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2. Results from the Test of Economic Literacy in Germany and Japan: A Critical Discussion on the Gender Effect
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Happ, Roland, Kato, Maki, and Rüter, Ines
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University lecturers and coordinators of business and economics courses around the world are faced with the challenge that beginning students in these courses have heterogeneous entry conditions in terms of personal characteristics. This article focuses on the economic knowledge of German and Japanese beginning students in a business and economics degree programme. The German and Japanese versions of the US-American Test of Economic Literacy were used for the assessment of the economic knowledge of German (N = 901) and Japanese (N = 571) students. The TEL consists of 45 items in two questionnaire versions and is based on 20 globally accepted core standards of economics. The analyses in this paper are based on the total score of all 45 items of the TEL as well as the subscores for the 20 standards. A special focus of this paper is on gender-specific differences in economic knowledge. While gender has a strong effect on economic knowledge in Germany, only a small number of the core standards in Japan exhibit a difference between male and female test takers. The paper concludes by applying interpretative approaches to the different findings in both countries and suggests potential methods for further research on the gender effect in economics education.
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- 2021
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3. Telecommunications Policy Research Conference. International Trade Issues Section. Papers.
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Telecommunications Policy Research Conference, Inc., Washington, DC.
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Two papers consider the effects and advantages of a nation's development of a modern information technology. The first paper, "Information, Information Technology, Modern Telecommunications and Economic Growth: A Case Study of New Zealand" (Herbert S. Dordick), examines the effects of information technology on the economies of such nations as New Zealand, whose position in the world economy will be threatened unless they are able to make significant investments in information technology that will lead to higher productivity, innovations in both products and process, and new market growth. Eight tables and nine references are provided. The second paper, "From Public Access to Private Connections: Network Policy and National Advantage" (Francois Bar and Michael Borrus) examines the changes being brought about in the United States, France, and Japan by business' increased access to private telecommunications networks. The text is supplemented with 44 footnotes. (Author/EW)
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- 1987
4. Social Sciences in Asia II: Afghanistan, Indonesia, Japan, Republic of Korea, Nepal. Reports and Papers in the Social Sciences, No. 33.
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United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Paris (France).
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The document focuses on social science teaching and research in Afghanistan, Japan, Indonesia, Korea, and Nepal. One chapter is devoted to each of the five nations. The first chapter suggests that social science has not played a major role in the socioeconomic development of Afghanistan because most Afghans favor traditional ways of thinking. The chapter on Indonesia traces social science research from the eighth century through establishment of social science faculties by Dutch colonizers and to modern times--characterized by computer research and individualized curriculum for university students. The chapter on Japan stresses rapidly expanding social science research activities to meet the needs of increasing numbers of students and others who demand social science information particularly in areas of sociology, social psychology, anthropology, and interdisciplinary studies. The chapter on Korea identifies law, economics, and political science as the most popular fields of social science and indicates that a major research need is interaction between scholars from developed and developing nations. The final chapter, which discusses Nepal, emphasizes that, although basic social science disciplines are offered at the University of Katmandu and at several specialized institutes, social science is an underdeveloped area with few resources, outdated curriculum, and a lack of creative teachers. (Author/DB)
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- 1976
5. Toward a High-Wage, High-Productivity Service Sector. Background Paper: Service Sector Wages, Productivity and Job Creation in the U.S. and Other Countries.
