Korean Abstract: 최근 구글의 알고리즘 변경 및 검색결과 조작에 대한 EU의 제재, 라쿠텐이 온라인 입점업체의 가격 결정권을 침해하고 무료 배송정책을 도입한 행위에 대한 일본 경쟁당국의 제한 조치, 네이버가 자사상품...

This paper examines whether IT (information technology) management enhances the effects of IT investments. Our empirical analyses are based on the unique survey data. Main findings are as follows. Firms with IT management have higher effects of IT investments. The result holds when the indexes...

This paper examines the institutional aspects of the Dojima rice exchange market. Especially, the role of governance mechanism was focused on. It is well known that the Dojima rice exchange market was established in 1730 in Osaka, and closed in 1869 due to the collapse of Tokugawa Shogunate. In...

The purpose of this paper is to estimate the degree of competition of consumer loan industry in Japan utilizing responses to a questionnaire survey conducted by Japan Consumer Finance Association. Estimating the cost function, we found that the industry is characterized by large scale economies....