TY - JOUR AU - Mourdoukoutas, Panos AB - Investigates an economic barrier for foreign affiliates in Japan,the high cost of local labour to attract qualified workers, foreignaffiliates must pay a basic wage premium and offer fewer hours of workover their Japanese counterparts, a factor which reduces costflexibility and impairs foreign competition in the Japanese market.Foreign affiliates inability to offer employment security is aplausible explanation for such wage premium. TI - Economic Barriers for Foreign Affiliates in Japan The High Cost of Local Labour JO - International Journal of Manpower DO - 10.1108/01437729210020723 DA - 1992-09-01 UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/emerald-publishing/economic-barriers-for-foreign-affiliates-in-japan-the-high-cost-of-k09i0C2Pas SP - 65 EP - 72 VL - 13 IS - 9 DP - DeepDyve ER -