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Economic Policy Inst., Washington, DC., Thurow, Lester, and Waldstein, Louise
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This document contains two essays: "Toward a High-Wage, High-Productivity Service Sector" by Lester Thurow; and "Service Sector Wages, Productivity and Job Creation in the U.S. and Other Countries" by Louise Waldstein. The first essay analyzes the recent and currrent U.S. economy under headings called Growth Nodes, Falling Productivity, and Lower Wages. Under the heading Looking Forward, likely future economic conditions are outlined. Endnotes and a 15-item bibliography complete this section. After an introduction, the second essay examines the nature of U.S. service sector growth by analyzing its most important components and by comparing U.S. performance to that of several sectors in other comparable industrialized countries (France, Germany, and Japan). Drawing on those analyses, the various examinations of service sector growth are assessed. References, the sources for the 27 tables used, and a 70-item bibliography conclude the document. (CML)
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- 1989
6. END 2016: International Conference on Education and New Developments. Conference Proceedings (Ljubljana, Slovenia, June 12-14, 2016)
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World Institute for Advanced Research and Science (WIARS) (Portugal) and Carmo, Mafalda
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We are delighted to welcome you to the International Conference on Education and New Developments 2016--END 2016, taking place in Ljubljana, Slovenia, from 12 to 14 of June. Education, in our contemporary world, is a right since we are born. Every experience has a formative effect on the constitution of the human being, in the way one thinks, feels and acts. One of the most important contributions resides in what and how we learn through the improvement of educational processes, both in formal and informal settings. Our International Conference seeks to provide some answers and explore the processes, actions, challenges and outcomes of learning, teaching and human development. Our goal is to offer a worldwide connection between teachers, students, researchers and lecturers, from a wide range of academic fields, interested in exploring and giving their contribution in educational issues. We take pride in having been able to connect and bring together academics, scholars, practitioners and others interested in a field that is fertile in new perspectives, ideas and knowledge. We counted on an extensive variety of contributors and presenters, which can supplement our view of the human essence and behavior, showing the impact of their different personal, academic and cultural experiences. This is, certainly, one of the reasons we have many nationalities and cultures represented, inspiring multi-disciplinary collaborative links, fomenting intellectual encounter and development. END 2016 received 489 submissions, from 53 different countries, reviewed by a double-blind process. Submissions were prepared to take form of Oral Presentations, Posters, Virtual Presentations and Workshops. It was accepted for presentation in the conference, 133 submissions (27% acceptance rate). The conference also includes a keynote presentation from an internationally distinguished researcher, Professor Dr. Mojca Juriševic, Associate Professor of Educational Psychology, Faculty of Education, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia, to whom we express our most gratitude. Also, we give a special thanks to Professor Emerita Nina K. Buchanan, PhD, University of Hawaii, USA and Professor Emeritus Robert A. Fox, PhD, University of Hawaii, USA for the special talk entitled "The Search for New Educational Forms in the United States and its International Implications." This volume is composed by the proceedings of the International Conference on Education and New Developments (END 2016), organized by the World Institute for Advanced Research and Science (W.I.A.R.S.) and had the help of our respected co-sponsor and media partner that we reference in the dedicated page. This conference addressed different categories inside the Education area and papers are expected to fit broadly into one of the named themes and sub-themes. To develop the conference program we have chosen four main broad-ranging categories, which also covers different interest areas: (1) In TEACHERS AND STUDENTS: Teachers and Staff training and education; Educational quality and standards; Curriculum and Pedagogy; Vocational education and Counseling; Ubiquitous and lifelong learning; Training programs and professional guidance; Teaching and learning relationship; Student affairs (learning, experiences and diversity; Extra-curricular activities; Assessment and measurements in Education. (2) In PROJECTS AND TRENDS: Pedagogic innovations; Challenges and transformations in Education; Technology in teaching and learning; Distance Education and eLearning; Global and sustainable developments for Education; New learning and teaching models; Multicultural and (inter)cultural communications; Inclusive and Special Education; Rural and indigenous Education; Educational projects. (3) In TEACHING AND LEARNING: Educational foundations; Research and development methodologies; Early childhood and Primary Education; Secondary Education; Higher Education; Science and technology Education; Literacy, languages and Linguistics (TESL/TEFL); Health Education; Religious Education; Sports Education. (4) In ORGANIZATIONAL ISSUES: Educational policy and leadership; Human Resources development; Educational environment; Business, Administration, and Management in Education; Economics in Education; Institutional accreditations and rankings; International Education and Exchange programs; Equity, social justice and social change; Ethics and values; Organizational learning and change, Corporate Education. The proceedings contain the results of the research and developments conducted by authors who focused on what they are passionate about: to promote growth in research methods intimately related to teaching, learning and applications in Education nowadays. It includes an extensive variety of contributors and presenters, who will extend our view in exploring and giving their contribution in educational issues, by sharing with us their different personal, academic and cultural experiences. (Individual papers contain references.)
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- 2016
7. Questioning Centre-Periphery Platforms
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Postiglione, Gerard A.
