Contents -- Contributors -- 1 Introduction: Japanese Multinationals in Asia -- Part I: Foreign Direct Investment Flows -- 2 The Origins and Evolution of Japanese Direct Investment in East Asia -- 3 Asia and the Global Operations of Multinational Corporations -- Part II: Foreign Direct Investment and Trade Flows -- 4 Foreign Direct Investment Outflows and Manufacturing Trade: A Comparison of Japan and the United States -- 5 Do Multinationals Shift Production in Response to Exchange Rate Changes? Evidence from 1977 to 1993 -- Part III: Foreign Direct Investment and Technology Flows -- 6 Intrafirm Technology Transfer by Japanese Multinationals in Asia -- 7 Do Japanese Business Practices Travel Well? Managerial Technology Transfer to Thailand -- Part IV: Production Networks: Foreign Direct Investment, Trade, and Technology Flows Combined -- 8 The Business Strategies of Japanese Production Networks in Asia -- 9 Exploiting Asia to Beat Japan: Production Networks and the Comeback of U.S. Electronics -- Part V: Home-Economy and Host-Economy Effects -- 10 Is Japan Hollowing Out? -- 11 Japanese and U.S. Subsidiaries in East Asia: Host-Economy Effects -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y.