Since 1977, and in some cases starting before that, most East Asian countries' export patterns in manufacturing have … countries. The process of change in most cases started with inward FDI to produce for export in the new industries, particularly ….S. export comparative advantage, far from the previous patterns of the host countries. The industry distribution of Japanese …

Within Japanese multinational firms, parent exports from Japan to a foreign region are positively related to production … in that region by affiliates of that parent, given the parent's home production in Japan and the region's size and income …

choice. Production for export seems to have been most strongly attracted by large internal markets in host countries …. Economies of scale in production presumably made large markets also economical as export bases. Another factor was high trade … tended to export from high-wage countries but the high productivity in such countries more than offset the high wages …