In this paper, we analyze the Hyundai Motor Group's newly evolved-production structure to illustrate the evolution of a corporate system. Specifically, we explore why Hyundai Motor Group's domestic-oriented production structure could be maintained until the more recent history of Korea's domestic automobile market. Our findings show that since 2012, the Hyundai Motor Group's production structure-which has been affected by internal and external factors in the automobile market-has transformed

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... m a domestic-oriented production structure to an overseas-oriented production structure. Our findings further demonstrate that both technical factors embedded in the Hyundai Motor Group's production system and non-technical factors that strive to equate the production conditions in the Group's foreign and domestic facilities support the smooth operation of the overseas-oriented production structure.