Direct Foreign Investment in Asia's Developing Economies and Structural Change in the Asia-Pacific Region. (2019)

• Record Type: Book
• Other Names: Ramstetter, Eric D
• Contents: Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Tables -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- Part One Issues and Theory -- 1 Direct Foreign Investment and Structural Change in the Asia-Pacific Region: The Issues -- Goals of the Study -- Structural Change: What Is It and What Are the Problems? -- The DFI-Structural Change Relationship: Modes of Analysis -- Notes -- References -- 2 The Theory of the Multinational Enterprise: A Common Analytical Framework -- Introduction -- Empirical and Theoretical Foundations -- Multinationals and Structural Change -- Welfare Analysis for the Home and Host Countries -- Policy Analysis -- Summary and Conclusions -- Notes -- References -- Part Two Inward Investment and Structural Change in Developing Economies -- 3 Foreign Firms and Structural Change in the Indonesian Manufacturing Sector -- Introduction -- Structural Change and Policies in Indonesia -- Patterns of Direct Foreign Investment -- Explaining the Patterns of Direct Foreign Investment -- The Role of Foreign Firms in Manufacturing Production and Employment -- The Role of Foreign Firms in Exports -- Conclusions -- Notes -- References -- 4 Foreign Firms in Promoted Industries and Structural Change in Thailand -- Structural Change and the Investment Environment -- DFI Trends and Patterns -- Capital and Employment in Promoted Firms -- Value Added and Productivity in Promoted Firms -- International Trade in Promoted Firms -- Foreign Firms and Structural Change in Thailand: A Summary -- Notes -- References -- Part Three Inward Investment and Structural Change in Newly Industrializing Countries -- 5 Direct Investment and Structural Change in Korean Manufacturing -- Introduction -- Financial Dimensions and Determinants of Direct Investment -- Multinationals and Changes in the Structure of Korean Value Added. Multinationals, Changes in Employment Structure, and Technology -- Multinationals and Korean Trade -- Inward and Outward DFI and Structural Change in Korea -- Notes -- References -- 6 Foreign Firms and Structural Change in Taiwan -- Introduction -- Trends and Patterns of DFI in Taiwan -- The Contribution of DFI to Taiwan's Investment, GDP, Employment, and Exports -- Foreign Firms' Technology, Employment, and Exports -- A Macroeconomic Analysis of DFI in Taiwan -- The Future Role of DFI in Taiwan -- Notes -- References -- Part Four Outward Investment and Structural Change in Industrialized Economies -- 7 The Rapid Increase of Direct Investment Abroad and Structural Change in Japan -- Introduction -- Patterns of Structural Change in Japan's Economy -- Changing Patterns of Japanese Multinational Activity in Asia -- Determinants of Japanese DFI in Asia -- Japanese Multinationals and Foreign Trade -- Concluding Comments -- Notes -- References -- 8 U.S. Direct Investment in Developing Asia and Structural Adjustment in the U.S. Manufacturing Industry -- Introduction -- U.S. Direct Investment in Developing Asia: The Financial Dimensions -- U.S. Multinational Activity and Changes in the Structure of Total U.S. Manufacturing Exports -- U.S. Multinational Activity and Changes in the Structure of U.S. Exports to Developing Asia -- U.S. Multinational Activity and Changes in the Structure of U.S. Employment -- Multinationals, Structural Adjustment, and Policy -- Notes -- References -- Part Five Regional and Global Perspectives -- 9 Multinational Affiliates and the Changing Division of Labor in the Asia-Pacific Region -- Foreign Investment, Multinationals, and the International Division of Labor -- An Overview -- Textiles and Apparel -- Chemicals -- Metals -- Electric and Electronic Machinery -- Transportation Equipment -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References. 10 Direct Foreign Investment and Structural Change in Developing Asia, Japan, and the United States -- Introduction -- Multinationals in Developing Country Trade -- Who Invests in Asia? -- Direct Investment and the Technological Development of Host-Country Industries -- R&D by Multinational Firms and the Technology Level of Host-Country Exports -- Multinationals' Impact on Home Countries -- Conclusions -- Notes -- References -- 11 Multinationals and Structural Change: Implications of the Asia-Pacific Experience -- Industrial Structure, Multinationals, and Multiplant Economies of Scale -- Multinationals, International Trade, and the Nature of Firm-Specific Assets -- Policies, Multinationals, and the Costs of Structural Change -- Notes -- References -- List of Contributors.
• Publisher Details: Milton : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2019
• Copyright Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource (326 pages)
• Subjects: 332.673095; Investments, Foreign-Asia; Investments, Foreign-Pacific Area; Pacific Area-Economic policy; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780429690372; 0429690371
• Related ISBNs: 9780367153663
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