International
Motor
Vehicle Program
The International Motor Vehicle
Program (IMVP) is the largest international research group studying and
reporting on the automobile industry and its global milieu. Data-driven
and case-study based, the program provides an unbiased, detailed, and
integrated view of the dynamics of the automotive industry and its important
drivers in North America, Europe, Japan, and emerging markets.
Headquartered at MIT since
1980, IMVP has regional associate directors located in Europe, Japan,
and North America, as well as local coordinators covering Australia, Brazil,
Korea, and South Africa.
IMVP's principal research objectives
build on the lean production paradigm identified and explored in IMVP's
major publication, The Machine that Changed the World.
IMVP's fourth phase, Navigating
Auto's Next Economy, began in 2001 focusing on these research thrusts:
- Managing the Extended Enterprise
- E-Automotive
- Visions for a Sustainable
Future
IMVP research centers on multiple
facets of automotive assembly: from stamping plants to powertrain fabrication,
from product development to the sourcing of components and technology.
The research also encompasses
distribution and retailing; organization and human resource networks;
and important environmental and societal considerations such as recycling,
safety, air quality, and regulations; mobility choices shaped by customers;
public policy; and the choices made by society.
Outreach
The International Motor Vehicle
Program presents research findings through conferences and regional meetings.
IMVP researchers have authored more than 200 working papers and articles,
books, and other publications. Recent books:
The Second Century: Reconnecting Customer and Value Chain through
Build-to-Order. Matthias Holweg and Frits Pil, MIT Press, 2004.
Clockspeed: Winning Industry
Control in the Age of Temporary Advantage, Charles H. Fine, Perseus
Books Publishing, 1998.
Thinking Beyond Lean,
Michael A. Cusumano and Kentaro Nobeoka, Simon & Schuster, 1998.
The Ever-Changing Competition
Between the Japanese and US Auto Industry, by Koichi Shimokawa, [in
Japanese] Jiji Tsushin Sha, Tokyo, 1997.
After Lean Production: Evolving
Employment Practices in the World Auto Industry, Thomas A. Kochan,
Russel D. Lansbury, and John Paul MacDuffie, Eds., Cornell University
Press, 1997.
Transforming Automobile
Assembly, Takahiro Fujimoto, Ulich Juergens, and Koichi Shimokawa,
Eds., Springer-Verlag, 1997.
The Chinese Automobile Industry:
Manufacturing System and Technological Strategy, Chunli Lee [in
Japanese], Shinzana Press, Tokyo, 1997.
Managing Product Development,
Toshihiro Nishiguchi, Oxford University Press, 1996.
Restoring Prosperity: How
Workers and Managers Are Forging a New Culture of Cooperation, Wellford
W. Wilms, Random House, 1996.
Globalization of the Automobile
Industry: The United States, Japan, and the People's Republic of China,Xiaohua
Yang [in English], Praeger, 1995.
The Machine That Changed
The World: The Story of Lean Production, James P. Womack, Daniel Jones,
and Daniel Roos, Harper Perennial, 1990.
Faculty
and staff
Michael
A. Cusumano, Co-Director
Sloan Management Review Distinguished Professor
John
Paul MacDuffie Co-Director
Associate Professor of Management Wharton School, University of Pennsylvannia
Donna
Carty, Program Manager
Charles
Harry Fine, eAuto Program Director
Chrysler Leaders for Manufacturing Professor of Management, Sloan School
of Management
Frank
Field, Research Director; Senior Research Engineer
Alice
Amsden, Ellen Swallow Richards Professor of Political Economy, Urban
Studies
Joel
Clark,
Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
David
Cochran, Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering
John
Heywood, Sun Jae Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Ken
Oye, Associate Professor of Political Science
Daniel
Roos, Co-Principal Investigator;
Associate Dean for Engineering Systems; Japan Steel Industry Professor
of Engineering
Recent
Sponsors
ADEF
Argentina
Bayerische Motoren Werke AG, Germany
Chrysler Corporation
DaimlerChrysler AG, Germany
The European Commission,
Belgium
Fiat Auto S.P.A., Italy
Ford Motor Company
General Motors Corporation
Goldman Sachs Group, L.P.
Honda Motor Car Company, Ltd., Japan
Mercedes Benz of North
America, Inc.
Motor Industry Development Corporation, South Africa NAAMSA, South Africa
Renault S.A., France
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
Toyota Motor Corporation
United Technologies Automotive
AB Volvo, Sweden
Program Links: CMP
| Ford-MIT
| IMVP | LAI
| LARA | LSI
| MSL | MITIQ
| T&L
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