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Record Nr.

UNINA9910458667903321

Autore

Kojima Kiyoshi <1920-, >

Titolo

Direct foreign investment : a Japanese model of multinational business operations / / Kiyoshi Kojima

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Routledge, , 1978, 2011

ISBN

1-136-92887-1

1-283-03815-3

9786613038159

0-203-84566-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (249 p.)

Collana

Routledge library editions. Japan ; ; v. 10

Disciplina

332.6730952

Soggetti

Investments, Japanese

International business enterprises

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Reprint. Originally published: London : Croom Helm, 1978.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""BOOK COVER""; ""TITLE 01""; ""COPYRIGHT 01""; ""TITLE 02""; ""COPYRIGHT 02""; ""CONTENTS""; ""PREFACE""; ""1 ISSUES OF DIRECT FOREIGN INVESTMENT""; ""2 INTERNATIONAL DIVISION OF LABOUR: BASIC THEORIES FOR TRADE AND INVESTMENT""; ""3 THE THEORIES OF FOREIGN INVESTMENT: AN OVERVIEW""; ""4 DIRECT FOREIGN INVESTMENT: JAPANESE MODEL VERSUS AMERICAN MODEL""; ""5 A MACRO-ECONOMIC THEORY OF DIRECT FOREIGN INVESTMENT""; ""6 INTERNATIONAL TRADE AND FOREIGN INVESTMENT: SUBSTITUTES OR COMPLEMENTS?""; ""7 TRANSFER OF TECHNOLOGY TO DEVELOPING COUNTRIES: JAPANESE TYPE VERSUS AMERICAN TYPE""

""8 DIRECT FOREIGN INVESTMENT TO DEVELOPING COUNTRIES: THE ISSUE OF OVER-PRESENCE""""9 DIRECT FOREIGN INVESTMENT BETWEEN ADVANCED INDUSTRIALISED COUNTRIES""; ""10 JAPAN�S RESOURCE SECURITY AND FOREIGN INVESTMENT IN THE PACIFIC""; ""11 GIANT MULTINATIONAL CORPORATIONS: MERITS AND DEFECTS""; ""INDEX""

Sommario/riassunto

Direct foreign investment and the activities of multinational corporations are new dynamic elements in the international economy. This book identifies, theoretically and practically, a Japanese model of



multinational business operations which has characteristics differing from the American or ""anti-trade oriented"" type, and casts light on important policy implications concerning direct foreign investment and multinational corporations. By developing a macroeconomic approach to direct foreign investment, instead of the prevalent explanation from the viewpoint of business administration and in