Asymmetric information makes it difficult for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to raise funds. In order to reduce the asymmetry of information, a framework for sharing credit risk information will be useful. Currently, sharing credit risk information on individual SMEs has been made available...

This article analyzes the determinants of sex difference in the proportion of managers among white-collar regular workers by using linked data of the employers and employees of Japanese firms obtained from the International Comparative Surveys on Work-Life Balance conducted by the Research...

There are some 2,800 international investment agreements (IIAs) that provide rules for protecting foreign investment from other contracting parties. When disputes occur between a foreign investor and a host state government, most IIAs allow investors to bring a case before an arbitral tribunal...

This paper is an overview of the business restructuring—the entry into new businesses and the exit from unprofitable ones—of Japanese firms and its relationship with the corporate governance system. Specifically, we analyze changes in the restructuring behavior of Japanese firms by comparing...

Our dataset is unique and allows us to control for market share among competing exporters with the same nationality. Using a sample from January 1988 to December 2005 on exports of five Japanese major ports to six destination countries, we examine the effect of market share (with respect to...

In this paper, we analyze the effect of social capital and human capital on the entrepreneurial process. The necessary social capital for completing the exploitation of entrepreneurship opportunities and gaining first profit has been verified to be quite different. It has also been proven that a...

The sharp depreciation of the yen from the end of 2012 was expected to have a positive impact on the Japanese trade balance, since Japan had recorded large trade deficits since the Great East Japan Earthquake in March 2011. Trade balance tends to deteriorate at the beginning due to the J-curve...

The network structures of interfirm interactions have been linked previously to disaster resilience. However, the dynamic drivers of interfirm network structures rarely have been explored in the literature. This paper uses stochastic actor-oriented modeling to examine how networks of economic...

Governing board interlocks composed from bipartite networks with firms and governing board members diffuse management knowledge and information between firms. In this research, we analyzed governing board interlocks in the IT sectors empirically and reveal that interlocks with both listed firms...

In 2011, Switzerland announced a floor for the Swiss franc, and it immediately depreciated by 10 percent. Many argue that depreciations should not matter for Switzerland's export basket because luxury brands and high value added products predominate, and these should compete on quality rather...