The evolution of Japanese direct investment in Europe : death of a transistor salesman
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The evolution of Japanese direct investment in Europe : death of a transistor salesman
Harvester Wheatsheaf, 1991
Available at 53 libraries
  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
Bibliography: p. [141]-144
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
In a visit to Europe in 1962 the Japanese Prime Minister Ikeda was dismissed by President de Gaulle as a transistor salesman. In the summer of 1990 French Prime Minister Rocard travelled to Japan to elicit greater flows of investment by Japanese companies to France. The rise of Japan as an economic power and the growing integration of Europe have been two of the key developments in the world economy over the last two decades. The 1990s are likely to present many challenges to relations between these two economic superpowers. The authors of this book assess one of the critical elements of the relationship between Europe and Japan. They chart the meteoric rise of Japanese investment in Europe and compare it with the changes in Japanese investment elsewhere and investment by other countries in the EC. They use theoretical work on foreign direct investment (FDI) to assess coporate investment strategies and examines the role of multinational enterprises. They also consider the relationship betwen FDI and trade, investigate the likely impact of the 1992 programme on Japanese investment flows to Europe and conclude with an assessment of the benefits to the EC of inward investment.
Table of Contents
- Recent trends
- the host country perspective
- theories of FDI
- investment strategies
- the relationship between trade and FDI
- inward investment and European integration
- what kind of FDI policy?
- Case study - the automobile industry.
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