Similar Search Results

Voluntary export restraint (VER) without market restraints?

Seidenfuss, Kai‐Uwe; Kathawala, Yunus - In: European Business Review 17 (2005) 3, pp. 217-231

comprehensive VER research agenda, subsequently covering a 1991 VER between the European Union (EU) and Japan that established … research agenda is set up. Then, referring to the only source providing ex ante hypotheses on the specific EU/Japan VER, those … hypotheses by Preusse are checked against available ex post data at the time of writing in 2002. Findings – First, Japan has not …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014713191

Impact of psychic distance to the internationalization behavior of knowledge‐intensive SMEs

Ojala, Arto; Tyrväinen, Pasi - In: European Business Review 21 (2009) 3, pp. 263-277

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the internationalization behavior of knowledge‐intensive small‐ to medium‐sized enterprises (SMEs) by using macro‐level psychic distance indicators and managers' perceptions of psychic distance. Design/methodology/approach – This...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014713322

High‐definition Television

Curwen, Peter - In: European Business Review 94 (1994) 1, pp. 17-23

and Japan. Discusses the most recent, ongoing battle, which concerns High‐definition Television (HDTV). The approach taken … modern digital technology, whereas the EC and Japan initially set out to develop old‐fashioned analogue systems – and indeed …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014713462

Europe′s Asian opportunities learning from the USA and Japan

Ju Choi, Chong; Hee Lee, Soo; Lynskey, Michael J. - In: European Business Review 95 (1995) 2, pp. 24-27

the relationship between the USA and Japan. Research has greatly neglected such comparisons between Europe and Asia … Japan, and whether European countries and companies can avoid such future defeats. …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014713490

International approaches to computer‐integrated manufacturing perspectives from Europe and Japan

Hardaker, Glenn; Ahmed, Pervaiz K. - In: European Business Review 95 (1995) 2, pp. 28-39

Highlights similarities, as well as differences, between European and Japanese approaches to implementing computer‐integrated manufacturing (CIM), and is based on research which uses the 7S model, developed by McKinsey & Co., as an underlying framework. Considers a umber of pertinent factors...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014713507

Do Japanese companies have a competitive strategy?

Mourdoukoutas, Panos; Papadimitriou, Stratos - In: European Business Review 98 (1998) 4, pp. 227-234

Responding to Michael Porter’s claim that “Japanese companies rarely have a strategy”, this paper argues that the competitive advantage of Japanese enterprises is not to be found in traditional practices. Rather, it is due to the way these practices are upgraded and reinforced by...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014713593

From an envelope to a dream note and a computer – The award‐winning experiences of post‐war Japanese household accounting practices

Komori, Naoko; Humphrey, Christopher - In: Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal 13 (2000) 4, pp. 450-474

This paper explores the development of household accounting practice in post‐war Japan through a review of reported …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014640890

Understanding non‐financial performance measurement practices in Japanese banks

Hussain, Mostaque; Hoque, Zahirul - In: Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal 15 (2002) 2, pp. 162-183

This paper reports the performance measurement practices of four Japanese banks. The research is a field study informed by the new institutional sociology theory. It sought to understand and explain what factors affected the design and use of non‐financial performance measurement systems in...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014640920

Japanese cost management meets Sri Lankan politics

Wickramasinghe, Danture; Hopper, Trevor; Rathnasiri, … - In: Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal 17 (2004) 1, pp. 85-120

The Sri Lanka Telecommunications company was recently partially privatised and a major Japanese company became responsible for its management. Previously, it was a government department characterised by rule bound, bureaucratic management and political interventions into operational issues. The...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014640977

Towards the feminization of accounting practice

Komori, Naoko - In: Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal 21 (2008) 4, pp. 507-538

some women accounting professionals in Japan have brought about changes in accounting practice there by applying a uniquely … and cultural context in Japan will make it difficult for the country to converge its accounting and auditing with global … auditing operate in Japan. Originality/value – By making a close analysis of the process by which Japanese women have entered …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014641153