Japanese production networks in India: spatial distribution, agglomeration and industry effects

Horn, Sierk A. und Cross, Adam R. (2016): Japanese production networks in India: spatial distribution, agglomeration and industry effects. In: Asia Pacific Business Review, Bd. 22, Nr. 4: S. 612-640

Abstract

This paper examines the determinants of subnational location choice of Japanese multinational enterprises (JMNEs) in India to investigate whether or not conventional investment behaviour as foot-loose' and one-off investments has given way to an agglomeration logic as Japanese foreign direct investment has intensified. Using geographic information system analysis of investment project numbers, we find that Japanese MNE behaviour in India is evolving, with complementing but complex subnational interactions of economic, institutional and infrastructure factors serving as strong determinants of location choice consistently across key phases of India's liberalization. We argue that Japanese investment decisions in India have followed a self-reinforcing dynamic whereby prior investments indeed attract further investment.

• Dokumententyp: Zeitschriftenartikel
• Fakultät: Kulturwissenschaften > Department für Asienstudien
• Themengebiete: 900 Geschichte und Geografie > 900 Geschichte
• ISSN: 1360-2381
• Sprache: Englisch