Location of Japanese-owned car assembly plants in the United Kingdom

Auteur :
TOMOZAWA, K.

Description :
Since mid-1980s, Japanese motor companies have newly set up vehicle assembly plants in EC countries, to meet both the voluntary restraint of car exports from Japan (since 1986) and the establishment of EC single market in 1993. The UK Government policy to foreign direct investment, lower wage cost than other main EC countries and English, which is the most understandable second language for Japanese, are the main reasons of this British-oriented location. - (KA)


Type de document :
Article de périodique

Source :
Kikan Chirigaku (Quarterly Journal of Geography), 1994, vol. 46, n°. 2, p. 85-106

Date :
1994

Editeur :
Pays édition : Japon