Direct Investments of Japanese Firms in Southeast Asia

Research Project

Project/Area Number	63043027
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Overseas Scientific Research
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Section	Field Research
Research Institution	Nagoya University
Principal Investigator	OGAWA Eiji Faculty of Economics,Nagoya University,Professor, 経済学部, 教授 (00022450)
Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha)	根本二郎名古屋大学, 経済学部, 講師 (20180705) 皆川芳輝名古屋大学, 大学院・経済学部, 助教授 KISHIDA Tamiki Faculty of Economics,Nagoya University,Associate Professor, 経済学部, 助教授 (50128766) MAKIDO Takao Faculty of Economics,Nagoya University,Professor, 経済学部, 教授 (60022464) KINOSHITA Soshichi Faculty of Economics,Nagoya University,Professor, 経済学部, 教授 (70022457) MINAGAWA Yoshiteru Faculty of Economics,Nagoya Gakuin University,Associate Professor YAMADA Motonari Faculty of Economics,Nagoya University,Assistant Professor (10158222)
Project Period (FY)	1986 – 1988
Project Status	Completed (Fiscal Year 1988)
Budget Amount *help	¥2,000,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,000,000) Fiscal Year 1988: ¥2,000,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,000,000)
Keywords	Technology transfer / Transfer of management / Localization / Overseas advance / 直接投資
Research Abstract	The first objective of this research project was to examine the possibility of transferring technology used in Japan to Asian countries. In our rescarch, technology is broadened to include management method and system called Japanese style management. The second objective was to consider the issues relating to advance of Japanese firms into Asian countries including trade friction from a variety of aspects such as capital, management, organization and technology. In order to accomplish these objectives, 63 Japanese subsidiaries in Southeast Asian countrics (including East Asian countries) had been surveyed for a period of three years.