Corporate Links And Foreign Direct Investment In Asia And The Pacific

A major force in East Asia's remarkable economic growth and industrial transformation, foreign direct investment has been growing at 1415 percent annually in Southeast Asia and China over the last decade. This timely volume examines the impact of investment on trade in the region, focusing especially on microeconomic issues of strategy, activity, and behavior of corporate investors. The contributors explore the role of corporate alliances and networks of Japanese and Chinese firms, as well as the influence of investors from newly industrializing economies, in the relocation of production and trade within the region.

Edward K.Y. Chen is director of the Centre of Asian Studies at the University of Hong Kong. Peter Drysdale is executive director of the Australia-Japan Research Centre at the Australian National University. Edward K.Y. Chen is director of the Centre of Asian Studies at the University of Hong Kong. Peter Drysdale is executive director of the Australia-Japan Research Centre at the Australian National University. Edward K.Y. Chen is director of the Centre of Asian Studies at the University of Hong Kong. Peter Drysdale is executive director of the Australia-Japan Research Centre at the Australian National University.