Growth amid a storm: Renault in Spain during the stagflation crisis, 1974-1985

The aim of this article is to analyse the trajectory of FASA-Renault during the stagflation crisis. In late 1972, the Spanish government enacted the so-called Ford decrees. The intention was to stimulate specialisation in the European arena by inserting the Spanish subsidiaries within the internatio...

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Autor: Fernández-de-Sevilla, Tomàs
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Fecha de publicación:2017
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de la UB
OAI Identifier:oai:diposit.ub.edu:2445/148838
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2445/148838
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Indústria automobilística
Política industrial
Empreses multinacionals
Crisis econòmiques
Automobile industry and trade
Industrial policy
International business enterprises
Depressions
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spelling Growth amid a storm: Renault in Spain during the stagflation crisis, 1974-1985Fernández-de-Sevilla, TomàsIndústria automobilísticaPolítica industrialEmpreses multinacionalsCrisis econòmiquesAutomobile industry and tradeIndustrial policyInternational business enterprisesDepressionsThe aim of this article is to analyse the trajectory of FASA-Renault during the stagflation crisis. In late 1972, the Spanish government enacted the so-called Ford decrees. The intention was to stimulate specialisation in the European arena by inserting the Spanish subsidiaries within the international strategies of large transnational corporations. In doing so, the effects of the economic crisis were compounded by the restructuring of the sector. The goal is to understand how, in the midst of this situation, FASA-Renault was able to increase production and the size of its workforce, ultimately becoming the leading firm in the sector in terms of production and sales in Spain. This is remarkable, due to the fact that labour force participation in Spain fell by nearly 3 million people from 1974 to 1985. The article argues that FASA-Renault, albeit with nuances, kept its commitment to diversification, neither adopting practices inspired by the production systems of the large Japanese manufacturers nor following the model put forward by the US giants based on large-scale production of a single low- to mid-range car for export.Taylor and Francis2017info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersionapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/2445/148838Articles publicats en revistes (Història Econòmica, Institucions, Política i Economia Mundial)reponame:Dipòsit Digital de la UBinstname:Universidad de BarcelonaInglésVersió postprint del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.1080/00076791.2016.1223050Business History, 2017, vol. 59, num. 1, p. 121-140https://doi.org/10.1080/00076791.2016.1223050(c) Taylor and Francis, 2017info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:diposit.ub.edu:2445/1488382026-05-27T06:46:51Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Growth amid a storm: Renault in Spain during the stagflation crisis, 1974-1985
title Growth amid a storm: Renault in Spain during the stagflation crisis, 1974-1985
spellingShingle Growth amid a storm: Renault in Spain during the stagflation crisis, 1974-1985
Fernández-de-Sevilla, Tomàs
Indústria automobilística
Política industrial
Empreses multinacionals
Crisis econòmiques
Automobile industry and trade
Industrial policy
International business enterprises
Depressions
title_short Growth amid a storm: Renault in Spain during the stagflation crisis, 1974-1985
title_full Growth amid a storm: Renault in Spain during the stagflation crisis, 1974-1985
title_fullStr Growth amid a storm: Renault in Spain during the stagflation crisis, 1974-1985
title_full_unstemmed Growth amid a storm: Renault in Spain during the stagflation crisis, 1974-1985
title_sort Growth amid a storm: Renault in Spain during the stagflation crisis, 1974-1985
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Fernández-de-Sevilla, Tomàs
author Fernández-de-Sevilla, Tomàs
author_facet Fernández-de-Sevilla, Tomàs
author_role author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Indústria automobilística
Política industrial
Empreses multinacionals
Crisis econòmiques
Automobile industry and trade
Industrial policy
International business enterprises
Depressions
topic Indústria automobilística
Política industrial
Empreses multinacionals
Crisis econòmiques
Automobile industry and trade
Industrial policy
International business enterprises
Depressions
description The aim of this article is to analyse the trajectory of FASA-Renault during the stagflation crisis. In late 1972, the Spanish government enacted the so-called Ford decrees. The intention was to stimulate specialisation in the European arena by inserting the Spanish subsidiaries within the international strategies of large transnational corporations. In doing so, the effects of the economic crisis were compounded by the restructuring of the sector. The goal is to understand how, in the midst of this situation, FASA-Renault was able to increase production and the size of its workforce, ultimately becoming the leading firm in the sector in terms of production and sales in Spain. This is remarkable, due to the fact that labour force participation in Spain fell by nearly 3 million people from 1974 to 1985. The article argues that FASA-Renault, albeit with nuances, kept its commitment to diversification, neither adopting practices inspired by the production systems of the large Japanese manufacturers nor following the model put forward by the US giants based on large-scale production of a single low- to mid-range car for export.
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