Glocalization” and Regional Headquarters

Japanese Electronics Firms in the Asean Region

Dados Bibliográficos

ID8377488
AutoresDavid W Edgington (0000-0003-3994-2217, University of British Columbia), Roger Hayter (0000-0002-2008-9167, Simon Fraser University)
Ano2013
Volume103
Fascículo3
Páginas647-668
Data de publicação2013-05-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoAnnals of the Association of American Geographers (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0004-5608 • E-ISSN: 1467-8306
EditoraInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/00045608.2011.653731
OpenAlexW2067058208
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas9
Referências citadas58

For Japanese multinational corporations (MNCs), glocalization (dochakuka) refers to the challenge of balancing the need to adapt foreign subsidiaries to local circumstances and to integrate corporate operations as a whole. This article addresses the regional headquarters (RHQ) strategies of electronics MNCs in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) region. From the perspective of corporate governance, RHQs are at the fulcrum of the idea of glocalization. RHQs are understood in terms of the reciprocating relations between corporate structure and corporate strategy that change over space and time. The evolution of RHQs reflects developments by Japanese firms in Singapore itself, across ASEAN, and in the rest of Asia, and how (Japanese) corporate governance is organized within the Asia-Pacific region as a whole, in contrast to the other triad regions of Europe and North America

Business · Corporate governance · Economic geography · Economics · Economy · Geography · Globalization · Glocalization · International trade · Multinational corporation · Political science · Restructuring · Subsidiary · Asian Industrial and Economic Development · International Business and FDI · Socioeconomic Development in Asia