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How much is hegemony and how much is self-determination in the higher education systems in Southeast Asia? This paper argues that while the question of centre and periphery is still relevant to the analysis of international university systems, the analytical frameworks from which it has arisen may lose viability in the long term. Southeast Asian states are making use of higher education to act in ways that will contribute to the altering of their peripheral position in the global economic and political system. While changes in Southeast Asian higher education are closely tied to global markets and follow what sometimes appears to be a dependent pattern of adaptations driven by Western developed economies, the paper argues that there is also a significant amount of resistance. As Southeast Asian countries adapt in ways that help embed economic globalisation within their national landscape, the manner in which the adaptation occurs is more selective, open, and democratic than before. Moreover, while global communication with core (centre) university systems has been more open and transparent, the system is closed to direct intervention from the outside, making hegemony a less plausible explanation for the manner in which the system is reacting within the new global environment of financial interdependency.
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- 2005
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8. Strategic Research Partnerships: Proceedings from an NSF Workshop (Washington, D.C., October 13, 2000). Special Report.
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National Science Foundation, Arlington, VA. Div. of Science Resources Studies., Jankowski, John E., Link, Albert N., and Vonortas, Nicholas S.
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This document contains the proceedings from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Workshop on Strategic Research Partnerships. Papers include: (1) "Strategic Research Partnerships: Results of the Workshop" (Albert N. Link and Nicholas S. Vonortas); (2) "Strategic Research Partnerships: Evidence and Analysis" (Stephen Martin); (3) "Strategic Research Partnerships and Economic Performance: Data Consideration" (Donald Siegel); (4) "Inter-Firm Partnerships--An Overview of Major Trends and Patterns Since 1960" (John Hagedoorn); (5) "Using Cooperative R&D Agreements as S&T Indicators: What Do We Have and What Would We Like?" (David C. Mowery); (6) "Strategic Research Linkages and Small Firms" (David B. Audretsch); (7) "Strategic Research Alliances and 360 Degree Bibliometric Indicators" (Diana Hicks and Francis Narin); (8) "Strategic Research Partnerships in Biotechnology" (Maryann P. Feldman); (9) "Strategic Research Partnerships: Their Role, and Some Issues of Measuring Their Extent and Outcomes--Experiences from Europe and Asia" (Mark Dodgson); (10) "Strategic Research Partnerships in Japan: Empirical Evidence" (Mariko Sakakibara); (11) "Strategic Research Partnerships: What We Have Learned?" (John T. Scott); (12) "Constructing Indicators of Strategic Research Partnerships" (Barry Bozeman and James S. Dietz); and (13) "Technology Innovation Indicators Surveys" (John A. Hansen). (YDS)
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- 2001
9. The Need for Private Universities in Japan to Be Agents of Change
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Zhang, Rong and McCornac, Dennis C.
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Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to examine a number of current innovations made by private higher educational institutions in Japan to counter decreased enrollments and financial constraints. Design/methodology/approach: The design of this study is both descriptive and conceptual, based on the latest data available. Additional information was obtained through informal surveys of private institutions. Findings: Efforts on all fronts will be required to resolve some of the more glaring problems facing private higher education in Japan today. While some of the factors contributing to the deterioration of educational standards, such as the economy and demographic changes are beyond the control of the institutions themselves, efforts to staunch the rapid deterioration of educational quality are essential. Renovation in Japanese private university higher education should start with improvements in teaching and faculty development. Private universities must realize that reinvigorating the system will need the cooperation of both faculty members and administrators if universities are to survive in the new economic and social environment. Originality/value: This paper highlights the need for private universities to be the agents of change to address the dire straits of higher education in Japan and it is imperative that new and innovative approaches be implemented. (Contains 9 figures. A list of further reading is included)
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- 2013
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10. Mobility Principle among Japanese Professors: Based on the Example of Professors in the Economics Field
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Yano, Masaharu and Tomita, Junichi
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Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate the actual conditions of Japanese professors' mobility and to carry out an analysis of the principle on which university researcher mobility is based and of the relationship between mobility and research performance. Design/methodology/approach: Using the Japanese university researcher database which covered job title, research background, research publication performance and so on, the study analyzed the relationship between mobility and the publication rate before/after move. Findings: The paper finds that moves from a research to an education university rarely occur. Moves from an education to a research university, on the other hand, occur with relative frequency. To achieve a move, a high publication rate is required. Post-move publication rate increased greatly for those who moved from an education to a research university and also those who moved from an education university to another education university. Research limitations/implications: In Japan, company employees make decisions depending on expectations of further fulfilment in their companies rather than on mercenary calculations of present best interests. It was discovered that researchers have a desire to move to a better university or one with a better research environment for a brighter future. It is thought that while company employees depend upon the future within the firm, professors depend upon the future within the academic community. Originality/value: Up to now the relationship between mobility and research performance of professors is not necessarily clear in Japan. In this study of the economics field it has become more apparent. (Contains 2 tables, 1 figure and 2 notes.)
