Japanese Automobile Research Articles

일본 자동차 산업의 전략집단 연구

일본 자동차 산업의 전략집단 연구

Distribution of the Dealer and Repair Parts Management System of a Japanese Multinational Car Manufacturer in China: Focusing on the Case of GAC Toyota Motors

Distribution of the Dealer and Repair Parts Management System of a Japanese Multinational Car Manufacturer in China: Focusing on the Case of GAC Toyota Motors

Distribution of the Dealer and Repair Parts Management System of a Japanese Multinational Car Manufacturer in China: Focusing on the Case of GAC Toyota Motors

Distribution of the Dealer and Repair Parts Management System of a Japanese Multinational Car Manufacturer in China: Focusing on the Case of GAC Toyota Motors

Factors Affecting Consumer’s Purchase Intention Toward Japanese Car in Pakistan

This article has been retracted on June 24, 2020.

Decomposing the effects of consumer boycotts: evidence from the anti-Japanese demonstration in China

This paper quantifies the Chinese consumers’ boycott of Japanese cars that immediately followed the anti-Japanese demonstrations in September 2012. We decompose the total boycott effect into two effects: the transfer effect, which refers to consumers switching from Japanese to non-Japanese brands, and the cancellation effect, which captures decline in sales due to consumers exiting the market. We find that the cancellation effect accounts for more than 90% of the total decline in Japanese car sales, implying a small substitution effect in the automobile market, even though brands of all other countries have benefited. This paper provides evidence of both negative and positive impacts of political conflicts for different market participants and includes analysis with welfare implications.

Pregovori SAD i Japana o novom bilateralnom trgovinskom sporazumu

In an effort to reduce trade deficit, the United States has sought to introduce tariffs on imports, primarily of Chinese products. However, countries with which the United States runs large trade deficits are under pressure to negotiate about reducing the bilateral trade deficit with the United States. Among them is Japan. The US administration in bilateral trade talks with Japan toward a new bilateral trade agreement seeks to encourage US exports of agricultural products to Japan and reduce imports of Japanese cars in the US. If the trade agreement contains restrictions on the export of Japanese cars to the US market, it will damage Japanese manufacturers, but also customers in the United States, due to the higher costs of buying a car. However, it would not be the first time since Japan, under the pressure of the United States, introduced Voluntary Export Restraint (VER) in 1981 on car exports to the United States that were abolished in 1994. These restrictions have brought huge costs for both Japanese car manufacturers and consumers in the United States. The outcome of the US and Japan trade talks about a new trade agreement will show whether history repeats itself.

The Perception of Japanese Cars by Market: Saudi Arabia and The United States and The Value Versus Price Proposition

This study has worked to explore the characteristics of the Saudi Arabia new car market in comparison to certain aspects of the United States new car market. Specifically, this study sought to identify the unique perspectives that Saudi new car consumers have towards Japanese produced new cars compared to those of US new car consumers towards Japanese produced vehicles. Furthermore, the added element of identifying whether one market privileged value above price or price above value as a rationale in making a purchase decision was also examined. A quantitative methodology was utilized in approaching this research problem. The specific quantitative method selected was descriptive statistics because of its ability to isolate unique attributes in the data and to support conclusions about those attributes by quantifying consumer opinion in one respect or another. This study found that Saudi new car consumers in fact do have a positive perception of Asian and specifically Japanese produced cars. This assertion is supported both through the data and the fact that a Japanese car is currently the top selling new car sold in the Kingdom. Additionally, the data also finds that Saudi new car consumers tend to privilege the consideration of overall value as defined by efficiency, quality and price as a rationale to arrive at a purchase decision. Likewise, this study finds that the US new car consumer, while operating in a much different new car marketplace, tends to privilege price rather than value in the arrival at a purchase decision. Finally, this study also notes that the recent approval of women being able to drive in the Kingdom is a manifestation of the success of the Crown Prince’s Vision 2030 program. This development is indicative of the way in which the Vision 2030 objectives are remaking the Saudi economy, evidenced by the new car market, into a rich consumer-driven ecosystem capable of establishing the Kingdom as an international economic benchmark.

Quality management for academic laboratories: burden or boon? Professional quality management could be very beneficial for academic research but needs to overcome specific caveats.

