Japanese Electronics Multinationals and Strategic Trade Policies

Table of contents

• Japan Business and Economics Series ii
• Title Page iii
• Acknowledgements vi
• Contents ix
• Abbreviations xiii
• Introduction 1
• Notes 8
• Part I Trade Policy and The Internationalisation of Japanese Electronics Firms: An Overview 11
• 1 Internationalisation, Trade Policy, And The Advance in Europe 13
• Appendix 1.1 Japanese Electronics Firms and Industrial Groups 103
• Appendix 1.2 Subsidiaries and Employment of Japanese Electronics Firms in the Ec 106
• Appendix 1.3 The Increasing Japanese Presence in the Ec Electronics Industry 113
• Appendix 1.4 Data Sources on Japanese Dfi 117
• Notes 119
• Part Ii Strategic Trade Policy and Japanese Electronics Firms: Theoretical Essays 129
• Introduction: Strategic Trade Policies And Multinational Firms 131
• Notes 138
• 2 Dumping, Antitrust, and International Oligopoly: the Rise of the Japanese Colour Television Industry 140
• Notes 155
• Appendix 2.1 A Model of International Rivalry in The Ctv Industry 160
• Notes 165
• 3 Strategic Trade Policy and Tariff Jumping Dfi 170
• Appendix 3.1 Welfare Effects of Raising Rivals' Costs Under Cournot Oligopoly 180
• Notes 181
• 4 Local Content Requirements And Successive Market Power 183
• Notes 197
• Part Iii The Internationalisation Of Japanese Electronics Firms: Empirical Essays 199
• 5 The Decision to Invest Abroad: Business Groups and Regional Core Networks 201
• Appendix 5.1 Variable Definitions, Means, And Standard Deviations 219
• Appendix 5.3 Predictive Power and Magnitude of Effects 221
• Appendix 5.3 Predictive Power and Magnitude of Effects 223
• Appendix 5.3 Predictive Power and Magnitude of Effects 227
• 6 Testing the Tariff Jumping Hypothesis 230
• Appendix 6.2 Acquisitions of Ec and Us Firms 277
• Appendix 6.3 Predictive Power of the Model 277
• Appendix 6.3 Predictive Power of the Model 279
• 7 Dfi and Export: Substitutes Or Complements? 287
• Appendix 7.1 Variable Definitions, Means, and Standard Deviations 305
• Appendix 7.2 Data Sources 306
• Appendix 7.2 Data Sources 307
• 8 Local Content Requirements and Local Procurement 310
• Appendix 8.1 Selection of Subsidiaries 330
• Notes 330
• 9 Overseas Research and Development 333
• Notes 348
• 10: Conclusions 351
• References 368
• Index 393

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