The Power of Buyer-Supplier Relationship in the Foreign Direct Investment behavior of Ancillary firms: The case of Japanese automobile parts manufacturers affiliated to Mazda Motor Corp [abstract and summary of review] Title Author(s) Ngido, Melkiory Philemon Otaru University of Commerce (小樽商科大学). 博士(商学 ), 2012 Citation Issue Date URL http://hdl.handle.net/10252/5335 Rights Related files Main text This document is downloaded at: 2014-11-14T11:48:37Z Barrel - Otaru University of Commerce Academic Collections AbstraciofDoctoralDissertation N g i d oM e l k i o r yP h i l e m o n P r o 王ANAZAWAM a k o ! o 学生氏名 指導教員名 学位論文内容の要旨 O ! a r uU n i v e r s i t yo fC o m m e r c e . J a n u a r y , 2012 T i t l e : Tb .e Power o f Buyer-Supplier R e l a t i o n sb .i p i 目 t b .e F oreign D i r e c t .a v i o ro fA n c i l l a r yf i r m s :Thec a s eo fJ a p a n 巴s ea u t o m o b i l e Investmentbeb p a r t sm a n u f a c t u r e r sa f f i l i a t e dt oMazdaMotorC o r p . s t a n d i n go fhowt h ebuy 巴ra nds u p p l i e ri n t e r r e l a t e di n T h i sworke n g a g e st h eund巴r 巴r c i a lexchanget oe x p l i c a t eexchangei n s t a n c e st h a tmayhave t h ec o n d u c to fcomm i s i o n sw i t hr e s p e c tt ot h ep r i n c i p a lb u y e r . The shaped a n c i l l a r yf i r m ' s FDI d巳c 巴 m a n u f a c t u r i n g e m p i r i c a ls e t t i n g was d e v e l o p e dt o examine t h el i n k between t h 巴 t y p e so fr e s p o n s eo fa f f i l i a t e d a c t i v i t i e so fMazdaMotor C o r p .i nChina andt h 0 0 7 .S p e c i f i c a l l y ,t h 巴 巴s t i m a t i o n sfromp r ob i tmodel, s u p p l i e r sbetwe巴n2002 and2 usmgapan 巴1d a t ao f464e n t r i e sfromMazdaa f f i l i a t e ds u p p l i e r s,haveshownt h a t h enumbero ft o po f f i c i a l sh i r e dfromt h ebuying whenaa n c i l l a r yf i r mh a sd i s c r e t i o n s,t n t e n s i t yo fi n t e r a c t i o nw i t ht h ep r i n c i p a lbuyer ,c a p t u r e dbynumbero fc a r f i r m,andi n f l u e n c e on models and p r o d u c tc a t e g o r i e s as u p p l i e ri si n v o l v e d,have upward i a p t u r e dbyt h evolume s u p p l i e r ' sFDId e c i s i o n s .E x t e n to fr e l a t i o n a ls p e c i f i ca s s e t s,c o fo u t p u tg o i n gt ot h ep r i n c i p a lb u y e r ,i n d i c a t e dan e g a t i v ei n f l u巴n c e .Ont h ec o n t r o l e x p e r i e n c ew i t ht h ep r i n c i p a lb u y e ri no t h 巳rm a r k e t shadp o s i t i v ei n f l u e n c e, v a r i a b l e s, w h i l ee x p e r i e n c ei nt h 巴f o c a lc o u n t r yd e p i c t e dan e g a t i v ei n f l u e n c e .Thes i z eo ft h e a p i t a lemployedwasn o ts t a t i s t i c a l l ys i g n i f i c a n t . companymeasuredbyc ラ Thef i n d i n g soft h i sa n a l y s i ss u g g e s t st h a ti naf o l l o w t h ec u s t o m e rFDIb e h a v i o r , a n c i l l a r yf i r ml o o k sf o rp r o c e d u r e st h a tminimizet h eneedf o rp r e d i c t i n gu n c e r t a i n o t 巴db yt h ea n a l y s i s,i st h eu s eo ff e e d b a c kfrom f u t u r ee v e n t s . Onemethod,d巴n 巴p r i n c i p a lb u y e r .Anotherwayi st or e l yon e s t a b l i s h e dp r o c e s sandp r o c e d u r e sw i t ht h i n d i v i d u a ljudgment,p a r t i c u l a r l yt h o s eknowledgeablea b o u tt h ep r i n c i p a lbuy 巴f,l n h ea n a l y s i s o r d e rt op r o v i d ef l e x i b i l i t yands i m p l i f i c a t i o no fd e c i s i o np r o c e s s e s .Thus,t i m p l i e st h a tl i n k st oap a r t i c u l a rhome-countryb u y e ra r en o tamountingt ou n i v e r s a l l y p o s i t i v ei n f l u e n c e . Moving away from d e s c r i b i n gt h ef o l l o w t h e c u s t o m e r FDI h i ss t u d y b e h a v i o ra sj u s t i f i e d ab e l i e fo fh i s t o r i c a lb u y e r s u p p l i e rr e l a t i o n s h i p,t c o n t r i b u t e st oe n u n c i a t i n gnewavenueo fa n a l y s i st h a tc a na f f o r dc l u e sa b o u tw h e t h e r, when,andwhereap a r t i c u l a ra n c i l l a r yf i r mmayengagei nFDI .
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