The Automobile Industry and Regional Governance across Japan, U.S. and China

该研究分析了日本、美国和中国三国全球汽车产业生产结构和制度化的动态变化，特别是区域政府和企业等各种经济主体在多层次网络发展中的崛起。在中国汽车工业迅猛发展的背后，研究发现了发展日美跨国汽车公司与中国公司合作与竞争关系的重要性，以及中国地方政府的重要合作作用。从全球经济的视角，通过分析新兴的区域治理网络构建，可以探讨以日本、美国、中国为代表的正式区域项目与经济相互依存现实之间的关联性。

The research analyses the dynamic changes of production structures and institutionalization in the global automobile industry across Japan, U.S. and China, with particular reference to the rise of various economic actors such as regional governments and firms in the development of multi-level networks. Behind the China's sharp development of the automobile industry, the research have found the importance of development of cooperative and competitive relations among the leading Japanese and the US multinational auto firms and Chinese firms as well as the important cooperative roles of the Chinese regional governments. From the perspectives of global economy, correlation between formal regional project based on Japan, U.S., and China and reality of economic interdependence could be discussed through analyzing the emerging construction of regional governance by the various networks.