Japanese multinationals in Asia : regional operations in comparative perspective / edited by Dennis J. Encarnation.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Encarnation, Dennis J., editor.

Series:

Japan business and economics series.

Oxford scholarship online.

Japan business and economics series

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Investments, Japanese--Asia.

Investments, Japanese.

Corporations, Japanese--Asia.

Corporations, Japanese.

International business enterprises--Asia.

International business enterprises.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (303 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Explores the expansion of Japanese multinational firms into Asia. This book reports on a range of topics including reasons for moving manufacturing to other countries, technology transfer within firms, the impact of Japanese management practices in other Asia countries, and competition between Japanese and American firms in Asia.

Contents:

Contents; Contributors; 1 Introduction: Japanese Multinationals in Asia; Part I: Foreign Direct Investment Flows; 2 The Origins and Evolution of Japanese Direct Investment in East Asia; 3 Asia and the Global Operations of Multinational Corporations; Part II: Foreign Direct Investment and Trade Flows; 4 Foreign Direct Investment Outflows and Manufacturing Trade: A Comparison of Japan and the United States; 5 Do Multinationals Shift Production in Response to Exchange Rate Changes? Evidence from 1977 to 1993; Part III: Foreign Direct Investment and Technology Flows

6 Intrafirm Technology Transfer by Japanese Multinationals in Asia7 Do Japanese Business Practices Travel Well? Managerial Technology Transfer to Thailand; Part IV: Production Networks: Foreign Direct Investment, Trade, and Technology Flows Combined; 8 The Business Strategies of Japanese Production Networks in Asia; 9 Exploiting Asia to Beat Japan: Production Networks and the Comeback of U.S. Electronics; Part V: Home-Economy and Host-Economy Effects; 10 Is Japan Hollowing Out?; 11 Japanese and U.S. Subsidiaries in East Asia: Host-Economy Effects; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M

NO; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Previously issued in print: 1999.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

0-19-770317-8

1-280-75992-5

0-19-535301-3

OCLC:

252639005