KATSUO YAMAZAKI is a pofessor at the School of Management, Shizuoka Sangyo University, Japan. He received his BA from Keio University, Japan, an MBA from the University of Detroit Mercy, USA, and a DIBA from Nova Southeastern University, USA. He has twenty-one years of international business experience at Furukawa Electric Company, a global Fortune-listed company, and has been a member of the Academy of International Business since 2001. WOOSEOK JUHN  is a Professor at Chukyo University, Japan.   TETSUO ABO is a member of the Department of Economics, Teikyo University, and Professor Emeritus at Teikyo University, Japan. His research focuses on Japanese management and production systems in an international context and management geography. His publications include Hybrid Factory: The Japanese Production System in the United States and The Hybrid Factories in Europe: The Japanese Management and Production System Transferred.

• 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