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China Shifts Gears Automakers, Oil, Pollution, and Development

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ISBN-10: 026207270X

ISBN-13: 9780262072700

Edition: 2006

Authors: Kelly Sims Gallagher

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The author identifies an unprecedented opportunity for China to 'shift gears' and avoid the usual problems associated with the automobile industry - including urban air pollution caused by tailpipe emissions, greenhouse gas emissions, and high dependence on oil imports - while spurring economic development.
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List price: $52.00
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: MIT Press
Publication date: 5/5/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 216
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.946
Language: English

Kelly Sims Gallagher is Director of the Center for International Environment and Resource Policy and Associate Professor of Energy and Environmental Policy at Tufts University's Fletcher School. She is the author of China Shifts Gears: Automakers, Oil, Pollution, and Development (MIT Press).

Acknowledgments
Introduction
Shifting Gears: Problems and Opportunities
Terminology
Methodology
Road Map
The Energy and Environmental Dimensions of Cars in China
Energy Dimensions of Automobiles in China
Health and Environmental Dimensions of Automobiles in China
Zoom, Zoom, Zoom: The Auto Industry and Economic Development
The Chinese Economy
The Central Role of the Auto Industry in Economic Development
The Structure of the Chinese Auto Industry
China's Entry into the WTO
The Effect of the WTO
The Economic Costs of the Chinese Auto Industry
Foreign Technology in the Development of China's Automotive Sector
Prewar Infancy
The Early Postwar Years
Stunted Development
A Second Infancy
Trying to Learn from Foreigners
1994 Auto Policy
Rapid Growth but Continuing Small Scale
Thrust into the Unfettered Free Market
The 2004 Auto-Industry Policy
Conclusion
Beijing Jeep
China's First Experiment with a Foreign Joint Venture
Trial-and-Error Technology Transfer through the 1990s
Lack of Modernization
Shanghai GM
The Risk Takers
Raising the Bar for Technology Transfer
"Manufacturing Alone, Not Technology Development"
Chang'An Ford
The Risk Averse
Good Enough for China
Revamping the Strategy
Technology Transfer, Energy, and the Environment
Environmental Performance and Fuel Efficiency
Why U.S. Firms Did Not Transfer Cleaner Technologies
Why Technology Transfer Is Not Improving Environmental Quality in China
Barriers and Incentives
Technology Transfer, Innovation, and Economic Development
Technology Cooperation
Stagnation and Technological Lock-In
Technology Transfer, FDI, and Economic Development
FDI and Chinese Innovation Capabilities
Limits to Leapfrogging and How to Overcome Them: Implications for Policy, Theory, and Future Research
Limits to Leapfrogging
Surmounting the Challenges and Pursuing a Strategy of Leapfrogging
Implications for Chinese Policy
Implications for U.S. Policy
Implications for International Policy
Implications for Theory
Implications for Future Research
Conclusion
Acronyms
Chronology of Events
Sino-Foreign Joint Ventures in the Chinese Automobile Industry, 1984-2005
Notes
References
Index