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- 2006
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11. Japan: The Modernization of an Ancient Culture. Series on Public Issues No. 3.
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Wolken, Lawrence C.
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This booklet, one of a series of booklets intended to apply economic principles to major social and political issues of the day, traces the modernization of the ancient culture of Japan. Four major areas are covered: (1) "An Ancient Culture" covers the period from the first settling of Japan through the Heian period, the medieval ages, the Meiji restoration, and the development of Japan as a world power. (2) "Postwar Japan" covers the rebuilding of Japan, economic recovery, and social and political change. (3) "Contemporary Japan" deals with Japanese industry, lifetime employment, labor unions and management, production innovations, domestic problems, environmental and social issues, farm subsidies, and budget deficits. (4) "United States-Japan Relations" covers Japanese concerns, trade frictions from the Japanese perspective, government subsidies, Japanese protectionist measures, agriculture, and national defense. A concluding section stresses the need to remove all trade barriers in an atmosphere of mutual understanding. (IS)
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- 1983
12. Gender Effects in Assessment of Economic Knowledge and Understanding: Differences among Undergraduate Business and Economics Students in Germany, Japan, and the United States
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Brückner, Sebastian, Förster, Manuel, Zlatkin-Troitschanskaia, Olga, Happ, Roland, Walstad, William B., Yamaoka, Michio, and Asano, Tadayoshi
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Gender effects in large-scale assessments have become an increasingly important research area within and across countries. Yet few studies have linked differences in assessment results of male and female students in higher education to construct-relevant features of the target construct. This paper examines gender effects on students' economic content knowledge with a focus on construct-relevant explanations. Moreover, we compare gender effects cross-nationally between Germany, Japan, and the United States. To assess economic content knowledge of higher education students, we used translated, adapted, and validated versions of the Test of Understanding in College Economics (TUCE, 4th ed.), an instrument that is commonly used internationally. We found gender effects on test scores in all three countries; effects were larger in Germany and the United States than in Japan. Gender effects were generally more pronounced on the numeracy subscale than on the literacy subscale, that is, male students had a greater edge over female students when items required calculations. In our conclusion, we discuss how numeracy and literacy items may tap different abilities.
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- 2015
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13. Group Learning as Relational Economic Activity
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Saito, Eisuke and Atencio, Matthew
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The purpose of this paper is to discuss group learning in line with economic perspectives of embeddedness and integration emanating from the work of Karl Polanyi. Polanyi's work defines economy as a necessary interaction among human beings for survival; the economy is considered inextricably linked from broader society and social relations rather than autonomous and driven by self-interest in free market conditions. He specifically outlines three key forms of integration that are crucial to economic stability, involving the notions of reciprocity, redistribution, and exchange. These patterns of integration are described as key elements that co-mingle within and structure contemporary group learning within classrooms.
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- 2014
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14. Generalized Trust and Trust in Institutions in Confucian Asia
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Tan, Soo Jiuan and Tambyah, Siok Kuan
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This study examines generalized trust and trust in institutions in Confucian Asia, covering six countries namely, China, Japan, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan and Vietnam, and one dependent region, Hong Kong. Using data from the 2006 AsiaBarometer Survey, our study affirms the reliability and validity of using a two-item scale to measure generalized trust. Our analysis suggests that due to demographic differences, there are variations in the level of generalized trust of countries in Confucian Asia, despite the fact that these societies share a similar background in Confucian philosophy. The relationships between generalized trust and political trust, and between generalized trust and trust in public institutions, are weak but positive. The positive relationship between generalized trust and trust in economic institutions is only significant for some of the economies, while trust in international institutions has the weakest relationship with generalized trust for all societies. We conclude the paper with research implications.
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- 2011
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15. A Stay-Rich View of the New Global Economy
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Major demographic changes around the world. Disproportionate sovereign debt. A shift from North America, Western Europe, and Japan to emerging economies as centers of growth. Unprecedented levels of market risk and volatility. The structure of the global economy is undergoing significant changes. Michael Oyster, managing principal of Fund Evaluation Group, explored this topic with Sam DeRosa-Farag, principal of the investment team at Morgan Creek Capital Management, and Stephen Wood, chief market strategist at Russell Investments.
