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Schmidt, Reinhard H.; Tyrell, Marcel - 2004

We investigate the connection between corporate governance system configurations and the role of intermediaries in the respective systems from a informational perspective. Building on the economics of information we show that it is meaningful to distinguish between internalisation and...

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How successful are exchange rate communication and interventions? Evidence from time-series and event-study approaches

Fratzscher, Marcel - 2005

The paper analyses whether communication and actual interventions in FX markets are successful in moving exchange rates over the medium- to long-run. It compares empirical evidence based on time-series analysis with that obtained from an eventstudy approach. Both the time-series approach based...

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Innovation in the Automotive Sector of the Philippines

Quimba, Francis Mark A.; Rosellon, Maureen Ane D. - 2011

The performance of the Philippine automotive industry has steadily improved after the Asian crisis. However, relative to the performance of the automotive industry in other countries, the automotive sector in the country has languished. To understand the challenges being faced by the automotive...

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Assessing the Competitiveness of the Philippine Auto Parts Industry

Aldaba, Rafaelita M. - 2007

The development of the Philippine automotive parts and components sector is critical to the automotive assembly industry. The availability of competitive parts and components that are locally manufactured can significantly contribute to boost the competitiveness of the assembly sector. Given the...

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Age Management - a Coping Strategy for Employers. The Case of the Automotive Industry

Biffl, Gudrun - 2006

Globalisation and the ageing of the work force represent a dual challenge for enterprises. The first exerts pressure on production costs in order to stay competitive, the second raises production costs as the productivity of workers tends to decline after a certain age, particularly for...

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Institutional and technological change in Japan's economy: Past and present

Hunter, Janet (contributor); Storz, Cornelia (contributor) - 2006

policy level, arguments rage about how Japan and the Japanese economy should plan for the future. In this book, leading … economists and economic historians of Japan examine a range of key issues concerning institutional and technological change in … Japan, rigorously using discipline-based tools of analysis, and drawing important conclusions as to how the process of …