Japanese Exports and Foreign Direct Investment : Imperfect Competition in International Markets / Hideki Yamawaki.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Yamawaki, Hideki.

Series:

Cambridge books online.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Exports--Japan.

Exports.

Competition, Imperfect--Japan.

Competition, Imperfect.

Japan--Commerce.

Japan.

Commerce.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (288 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2007.

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

text file

PDF

Summary:

Addresses the question of how competition takes place in international manufacturing industries.

Contents:

1.2 Conceptual Framework for Empirical Analysis 5

1.3 Japanese Exports and Outward Foreign Direct Investment: Overview 8

1.4 Japan's Corporate and Economic Organization 22

1.5 Issues of Data 24

2 Export Pricing under Imperfect Competition 26

2.2 Models of Export Pricing Behavior 29

2.3 Hypotheses and Empirical Specifications 32

2.4 Empirical Estimates of Export Price 33

3 Export Price, Learning, and Domestic Demand Disturbances 43

3.2 Estimation of Elasticity 45

3.3 Determinants of Elasticity 49

3.4 Domestic Price and Export Price 54

4 Foreign Market Structure, Export Price, and Profitability 60

4.2 Model 61

4.3 Determinants of Price-Cost Margins on Exports 63

4.4 A Case of Japanese Entry into the U.S. Luxury Car Market 69

5 Competitive Advantage and Export Performance 77

5.2 A Model 79

5.3 Determinants of Japanese Import Share in the U.S. Market 82

5.4 Exports and Japanese Involvement in U.S. Marketing, Distribution, and Service 87

6 Entry into the European and U.S. Manufacturing Industries 94

6.2 The Data 96

6.3 Statistical Analysis of Entry Mode 99

6.4 Bunching in FDI 111

7 Strategic Interactions in Cross-Market Entry 118

7.2 Statistical Analysis of Retaliatory Entry into Foreign Markets 120

7.3 Entry and Exit of Foreign Firms in Japan 122

7.4 Entry and Exit Patterns of Domestic Firms 142

8 Responses of Foreign Firms to Japanese Competition 145

8.2 Competitive Interactions between Incumbents and New Entrants 146

8.3 Statistical Analysis of Price Reactions 152

8.4 Market Share and Exchange Pass-Through 159

9 Exit in the U.S. Manufacturing Industries 162

9.2 Hypotheses on Concentrated Entry and Exit 164

9.3 Statistical Analysis 169

10 Interpreting the Empirical Findings 178

10.1 Major Findings 178

10.2 International Competition and Japan's Corporate and Economic Organization 180

11 Implications 199

11.1 Conceptual Framework 199

11.2 Foreign Market Entry and Oligopolistic Interactions 200

11.3 Foreign Direct Investment and the Firm's Proprietary Assets 201

11.4 Evolution of International Competitiveness 201

11.5 Government Policy 202

11.6 Future Research 203.

Notes:

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ISBN:

9780511619038

9780521871921

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