| 研究実績の概要 |
I empirically examined the detailed motives of long-term Japanese investors in the manufacturing and wholesale trade industries in the United States Southeast. I used a qualitative approach based on interviews and applied text analysis to identify.
Results show that Japanese firms engage in market- and efficiency-seeking FDI, and still apply a classic sequence of gradual and incremental market commitments. Market size and growth rate, reducing transaction or transportation costs, and integration within local value-chains are the most important to them, while competition, creating an export base, lowering tax and accessing skilled labor are of little concern.
This study offers current insights into the motives of Japanese FDI in two industries.
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