Contributor
Hollerman, Leon.
Imprint:Stanford, Calif. : Hoover Institution Press, Stanford University, c1996.
Descriptionxxii, 240 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Note:"Hollerman (Claremont Graduate School) and Myers (Hoover Institution) present richly documented studies of Japanese foreign direct investment (JFDI) in the US, Great Britain, Mexico, Australia, Thailand, and Taiwan in terms of size, industries and sectors affected, performance (including the effect of JFDI on foreign trade), employment, local content, technology transfer, use of expatriates, and other issues. JFDI is characterized as trade-supporting, resource-seeking, locating in low labor cost areas, and as avoiding trade conflict by transplanting assembly and by strategic networking. The keiretsu linkages are also mentioned. There is interesting discussion of the impact of JFDI on host countries' competitiveness, both domestic and international. Labor problems are also reviewed, as is the increased investment in human capital. Chapters on Great Britain and Mexico cover the relationship between JFDI and the regional preferential trading groups of the European Union and NAFTA. The book will be valuable to researchers and students of international investment flows. It contains much original material, plus invaluable consolidation of research results from many not easily accessible sources." -- Choice review
