The location of American and Japanese multinationals in Europe

Yamawaki, Hideki

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“…In addition, while high labor cost generally deters firm"s entry, a firm"s labor intensity magnifies the impact of this factor in its location decision (Hong, 2009). Using country of origin as a proxy for firm heterogeneity, Yamawaki (2006) found that Japanese multinationals consider production cost factors more important than demand-side factors. This suggests that Japanese firms" strategic intent to establish local production capacity to export within the EU market.…”

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Firm heterogeneity and location choice of Chinese Multinational Enterprises (MNEs)

Duanmu

2012

Journal of World Business

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Firm heterogeneity and location choice of Chinese Multinational Enterprises (MNEs)

Duanmu

2012

Journal of World Business

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“…This finding is striking and contrasts with results of previous studies supporting the ‘follow‐the‐leader’ pattern of Japanese FDI location (Head et al ., ; Yamawaki, ). This is closely related to industry characteristics.…”

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Regional Characteristics, Industry Agglomeration and Location Choice: Evidence from Japanese Manufacturing Investments in Korea*

Lee¹,

Hwang²

2016

Asian Economic Journal

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Using extensive firm‐level data for the years 1998–2006, we analyze the regional location decision of Japanese manufacturing foreign direct investors in Korea by focusing on the role of agglomeration economies. Our logit estimates indicate that horizontal agglomeration matters in the location decision, but vertical agglomeration does not. Strong evidence of country‐of‐origin effects is found. Japanese foreign direct investments in high‐technology industries show a typical ‘follow‐the‐leader’ pattern, while those in the in low‐technology industries are influenced by regional endowments. In addition, Japan's high‐technology firms are likely to prefer urban locations so that they can enjoy the externalities of business services.

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“…(2003) and Kirkpatrick and Shimamoto (2008). In contrast, results from Cassidy and Andreosso‐O'Callaghan (2006) suggest a weak correlation for Japan's FDI in Chinese regions and Yamawaki (2006) finds evidence of a negative correlation for Japanese investments in EU machinery in the early 1990s, which he interprets as reflecting the relative importance of cost side determinants.…”

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“…15 15 However, the evidence is not uniform here either. For example, Yamawaki (2006) found that correlations with the number of Japanese or US affiliates in European regions were generally weak in machinery and chemicals, and Cassidy and Andreosso‐O'Callaghan (2006) found an insignificant correlation for Japanese MNCs in Chinese regions. …”

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“…20 20 Relatively strong correlations involve FDI in developing economies and positive internet externalities (Ko, 2007), as well as Japan's FDI in Europe and the density of transport networks (Yamawaki, 2006). For FDI in China's regions, they involve road infrastructure (Cheng and Kwan, 2000; Du et al., 2008), rail infrastructure (Kang and Lee, 2007), both road and rail (Fung et al., 2003; Li and Park, 2005), or long‐distance telephone lines (Blaise 2005).…”

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Ranking Locations for Japan's Manufacturing Multinationals in Asia: A Literature Survey Illustrated with Indexes*

Ramstetter

2011

Asian Economic Journal

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This paper first reviews the voluminous, recent literature related to location choice by Japan's multinational corporations (MNCs) in Asian manufacturing. This review suggests that host economy size, labor costs (defined to include the influences of productivity and labor quality) and agglomeration of Japanese investors were among the most important factors influencing location choice by Japanese MNCs. However, evidence regarding a wide range of other potential determinants was more mixed. Principles underlying the literature review are then illustrated by constructing an index of investment attractiveness from 140 components used to measure the influence of 10 groups of determinants, and ranking the 11 largest Asian hosts to Japan's manufacturing MNCs in a baseline and 14 alternative scenarios. The baseline and four of the five alternative scenarios prioritizing local or export markets reveal China to be the most favorable location, usually followed by Singapore and Hong Kong. In nine alternative scenarios with lower weights on domestic and export markets but higher weights for cost factors, Singapore, followed by Hong Kong and China, were usually the most attractive locations. At the other end of the scale, India, Vietnam and the Philippines ranked lowest in the baseline and in most alternative scenarios, with Indonesia ranking slightly higher. Baseline index rankings were similar to rankings of affiliate sales for China, India, Vietnam and the Philippines, but diverged for the other seven economies.

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The location of American and Japanese multinationals in Europe

Abstract: Firm location, Multinational firms, European integration, F23, F15, R32,

Cited by 18 publications

References 35 publications

Firm heterogeneity and location choice of Chinese Multinational Enterprises (MNEs)

Firm heterogeneity and location choice of Chinese Multinational Enterprises (MNEs)

Regional Characteristics, Industry Agglomeration and Location Choice: Evidence from Japanese Manufacturing Investments in Korea*

Ranking Locations for Japan's Manufacturing Multinationals in Asia: A Literature Survey Illustrated with Indexes*

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