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2009.
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| Summary/Abstract |
This article offers an analysis of the key trends in Japan's export of direct investments to other countries in the years from 1996 to 2007. This period was special in many ways because of the economic situation in Japan itself and in the world at large. In the first place, these constitute active expansion into the manufacturing industries of developing countries, mostly Asian countries; growth of investments in the oil and gas sector in order to secure unrestricted access to energy sources; and resumption of the growth in cross-border mergers and acquisitions (M&A). Japanese companies' investment operations in other countries running parallel with the growth in sales by foreign branches and rise in the participation in the production abroad have reinforced their competitive positions on the global scale.
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