlike gebrek aan arbeidsproduktiwiteit is. Die resultate van die metings is interessant en staaf die hipotese dat die kontinue lae vlak van arbeidsproduktiwiteit in die bedryf 'n sterk bydraende faktor tot stygende eenheidskoste en die oneffektiewe samestelling van die arbeid/kapitaal insetkombinasie is.

Trade Liberalization and Productivity Performance: Evidence from the Australian Passenger Motor Vehicle Industry

2014 ◽  
Vol 14 (03n04) ◽  
pp. 467-485 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lionel Bopage ◽  
Kishor Sharma
Keyword(s):  
Trade Liberalization ◽  
Productivity Growth ◽  
Economies Of Scale ◽  
Motor Vehicle ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
Tariff Protection ◽  
Ongoing Debate ◽  
Motor Vehicle Industry ◽  
Production Subsidies

This paper contributes to the ongoing debate about the effects of trade liberalization on productivity performance of the Australian passenger motor vehicle industry, which has experienced significant liberalization over the years. Our analysis indicates that trade liberalization had a negative impact on productivity growth, at least in the immediate post-liberalization period. Empirical results suggest that economies of scale and tariff protection improve productivity, while industry assistance (such as the local content and duty drawback schemes and production subsidies) retards productivity. Policy implications of these findings are that there are dividends in terms of improved productivity by encouraging economies of scale, providing tariff protection and lowering industry assistance.

A Contribution to the Performance Estimation of Observability with a Thermal Camera, under Real Conditions of Vibrations and Visibility

2014 ◽  
Vol 555 ◽  
pp. 765-772
Author(s):  
Octavia Borcan
Keyword(s):  
Real Time ◽  
Motor Vehicle ◽  
Performance Estimation ◽  
Thermal Camera ◽  
Visual Method ◽  
Sinusoidal Motion ◽  
Proper Design ◽  
Motion Parameters

Most often observation with a thermal camera is not static; the platform on which the surveillance equipment is mounted is affected both by motor vehicle exterior vibrations and amplitudes of the movement in field. In this paper a case study is shown starting from some tests made on a moving boat and a visual method to analyze the motion is presented. Some images acquired in real time are fast and automatic analyzed using NIVision software to quantify the random and the sinusoidal motion made by the motor vibrations and the motion of the platform. Due to this phenomenon the images seems to be blurred but this blurring can be anticipated and avoided through a proper design of platform stabilisation if the motion parameters are known.

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