Production Networks in Asia and Europe

Production Networks in Asia and Europe
Author: Rogier Busser
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 303
Release: 2004-02-24
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1134387636

This study explains the various influences of the Japanese automobile industry on industrial development in both Southeast Asia and Europe.

Cars, Carriers of regionalism?

Cars, Carriers of regionalism?
Author: Jorge Carrillo Viveros
Publisher: Jorge Carrillo Viveros
Total Pages: 399
Release: 2004-05-31
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN:

This highly topical book brings together some of the world's leading specialists on the global car industry who discuss the ins and outs of the faster lane of regionalism at a time that the world is reassessing the ins and outs of globalization. It provides a thorough and up-dated mapping of the worldwide geography of the car industry, in the triad regions (Europe, North America and Japan), and in the emerging countries and regions.

Japanese Hybrid Factories

Japanese Hybrid Factories
Author: T. Abo
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 303
Release: 2007-06-15
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0230592961

This book presents the findings of the Japanese Multinational Enterprise Study Group and offers the 'Application-adaptation' framework as a means of measuring the degree to which Japanese parent systems are transferred to the subsidiary. It proposes this as a model for assessing the transferability of systems in any multinational enterprise.

The Political Economy of Hemispheric Integration

The Political Economy of Hemispheric Integration
Author: D. Sánchez-Ancochea
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 288
Release: 2008-06-23
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0230612946

Benefiting from a truly Pan-American perspective, these essays evaluate the economics and politics of the new patterns of North-South integration in the particular context of the Americas, questioning if regional and bilateral trade agreements like NAFTA, CAFTA or the FTAA are appropriate mechanisms to promote economic development.

Foreign Investment in Latin America and the Caribbean

Foreign Investment in Latin America and the Caribbean
Author: United Nations Publications
Publisher:
Total Pages: 188
Release: 2001
Genre: Investments, Foreign
ISBN: 9789211213591

This is the latest in a series of annual reports regarding foreign direct investment (FDI) in Latin America and the Caribbean region. It discusses: recent trends and strategies in FDI flows to the region; FDI and corporate strategies in Argentina; the EU's investment role and the business strategies of european transnational corporations; and the oil industry and the hydrocarbons sector.