Evolution of the Intra-Pacific Trade in Service : An Empirical Study of the Changing Structure of R&D, Finance, and Distribution in the Asia-Pacific Basin

目前，亚太经济基本上由充满活力的亚洲和成熟的北美组成。前者既包括东盟国家、中国等亚洲发展中国家的几个核心，也包括日本等较发达经济体和亚洲四个新兴经济体的外围。在本项目中，我们重点研究了亚太地区的生产研发、融资和信息运输物流的国际服务体系。仅将亚太经济金融体系作为一个整体来分析日本企业的海外活动，是一种有效的方法。然而，从宏观经济的角度来看，我们非常关注亚洲经济活力与北美成熟之间的互动关系，因为在太平洋两岸，所谓的“地区主义”已经以贸易摩擦、区域经济区等形式兴起。第一年，两名美国调查人员与我们一起在日本进行了研究和讨论。1992年1月，日本调查人员在东盟国家、台湾和香港工作。在研究的过程中，他们与清迈大学的亚洲同事和研究伙伴在泰国成功地举办了研讨会。第二年，我们邀请亚洲同事到日本进行联合研究。在日本期间，他们心甘情愿地参加了“九州大学国际研讨会1992”，主题是“亚太走向何方”？并与日本同事一起在第二次会议(“跨国公司与亚太经济关系”)和第三次会议(“亚太金融机制的结构变化”)上介绍了他们的论文。此外，还有三名日本人在美国进行了研究，作为研究成果的两本书分别是《日本经济新闻》和《日本的外国投资与亚太经济体系》。

Nowadays Asia-Pacific economy consists basically of dynamic Asia and mature North America. The former includes both several cores of Asian developing countries such as ASEAN countries and China and outer circles of more advanced economies of Japan and the four Asian NIEs.In this project we have made a priority investigation of the international service systems of production-R&D, financing and information-transportation-physical distribution in the Asia-Pacific region. It is an effective method for us to regard the Asia-Pacific economic and financial systems as an integrated one just in analyzing Japanese corporation's overseas activities. From the viewpoint of a macro economy, however, we have paid a plenty of attentions to the interactions between the Asian economic dynamism and the North American maturity, because on the both sides of the Pacific the so-called "regionalism" has been risen in the forms of trade frictions, regional economic areas, etcIn the first year two American investigators joined us to make researches and discussion meetings in Japan (July-August). In January 1992 Japanese Investigators worked in ASEAN countries, Taiwan and Hong Kong. In the way of the research they held a successful seminar in Thailand with Asian colleagues and research associates in kind cooperation of Chiangmai University.In the second year we invited Asian colleagues to make joint researches in Japan. During their stay in Japan they willingly participated "Kyushu University International Symposium 1992" in the heading of Which Direction is the Asia-Pacific Moving towards? and presented their papers in Session 2 ("MNC and Asia-Pacific Economic Relations" and Session 3 ("Structural Changes of the Asia-Pacific Financial mechanism") together with Japanese colleagues. In addition, three Japanese made researches in the United States.As the fruits of the researches two books entitled AJIA KEIZAI DAINAMIZUMU and Japan's Foreign Investment and Asia-Pacific Economic Systems.