The superior competitiveness of the Japanese cotton industry became so obvious in the interwar period. The sources of the Japanese competitive advantage have thus collected considerable scholarly interest. A series of past studies stressed the significance of planned coordination and managerial...

In an increasingly global investment climate, mobile capital interested in residential investment generally seeks the highest return on invested capital (cap rate). However, we observe a very large range in these values. Systematic differences may be explained by tax rates, demographics,...

This paper discusses the determinants of strategic transparency and its importance to the East Asian firms. Firm's strategic transparency is closely associated with firm's relative market position and the degree of competitiveness it can achieve. Accordingly, the governance structure is fairly...

This study examines the informativeness of fundamental financial information to three levels of market-to-book (MB) ratio: high MB firms, medium MB firms, and low MB firms. In general, the results indicate that the financial ratios (as co-integrated financial information) are relatively quite...

The purpose of this paper is to analyse the economic convergence of the European Union in terms of the effects of European Monetary Union (EMU), which began in 1999 and possible conflict with, 'social mobility' in Europe. Our focus is on the low rate of mobility in the labour market. We assume...