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Operating financial sustainability in the German car industry: a new approach
This study investigates the operating financial sustainability of the German car industry, focusing on ten large listed firms in the motor vehicle manufacturing sector. The empirical part is based on Autoregressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) panel models, over 2010–2023.
A key finding confirms the operating financial sustainability of the German car industry, evidenced by the existence of a long-run equilibrium relationship between operating revenues and costs. They mutually influence each other. Revenues exhibit higher responsiveness to economic shocks, adapting swiftly through pricing, scaling or demand-driven strategies. Costs are more rigid due to contractual and structural constraints. Notably, the COVID-19 pandemic marked a turning point, reinforcing the need for revenue adaptability and operational efficiency.
These insights offer a comprehensive understanding of the cost-revenue dynamics that underpin the long-term financial sustainability of the German automotive sector.
期刊介绍:
Transport Policy is an international journal aimed at bridging the gap between theory and practice in transport. Its subject areas reflect the concerns of policymakers in government, industry, voluntary organisations and the public at large, providing independent, original and rigorous analysis to understand how policy decisions have been taken, monitor their effects, and suggest how they may be improved. The journal treats the transport sector comprehensively, and in the context of other sectors including energy, housing, industry and planning. All modes are covered: land, sea and air; road and rail; public and private; motorised and non-motorised; passenger and freight.