TY  - CHAP
AB  - This study examines the determinants of performance of foreign manufacturing subsidiaries in Japan. The study finds that a foreign parent’s size, the subsidiary’s age, and a complicated distribution system influence a subsidiary’s performance. There was little significant change in these determinants over a 20-year period. However, for subsidiaries that survived over the observation period of this study, some determinants changed. We also found that by forming joint ventures with Japanese firms, foreign firms can overcome the obstacle of distribution and circumvent the disadvantage of inexperience. Moreover, the mitigating effects of joint ventures vary, depending on the type of Japanese partner.
VL  - 17
SN  - 978-0-76231-157-6, 978-1-84950-309-9/1571-5027
DO  - 10.1016/S0747-7929(04)17012-1
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1016/S0747-7929(04)17012-1
AU  - Asaba Shigeru
AU  - Yamawaki Hideki
ED  - Tom Roehl
ED  - Allan Bird
PY  - 2004
Y1  - 2004/01/01
TI  - CHANGES IN THE DETERMINANTS OF PROFIT: A STUDY OF FOREIGN SUBSIDIARIES IN THE JAPANESE MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES IN THE 1980s AND 1990s
T2  - Japanese Firms in Transition: Responding to the Globalization Challenge
T3  - Advances in International Management
PB  - Emerald Group Publishing Limited
SP  - 289
EP  - 324
Y2  - 2024/04/18
ER  -