ABSTRACT

This book explores Japanese investment in Europe and Southeast Asia, in relation to the automobile industry. In Part I the authors examine industrial organization and policy issues in Thailand, Malaysia, The Philippines and Indonesia, looking at Japanese investment and the relative policy successes and failures in these host countries. Part II looks at skill formation systems in the Japanese dominated automobile industry in Southeast Asia and in Part III the authors focus on the EU and the very different influence of Japanese investment.

chapter 1|17 pages

Introduction

part |118 pages

Part I Industrial organization and industry policy in ASEAN

chapter 3|21 pages

Thai policies for the automobile sector

Focus on technology transfer

chapter 4|20 pages

Malaysian policies for the automobile sector

Focus on technology transfer

chapter 5|24 pages

Philippine policies for the automobile sector

Focus on technology transfer

chapter 6|18 pages

Indonesian industrial policy in the automobile sector

Focus on technology transfer

chapter 7|24 pages

Strategic effects of firm sizes and dynamic capabilities on overseas operations

A case-based comparison between Toyota and Mitsubishi in Thailand and Australia 1

part |83 pages

Part II The transferability of ‘Japanese' skill formation systems

chapter 10|16 pages

Producing auto parts in Malaysia

Skill formation in forging and casting

part |65 pages

Part III Industrial organization and skill formation in Europe — with Japanese influence?

chapter 12|23 pages

Training and knowledge transfer in the European automotive industry

The impact of ‘lean thinking'

chapter 14|13 pages

Flexible standardization

Innovation for labour, industrial science and labour policy