Barriers to Market Penetration through Foreign Direct Investment in Japan: An Empirical Analysis of Swedish Firms’ Experience 1982–91

Gunnar Hedlund

Chapter 8 in Japan: A European Perspective, 1993, pp 77-93 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract There are many good reasons for western companies to establish themselves in Japan and try to penetrate the Japanese market. It is the second largest national market in the world and it is growing faster than that of most other OECD countries. Moreover, it is technologically and infrastructurally sophisticated and harbors important competitors of most western firms. Japan scores very high on most factors identified in theoretical and empirical research as attracting foreign direct investment (FDI). Studies also indicate that foreign investments in Japan are profitable, more so than domestic Japanese firms.

Keywords: Foreign Direct Investment; Foreign Firm; Distribution Channel; Parent Company; Market Penetration (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1993
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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-22768-6_9

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