The spatial redistribution of Japanese direct investment in the United Kingdom between 1991 and 2010

Peter J. Buckley, Sierk A. Horn, Adam R. Cross and John Stillwell

Business History, 2013, vol. 55, issue 3, 405-430

Abstract: Japanese firms have a firmly established reputation as influential foreign investors, originating from the surge of foreign direct investment into North America and Europe during the 1980s. This paper examines trends in Japanese corporate behaviour in the United Kingdom, a key investment destination for Japanese firms, over the period 1991 to 2010. Our ‘demographic’ analysis of Japanese firms' investments includes both investment and exit strategies. It is found that Japanese firms have reconfigured their UK presence in response to a rapidly changing market environment, with an enduring proclivity to cluster, notwithstanding government incentives intended to channel investment towards specific regions of the country.

Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1080/00076791.2013.771338

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