Responses to Regionalism in East Asia

1. Front Matter

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2. Introduction: East Asia, Regionalism and Foreign Direct Investment

   1. Introduction: East Asia, Regionalism and Foreign Direct Investment

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3. Theory and Approach

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   2. Foreign Direct Investment, Regionalism and (Japanese) Production Networks

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      Pages 15-47

4. Establishing the Context

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   2. The Transformation of the East Asian Political Economy

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   3. Japan and the Transformation of the East Asian Political Economy

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   4. Japanese Foreign Direct Investment in East Asia: The Automotive Sector

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      Pages 136-159

5. Responses to Regionalism in the Automotive Sector

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   2. Responses to Regionalism: General Strategy and the Organisation of Production and Management in East Asia

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      Pages 163-185

   3. Responses to Regionalism: The East Asian Investment Environment

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   4. Responses to Regionalism: Regional Production, Trade and Economic Integration

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   5. Conclusions

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6. Back Matter

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In the decade following the Asian financial crisis, the East Asian political economy has experienced a radical transformation. This book thus investigates the responses of Japanese automotive makers to the processes of regionalism and regionalization by locating firm-level analysis in a broader political economy context.

• East Asia
• foreign direct investment
• Japan
• regionalization

"Andrew Staples provides an excellent analysis of Japanese automobile manufacturers in East Asia... The author's accomplishment is particularly noteworthy given that itis extremely difficult to penetrate the insular nature of the Japanese corporation." - Ali M. Nizamuddin, University of Illinois at Springfield

• Kansai Gaidai University, Japan

  Andrew J. Staples

ANDREW STAPLES is Associate Professor of Japanese Business at Kansia Gaidai University, Japan. He has previously been a Lecturer in Japanese Studies at the school of East Asian Studies, University of Sheffield, UK, where he also gained his PhD.

 

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