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- 2011
16. Advances in Technology, Education and Development
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Kouwenhoven, Wim and Kouwenhoven, Wim
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From 3rd to 5th March 2008 the International Association of Technology, Education and Development organised its International Technology, Education and Development Conference in Valencia, Spain. Over a hundred papers were presented by participants from a great variety of countries. Summarising, this book provides a kaleidoscopic view of work that is done, all over the world in (higher) education, characterised by the key words "Education" and "Development." The editor wishes the reader an enlightening experience. This book contains the following chapters: (1) Professional Prerequisites for Japanese Sea Officers--Professional Training School Requirements (Olivia C. Ogawa); (2) Improving General Cross-Curricular Skills in Attendance and Virtual Environments (Guadalupe Ortiz); (3) Smart Classroom Technology (Ciaran O'Driscoll); (4) Adaptive M-Learning (Ivan Carlos Alcantara de Oliveira and Jose Roberto de A. Amazonas); (5) Dynamic Mathematical Learning Tools: Does It Work For Malaysian Classroom Learners? (Rohani Ahmad Tarmizi, Ahmad Fauzi Mohd Ayub and Kamariah Abu Bakar); (6) On the Return to Geometry in Lecturing Technology (Francisco Mesa, Luis M. Marin and Antonio Gamez); (7) Delivering Synchronous and Asynchronous Educational Material in Conservation Science Using Various Communication Channels (Ioannis A. Kozaris and Evangelia A. Varella); (8) Impact of the New Economy on Business Informatics Education (Pere Tumbas, Otilija Sedlak and Predrag Matkovic); (9) Applying New Educational Methodologies in Overcrowded Groups: Experiences in Basic Mechanics (Marta C. Mora-Aguilar, J. L. Sancho-Bru and J.L. Iserte-Vilar); (10) The Use of SCORM in a Community Based Learning Management System (Luigi Colazzo, Andrea Molinari and Nicola Villa); (11) Product Design Teaching Processes Worldwide Analysis and Comparison for a Future On-line Design Studio (Serena Selva); (12) Longitudinal Analysis of Students' Readiness for b-Learning Courses: Implications for the European Higher Education Area (Jose Manuel Ortega Egea, Maria Victoria Roman Gonzalez, Pedro Eugenio and Gracia Vitoria); (13) Learning and Teaching Strategic Management: a Continuous Improvement (Cesar Camison-Zornoza, Montserrat Boronat-Navarro and Ana Villar-Lopez); (14) A Multidisciplinary Experience in the European Context (Maria Amalia Trillo Holgado, Roberto Espejo Mohedano and Cristina Maria Gamez-Fernandez); (15) ECTS: Teaching Innovation Experience in Business Administration at the Escuela Superior de Ingenieria (College of Engineering) in Cadiz (Angel Cervera Paz, Victor Perez Fernandez and Francisco Rubio Cuenca); (16) Adapting to the EHEA: a Case Study (Miguel Arevalillo-Herraez, Jose Manuel Claver and Alfredo Rosado-Munoz); (17) The Importance of Cooperative Work in the Faculty and in the Classroom (M. G. Montoya, R. Herrada, C. Gil, F. G. Montoya and A. Alias); (18) The Evaluation Carrousel: an Assessment Tool for Interdisciplinary Science Innovation Education (Adri Proveniers and Jan Westra); (19) Common Mistakes in the Application of Continuous Evaluation Methodologies in Spanish Universities (Juan M. Sanchez and Enriqueta Antico); (20) Verbal and Pictorial Stimulus of Package Design in Right-to-Left Languages According to Brain Laterality (Kambiz Heidarzadeh Hanzaee); (21) Research, Development and Technology Transfer (R & D & TT) in the Field of Engineering Materials and Related Technologies (Jaroslav Jerz); (22) How to Develop a University Educational Guide? Some Suggestions for its Graphic Design (Begona Jorda-Albinana, Olga Ampuero-Canellas, Jimena Gonzalez-del-Rio and Jose Armijo); (23) Providing Quality Research Supervision in Contemporary Graduate Schools: Empowering Research Graduates to Perform in the Knowledge Economy (Janet Carton, Steve Jerrams and Anthony Betts); (24) Knowledge in Technology Networks: A Case Study Based Institutional Approach (Michael Steiner, Christian Hartmann and Michael Ploder); (25) Higher Education Systems: Postsecondary Vocational & Technical Education Developments in Comparison (Peter A.J. Englert and Wolf Dieter Grossmann); (26) The Role of Diaspora Entrepreneur in the Advancement of Science and Technology: Knowledge Economy Perspective (Mervat Hatem Sharabati-Shahin); (27) Exploratory Investigation into Preservice Teachers' Career-Goal Contents and Their Relationships with Class Participation Motivation in Higher Education in South Africa (Byron Brown and Ntonghanwah Forcheh); (28) Automatic Classification of Language Learner Sentences into Native-like or Non-Native-like Based on Word Alignment Distribution (Katsunori Kotani, Takehiko Yoshimi, Takeshi Kutsumi and Ichiko Sata); and (29) Analysis of the Students' Socio-Demographic Profile (Oto Tezak).
