李 澤建
産業学会研究年報 2009(24) 125-140 2009年
Since the end of 1990's, there is so called Independent Chinese Automobile Manufacturers (ICAM), as new entrant to Chinese passenger car market, has achieved a high speed growth and attracted interest from many scholars. Many scholars have indicated, as one main reason for high-speed growth of ICAM, that they used key parts in their own cars, for example such like engine, which are made by outside supplier for other assemblers. It may be true as a fact, but not a main reason at all. To find the true main reason for high-speed growth of ICAM, an internal approach is needed and this paper will start from this perspective and is to clarify these internal approaches mainly by organizational axle.<BR>Firstly, this paper will present an analytical framework about history of ICAM to define stages of ICAM growth. We will see Entry Period, Transitional Period and Technical Independent Period in the history of ICAM. Only companies can develop its product mainly base on own resource, can be defined that had evolved in Technical Independent Period. And only this kind of company can be looked as representative of ICAM.<BR>Secondly, this paper will clarify that in Chery, as the representative of ICAM, how its evolution on ability of product development achieved by organizational restructuring. Also, in the history of Chery there is Entry Period, Transitional Period and Technical Independent Period, too. Approach about Chery will be under same analytical framework of growth stages.<BR>Finally, as conclusion, this paper will note that behind the high-speed growth achieved by Chery there are 5 very useful patterns for it to use to develop its products for fitting diverse and complex needs. But in the future, Chery is still needed to review its inner resource for achieving combinatorial optimization which most important for its sustainable growth.