Multinationalism, Japanese style : the political economy of outward dependency / Terutomo Ozawa.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ozawa, Terutomo, author.

Series:

Princeton Legacy Library

Princeton legacy library

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Corporations, Japanese.

Investments, Japanese.

Industrial policy--Japan.

Industrial policy.

Japan--Foreign economic relations.

Japan.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (315 p.)

Edition:

Course Book

Place of Publication:

Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [1979]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Analyzing the motivating forces behind the trend toward Japanese direct overseas production, this work examines the appreciation of the yen, rising labor and energy costs, environmental decay, shortages of industrial sites, and critical dependence on overseas resources as factors in prompting Japanese firms to transfer production facilities abroad.Originally published in 1979.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

List of Figures and Tables

Abbreviations

Foreword / Kenen, Peter B.

Preface

1. Emergence of Japan's Multinationalism

2. Peculiarities of the Japanese Experience: Theoretical Considerations

3. Industrial Transplant in Asia: Spread of Japan's Dual Industrial Structure

4. Direct Investment in Far Away Lands

5. Japan's Resource Dependency and Overseas Investment

6. Conflict with Local Interests: Economic, Sociocultural, and Political Factors

7. General Assessment

Appendix. Data on Japan's Direct Foreign Investment

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

Description based on print version record.

Includes index.

Bibliography: pages [263]-275.

ISBN:

9781400856343

1400856345

OCLC:

1013960853