Kiyota, Kozo; Matsuura, Toshiyuki; Urata, Shujiro; Wei, … - In: World Development 36 (2008) 8, pp. 1398-1414
Summary This paper examines the determinants of the backward vertical linkages of Japanese foreign affiliates in manufacturing for the period 1994-2000, focusing on the local backward linkages, or local procurement in the host country. Our major findings are twofold. First, the unobserved...