EMBO Reports (2018) e47143 Basic and translational biomedical research explores biological and pathophysiological mechanisms with the aim of developing novel therapies, preventive measures, and diagnostics to improve human health. Disappointingly, however, most new therapies fail when they are tested in clinical trials. Although the causes of this “translational attrition” are diverse and often rooted in the complexity of the underlying biology, it has also become clear that methodology is a major issue. The “translational roadblock”, along with what has been dubbed a “reproducibility crisis” [1], has fueled discussions about the reliability and reproducibility of biomedical research in general. There is strong evidence that weaknesses in planning, conducting, analyzing, and (non)reporting of research [2], as well as misidentification or contamination of reagents, biologicals, and cell lines [3], are prevalent factors. Meta‐research has shown that these problems can lead to an inflation of effect size and false positives and consequently decrease the reproducibility and predictiveness of research results. At the same time, the increasing methodological complexity combined with the immense proliferation in research outputs greatly complicates the production and evaluation of reliable evidence. Pressure to publish and hypercompetition for resources further compromise the robustness and rigor of research. Arguably, basic and translational biomedical research has a quality problem. In the 1970s, US cars had major quality problems. By comparison, Japanese cars were much more reliable. The introduction of rigorous quality management in the production process was largely credited for this competitive advantage, which helped the Japanese car industry to dominate the market for decades to come. By now, most industries, including US car manufacturers, the health and pharmaceutical industries as well as clinical medicine, have established sophisticated quality management systems (QMS) on which they spend several percent of their budget. Clearly, these investments pay off as companies …

Disentangling the complexity of supply relationship formations: Firm product diversification and product ubiquity in the Japanese car industry

The factors and mechanisms that drive the formation of inter-firm supply relationships are complex, and reflect varying strategies that different firms use when building product portfolios. This study aims to disentangle these complex patterns of interactions specifically by focusing on product diversification and product interdependencies in individual firms, as well as product rarity/ubiquity. The empirical data, which captures the formation of supply relationships between carmakers and their suppliers for 200 products, was analyzed using methods developed in the emerging field of network science. The results provided significant insights into how firms' portfolios vary and interdepend, how firms diversify their portfolios, and how the effect of these may be reflected in the formation of inter-firm relationships.

Japanese firms eye lithium car batteries

Mazda, Ube Industries, and ELIIY Power are teaming up to develop lithium-ion alternatives to the lead-acid batteries used to start cars. While lithium-ion batteries offer lower weight and toxicity, they have not been able to replace lead-acid batteries because of under-the-hood heat and the flammability risk their electrolytes pose in a collision. Mazda will use its car-making know-how to simulate the chemical reactions inside batteries. Ube will provide electrolytes and battery cell separators. ELIIY has supplied lithium-ion starter batteries to motorcycle makers since 2016.

Summary of the General Discussion on “Impact of Extensive and Intensive Margins of Foreign Direct Investment on Domestic Corporate Performance: Evidence from Japanese Automobile Parts Suppliers”

Summary of the General Discussion on “Impact of Extensive and Intensive Margins of Foreign Direct Investment on Domestic Corporate Performance: Evidence from Japanese Automobile Parts Suppliers”

Comments by Deborah Swenson, on Impact of Extensive and Intensive Margins of Foreign Direct Investment on Domestic Corporate Performance: Evidence from Japanese Automobile Parts Suppliers

June 01 2017 Comments by Deborah Swenson, on Impact of Extensive and Intensive Margins of Foreign Direct Investment on Domestic Corporate Performance: Evidence from Japanese Automobile Parts Suppliers Author and Article Information Online Issn: 1536-0083 Print Issn: 1535-3516 © 2017 by the Earth Institute at Columbia University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology2017Massachusetts Institute of Technology Asian Economic Papers (2017) 16 (2): 210–212. https://doi.org/10.1162/ASEP_a_00536 Cite Icon Cite Permissions Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Search Site Citation Comments by Deborah Swenson, on Impact of Extensive and Intensive Margins of Foreign Direct Investment on Domestic Corporate Performance: Evidence from Japanese Automobile Parts Suppliers. Asian Economic Papers 2017; 16 (2): 210–212. doi: https://doi.org/10.1162/ASEP_a_00536 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentAll JournalsAsian Economic Papers Search Advanced Search Deborah Swenson: Globalization fears have become increasingly prominent in the political debates of many countries. As a result, negotiation efforts focused on further trade and investment liberalization have slowed as popular skepticism about the benefits of international integration have grown. One staple that underpins popular anti-globalization concerns is the belief that overseas expansion by local firms damages local output and employment. Indeed, it appears more than logically plausible that economic activity at home will be displaced as multinational firms increase their offshore operations. In this context, Matsuura is to be commended for studying the effects of foreign direct investment (FDI) on domestic performance, since his project seeks to provide direct evidence on the Japanese output and employment effects that have followed from the international expansion efforts of Japanese firms. This work is important, because it provides evidence on matters of popular concern, as empirical work of this type provide a... You do not currently have access to this content.

