Automotive Aftermarket

The automotive aftermarket is a part of the global value network that involves manufacturing, trading, distributing and developing goods and services to global and local automotive markets. Sustainable mobility and automobiles, from passenger cars to heavy-duty vehicles, are existentially linked to transforming systems and multiple stakeholders across their life-cycles. Through diverse perspectives, this book reveals relevant trends and data, while shedding light on managerial aspects, circularity, institutions, operational linkages, and emerging challenges shaping future mobility. Further, it connects discussions on automotive aftermarket with global consumption of mobility, its sustainability, technology, sectoral knowledge, talent dynamics and relevant actors.

The chapters offer global and interdisciplinary viewpoints, including theoretical and practical perspectives alike, of the under-researched automotive aftermarket. The sector represents a major source of revenues in the overall automotive industry contributing to functioning societies. The authors illustrate ongoing transformations of the global aftermarket addressing different challenges and opportunities posed by the globalization of markets and technological change. The book contributes to managerial understanding of the automotive aftermarket and its complexity.

Maria Elo, full professor of international business and entrepreneurship at the University of Southern Denmark, professor at the BRIIB Institute of International Business at Shanghai University, Senior Research Fellow, University of Turku, Adjunct professor at Åbo Akademi University and Research Fellow at Institut für Arbeit und Technik works in the area of international business, -entrepreneurship and -migration with topics such as sustainability, business ecosystems, policy frameworks, networks, internationalization, mobility forms, human stickiness, migrant entrepreneurship, transnational and family businesses, diaspora investment and remittances. She has published books and articles, for example, in Journal of World Business, Journal of International Management, Journal of International Business Policy, Industrial Marketing Management, Regional Studies, Journal of International Entrepreneurship, and International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business.

Fotios Katsardis serves as the CEO and President of the International Automotive Aftermarket Group, leveraging his vast experience from multinational corporations, strategic alliances, trading groups, and private family-owned SMEs. His expertise in network management, marketing, supply chain, information technology, and legislative issues marks him as a leading authority in the automotive aftermarket sector. He is a committed advocate for enhancing the industry’s competitiveness through public affairs, legislative frameworks, and sustainability efforts. His work includes promoting diversity initiatives, advancing the role of women in the aftermarket, and attracting and integrating new talent, further solidifying the sector's global standing and progressive development.