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Global Business Strategy

Multinational Corporations Venturing into Emerging Markets

  • Facilitates an understanding of business contexts in multinational investment in emerging economies such as China and India
  • Provides a good balance of theoretical ideas and case studies for global business strategy
  • Focuses on Japanese firms’ activities that previously have not been fully described in the English literature

Part of the book series: Springer Texts in Business and Economics (STBE)

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Table of contents (15 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvii
  2. Introduction: Needs for New Global Strategies

    • Kazuyuki Motohashi
    Pages 1-17Open Access
  3. Global Business Strategy

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 19-19
    2. Management Strategies for Global Businesses

      • Kazuyuki Motohashi
      Pages 21-40Open Access
    3. Changes in the Global Economic Environment

      • Kazuyuki Motohashi
      Pages 41-55Open Access
    4. Comparison of Economic Institutions in China and India

      • Kazuyuki Motohashi
      Pages 57-76Open Access
    5. India’s Neemrana Industrial Park for Japanese Firms

      • Kazuyuki Motohashi
      Pages 93-104Open Access
  4. Fundamentals of Strategic Planning

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 105-105
    2. Alliance-Based Global Strategy

      • Kazuyuki Motohashi
      Pages 107-119Open Access
    3. Marketing Theory in Global Business Context

      • Kazuyuki Motohashi
      Pages 137-154Open Access
    4. Shiseido Marketing in China

      • Kazuyuki Motohashi
      Pages 155-171Open Access
    5. International R&D Management

      • Kazuyuki Motohashi
      Pages 173-189Open Access
    6. Multinationals’ R&D in China and India

      • Kazuyuki Motohashi
      Pages 191-209Open Access
    7. Suzuki Motor’s Expansion in India

      • Kazuyuki Motohashi
      Pages 223-241Open Access
    8. Strategy Integration at the Global Level

      • Kazuyuki Motohashi
      Pages 243-253Open Access
  5. Back Matter

    Pages 255-259

About this book

This book presents theories and case studies for corporations in developed nations, including Japan, for designing strategies to maximize opportunities and minimize threats in business expansion into developing nations. The case studies featured here focus on Asia, including China and India,  and use examples of Japanese manufacturers. Five case studies are provided, including Hitachi Construction Machinery and Shiseido in China and Maruti Suzuki in India. These cases facilitate the reader’s understanding of the business environments in emerging economies. 

This volume is especially recommended for business people responsible for  international business development, particularly in China and India. In addition, the book serves as a useful resource for students in graduate-level courses in international management.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Graduate School of Engineering, Department of Technology Management for Innovation, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Japan

    Kazuyuki Motohashi

About the author

Kazuyuki Motohashi is a professor in the Department of Resilience Engineering Research Center and Technology Management for Innovation, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo. Until this year, he had held various positions at the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) of the Japanese Government, and served as an economist at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and an associate professor at Hitotsubashi University. His research interests cover a broad range of issues in economic and statistical analysis of innovation, including economic impacts of information technology, international comparison of productivity, global infrastructure business strategy, and national innovation systems focusing on science and industry linkages and small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) innovation and entrepreneurship policy. Dr. Motohashi earned a Master of Engineering degree from The University of Tokyo, an MBA from Cornell University, and a Ph.D. in business and commerce from Keio University.

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