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Japanese Foreign Direct Investment in India: An Institutional Theory Approach

In: The Multinational Enterprise and the Emergence of the Global Factory

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  • Peter J. Buckley

    (University of Leeds)

  • Adam R. Cross

    (University of Leeds)

  • Sierk A. Horn

    (University of Leeds)

Abstract

This article charts the history of Japanese corporate engagement with India. While there has been a profound historic relationship between the two nations, economic interaction is commonly portrayed in the context of geographical and psychic distance. As institutions set the rules of corporate engagement, we analyse the evolving regulatory and policy regime for foreign direct investment (FDI) in post-independence India and the corporate strategies of Japanese multinational enterprises (MNEs) in response to this institutional change. Using a firm-level dataset we show that the trajectory of Japanese investment in India broadly follows that of other nationalities of foreign firms. Differentiated responses to institutional changes are detected by industry. Our analysis reveals important instances of Japanese firm flexibility and pragmatism vis-á-vis the rapidly growing Indian market.

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  • Peter J. Buckley & Adam R. Cross & Sierk A. Horn, 2014. "Japanese Foreign Direct Investment in India: An Institutional Theory Approach," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: The Multinational Enterprise and the Emergence of the Global Factory, chapter 11, pages 255-292, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-1-137-40238-7_11
    DOI: 10.1057/9781137402387_11
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