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46 March 2019 | AutoData STUDY » KPMG consulting automotive segment, said that those partnerships - called as co- -competition - are a solution to a problem identified by KPMG in the study, and also recognized by industry executives: the decrease in profitability. Vehicle manu- facturers, according to her, still deliver positive financial results, but at a slower pace than other industries, such as mobile device manufacturers. “The answer to that is those coopera- By André Barros PARTNERSHIPS: A NEW TREND. One of the points identified by KPMG’s annual study, released in February, is about the union of rival companies to develop joint products or services Disclosure/KPMG U nusual partnerships with direct competitors, in the same segment, should set the tone for the global automotive industry in the coming years. That was one of the trends identi- fied by the Global Automotive Executive Survey, an annual survey sponsored by KPMG with global executives and indus- try consumers, and in 2019 it reached its twentieth edition. Aline Todd, a global executive of the