ANDREW STAPLES is Associate Professor of Japanese Business at Kansia Gaidai University, Japan. He has previously been a Lecturer in Japanese Studies at the school of East Asian Studies, University of Sheffield, UK, where he also gained his PhD.

• Introduction PART 1: THEORY AND APPROACH Foreign Direct Investment, Regionalism and Japanese Regional Production Networks PART 2: ESTABLISHING THE CONTEXT The Transformation of the East Asian Political Economy Japan and the Transformation of the East Asian Political Economy PART 3: RESPONSE TO REGIONALISM IN THE AUTOMOTIVE SECTOR Japanese Automotive Manufacturers in East Asia General Strategy and Investment Response The Rationalization and Reordering of Production Networks Japanese FDI in East Asia Conclusions

"Andrew Staples provides an excellent analysis of Japanese automobile manufacturers in East Asia... The author's accomplishment is particularly noteworthy given that itis extremely difficult to penetrate the insular nature of the Japanese corporation." - Ali M. Nizamuddin, University of Illinois at Springfield

ANDREW STAPLES is Associate Professor of Japanese Business at Kansia Gaidai University, Japan. He has previously been a Lecturer in Japanese Studies at the school of East Asian Studies, University of Sheffield, UK, where he also gained his PhD.

• Introduction PART 1: THEORY AND APPROACH Foreign Direct Investment, Regionalism and Japanese Regional Production Networks PART 2: ESTABLISHING THE CONTEXT The Transformation of the East Asian Political Economy Japan and the Transformation of the East Asian Political Economy PART 3: RESPONSE TO REGIONALISM IN THE AUTOMOTIVE SECTOR Japanese Automotive Manufacturers in East Asia General Strategy and Investment Response The Rationalization and Reordering of Production Networks Japanese FDI in East Asia Conclusions

"Andrew Staples provides an excellent analysis of Japanese automobile manufacturers in East Asia... The author's accomplishment is particularly noteworthy given that itis extremely difficult to penetrate the insular nature of the Japanese corporation." - Ali M. Nizamuddin, University of Illinois at Springfield

ANDREW STAPLES is Associate Professor of Japanese Business at Kansia Gaidai University, Japan. He has previously been a Lecturer in Japanese Studies at the school of East Asian Studies, University of Sheffield, UK, where he also gained his PhD.

• Introduction PART 1: THEORY AND APPROACH Foreign Direct Investment, Regionalism and Japanese Regional Production Networks PART 2: ESTABLISHING THE CONTEXT The Transformation of the East Asian Political Economy Japan and the Transformation of the East Asian Political Economy PART 3: RESPONSE TO REGIONALISM IN THE AUTOMOTIVE SECTOR Japanese Automotive Manufacturers in East Asia General Strategy and Investment Response The Rationalization and Reordering of Production Networks Japanese FDI in East Asia Conclusions

"Andrew Staples provides an excellent analysis of Japanese automobile manufacturers in East Asia... The author's accomplishment is particularly noteworthy given that itis extremely difficult to penetrate the insular nature of the Japanese corporation." - Ali M. Nizamuddin, University of Illinois at Springfield