THE ANALYSIS OF THE EFFECTS OF TELEMATICS ON FIRM STRATEGIES AND INSTITUTIONAL CHOICES AND ON THE ORGANIZATION OF PRODUCTION PROCESSES IN THE EUROPEAN AUTOMOBILE AND TEXTILE INDUSTRIES.

THE CASE STUDY APPROACH WE FOLLOWED IN ORDER TO ANALYSE IN DEPTH THE ON-GOING PROCESSES OF RESTRUCTURING AND INNOVATION RELATED TI THE INTRODUCTION AND DIFFUSION OF TELEMATICS.THE ANALYSIS OF SOME INNOVATIVE EXPERIENCE IN THE EVOLUTION OF INTERORGANIZATIONAL SYSTEMS OF FIRMS IN BOTH INDUSTRIES CONSIDERED (SUCH AS ODETTE AND MAP IN THE AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY AND SPRINTH AS ODETTE AND MAP IN THE AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY AND SPRINT IN THE TEXTILE ONE) PROVIDED AN EVALUATION OF THE EFFECTS OF TELEMATICS COMPLEMENTARY TO THAT OFFERED BY THE OBSERVATION OF THE STRATEGIC AND STRUCTURAL MODIFICATIONS WITHIN THE LARGE OLIGOPOLISTIC FIRMS.

THE FINAL REPORT INCLUDES:
1) THE DESCRIPTION OF THE WORKING HYPOTHSIS BASED ON THE TRANSACTIONAL APPROACH IN ORDER TO EVALUATE THE IMPACT OF TELEMATICS ON TRANSACTIONS AND COORDINATIONS COSTS AND ON THE INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS WHICH LIE ON THE CONTINUUM BETWEEN MARKETS AND HIERARCHIES,
2) THE CASE STUDIES OF THE TEXTILE-CLOTHING INDUSTRIES (BENETTON,MIROGLIO,G F T,PRATO) AND OF THE AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY (FIAT,IVECO,RENAULT) AND THE ANALYSIS OF THE INTETERORGANISATIONAL PROJECTS,
3) THE SYNTHESIS OF THE RESULTS,
4) THE ANALYSES OF THE POLICY IMPLICATIONS.THE POLICY IMPLICATIONS