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- 2009
17. Trends in Connectivity Technologies and Their Socioeconomic Impacts. Final Report of the Study: Policy Options for the Ubiquitous Internet Society. Technical Report
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RAND Europe, Cave, Jonathan, van Oranje-Nassau, Constantijn, Schindler, Helen Rebecca, Shehabi, Ala'a, Brutscher, Philipp-Bastian, and Robinson, Neil
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This report is intended to inform the European Commission's DG Information Society and Media in developing its policies for the period 2010-2020. It is targeted to policymakers with expert knowledge of the field. The report summarises the work conducted in the study: "Policy Options for the Ubiquitous Internet Society". It builds on three prior documents: (1) a briefing paper on Connectivity Challenges; (2) The Interim report containing trend analysis, scenario development, modelling of socio-economic impacts and a review of changing business models; and (3) a Workshop Report. In addition, an analysis was made of policies in the US, Japan and South Korea to provide a reference for the EU's own policy in the field of ICTs (information and communication technologies) and especially the future of the Internet (its architecture and socio-economic fall out). This report contains a review of technology trends underlying the future Internet Society. It assesses the possible future socio-economic impacts; as well as the changing business models that are likely to emerge in the next 5 to 10 years. The ultimate objective of the study is to make future policy recommendations for the successor programme to the current EU's ICT strategy: the i2010 programme. The project involved trend analysis, econometric modelling, desk research, interviews, a survey, scenario development and gaming. Five appendices are included: (1) Tech Trend Summary Tables; (2) Identifying and Mapping the Scenario Dimensions; (3) Framework for Analysis of Economic Impacts; (4) Cases Studies of Policy Frameworks in Japan, US, South Korea and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD); and (5) Cross Cutting Relevance of Connectivity Challenges. (Contains 28 figures, 29 tables, and 199 footnotes.) [This report was prepared for the DG Information Society and Media.]
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- 2009
18. U.S.-Japanese Relations.
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McCannon, Bob
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Disagrees with the tone and conclusions of the special section on United States-Japan relations in the November-December, 1991 issue. Contends that the national interests of the United States were ignored to avoid "Japan Bashing" over trade and other economic issues. Calls for a more realistic view of Japan's trade policies toward the United States. (CFR)
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- 1993
19. Economic Literacy in the Schools.
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Joint Council on Economic Education, New York, NY. and Walstad, William B.
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Results from the testing of a representative sample of U.S. high school students (N=8,205) reveals a significant lack of economic literacy, with the students correctly answering only 40 percent of the items on the Test of Economic Literacy. This is especially disturbing since the questions were drawn from economic concepts and related issues as they are discussed daily in the national media. To improve the level of economic understanding, school districts need to make a commitment to economic education in both elementary and secondary education, with students being required to take a course in economics before they graduate from high school. Teachers must be better equipped to teach about economics if they are to instill any knowledge in their students. Economics knowledge is critical for an informed citizenry, both for its understanding of domestic economic issues and for the United States to maintain a competitive position in the world economy. (PPB)
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- 1988
20. Two Faces of Japan.
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Beasley, Conger
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Discusses the inconsistency between Japanese exploitation of world natural resources and gestures to provide leadership in ecologically innovative technology. Explores Japanese culture, power structure, population trends, environmental ethics, industrialism, and international business practices as they relate to the philosophical face of ecological thinking in Japan. (MCO)
