BASS S. J. (1998) Japanese research parks: national policy and local development, Reg. Studies 32 , 391-403. Many important regional high technology (RHT) initiatives have appeared since Japan's famous technopolis programme was enacted in 1983. This paper examines the evolution of Japanese RHT...

Property-liability insurance is distributed through two major marketing channels -- the independent and the exclusive agency systems. Independent agents place business with several companies, while exclusive agents write insurance for only one company. We find that the independent agency system...