An overseas business paradox: Are Japanese general contractors risk takers?

Taichi Mutoh, Makoto Kakinaka and Koji Kotani
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Taichi Mutoh: Taisei Corporation

No SDES-2014-10, Working Papers from Kochi University of Technology, School of Economics and Management

Abstract: Japanese industries have struggled with stagnation after the collapse of bubble economy in the early 1990s, leading to overseas business expansion. This study examines Japanese general contractors' overseas operations over the post-bubble period. The result shows that general contractors facing nancial distress expand overseas business more aggressively, or are forced to do so, when the domestic construction market shrinks. This result is in contrast to conventional wisdom that stronger entities expand their territories of operations, and thus \overseas business paradox." However, it can also be considered a new scenario of industries' evolution when economy matures in a country.

Keywords: Overseas business expansion; financial status in a credit market; location choice; general contractors; construction industry; Japanese economy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 40 pages
Date: 2014-10, Revised 2014-10
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Published in SDE Series, October 2014, pages 1-40

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