ABSTRACT
Whilst the previous chapter examined the characteristics of Japanese FDI in China by focusing on a survey of Japanese manufacturing companies in Dalian, the objective of this chapter is provide a further context, albeit subjective, in the form of a case study on Omron Dalian, a Japanese healthcare electronics company. The expectation is that by a process of inductive research, such a case study will contribute to a deeper understanding of the dynamics of Japanese FDI in China. The questions that are central to this research relate to host country locational advantages and the attraction of companies with specific ownership advantages to invest in such locations. Thus, the first section examines the electronics industry globally, the electronics industry in Japanese, and then analyses the development of the Chinese electronics industry. The second section utilises the dataset created for this research to examine the spatial distribution of Japanese FlEs in the electrical equipment and electronics industry in China. The third section examines Omron Corporation and its various strategic business units before providing a case study of a Japanese FIE, namely Omron Healthcare, which is located in Dalian.