Impact of Extensive and Intensive Margins of Foreign Direct Investment on Domestic Corporate Performance: Evidence from Japanese Automobile Parts Suppliers

This study uses firm-level data on Japanese automobile parts suppliers to investigate the impact of foreign direct investment (FDI) on domestic corporate performance. We use the automobile makers’ FDI as an instrumental variable for suppliers’ FDI and estimate the impact of both the extensive and intensive margins of FDI. We find that whereas the intensive margin of FDI does not significantly impact corporate performance, the extensive margin positively influences sales and total factor productivity. Furthermore, the impact of the initial FDI entry brings stronger effects than that of subsequent FDI flows.

Comments by Somkiat Tangkitvanich, on Impact of Extensive and Intensive Margins of Foreign Direct Investment on Domestic Corporate Performance: Evidence from Japanese Automobile Parts Suppliers

June 01 2017 Comments by Somkiat Tangkitvanich, on Impact of Extensive and Intensive Margins of Foreign Direct Investment on Domestic Corporate Performance: Evidence from Japanese Automobile Parts Suppliers Author and Article Information Online Issn: 1536-0083 Print Issn: 1535-3516 © 2017 by the Earth Institute at Columbia University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology2017Massachusetts Institute of Technology Asian Economic Papers (2017) 16 (2): 212–213. https://doi.org/10.1162/ASEP_a_00537 Cite Icon Cite Permissions Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Search Site Citation Comments by Somkiat Tangkitvanich, on Impact of Extensive and Intensive Margins of Foreign Direct Investment on Domestic Corporate Performance: Evidence from Japanese Automobile Parts Suppliers. Asian Economic Papers 2017; 16 (2): 212–213. doi: https://doi.org/10.1162/ASEP_a_00537 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentAll JournalsAsian Economic Papers Search Advanced Search Somkiat Tangkitvanich: This paper by Toshiyuki Matsuura addresses the important issue of the impact of outward FDI on domestic firm performance, which has been a concern among policymakers because of the fear of the “hollowing out” effect. There has been debate on the desirability of a government's policy to promote outward FDI of domestic firms, not only in developed countries but also in some middle-income countries where firms are starting to invest overseas. Using a combination of four sets of firm-level data of Japanese auto-part suppliers, the paper finds that outward FDI by the part suppliers has positive impacts on sales and total factor productivity (TFP) of the related domestic firms. It also finds no negative impacts of FDI on domestic firms. The author notes, however, that the positive impacts are found only in the case of the extensive margin of FDI—that is, the first foreign investment. In the case... You do not currently have access to this content.

A Non-linear Estimation of the Capital Asset Pricing Model: The Case of Japanese Automobile Industry Firms

This paper quantitatively examines a non-linear capital asset pricing model (CAPM) by using monthly stock returns of major automobile industry firms in Japan. Applying the maximum likelihood method, we derive the following interesting findings. (1) First, in the case where the distribution of stock returns has a fat-tail, our non-linear CAPM is highly effective. Because the parameters of our non-linear CAPM well capture fat-tailed return distributions, the non-linear model estimation derives reliable estimates of beta values. (2) Second, in the case where stock returns are normally distributed, our non-linear CAPM is also effective. Since the parameters of our non-linear CAPM also well capture normally distributed returns by adjusting its degrees of freedom parameter value, the non-linear model estimation similarly derives reliable beta estimates as those derived from the standard linear CAPM. (3) Finally, we further conduct the Wald tests based on the estimators from the standard CAPM and our non-linear CAPM, and we suggest that in the case where the distribution of stock returns has a fat-tail, the Wald test based on the estimators from our non-linear CAPM shall be more reliable than the Wald test based on the estimators from the standard linear CAPM.

