CHANGES IN THE DETERMINANTS OF PROFIT: A STUDY OF FOREIGN SUBSIDIARIES IN THE JAPANESE MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES IN THE 1980s AND 1990s

Shigeru Asaba; Hideki Yamawaki

doi:10.1016/S0747-7929(04)17012-1

CHANGES IN THE DETERMINANTS OF PROFIT: A STUDY OF FOREIGN SUBSIDIARIES IN THE JAPANESE MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES IN THE 1980s AND 1990s

Shigeru Asaba, Hideki Yamawaki

Graduate School of Business and Finance

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Abstract

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.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Japanese Firms in Transition
Subtitle of host publication	Responding to the Globalization Challenge
Pages	289-324
Number of pages	36
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0747-7929(04)17012-1
Publication status	Published - 2004 Dec 1

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Name	Advances in International Management
Volume	17
ISSN (Print)	1571-5027

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Asaba, S., & Yamawaki, H. (2004). CHANGES IN THE DETERMINANTS OF PROFIT: A STUDY OF FOREIGN SUBSIDIARIES IN THE JAPANESE MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES IN THE 1980s AND 1990s. In Japanese Firms in Transition: Responding to the Globalization Challenge (pp. 289-324). (Advances in International Management; Vol. 17). https://doi.org/10.1016/S0747-7929(04)17012-1

CHANGES IN THE DETERMINANTS OF PROFIT : A STUDY OF FOREIGN SUBSIDIARIES IN THE JAPANESE MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES IN THE 1980s AND 1990s. / Asaba, Shigeru; Yamawaki, Hideki.

Japanese Firms in Transition: Responding to the Globalization Challenge. 2004. p. 289-324 (Advances in International Management; Vol. 17).

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