Japanese Multinationals in Asia Regional Operations in Comparative Perspective [Hardcover]

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.

List of Contributors
List of Figures
List of Tables
Preface
I. Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) Flows
1. The Origins and Evolution of Japanese Direct Investment in East Asia,Mark Mason
2. Asia and the Global Operations of Multinational Corporations,Dennis Encarnation
II. FDI and Trade Flows
3. Foreign Direct Investment Abroad and Manufacturing Trade: Empirical Results Based on Japanese and U.S. Data,Edward Graham
4. Do Multinationals Shift Production in Response to Exchange Rate Changes? Do Their Responses Vary by Nationality?,Subramanian Rangan
III. FDI and Technology Flows
5. Intra-Firm Technology Transfer by Japanese Firms in East Asia,Shujiro Urata
6. Does Japanese Management Travel in Asia? Managerial Technology Transfer at Japanese Multinationals in Thailand,Mitchell Sedgwick
IV. FDI-Related Production Networks: Combining Foreign Investment, Trade, and Technology Flows
7. Left for Dead: Asian Production Networks and the Revival of US Electronics,Michael Borrus
8. The Internal Economies of Japanese Networks in Asia,Dennis Tachiki
V. Host- and Home-Country Effects
9. Japanese and U.S. Subsidiaries in East Asia: Host-Economy Effects,John Ravenhill
10. Is Japan Hollowing Out?,Yoshihide Ishiyama
VI. Conclusions and Implications
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