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- 1992
21. Japanese-U.S. Economic Relations: Perceptions and Reality.
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Ellington, Lucien
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Suggests which perceptions and realities of the complex economic relationship between the United States and Japan are most important. Questions the use of opinion surveys to understand perceptions of U.S. and Japanese citizens about the economic relationship. Discusses characteristics of each nation's economy that inhibit successful economic relations. (DK)
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- 1991
22. A Monetarist View.
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Friedman, Milton
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Examined are the quantity theory of money and the recent application of monetary policy in Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States. In all three countries, the reduction of monetary growth has reduced inflation. (Author/RM)
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- 1983
23. Images as Barriers to Intercultural Communication.
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Nishiyama, Kazuo
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Images that nations have of each other become barriers to effective intercultural communication if they are overgeneralized, oversimplified, or unfairly exaggerated. The communication difficulties between Japan and the United States, for example, exemplify how images negatively influence the political and economic relations between two countries. Despite the serious economic problems of the United States, especially in the automobile industry, Japan still views the U. S. as a large, rich nation. Therefore, Japan still expects that the U. S. will continue to treat it as a subordinate and faithful ally--and a preferred trade partner, which depends on the U. S. for its continued economic growth and survival. The U. S., however, perceives Japan as the world's new industrial superstate, one that has built itself up by having unduly taken advantage of the "free" military protection and trade policies of the U. S. These negative images of Japan are perpetuated by the mass media of the U. S. To eradicate these negative images, Americans must first analyze objectively each image and try to understand why it was created. Next, they must avoid using the negative stereotype images made popular in the war. Finally, both Japan and the United States must strive to increase the academic and cultural exchanges between the two nations. (FL)
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- 1981
24. The American Industrial Relations System in a Time of Change.
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Marshall, Ray
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Recent trends that affect the U.S. system of industrial relations are examined. The most important of these is internationalization. The U.S. industrial relations system is compared with that of Europe and Japan, and suggestions for improving our competitiveness in international markets are made. (Author/RM)
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- 1985
25. Online Sources of Japanese Information. . . A Guide.
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Dorman, Phae H.
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Discusses online systems and databases that contain information on Japanese business and economic activity. A reference chart provides the name, address, coverage dates, and costs of major online sources. (CLB)
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- 1987
26. Japan.
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Birmingham City Schools, AL. and Jones, Savannah C.
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Materials for a secondary level, interdisciplinary social studies course on Japan are divided into introductory information, 14 classroom units, and study and evaluation materials. Introductory material includes lists of objectives and skills, an outline of Japanese history, and an explanation of Japan's name and flag. The units cover the derivation of the Japanese people and language, geography, religion, government, foreign relations, economy, science and technology, environment, transportation and communication, education, family life, Japanese arts, police and criminal justice system, and social customs and rituals. For each unit, resources, objectives, methods, lessons, and a number of student activities are provided. Worksheets are included where necessary. Samples of activities are: practicing Japanese calligraphy, completing maps, writing a research paper, interpreting charts and graphs, visiting a museum of Japanese art, and creating a Japanese garden. A pretest, three tests covering the 14 units, a posttest, a vocabulary guide, and a bibliography conclude the curriculum guide. (LP)
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- 1984
27. Japanese-American Trade: 1797 to the Present. Suggested Lessons.
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Rindsberg, Helen
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The three lessons included in this packet are from a unit on Japanese and United States trade in the 1960s which is offered by the Cincinnati Public Schools for 11th and 12th graders. The first involves individual students completing an attitude survey which focuses on Japan, class discussion, presentation of a teacher-prepared lecture based on the paper "The Sons of Heaven Confront the Barbarians," and a student compilation of key economic and cultural aspects of the two countries. The second lesson employs a handout of quotations from persons involved in Japanese-United States trade negotiations between 1797 and 1860. Students are to identify cultural values held by the writers, generalize these into "Japanese values" and "United States values," and then discuss how values shape governments' economic policies. The third lesson involves the viewing of a 16mm film "Japan--An Overview" available from the Japan Consulate. Following the film, discussions of cultural values are directed toward their impact on Japanese-United States trade. (BZ)
