Abstract Japan went 15 years earlier than Europe through a boom-and-bust cycle in the real estate and stock markets … and recapitalization of financial institutions. Japan has reached the zero interest bound in 1999 and has accumulated a … very high public debt level. The paper compares the boom-and-bust cycles in Japan and Europe with respect to the reasons …

-ökonomischen Dilemmata und damit zu einem nachhaltig innovations- und wettbewerbsfähigen Unternehmen leisten. Im vorliegenden Artikel werden … will be identified in order to achieve a sustained, innovative and competitive enterprise. Initial results of this research …

manufacturing companies in comparison with values and attitudes in Japan, South Korea and Hong Kong. Design … the determinants of pay. A survey was conducted in two plants in the electronics industry in China, Japan, South Korea and …, among values at the societal level and job‐related attitudes in China, Japan, South Korea and Hong Kong. It is argued that …

to smaller companies in Japan as well as companies in developing countries such as China. To establish mechanisms to …

processing and pharmaceutical industry in Japan. Second, the research concentrates less on the interaction between initial …

enterprise to seek high‐risk device development is proposed to manage optimal diversity for it. Originality/value – This paper …‐driven innovation in the medical device industry in Japan.  …

/methodology/approach – Using time series data for the USA, Canada, Japan and Australia over the period 1960‐2008, the authors test the asymmetric …

deflation properties are demonstrated in detail. Implausibilities of chaining and "explaining" (as recommended in SNA) lack of … additivity in deflation will drive official statistics into unnecessary difficulties.  …