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Ownership concentration and dividend policy in Japan

Harada, Kimie; Nguyen, Pascal - In: Managerial Finance 37 (2011) 4, pp. 362-379

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to test two agency‐based hypotheses regarding the effect of ownership concentration on dividend policy using a large sample of Japanese firms. Design/methodology/approach – Level regressions associating payout rates to ownership concentration are run....

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How important is global industry shock in explaining the relative performance of global industries?

Tai, Chu‐Sheng; Iqbal, Zahid - In: Managerial Finance 37 (2011) 5, pp. 474-481

approach to control for heteroskedasticity. Findings – Using industry data from Japan and the USA, the authors find that … performance. Research limitations/implications – The authors' findings are only based on two countries, the USA and Japan, so …

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Weather risk swap valuation

Kariya, Takeaki - In: Managerial Finance 37 (2011) 11, pp. 995-1010

Purpose – In June of 2001, Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) and Tokyo Gas Supply Company (TGSC) made a zero‐cost risk swap contract on the average temperature of August and September of 2001 in Tokyo for their adverse situations. This is an exchange of two options on the average...

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Employee stock ownership plans (ESOPs): an international comparison and analysis

Clark, Roger W.; Philippatos, George C. - In: Managerial Finance 24 (1998) 4, pp. 19-29

Surveys the development of employee stock ownership plans (ESOPs) in the USA, Canada, Japan and the EU. Suggests that … ESOPs are driven by management in the USA but are culturally approved by both sides of industry in Japan. Describes the …

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Some evidence on regime shifts in international stock markets

Nishiyama, Kazume - In: Managerial Finance 24 (1998) 4, pp. 30-55

1991 in Germany, Japan, USA, United Kingdom and Canada. Finds the German market takes by far the longest time to return to …

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Validity of the short‐ and long‐run Fisher relationships: an empirical analysis

Shrestha, Keshab; Chen, Sheng‐Syan - In: Managerial Finance 24 (1998) 8, pp. 64-76

short‐run Fisher relationships. Applies them to the UK, USA, Canada and Japan, using 1978‐1997 monthly data and Eurocurrency … relationship for all four currencies in the long run; and for the UK and Japan but not for Canada in the short run, with …

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Culture and conflict: Japanese managers and Thai subordinates

Swierczek, Fredric William; Onishi, Jun - In: Personnel Review 32 (2003) 2, pp. 187-210

a different cultural context, Thailand. The national characteristics of Japan and Thailand based on Hofstede …

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Employee perceptions of recent work environment changes in Japan

Duignan, René; Yoshida, Kosaku - In: Personnel Review 36 (2007) 3, pp. 440-456

compared in a sample set of Japanese, European and US financial securities companies operating in Japan, in order to find which … that despite the trend towards the “westernization” of the work environment in Japan, key elements of the Japanese model …

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Employment strategy

Wong, May M.L.; Hendry, Chris - In: Personnel Review 28 (1999) 5/6, pp. 474-490

This study examines and compares the employment strategy used by Japanese and British retail companies in Hong Kong. Hendry’s structured employment systems model is adopted as the theoretical framework for this research. Three case companies – Morioka and Okadaya (Japanese‐owned) and...

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UK Computer Industry: American, British and Japanese Contrasts in Human Resource Management

Oliver, Nick; Lowe, James - In: Personnel Review 20 (1991) 2, pp. 18-23

The management practices of three organisations in the computer industry, one North American, one Japanese and one British owned are described. Although operating in similar marketplaces, markedly different management styles and practices were apparent, with the British company showing much less...

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