日本企業のマキラドーラ工場とアメリカおよびアジア工場との比較研究

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Japanese companies started maquiladora operations in Mexico in the early 1980s. With the rapid appreciation of the yen in the late 1980s, a number of Japanese companies producing in the U. S. began maquiladora operations. The fundamental reason for establishing these maquiladoras was to supplement the operations of U. S. plants, however in several cases, the Japanese firms discontinued U. S. operations and shifted all of their production to their maquiladoras. This paper examines the characteristics of these Japanese maquiladoras and compares them with Japanese transplants in the U. S. and Asia. The first section compares the maquiladoras with transplants in the U. S. The second section compares the maquiladoras with transplants in Korea and Taiwan. The third section verifies these by examining the characteristics of two companies' transplants in Mexico and Asian countries. Through an examination of these two companies, it is possible to discern a dramatic change in the Japanese maquiladoras between the date of the first field survey in 1989 and the second one in 1991. The conclusion argues that Japanese firms continuing to produce in Mexico will likely have improved results regardless of the elimination of maquiladora privileges due to NAFTA.
城西大学の論文
1998-03-28