The Spatial Redistribution of Japanese Direct Investment in the United Kingdom between 1991 and 2010

Peter J. Buckley; Sierk A. Horn; Adam R. Cross; John Stillwell

doi:10.1057/9781137402387_13

The Spatial Redistribution of Japanese Direct Investment in the United Kingdom between 1991 and 2010

Peter J. Buckley, Sierk A. Horn, Adam R. Cross, John Stillwell

PMO Comparative & International Business

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Abstract

Japanese firms have a firmly established reputation as influential foreign investors, originating from the surge of foreign direct investment into North America and Europe during the 1980s. This paper examines trends in Japanese corporate behaviour in the United Kingdom, a key investment destination for Japanese firms, over the period 1991 to 2010. Our ‘ demographic’ analysis of Japanese firms’ investments includes both investment and exit strategies. It is found that Japanese firms have reconfigured their UK presence in response to a rapidly changing market environment, with an enduring proclivity to cluster, notwithstanding government incentives intended to channel investment towards specific regions of the country.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	The Multinational Enterprise and the Emergence of the Global Factory
Editors	Peter J. Buckley
Place of Publication	Basingstoke
Publisher	Palgrave Macmillan Ltd
Chapter	13
Pages	326–359
Number of pages	34
ISBN (Electronic)	978-1-137-40238-7
ISBN (Print)	9781137402363, 9781349486687
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137402387_13
Publication status	Published - 21 Nov 2014

Keywords

foreign direct investment
multinational enterprise
Japanese firm
gross regional product
firm exit

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The Multinational Enterprise and the Emergence of the Global Factory. ed. / Peter J. Buckley. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan Ltd, 2014. p. 326–359.

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