This book is a timely examination of the impact of deepening regional economic integration and regionalism in East Asia on corporate strategy in the Japanese automotive sector. The book presents new knowledge by drawing on empirical research undertaken with corporate executives, public officials and academics. It offers a cogent analysis of the post-crisis transformation of the region and of Japan's pivotal role within this.
Author(s): Andrew Staples
Year: 2008
Language: English
Pages: 240
Contents......Page 8
List of Tables......Page 9
List of Figures......Page 12
Acknowledgments......Page 14
Abbreviations and Acronyms......Page 16
Map of the Region......Page 19
1 Introduction: East Asia, Regionalism and Foreign Direct Investment......Page 20
Part I: Theory and Approach......Page 32
2 Foreign Direct Investment, Regionalism and (Japanese) Production Networks......Page 34
Part II: Establishing the Context......Page 68
3 The Transformation of the East Asian Political Economy......Page 70
4 Japan and the Transformation of the East Asian Political Economy......Page 106
5 Japanese Foreign Direct Investment in East Asia: The Automotive Sector......Page 155
Part III: Responses to Regionalism in the Automotive Sector......Page 180
6 Responses to Regionalism: General Strategy and the Organisation of Production and Management in East Asia......Page 182
7 Responses to Regionalism: The East Asian Investment Environment......Page 205
8 Responses to Regionalism: Regional Production, Trade and Economic Integration......Page 233
9 Conclusions......Page 253
Appendix......Page 258
Notes......Page 261
Bibliography......Page 268
E......Page 283
J......Page 284
R......Page 285
Y......Page 286
