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Networks, Keiretsu, and Locations of the Japanese Electronics Industry in Asia

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  • Yuko Aoyama

    (Department of Geography, University of Georgia, 204 GGS Building, Athens, GA 30602-2502, USA)

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It has been assumed that industrial networks, particularly of keiretsu-based organizations, play the major role in dictating the formation of industrial agglomerations for Japanese investment in overseas locations. In this paper, I examine whether currently available establishment data on Japanese firms in Asia confirm this tendency for the electronics industry. The data show that actual reliance on keiretsu networks in Asia is relatively low, and keiretsu relationships are more likely to reflect a strong relationship at the global level, rather than relationships with suppliers within host countries. This result poses questions on the assumptions of network-based industrialization affecting locations of foreign direct investment.

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  • Yuko Aoyama, 2000. "Networks, Keiretsu, and Locations of the Japanese Electronics Industry in Asia," Environment and Planning A, , vol. 32(2), pages 223-244, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:envira:v:32:y:2000:i:2:p:223-244
    DOI: 10.1068/a31169
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    1. Henry Wai-Chung Yeung, 2000. "Guest Editorial," Environment and Planning A, , vol. 32(2), pages 191-200, February.
    2. Rachel Xenia Chang & Mário Henrique Ogasavara, 2021. "The impact of institutional distance and experiential knowledge on the internationalization speed of Japanese MNEs," Asian Business & Management, Palgrave Macmillan, vol. 20(5), pages 549-582, November.
    3. Genjiro Kosaka & Koichi Nakagawa & Seiji Manabe & Mizuki Kobayashi, 2020. "The vertical keiretsu advantage in the era of Westernization in the Japanese automobile industry: investigation from transaction cost economics and a resource-based view," Asian Business & Management, Palgrave Macmillan, vol. 19(1), pages 36-61, February.

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