An Econometric Analysis of the Building up the Innovative Local Logistics Business Indicator in Asian Trade of Japan

本主题的主要目的是通过将竞争物流指标引入亚洲主要7个国家，利用2001年至2010年的面板数据确定亚洲优秀的日本进口物流中心。为此，重要的是对以下两个问题进行计量分析。第一个问题是要弄清楚日本货代在哪里大力支持亚洲本地业务的第三方物流活动。第二个问题是确定哪种环境因素有效地促进了亚洲本地企业赶上先进的物流。根据估算结果，可以划分出作为日本进口物流枢纽发挥主导作用的国家和地区。本研究的结论是，优秀的日本进口物流中心依次为韩国、泰国和马来西亚，而加入WTO后的中国则处于劣势阶段。

The main purpose of this theme is to identify the excellent Japanese import logistics hub in Asia using panel data between 2001 and 2010, by introducing the competitive logistics indicator into in Asian main 7 countries. For this purpose it is important to analyze the following two issues econometrically. The first issue is to make clear where the Japanese forwarder have strongly supported 3PL activities of Asian local business. The second issue is to identify which kind of environmental factors have promoted effectively Asian local business to catch up to the advanced logistics. Based on the estimated results, the countries and regions which have played the dominant role as the Japanese import logistics hub can be specified. The conclusion of this research is that the excellent Japanese import logistics hubs are in order of South Korea, Thailand and Malaysia, whereas China after WTO stays in the inferior stage.