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Strategy, function & investment location

Research Project

Project/Area Number 16330082
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Research Field Business administration
Research InstitutionRitsumeikan Asia Pacific University

Principal Investigator

THOMPSON E・R  Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University, College of Asia Pacific Management, Professor, アジア太平洋マネジメント学部, 教授 (70343720)

Project Period (FY) 2004 – 2005
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2005)
Budget Amount *help
¥7,600,000 (Direct Cost: ¥7,600,000)
Fiscal Year 2005: ¥3,600,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,600,000)
Fiscal Year 2004: ¥4,000,000 (Direct Cost: ¥4,000,000)
KeywordsInvestment / Overseas Direct Investment / Vertical integration / Horizontal integration / Systematic Environment / Uncertainty of environment / Industry and Strategic Competition / Products and Geographic Range
Research Abstract

The aim of this project is to create a model of the features of regions and enterprises that influence the selection of where investment will be made by multinational companies, which has not been explained by second data. It was for this purpose that measurement of the relation between competing characteristic, corporate strategy, and the enterprise activity, collection of data on size, economic development, political and systematic base, and data concerning others, to complete the above-mentioned model until March, 2006. The following have been verified :
・International and Domestic Research Assistant (a) Employment (b) Training and (c) Cooperation
・A balance of high quality and low-cost were considered when looking for companies which would supply Letterheads, envelopes, and other supplies.
・The sample of industries that have activities in Japan, Singapore, Australia, Hong Kong, China, and Indonesia were decided and data concerning a suitable mail list were collected/purchase and confirmed.
・Development, testing, and making of qualitative questionnaires concerning classified autonomous variables and induced variable were done.
・The investigation based on the questionnaire of sample of 45,000 or more domestic and overseas enterprises selected from a classified industrial sector.
・A quantitative questionnaire for the first stage was developed based on qualitative data.
・The questionnaire of 50,000 or more was mailed to the improved sample.
・A quantitative questionnaire for the second stage has been analyzed based on the analysis of the collected data.
・The questionnaire for the second stage was mailed to those who answered in the first stage.
The above-mentioned task was executed with diligence, and the data collection concerning this project was ended.

Report

(3 results)
  • 2005 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report Summary
  • 2004 Annual Research Report

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Published: 2004-04-01   Modified: 2021-04-07  

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