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Location choice in low-income countries : evidence from Japanese investments in East Asia

Hayakawa, Kazunobu; Tsubota, Kenmei - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2011

mechanics of cheap labor-seeking FDI, Japanese MNEs are more likely to invest in locations with low income and low tariff rates …

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Outward FDI from and intraregional FDI in ASEAN : trends and drivers

Hiratsuka, Daisuke - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2006

Developing-country transnational corporations (TNCs) are increasing in importance in the global economy. Outward FDI …

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Foreign Direct Investment Relations between Myanmar and ASEAN

Khine, Thandar - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2008

Myanmar highly appreciates foreign direct investment (FDI) as a key solution reducing the development gap with leading … after the adoption of a market-oriented economic system to boost the flow of FDI into the country. Foreign investors … positively responded to these measures in the early years and FDI inflow into Myanmar gradually increased during the period from …

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Production networks in the Asia-Pacific region : facts and policy implications

Hiratsuka, Daisuke - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2011

Production networks have been extensively developed in the Asia-Pacific region. This paper employs two micro-level approaches, case studies and econometric analysis, using JETRO's firm surveys which investigate Japanese affiliates operating in Southeast Asia. These two approaches found that...

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Transport modal choice by multinational firms : firm-level evidence from Southeast Asia

Hayakawa, Kazunobu; Tanaka, Kiyoyasu; Ueki, Yasushi - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2011

We examine transport modal decision by multinational firms to shed light on the role of freight logistics in multinational activity. Using a firm-level survey in Southeast Asia, we show that foreign ownership has a significantly positive and quantitatively large impact on the likelihood that...

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Empirical global value chain analysis in electronics and automobile industries :An application of Asian international input-output tables

Oikawa, Hiroshi - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2008

This study aims to examine the international value distribution structure among major East Asian economies and the US. The mainstream trade theory explains the gains from trade; however, global value chain (GVC) approach emphasises uneven benefits of globalization among trading partners. The...

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An Asian Triangle of Growth and Cluster-to-Cluster Linkages

Kuchiki, Akifumi - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2006

It is expected that an Asian triangle of growth will be formed in the coming few decades. China, India and ASEAN surround the Asian triangle, which is home to many industrial clusters. Multinational corporations will link these clusters together. Regional integration will help them in this task...

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