The papers of this volume were presented at an international conference on "The Political Economy of Trade Conflicts" in Tokyo in December 1993. The conference brought together practitioners with a long experience in trade negotiations, economists, and political scientists from Europe, Japan,...

Statistical analysis indicates that Japan trades less than most other OECD countries even after controlling for economic and natural factors. Border barriers to trade, domestic regulations, peculiar national standards, and business practices cannot explain Japan’s low trade dependency. The...

Purpose – This study aims to investigate how meeting the training expectations of Chinese employees influences their intention to stay with their company. Design/methodology/approach – The authors collected data from 292 employees in eight Chinese organizations. Applying partial least...