Hybrid Factories in Latin America

List of Tables List of Figures Preface; K.Yamazaki , W.Juhn & T.Abo Acknowledgments Notes on Contributors PART I: A BIRD'S EYE VIEW OF FOREIGN INVESTMENTS IN LATIN AMERICA The Viewpoint of Research Analysis for Japanese-affiliated Enterprises in Latin America; K.Yamazaki Industrialization and Transnational Corporations in Latin America; K.Serita Labor and Society in Latin America: Historical Backgrounds and a New Direction; N.Yamada Movement Toward Regional Markets in Latin America; J.Carrillo PART II: ANALYTICAL METHODOLOGY OF OUR RESEARCH MAINLY IN MEXICO, BRAZIL AND ARGENTINA Average Regional Application of the Japanese System on a Five-Point Scale, by Comparisons to Worldwide Application and Other Regions; W.Juhn Japanese Hybrid Factories in Mexico; Z.Yuan Japanese Hybrid Factories in Brazil; T.Abo Japanese Hybrid Factories in Argentina; H.Itagaki PART III: CASE ANALYSES FOR THE STRATEGIES OF AUTOMOTIVE ASSEMBLING ENTERPRISE IN LATIN AMERICA Toyota Motor's Production Strategy in South America: Production in Brazil and Argentina; H.Kumon Toyota's Production Operations in Mexico, Embedded into Toyota's North American Strategy; H.Higashi Nissan Motor in Latin America, Mainly Nissan Mexicana; S.Orihashi Honda in Brazil and Mexico - Starting with Production of Motorcycles and Going to Automobile Production; T.Abo PART IV: CASE ANALYSES FOR THE STRATEGIES OF ELECTRONICS ENTERPRISES IN LATIN AMERICA Toshiba Amazonas S.A. in Brazil; C.Shi & Y.Hao Newsan S.A. The Joint Venture with Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.; T.Miyaji PART V: CONCLUSION: CHARACTERISTIC PATTERNS OF HYBRID FACTORIES AND OF STRATEGIES IN LATIN AMERICA A Review of the Hybrid Transfer Analysis, Highlighting the Latin American Hybrid Pattern; W.Juhn Free Trade Zones and Corporate Strategies in Latin America; K.Yamazaki Index