Foreign direct investment by Japanese electronics firms in the United States and Canada: Modelling the timing of entry

Journal of International Business Studies

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 655-681

  Tan, Benjamin ^a   Vertinsky, Ilan ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030359737     PISSN: 00472506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.jibs.8490148     Document Type: Article

References (57)

1. Abegglen, James C. & George J. Stalk. 1985. Kaisha: The Japanese corporations. New York: Basic Books.
2. Agarwal, Sanjeev & Sridhar N. Ramaswami. 1992. Choice of foreign market entry mode: Impact of ownership, location and internalization factors. Journal of International Business Studies, 23(1):1-27.
3. Aliber, Robert. 1993. The multinational paradigm. Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press.
4. Bergsten, C. Fred, Thomas Horst & Theodore Moran. 1978. American multinationals and American interests. Washington, D.C.: Brookings Institution.
5. Borrus, Michael, J. Millstein & John Zysman. 1982. U.S.-Japanese competition in the semiconductor industry: A study in the international trade development. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Congress, Joint Economics Committee.
6. Buckley, Peter J. & Mark Casson. 1976. The future of the multinational enterprise. London: Macmillan.
7. Burton, F.N. & F.H. Saelens. 1987. Japanese strategies for serving overseas markets: The case for electronics. Management International Review, 27(4): 13-18.
8. Caves, Richard E. 1974. Causes of direct investment: Foreign firms' shares in Canadian and United Kingdom manufacturing industries. Review of Economics and Statistics, 56:272-93.
9. _. 1982. Multinational enterprise and economic analysis. Cambridge, U.K.: Cambridge University Press.
10. _. 1993. Japanese investment in the United States: Lessons for the economic analysis of foreign investment. World Economy, 16(3):279-300.
11. _ & S. Mehra. 1986. Entry of foreign multinationals into U.S. manufacturing industries. In M. Porter, editor, Competition in global industries, 449-81. Boston: Harvard Business School Press.
12. Caves, Richard E., Michael E. Porter & A. Michael Spence. 1980. Competition in the open economy. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press.
13. Contractor, Farok J. 1984. Choosing between direct investment and licensing: Theoretical considerations and empirical tests. Journal of International Business Studies, 15(3): 165-88.
14. Cox, David R. 1972. Regression models and life tables. Royal Statistical Society, 34:187-220.
15. Cusumano, Michael A. 1985. The Japanese automobile industry: Technology and management at Nissan and Toyota. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press.
16. Davidson, William H. 1980. The location of foreign direct investment activity: Country characteristics and experience effects. Journal of International Business Studies, 11(3):9-22.
17. Dodwell Marketing Consultants. 1990. Industrial groupings in Japan. Tokyo.
18. Drake, Tracey A. & Richard E. Caves. 1992. Changing determinants of Japanese foreign direct investment in the United States. Journal of the Japanese and International Economies, 6:228-46.
19. DuBois, Frank L., Brian Toyne, & Michael D. Oliff. 1993. International manufacturing strategies of U.S. multinationals: A conceptual framework based on a four-industry study. Journal of International Business Studies, 23(2):307-33.
20. Flowers, Edward. 1976. Oligopolistic reactions in European and Canadian direct investment in the United States. Journal of International Business Studies, 7:43-55.
21. Gatignon, Hubert & Erin Anderson. 1988. The multinational corporation's degree of control over foreign subsidiaries: An empirical test of a transaction cost explanation. Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization, 4(2):305-36.
22. Gomes-Casseres, Benjamin. 1989. Ownership structures of foreign subsidiaries: Theory and evidence. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 11:1-25.
23. Graham, Edward. 1985. Intra-Industry Direct Investment, Market Structure, Firm Rivalry and Technological Performance. In A. Erdilek, editor, Multinationals as mutual invaders. London: Croom Helm.
24. Gregory, Gene. 1986. Japanese electronics technology: Enterprise and innovation. Chichester, N.Y: John Wiley.
25. Grubaugh, Stephen G. 1987. Determinants of direct foreign investment. Review of Economics and Statistics, 69(1):149-52.
26. Hennart, Jean F. 1991. The transaction costs theory of joint ventures: An empirical study of Japanese subsidiaries in the United States. Management Science, 37(4):483-97.
27. _ & Y.R. Park. 1993. Greenfield vs acquisition: The strategy of Japanese investors in the United States. Management Science, 39:1054-70.
