Foreign Direct Investment in Japan presents a detailed examination of recent trends of inward foreign direct investment (FDI) and their impact on the Japanese economy. Historically much less open to foreign trade and investment than other major economies, Japan experienced an unprecedented jump in FDI inflows around the turn of the millennium. This book looks at the profound changes in Japan that made this jump possible and considers foreign firms potential contribution to productivity and overall economic growth. Detailed case studies illustrate that in certain sectors the presence of...

The first long-term analysis of the process of structural change and productivity growth in Asia, Europe, Latin America and the USA.