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The Political Economy of Japanese Foreign Direct Investment in the US and the UK

Multinationals, Subnational Regions and the Investment Location Decision

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  • © 1999

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Authors:
  1. Carl Aaron
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Part of the book series: St Antony's Series (STANTS)

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
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  2. Introduction

    • Carl Aaron
    Pages 1-12

  3. Foreign Direct Investment, International Relations, and Subnational Regions

    • Carl Aaron
    Pages 13-44

  4. Existing Explanations of the Location of Manufacturing FDI

    • Carl Aaron
    Pages 45-65

  5. Nissan’s Investment in the Northeast of England

    • Carl Aaron
    Pages 66-120

  6. Toyota’s Investment in Kentucky

    • Carl Aaron
    Pages 121-152

  7. Sharp’s Investments in Tennessee and North Wales

    • Carl Aaron
    Pages 153-192

  8. Conclusion

    • Carl Aaron
    Pages 193-211

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 212-283
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About this book

Inward investment by Japanese manufacturing multinationals has come to have a profound influence on the UK and US economies. Focusing on the 1970s and 1980s, this study looks at the political economy of the investment location decision using an original analytical framework and four detailed case studies. In addition to the larger issues of protectionism, globalization and inter-firm competition, it investigates whether and how subnational factors can influence the specific subnational locational decision - an issue of great interest to any subnational region attempting to adapt to structural shifts in the global economy.

About the author

Carl Aaron recently completed his PhD in International Political Economy at St. Anthony's College, Oxford.

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