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Time series analysis of daily scanner sales: extraction of trend, day‐of‐the‐week effect and price promotion effect
Kondo, Fumiyo N.; Kitagawa, Genshiro - In: Marketing Intelligence & Planning 18 (2000) 2, pp. 53-66
Access to daily store level scanner data has been increasingly easier in recent years in Japan and time series analysis …
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The adoption of Japanese recruitment practices in Malaysia
Wan Hooi, Lai - In: International Journal of Manpower 29 (2008) 4, pp. 362-378
Purpose – The objective of this research is to examine to what extent Japanese recruitment practices are introduced and practiced in the auto manufacturing companies in Malaysia, since the implementation of the Look East Policy. Design/methodology/approach – The process involves the...
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IT and competitive advantage: the case of Japanese manufacturing companies
Makido, Takao; Kimura, Shogo; Mourdoukoutas, Panos - In: European Business Review 15 (2003) 5, pp. 307-311
An empirical investigation of the relationship between IT and competitiveness of Japanese manufacturing companies, this paper finds an indirect correlation between the two variables. IT improves competitiveness through labor empowerment and strategic alliances rather than directly. The paper...
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Attitudes and values in Chinese manufacturing companies
Alas, Ruth - In: Chinese Management Studies 2 (2008) 1, pp. 32-51
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 …
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Green supply chain management in leading manufacturers
Zhu, Qinghua; Geng, Yong; Fujita, Tsuyoshi; Hashimoto, … - In: Management Research Review 33 (2010) 4, pp. 380-392
to smaller companies in Japan as well as companies in developing countries such as China. To establish mechanisms to …
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The impact of front end innovation in new product development in Japanese manufacturing companies
Cao, Yong; Zhao, Li; Nagahira, Akio - In: Nankai Business Review International 2 (2011) 1, pp. 98-113
processing and pharmaceutical industry in Japan. Second, the research concentrates less on the interaction between initial …
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Technological diversity management of medical device enterprises
Shimanuki, Seiya; Saiki, Tomoko - In: Journal of Strategy and Management 5 (2012) 4, pp. 420-436
‐driven innovation in the medical device industry in Japan.  …
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Factors behind the Supply and Demand for Less Alienating Work, and Some International Illustrations
Rosner, Menachem; Putterman, Louis - In: Journal of Economic Studies 18 (1991) 1
An economic framework for understanding the incidence of less alienating job designs in varying industrial settings is developed. Both the supply and demand sides are discussed, and the approach is illustrated by consideration of the frequency of introduction of alienation‐reducing job designs...
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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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Measurement equivalence and applicability of core marketing concepts across Nigerian, Kenyan, Japanese and US firms
Dadzie, Kofi Q.; Johnston, Wesley J.; Yoo, Boonghee; … - In: Journal of Business & Industrial Marketing 17 (2002) 6, pp. 430-455
, Japan and the USA. The results show that optimal scaling analysis of the managers’ evaluations provide more valid and …
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