This week, Automotive News Europe reported that VW will unveil a unibody pickup truck based off the MQB / Atlas platform as a «surprise» debut at the 2018 New York International Auto Show, though if given the green light for production in Chattanooga, it would compete in a very low -
volume segment defined by just one model, the Honda Ridgeline.
Such keystone actors among corporations, the authors say, can be
defined by the following characteristics: a) they dominate global production revenues and
volumes within a particular sector, b) control globally relevant
segments of production, c) connect ecosystems globally through subsidiaries, and d) influence global governance processes and institutions.