2010 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Globalization in the Service Sector and the Development of Regional Economies
| Project/Area Number |
19683003
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (A)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Research Field |
Applied economics
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| Research Institution | Senshu University |
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Principal Investigator |
ITO Keiko Senshu University, 経済学部, 准教授 (40353528)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2007 – 2010
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| Keywords | サービス業 / オフショアリング / 生産性 / 直接投資 / 産業集積 / 多国籍企業 / スピルオーバー効果 |
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| Research Abstract |
This study examines the advance in internationalization (cross-border transactions and foreign direct investment) in the services sector in Japan and its impact on industryand firm-level productivity. The findings are as follows. First, although the service sector in Japan has become increasingly internationalized, the speed of internationalization is much lower than that in many other countries. Second, no strong evidence for a positive impact of internationalization on the productivity growth of domestic firms and industries was found. While firms with relatively high productivity growth enjoyed some positive effects from internationalization, many firms with low productivity growth remained in the market without receiving a positive effect from internationalization.
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