changing structure of trade, FDI and economy that underlay policy changes. We argue that until the late 1990s Japan adopted a …

restructuring. Historically, the flow of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) into Japan has been small for an economy of its size. The …

Japanese foreign direct investment (FDI) into China is analysed using an FDI model that accounts for different modes of … FDI as well as third country effects and adds to existing literature by incorporating a new measurement of political … distance. Political closeness between countries is shown to affect FDI. An improvement in political relations is associated …

direct investment (HFDI), pure platform FDI (PFDI), and complex platform FDI (CFDI). Using data on Japanese outward FDI, we …

This paper examines how the industry-level FDI-export sales relationship is affected by the host nation’s status as an … “export platform” (EP). Using Japanese FDI and export sales data into 35 host countries during the period 1989-1998 for 7 ISIC … 2-digit industries, we find that the FDI-export sales relationship is industry-specific and sensitive to the host …

Many developing countries – including Malaysia – try to leverage FDI for local technological change. But our … understanding of inter-firm-level processes of technological learning from FDI is still rather limited. This study attempts to shed … learning from FDI. From a dynamic social learning perspective of technological change FDIs and local firms are conceptualised …

We examine the determinants of Japanese foreign direct investment (FDI) focusing on institutional and social factors … cultural distance from Japan attract Japanese FDI. Good institutions, such as a well-developed legal framework and an effective … government, are important in promoting Japanese FDI to emerging economies, whereas fewer regulatory restrictions, lower tax …