The geography of lean manufacturing: Recent evidence from the U.S. auto industry
                            
                
                    
                                Automotive Industry
                                Regional Economy
                                Industrial Organization
                                Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth
                                Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics
                
                                                This article presents new evidence geographic structure of supplier plants in the U.S. auto industry. It appears that domestic and transplant suppliers respond somewhat differently to the forces of lean manufacturing.