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Ageing and the labor market in Japan : problems and policies

Hamada, Kōichi (contributor); Katō, Hiromi (contributor) - 2007

1. Ageing and employment in Japan -- 2. Factors affecting labor force participation in Japan : empirical study of labor …

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Climate and trade policy : bottom-up approaches towards global agreement

Carraro, Carlo (ed.); Egenhofer, Christian (ed.) - 2007

Bottom-up approaches towards a global climate agreement : an overview -- Carlo Carraro, Christian Egenhofer and Noriko Fujiwara -- Regional and subglobal climate blocs : a cost-benefit analysis of bottom-up climate regimes / Barbara Buchner and Carlo Carraro -- Do regional integration approaches...

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Organizational innovations and economic growth : organosis and growth of firms, sectors, and countries

Sanidas, Elias - 2005

Analysing the USA and Japan from the late 19th century to the present day, the book provides an accessible synthesis of …1. Introduction -- 2. Organizational innovations from the 1860s in the USA and Japan -- 3. The role of OIs in the … the USA and Japan -- 7. Empirical evidence on the links between industrial sectoral growth and the Lean Production System …

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Long-run growth and short-run stabilization : essays in memory of Albert Ando

Ando, Albert (contributor); … - 2006

There is much confusion in the economics literature on wage determination and the employment-inflation trade-off. Few …

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Limits to free trade : non-tariff barriers in the European Union, Japan and United States

Hanson, David - 2010

This book explores the growing list of non-tariff trade barriers raised by the US, EU and Japan and assesses the prospects for significant trade liberalization. The author examines the liability of global free trade through a review of the complaints that these three countries raised about each...

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Innovation in public sector services : entrepreneurship, creativity and management

Windrum, Paul (contributor); Koch, Per M. (contributor) - 2008

This groundbreaking book provides new key insights and opens up an important research agenda. The book develops a new taxonomy of the different types of innovation found in public sector services, and investigates the key features and drivers of public sector entrepreneurship. The book contains...

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Investing in the United States : is the US ready for FDI from China?

Sauvant, Karl P. (contributor) - 2009

1. Is the United States ready for FDI from China? : overview / Karl P. Sauvant -- 2. Modes of entry by Chinese firms in the United States : economic and political issues / Steven Globerman and Daniel Shapiro -- 3. The US regulatory and institutional framework for FDI / David N. Fagan -- 4. The...

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Entrepreneurial competition and industrial location : investigating the structural patterns and intangible sources of competitive performance

Peneder, Michael - 2001

implications are tested in a comparative study of competitive performance in the EU, Japan and the USA. Typical mechanisms of …

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The economics of health care in Asia-Pacific countries

Hu, Teh-wei (ed.); Hsieh, Chee-Ruey (ed.) - 2002

In order to control ever-increasing health care expenditure, Western and Asian countries are seeking to develop more efficient health care models. Studies on health care that focus specifically on Asian countries are rare, rendering this a unique and welcome addition to the literature. This book...

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