Globalization of business activities is imperative for Japanese manufacturers, as an international market, particularly in emerging economies, grows much faster than domestic market. In this regards, the relative importance of their overseas subsidiaries to home base headquarter become greater....

Effect of Non-practicing entities (NPE) on innovation society has been a controversial issue owing to their having both positive and negative impacts. However, measuring the net effect as well as finding ways to reduce the probable negative effects of the NPEs has been a challenge. In this...