Corporate Links And Foreign Direct Investment In Asia And The Pacific

Eduard Ky Chen

* Introduction and Overview Hadi Soesastro. * Growth and Decline in Multinational Enterprises: From Equilibrium Models to Turnover Processes Richard E. Caves. * The Interdependence of Trade and Investment in the Pacific Peter A. Petri. * Subregional Economic Integration: Hong Kong, Taiwan, South China, and Beyond Yun-Wing Sung. * Chinese Capitalism in Thailand: Embedded Networks and Industrial Structure Gary G. Hamilton and Tony Waters. * On the Causes of Low Levels of FDI in Japan Ryuhei Wakasugi. * Japans Low Levels of Inward Direct Investment: Causes, Consequences, and Remedies Mark Mason. * Multinational Corporations and Technology Transfer in Penang and Guadalajara Juan J. Palacios. * A Study of the Operations of Japanese Firms in Asia: The Electrical Machinery Industry Motoshige Itoh and Jun Shibata. * Technological Change, Foreign Investment, and the New Strategic Thrust of Japanese Firms in the Asia Pacific Denis Fred Simon and Yongwook Jun. * The International Procurement and Sales Behavior of Multinational Enterprises Chia Siow Yue. * Direct Investment in Low-wage and High-wage Countries: The Case of Taiwan Tain-Jy Chen, Ying-Hua Ku, and Meng-Chun Liu. * Summary of Discussion Gordon de Brouwer.