Japanese Multinationals in Asia: Regional Operations in Comparative Perspective

✍ Scribed by Dennis J. Encarnation

• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Year: 1999
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 303
• Series: Japan Business and Economics Series
• Edition: First
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This collection explores the expansion of Japanese multinational firms into Asia, a process which paralleled the region's growth as a major economic region. The contributors discuss a wide range of topics, including the reasons for moving manufacturing to other countries, the flow of trade between Japan and these countries, technology transfer within firms, the impact of Japanese management practices in other Asian countries, and competition between Japanese and American firms in Asia.

✦ Table of Contents

Contents......Page 8
Contributors......Page 10
1 Introduction: Japanese Multinationals in Asia......Page 14
Part I: Foreign Direct Investment Flows......Page 26
2 The Origins and Evolution of Japanese Direct Investment in East Asia......Page 28
3 Asia and the Global Operations of Multinational Corporations......Page 57
Part II: Foreign Direct Investment and Trade Flows......Page 96
4 Foreign Direct Investment Outflows and Manufacturing Trade: A Comparison of Japan and the United States......Page 98
5 Do Multinationals Shift Production in Response to Exchange Rate Changes? Evidence from 1977 to 1993......Page 111
Part III: Foreign Direct Investment and Technology Flows......Page 152
6 Intrafirm Technology Transfer by Japanese Multinationals in Asia......Page 154
7 Do Japanese Business Practices Travel Well? Managerial Technology Transfer to Thailand......Page 174
Part IV: Production Networks: Foreign Direct Investment, Trade, and Technology Flows Combined......Page 192
8 The Business Strategies of Japanese Production Networks in Asia......Page 194
9 Exploiting Asia to Beat Japan: Production Networks and the Comeback of U.S. Electronics......Page 224
Part V: Home-Economy and Host-Economy Effects......Page 250
10 Is Japan Hollowing Out?......Page 252
11 Japanese and U.S. Subsidiaries in East Asia: Host-Economy Effects......Page 272
B......Page 296
E......Page 297
I......Page 298
M......Page 299
N......Page 300
R......Page 301
T......Page 302
Y......Page 303