This research focuses on the process of growth in the automobile
industries in the ASEAN region. ASEAN is drawing attention both from the
vantage point of its position as an automobile-producing region and as a
potential automobile market. Thailand in particular has long treated
automobile production as a national strategy, and this research puts
considerable focus on Thailand's initiatives. Since 2012, the authors
have been carrying out on-site surveys and have visited many of the
suppliers that form the local automobile industry; this published
research represents a summary of those findings. The fields of specialty
of this study's respective authors differ, so analyses have been made
from a range of vectors. In particular, the focus is on the supply chain
in what is generally referred to as a keiretsu.