Banking on multinationals : public credit and the export of Japanese sunset industries / Mireya Solís.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Solís, Mireya.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Investments, Foreign--Japan.

Investments, Foreign.

Japan.

Physical Description:

xvi, 273 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 2004.

Summary:

"Banking on Multinationals" is a study of Japan's world lead in publicly financing the expansion of multinational corporations in order to help sunset industries cope with loss of international competitiveness through offshore manufacturing.

Contents:

Preferential FDI financing and international industrial adjustment

The rise of Japan as an FDI power

Japan's regulatory regime governing capital outflows

Public FDI credit and the expansion of Japanese multinational corporations

Textiles : public support for the exodus of a declining industry

The offshore rebirth of Japanese aluminum smelting

Consumer electronics and the limits of state FDI financing

Conclusion : crafting comparative advantage through FDI.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [223]-266) and index.

ISBN:

080474887X

OCLC:

53459129