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Corporate governance systems and firm value: empirical evidence from Japan's natural experiment
Eberhart, Robert - In: Journal of Asia Business Studies 6 (2012) 2, pp. 176-196
opportunity afforded by Japan's introduction of a dual system of corporate governance in 2003, when companies were offered a …
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Changing career attitudes and corporate governance in Japan
Simeon, Roblyn - In: International Journal of Law and Management 51 (2009) 2, pp. 91-104
Purpose – Japan is well known for having a strong stakeholder environment. However, a more than ten‐year recession and … support for a within‐company success orientation (stakeholder view) in Japan, there are a growing number of employees who … prefer a personal career success orientation (shareholder view) in Japan. Research limitations / implications – Since this is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014781549
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The Dominant perspective, instituitional ownership, and corporate efficiency: An empirical investigation
Chowdhury, Shamsud D. - In: International Journal of Commerce and Management 15 (2005) 3/4, pp. 255-271
This study is an attempt to verify the mostly anecdotal or case‐based assertions regarding the imperviousness of Japanese management to the threats of large institutional stockholders. Using data drawn from 118 corporations in five industry sectors, and applying an econometric technique, we...
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The impact of shareholders' types on corporate social responsibility: evidence from Japanese firms
Nakamura, Eri - In: Journal of Global Responsibility 4 (2013) 1, pp. 113-130
Purpose – The purpose of this study is to use an empirical model to investigate the effects of eight types of shareholders on corporate social responsibility (CSR) investments in terms of the monetary amount and ratio of each investment. Design/methodology/approach – Cross‐sectional data...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014871388
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Benchmarking business unit governance in turbulent times: the case of Japanese firms
Aoki, Hidetaka; Miyajima, Hideaki - In: Benchmarking: An International Journal 19 (2012) 4/5, pp. 548-566
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine how corporate headquarters control business units, the governing of which has emerged as a vital issue as business portfolios have grown increasingly complex due to diversification, globalization, and corporate group expansion via spinoffs and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014683577
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Top team characteristics and the business strategies of japanese firms
Simeon, Roblyn - In: Corporate Governance: The international journal of … 1 (2001) 2, pp. 4-12
This study is an extension of research which links top management team characteristics and the use of a variety of business strategies. Agency theory and information processing theory provided the framework used to investigate the complex business strategies of 219 Japanese firms in four...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014694764
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Organizational governance in internal hybrids: a case study of Maekawa Manufacturing Ltd
Peltokorpi, Vesa; Tsuyuki, Emiko - In: Corporate Governance: The international journal of … 7 (2007) 2, pp. 123-135
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the ways in which scholars have proposed organizational forms combining elements of markets and hierarchies. These hybrid forms are based on networked connections and bottom‐up entrepreneurship, fostering knowledge sharing among...
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Corporate social responsibility in financial services
Bouvain, Petra; Baumann, Chris; Lundmark, Erik - In: International Journal of Bank Marketing 31 (2013) 6, pp. 420-439
(China, Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea and Taiwan) and the USA is used to test the links between CSR and brand value using … with distinctively different CSR factors depending on the geographic markets. In Japan and South Korea brand value is …
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Ownership concentration and dividend policy in Japan
Harada, Kimie; Nguyen, Pascal - In: Managerial Finance 37 (2011) 4, pp. 362-379
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to test two agency‐based hypotheses regarding the effect of ownership concentration on dividend policy using a large sample of Japanese firms. Design/methodology/approach – Level regressions associating payout rates to ownership concentration are run....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014940165
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Accounting‐Based Equity Valuation Techniques and the Value Relevance of Dividend Information: Empirical Evidence from Japan
Habib, Ahsan - In: Pacific Accounting Review 16 (2004) 2, pp. 23-44
This paper empirically examines whether dividends are value‐relevant in Japan by employing Ohlson’s (1995) accounting … by dispersion of ownership. However, the most important corporate governance characteristic that distinguishes Japan from … the U.S. is the predominance of inter‐corporate, interlocking ownership in Japan, which reduces information asymmetry and …
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