Characteristics and performance of Japanese Foreign Direct Investment in Africa

Elie V. Chrysostome and Nathaniel C. Lupton

International Journal of Economic Policy in Emerging Economies, 2011, vol. 4, issue 1, 54-77

Abstract: This paper examines the characteristics and performance of Japanese foreign direct investment in Africa. A large sample of 1062 Japanese subsidiaries in Africa was analysed. Our findings reveal that: efficiency and market seeking was the common purposes for Japanese firms in Africa; the Japanese subsidiaries are young and small in lower middle income region, young and large in upper middle income region and old in low income region; their performance is good with a very high exit rate in low income region, high with high exit rate in low middle income region and moderate with a low exit rate in upper middle income region.

Keywords: JFDI; Japanese FDI; foreign direct investment; Japanese subsidiaries; investment performance; Africa; Japan. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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