Strategic effects of firm sizes and dynamic capabilities on overseas operations: A case-based comparison between Toyota and Mitsubishi in Thailand and Australia

Takahiro Fujimoto; Shinya Orihashi

doi:10.4324/9780203457566-16

Strategic effects of firm sizes and dynamic capabilities on overseas operations: A case-based comparison between Toyota and Mitsubishi in Thailand and Australia

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The purpose of this chapter is to analyse how the behaviour of multinational enterprises’ (MNEs’) overseas operations, in their efforts to adapt to local environmental changes, is affected by such ﬁrm-speciﬁc characteristics as ﬁrm size and organizational capability. Our empirical case study focuses on the overseas production operations of two Japanese automobile MNEs, Toyota Motor Corporation (Toyota) and Mitsubishi Motors Corporation (Mitsubishi Motors) in both Thailand and Australia.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Production Networks in Asia and Europe
Subtitle of host publication	Skill Formation and Technology Transfer in the Automobile Industry
Publisher	Taylor and Francis
Pages	113-136
Number of pages	24
ISBN (Electronic)	9781134387632
ISBN (Print)	041531089X, 9780415310895
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203457566-16
Publication status	Published - 2004 Jan 1
Externally published	Yes

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Fujimoto, T., & Orihashi, S. (2004). Strategic effects of firm sizes and dynamic capabilities on overseas operations: A case-based comparison between Toyota and Mitsubishi in Thailand and Australia. In Production Networks in Asia and Europe: Skill Formation and Technology Transfer in the Automobile Industry (pp. 113-136). Taylor and Francis. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203457566-16

Strategic effects of firm sizes and dynamic capabilities on overseas operations : A case-based comparison between Toyota and Mitsubishi in Thailand and Australia. / Fujimoto, Takahiro; Orihashi, Shinya.

Production Networks in Asia and Europe: Skill Formation and Technology Transfer in the Automobile Industry. Taylor and Francis, 2004. p. 113-136.

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Fujimoto, T & Orihashi, S 2004, Strategic effects of firm sizes and dynamic capabilities on overseas operations: A case-based comparison between Toyota and Mitsubishi in Thailand and Australia. in Production Networks in Asia and Europe: Skill Formation and Technology Transfer in the Automobile Industry. Taylor and Francis, pp. 113-136. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203457566-16

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