Japan-U.S. Direct R and D Investments in the Electronics Industries. JapanTechnology Program

摘要

The purpose of this report is to investigate the investment motives, locationdecisions, research activities, and selected aspects of management of Japanese research and development (R&D) facilities in the United States and U.S. R&D facilities in Japan in the electronics industry. It is based on a series of structured personal interviews conducted at fourteen Japanese R&D facilities in the United States and eighteen U.S. R&D facilities in Japan in the electronics industry. The interview survey, supplemented by visits to the laboratories of most companies, was conducted between 1991 and 1993 in the United States and Japan. The report is organized in three sections. The first chapter provides a brief overview of Japan-U.S. cross-border direct investments in general and the electronics industry in particular. Next, Chapter 2 describes the key elements of the research project. The findings of the research project are presented and discussed in Chapter 3.