Japanese Firms in Contemporary Singapore - 9789971693848

Japanese Firms in Contemporary SingaporeAuthor(s): Hiroshi Shimizu\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: NUS Press, Singapore\nImprint: NUS Press\nISBN-13: 9789971693848, 978-9971693848\nSynopsis\nThis pioneering work discusses the role of Japan in the economic development of Singapore since 1965 by looking at the nature and extent of the value-added activities of Japanese multi-national corporations in the manufacturing, construction, and retailing sectors. Japan's economic presence and influence have been very strong in Singapore in the past few decades. Currently, the city state is one of the major recipients of Japanese foreign direct investment in Asia, and is also a very important overseas customer for Japanese manufacturing and construction firms. Nevertheless, there is no major academic work on Japanese economic activities in the city state, even though there are large numbers of works on the economic development of [url] on primary and secondary sources in English and Japanese, Hir.