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Testing Proportionality, Symmetry and Exclusiveness in Long‐run PPP
Moosa, Imad A. - In: Journal of Economic Studies 21 (1994) 3, pp. 3-21
Present some empirical evidence on long‐run Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) using a sample of annual data covering the period 1900‐1987. Three exchange rates are used in the analysis: the dollar, yen and French franc against the pound. It is shown that PPP does hold in the long run and that is...
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A Comparative Study of Manufacturers' Sales Subsidiaries and Manufacturers' Sales Finance Subsidiaries in the UK, USA, Canada and Japan
Seto, Hiroaki - In: European Journal of Marketing 19 (1985) 3, pp. 41-47
UK, the USA, Canada and Japan. Suggests that, in the UK and the USA, these subsidiaries have room for improvement.  …
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Validity of the short‐ and long‐run Fisher relationships: an empirical analysis
Shrestha, Keshab; Chen, Sheng‐Syan - In: Managerial Finance 24 (1998) 8, pp. 64-76
short‐run Fisher relationships. Applies them to the UK, USA, Canada and Japan, using 1978‐1997 monthly data and Eurocurrency … relationship for all four currencies in the long run; and for the UK and Japan but not for Canada in the short run, with … significance only at the 10 per cent level for the USA.  …
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UK Computer Industry: American, British and Japanese Contrasts in Human Resource Management
Oliver, Nick; Lowe, James - In: Personnel Review 20 (1991) 2, pp. 18-23
The management practices of three organisations in the computer industry, one North American, one Japanese and one British owned are described. Although operating in similar marketplaces, markedly different management styles and practices were apparent, with the British company showing much less...
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New Style Product Development
Johne, Axel - In: Management Decision 30 (1992) 2
The distinguishing feature of new style product development is that it allows companies to achieve new sales growth even in markets which many suppliers regard as mature. Success is achieved by using marketing skills to focus technical skills. Discusses the operational requirements for making...
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Terrorism as an International Business Crisis
Barton, Laurence - In: Management Decision 31 (1993) 1
Despite a global shift towards democracy, terrorism targeting corporations continues at an alarming rate. British, American and Japanese corporations in particular have been the victims of an increasing number of bombings, kidnappings, cases of extortion and other serious criminal acts....
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Avoiding the Pitfalls: Can Regime-Switching Tests Reliably Detect Bubbles?
van Norden, Simon; Vigfusson, Robert - In: Studies in Nonlinear Dynamics & Econometrics 3 (1998) 1
Our paper uses simulation methods to examine the size and power of regime-switching tests for bubbles. We find that … tests conservative; they understate the significance of the evidence of bubbles. Despite this, the tests display … considerable power to detect bubbles even when using the conservative asymptotic critical values. We also find that the frequency …
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Rational expectations?
Fuerst, Franz; Grandy, Anna‐Maija - In: Journal of Property Investment & Finance 30 (2012) 2, pp. 159-174
Purpose – Expectations of future market conditions are acknowledged to be crucial for the development decision and hence for shaping the built environment. The purpose of this paper is to study the central London office market from 1987 to 2009 and test for evidence of rational, adaptive and...
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Values and lifestyles of individualists and collectivists: a study on Chinese, Japanese, British and US consumers
Sun, Tao; Horn, Marty; Merritt, Dennis - In: Journal of Consumer Marketing 21 (2004) 5, pp. 318-331
individualist cultures (Britain and the USA) and collectivist cultures (China and Japan). Congruent with previous findings on values … and lifestyles differences between idiocentrics (individualists) and allocentrics (collectivists) at the emic level (USA …
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Co‐makership: The Japanese Success Story in a British Environment
Smith, G.B. - In: International Journal of Quality & Reliability Management 7 (1990) 2
The philosophy of co‐makership as practised by Nissan UK is described. The necessary precursors to successful co‐makership are outlined and the way in which co‐makership is embodied in the “Nissan way” of manufacturing is discussed. The importance of the workforce in the process is...
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