The Political Economy of Japanese Foreign Direct Investment in the UK and the US Multinationals, Subnational Regions and the Investment Location Decision

Inward investment by Japanese manufacturing multinationals has come to have a profound influence on the UK and US economies. Focusing on the 1970s and 1980s, this study looks at the political economy of the investment location decision using an analytical framework and four detailed case studies. In addition to the larger issues of protectionism, globalization and inter-firm competition, the book investigates whether and how subnational actors may influence the specific subnational locational decision - an issue that should be of interest to any subnational region attempting to adapt to structural shifts in the global economy.