2012 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Foreign Direct Investments of Japanese Firms and Inter-firm Relations
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22530424
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Business administration
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| Research Institution | Sophia University |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
SAITO Yasuhiro 東京国際大学, 商学部, 准教授 (50296224)
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| Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha) |
TAKAHASHI Ichiro 実践女子大学, 人間社会学部, 准教授 (80407220)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2010 – 2012
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| Keywords | 国際経営 |
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| Research Abstract |
This paper examined the interdependent market entry decisions of Japanese auto-partsmanufacturers in China. Based on neo-institutional theory, we hypothesized that mimeticbehavior within the industry may take place.We found some evidence from a sample of FDI of Japanese auto-parts makers in China from1987 to 2005. First, we found Japanese auto-parts manufactures made an investment in China,influencing by competitors in the industry. Second, Japanese auto-parts manufactures madean investment, based on their own experience in China. Third, they were influenced bycapital-community (firm group which firms is related on capital) and human-community(firm group which firms is related on director’s career) among multiple communities.More importantly, our findings suggested that Japanese auto-parts firms used bothinternal experience and external relations to deal with uncertainty in China market.
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