ABSTRACT

What lessons can be learned from the experience of Hyundai Motor Company (HMC) in India? To what degree has HMC transferred its production systems and employment relations policies from Korea to India? Is there something unique about the way in which Hyundai Motors India (HMI) has managed Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), production systems and employment relations at the Chennai plant? How does the experience of Hyundai in India compare with its previous failure in Canada? Does HMI represent a turning point in HMC’s globalisation strategy?