Multinationalism, Japanese Style: The Political Economy of Outward Dependency

by Terutomo Ozawa

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780691614380
Publisher:	Princeton University Press
Publication date:	07/14/2014
Series:	Princeton Legacy Library , #760
Pages:	316
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 9.90(h) x 0.80(d)

Table of Contents

• FrontMatter, pg. i
• Contents, pg. vii
• List of Figures and Tables, pg. ix
• Abbreviations, pg. xi
• Foreword, pg. xiii
• Preface, pg. xix
• 1. Emergence of Japan's Multinationalism, pg. 1
• 2. Peculiarities of the Japanese Experience: Theoretical Considerations, pg. 41
• 3. Industrial Transplant in Asia: Spread of Japan's Dual Industrial Structure, pg. 76
• 4. Direct Investment in Far Away Lands, pg. 111
• 5. Japan's Resource Dependency and Overseas Investment, pg. 159
• 6. Conflict with Local Interests: Economic, Sociocultural, and Political Factors, pg. 193
• 7. General Assessment, pg. 224
• Appendix. Data on Japan's Direct Foreign Investment, pg. 237
• Notes, pg. 241
• Bibliography, pg. 263
• Index, pg. 277