28. _. 1994. Location, governance, and strategic determinants of Japanese manufacturing investments in the United States. Strategic Management Journal, 15:419-36.
29. Horiuchi, Toshihiro. 1989. The flexibility of Japan's small and medium-sized firms and their foreign direct investment. In Kozo Yamamura, editor, Japanese investment in the United States: Should we be concerned. Seattle: Society for Japanese Studies, University of Washington.
30. Horst, Thomas. 1972. Firm and industry determinants of the decision to invest abroad: An empirical study. Review of Economics and Statistics, 54:258-66.
31. Ito, Kiyohiki & Vladimir Pucik. 1993. R&D spending, domestic competition, and export performance of Japanese manufacturing firms. Strategic Management Journal, 14:61-75.
32. Kim, Wi S. & Esmeralda O. Lyn. 1990. FDI theories and the performance of foreign multinationals operating in the U.S. Journal of International Business Studies, 20(4):41-54.
33. Kimura, Yui. 1989. Firm-specific strategic advantages and foreign direct investment behavior of firms: The case of Japanese semiconductor firms. Journal of International Business Studies, 20(Summer):296-314.
34. Knickerbocker, Frederick T. 1973. Oligopolistic reaction and the multinational enterprises. Boston, Mass.: Harvard University Press.
35. Kogut, Bruce & Sea J. Chang. 1991. Technological capabilities and Japanese foreign direct investment in the United States. Review of Economics and Statistics, 73(3):401-13.
36. Kogut, Bruce & Harbir Singh. 1988. The effect of national culture on the choice of entry mode. Journal of International Business Studies, Fall:411-432.
37. LaFrance, Vincent A. 1985. The United States television receiver industry: United States versus Japan, 1960-1980. Ph.D. thesis, Pennsylvania State University.
38. Lall, Sanjava. 1980. Monopolistic advantages and foreign involvement by U.S. manufacturing industry. Oxford Economic Papers, 32:102-22.
39. Nakamura, Masao & Ilan Vertinsky. 1994. Japanese economic policies and growth: Implications for businesses in Canada and North America. Edmonton, Canada: University of Alberta Press.
40. Nihon Keizai Shimbun. Various years. Nikkei's consolidated report of Japanese companies. Tokyo.
41. Okimoto, Daniel I. & Gary R. Saxonhouse. 1987. Technology and the future of the economy. In K. Yamamura & Y. Yasuba, editors, The political economy of Japan, Vol. 1. The domestic transformation, 385-419. Stanford, Calif.: Stanford University Press.
42. Ozawa, Terutomo. 1991. Japan in a new phase of multinationalism and industrial upgrading: Functional integration of trade, growth and foreign direct investment. Journal of World Trade, 25(1):43-60.
43. Pugel, Thomas A. 1978. International market linkages and US manufacturing. Cambridge, Mass.: Ballinger.
44. _. 1981. The determinants of foreign direct investment: An analysis of US manufacturing industries. Managerial and Decision Economics, 2:220-28.
45. Rapp, William V. 1973. Strategy formulation and international competition. Columbia Journal of World Business, 82(2):98-112.
46. Rugman, Alan M. 1980. Internalization as a general theory of foreign direct investment: A reappraisal of the literature. Weltwirtschaftliches Archiv, 116(2):365-79.
47. Swedenborg, B. 1979. The multinational operations of Swedish firms: An analysis of determinants and effects. Stockholm: Almquist and Wiksell.
48. Tallman, Stephen. 1991. Strategic management models and resource-based strategies among MNEs in a host market. Strategic Management Journal, 12:69-82.
49. Tan, Benjamin & Ilan Vertinsky. 1995. Strategic advantages of Japanese electronic firms and the scale of their subsidiaries in the US and Canada. International Business Review, 4(3):373-86.
50. Todd, Daniel. 1990. The world electronics industry. New York: Routledge.
51. Toyo Keizai. 1985-1991. Survey of Japanese overseas investment. Tokyo.
52. _. 1960-1990. Japan company handbook. Tokyo.
53. Tsurami, Yoshi. 1976. The Japanese are coming: A multinational spread of Japanese firms. Cambridge, Mass.: Ballinger.
54. United States Department of Commerce. 1987. Standard industrial classification manual. Springfield, Va.: U.S. Department of Commerce, National Technical Information Service.
55. Ursacki, Terry & Ilan Vertinsky. 1992. Choice of entry timing and scale by foreign banks in Japan and Korea. Journal of Finance and Banking, 16:405-21.
56. Yoshida, Mamory. 1987. Macro-micro analyses of Japanese manufacturing investment in the United States. Management International Review, 27(4): 19-31.
57. Yu, Chwo-Ming & Kiyohiko Ito. 1988. Oligopolistic reaction and foreign direct investment: The case of the U.S. tire and textile industries. Journal of International Business Studies Fall:449-60.