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The direct participation of foreign firms in the economy of Japan is lower than in any other advanced industrial nation. The contributors consider what policy actions, if any, the Japanese government can take to increase direct investment.
Examines how the Japanese economy has become a natural international creditor through the evolution of its balance of payments, reflecting changes in the sectoral savings investment ...
Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), particularly among the developed countries, has gained strong momentum in the 1980s in the world economy. In this context, Japan has emerged as a sizeable FDI investor, at least on a flow bases. This volume presents the results of a joint project on foreign direct investment between the RHA and Sumitomo Life Research Institute in Japan, in the summer of 1989. The main purpose of the study is to give a comprehensive understanding of FDI between Japan and the EC in order to avoid unnecessary FDI frictions and promote further mutual understanding between the EC and Japan.
Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), particularly among the developed countries, has gained strong momentum in the 1980s in the world economy. In this context, Japan has emerged as a sizeable FDI investor, at least on a flow bases. This volume presents the results of a joint project on foreign direct investment between the RHA and Sumitomo Life Research Institute in Japan, in the summer of 1989. The main purpose of the study is to give a comprehensive understanding of FDI between Japan and the EC in order to avoid unnecessary FDI frictions and promote further mutual understanding between the EC and Japan.
Focusing on the US, Great Britain, Mexico, Australia, the Republic of China, and Thailand, the six essays in this volume explore the benefits and problems Japanese foreign direct investment has created, particularly in terms of recipient countries' employment, foreign trade, acquisition of new technology and management skills, economic output, resource development, and the all- important public opinion. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR