The discussion paper summarizes the results of a workshop that focussed on the institutional foundations of innovation … in China's Business System', 'Recent Changes to Korea's Innovation Governance', 'Standardization and Institutional … Complementarities in Japan - Empirical Results from SAP R/3 Implementations in Japanese Automotive Suppliers'. …

This paper sets out to examine how innovation enhances export competitiveness: The proposition that export volume … becomes enhanced as more productivity-enhancing innovation is captured by the exporting economy is the focus of this study …. From a Schumpeterian perspective, innovation can be characterized by continuous creation and subsequent diffusion of newer …

ceramics industry in Seto, Japan, Reg. Studies 31, 117-129. An examination of technological adaptation by small and medium …, Japan, Reg. Studies 31, 117-129. Eine Untersuchung der technologischen Anpassung kleiner und mittlerer Firmen in einem …

This paper examines the role of Japan against that of China in the exchange rate regime in East Asia in light of … generate higher average welfare gains for East Asian countries than currency unions with Japan or the United States. Overall …, Japan does not appear to be a dominant player in forming a currency union in East Asia, and this trend is likely to continue …

This paper is an overview of the social welfare systems of five East Asian countries, namely Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Hong … marginal occupational groups; (iii) Japan's ageing problem is compounded by the weakening of the family as a provider of … welfare, which will put an extra burden on her welfare state; (iv) Japan and Korea's enterprises are challenged in their chief …

This article is a comparative analysis of the sources of income inequality in four countries, namely Japan, South Korea … (except for Japan because of data limitations). According to national family income and expenditure surveys, income inequality …

Over recent decades, Australia’s trade has become increasingly oriented toward east Asia (excluding Japan). Rapid …

This paper aims to examine the implications of the rise of East Asian regionalism for the Australia-Japan partnership …

market in Australia, in Japan and elsewhere in East Asia. The main conclusions of the AJRC study turned out to be correct …