Which One is More Efficient? German or Japanese Automobile Industry: A Meta-frontier with Technology Gap Comparison

The goal of this paper is to compare the cost efficiency of the automobile industry in Germany and Japan during the period of 1980–2014 by applying the Meta-Frontier Cost Function. Despite the constant competition and the global automobile industry crisis during 2008-2010, only a few existing studies compare the efficiency of the industry cross countries. However, these all fail to address various types of technology adopted and the environment faced by automakers across countries. The meta-frontier model became a recognized and useful tool to evaluate technical efficiency of firms applying dissimilar technologies. Overall, the results signify that the cost efficiency of the German automobile industry by average is better than that of the Japanese one and the German one uses more superior production technique though it was lower the Japanese one in the 1980s. The difference reversed in the 1990s and has been enlarging since the 1990s to the end of the observation period.

Looking for the perfect tweet. The use of data mining techniques to find influencers on twitter

The purpose of this study is to investigate influencers on Twitter to discover the characteristics of their tweets through PIAR, a unique data mining research tool developed by the University of Salamanca that combines graph theory and social influence theory. An analysis of 3853 users posting about two automotive Japanese car firms, Toyota and Nissan, reveals the characteristics influencers have on this social network. The findings suggest that influencers use more hashtags and mentions on average when they tweet, and their word count is fewer than those with less power on this virtual community. Surprisingly, they tend to include less embedded links on their posts. Additionally, influencers have on average a large number of people they follow and they clearly express their opinions and feelings (either positive or negative) when tweeting. The results broaden the understanding of how influencers write and behave on social networks when they communicate with their users' community. Further, it provides insights for practitioners and marketers on how to discover influencers talking about their brands by observing tweets' content.

An Innovative Approach to Enhancing the Sustainable Development of Japanese Automobile Suppliers

The Japanese automobile industry has been hit sharply by the economic downturn of recent decades. The rise in costs and decline in sales have led to serious problems in the auto industry. In order to address these issues, most companies engage in downsizing and redesigning production operations. It is crucial to investigate the time wasted by replacing assembly boards occurring in manufacturing lines. Therefore, the aim of this study was to provide an integrated approach, Teoriya Resheniya Izobreatatelskih Zadatch (TRIZ), to providing efficient solutions for the automobile industry. The first step of this methodology is to detail the technical problems using the Function and Attribute Analysis (FAA) model. Secondly, a contradiction matrix and the inventive principle were applied to find the solutions. In this study, an auto part supplier named Sumi-Hanel located in Hanoi, Vietnam, was taken as a case study; the empirical results showed that waste time had been reduced to 67%, nearly 8400 square meters was saved, and a 20% cost reduction was achieved by reusing old frames. The research proves that the combination of TRIZ and lean manufacturing successfully increases production performance and reduces waste due to technological advancements.

TEACHERS’ PEDAGOGY FROM THEIR NATIVE COUNTRY, MATTERS TO STUDENTS?

The British universities’ teaching and learning environment is multicultural and an increasing number of international students from all over the world are studying in the UK. Japanese language teaching in this study was also under the influence of this globalisation. Students who are studying Japanese are also under the influence of the teachers’ educational culture and teaching pedagogy. This study investigates how multicultural students who were studying Japanese responded with the Japanese teaching approach which were not familiar and consider the results from an educational cultural perspective. The study was conducted for one semester to multicultural students who were studying Japanese in 2009/2010 at a university in the South of England. The Japanese teaching approach called Japanisation was applied to these students. The concept of Japanisation was taken from a study of the Japanese car manufacturing industry and adapted to the language teaching context for the purpose of this study. Questionnaires and observations were used to generate the data. Both questionnaire and observation results showed that the majority of students showed negative responses at the end of the study towards Japanisation. However, gradual positive reactions to Japanisation were observed during the course of observation as students from the long-term educational culture seemed to accept Japanisation more easily than those from the short-term educational culture. From these contrasted two results, it may be possible to conclude that students’ response to Japanisation may relate to their long-term culture as observations confirmed that students who were from long-term educational culture responded more positively than those from short-term culture during the course of observations.

Evolution of Japanese Automobile Manufacturing Strategy Using New JIT: Developing QCD Studies Employing New SCM Model

This paper introduces New JIT that contributes to the evolution of Japanese automobile manufacturing strategy. We believe that the key to successful global manufacturing is joint task team activities between the manufacturer and affiliated/non-affiliated suppliers employing Strategic Stratified Task Team Model. To realize this, we create the New SCM Model for strengthen of SCM. Here, we introduce typical research examples of how this model improved the bottleneck problems of worldwide automobile manufactures.