of the partial privatization of Japanese national universities since 2004. This entailed university governance reform …

government, and for the government will be surveyed in turn. Furthermore, postal system privatization will be discussed in terms …

Investment (FDI), within a Dissipation of Intangible Assets framework. In a two-period model, we discuss how the threat of … knowledge spillover shapes the boundaries of a Multinational Enterprise. Similarly to the theoretical findings on the FDI …

inward FDI stocks. For a panel of five advanced economies from 1980 to 2006 it is shown that price competitiveness, stable …-Saxon legislation also play a role. Financial competitiveness in turn encourages FDI inflows whereas it benefits fixed investment …

The People's Republic of China (PRC) has received enormous inflows of foreign direct investment (FDI) in recent years … perspectives on their relative importance for the three countries involved. We also analyze the industrial composition of FDI flows … over time. US FDI flows to the PRC have been less concentrated in manufacturing than average for investors in the PRC while …

This paper attempts to clarify the reasons for the rapid growth of FDI in developing countries, particularly East Asian … countries, compared with that of FDI in developed countries. To do this, we will examine the mechanics of HFDI and VFDI with a … Japanese firms; FDI choices reveals that the reduction of tariff rates attracts even less productive VFDI firms. In contrast …