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- 1986
28. Towards an 'Enterprising' Culture. A Challenge for Education and Training. Educational Monograph No. 4.
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Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris (France). Centre for Educational Research and Innovation. and Ball, Colin
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This paper reports on an Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) project that studied (1) how young people can be enabled to develop employment initiative and entrepreneurial skills as an important ingredient of their education and training and (2) what changes are needed in educational curricula and school practices designed to strengthen young people's capacity to assume responsibility and initiative when faced with changing labor markets and skill requirements. The report begins with a summary of the project, its main conclusions, and policy implications. The remainder of the report is in two parts. The first presents the different rationales for the recent interest in entrepreneurial skills and culture and the complex problems related to a definition of such concepts. Its main purpose is to clarify the issues and developments at stake and to point toward some principal policy implications if entrepreneurial skills and culture are to have an impact on mainstream education. The second part presents concrete examples from 13 OECD member countries in which different kinds of entrepreneurial skills programs have been launched. (KC)
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- 1989
29. Recent Changes in the Labor Content of U. S. International Trade
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Mitchell, Daniel J. B.
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The paper focuses on the changes in the composition of United States exports and imports and the effect of these changes on labor, during the 1965-70 period. (Author)
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- 1975
30. The Economics of the University of the Air of Japan Revisited.
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Muta, Hiromitsu and Sakamoto, Takashi
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An assessment of the University of the Air of Japan's cost-effectiveness and a forecast of its future based on available data is discussed. Although the current cost per credit is higher than that of conventional universities, changes in communication technology and student characteristics could alter its cost-effectiveness. (Author/MLW)
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- 1989
31. Teaching about Japan in the 1990s: An Introduction.
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Cogan, John J. and Grossman, David L.
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Discusses the influence of Japan on educational reform in the United States. Identifies economic self-interest and global competitiveness as the motivations for increased U.S. instruction about Asia and the Pacific region. Expresses concern that such a competitive outlook is unlikely to produce a global perspective. (DK)
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- 1991
32. Japan's Yakuza – still alive, and yes, they do matter.
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Newsham, Grant Frederick
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SOCIAL impact ,ECONOMICS ,BUSINESS enterprises ,ENGLISH language ,JAPANESE people - Abstract
Purpose: This paper aims to inform the reader of the nature of Japanese organize crime ("the Yakuza") and the extent to which it has penetrated and is a powerful force in nearly all facets of Japanese society – with particular focus on the "legitimate" business and financial worlds. The paper also describes in detail the actual harmful effects of Yakuza influence and also provides a cautionary note for foreign business ventures in Japan. Design/methodology/approach: The paper offers an in-depth narrative description based on the author's over 20 years' experience researching the topic along with practical experience gained while working in the business risk mitigation field in Japan and assisting private entities in avoiding underworld entanglements. Findings: The paper demonstrates how the Yakuza remains a potent force with widespread influence in Japan, despite the government's enactment of specific regulations designed to pressure underworld organizations. Research limitations/implications: The paper offers insights into an aspect of Japanese society that receives limited examination, and the information contained in the article is potentially useful to other scholars and the foreign business community as well. The Yakuza are a broad topic, and the author's perspectives are necessarily focused on cases of Yakuza involvement in the legitimate economy and political world rather than the entire panoply of underworld activity. Practical implications: The insights and descriptions of underworld involvement in "legitimate" parts of Japanese society might encourage Japanese authorities to assess why the Yakuza remain entrenched and take appropriate counter measures. Social implications: The paper is potentially of use to foreign business and governmental organizations in better understanding and countering risks and threats posed by the Japanese underworld, both in Japan and beyond its borders. Originality/value: This topic is infrequently covered in any depth in English language sources and seldom if ever by someone with over two decades of practical experience identifying and helping private entities navigate around Yakuza dangers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2019
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33. Mobility principle among Japanese professorsBased on the example of professors in the economics field.
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Yano, Masaharu and Tomita, Junichi
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EDUCATIONAL mobility ,COLLEGE teachers ,TEACHERS ,RESEARCH universities & colleges ,RESEARCH - Abstract
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate the actual conditions of Japanese professors' mobility and to carry out an analysis of the principle on which university researcher mobility is based and of the relationship between mobility and research performance. Design/methodology/approach – Using the Japanese university researcher database which covered job title, research background, research publication performance and so on, the study analyzed the relationship between mobility and the publication rate before/after move. Findings – The paper finds that moves from a research to an education university rarely occur. Moves from an education to a research university, on the other hand, occur with relative frequency. To achieve a move, a high publication rate is required. Post-move publication rate increased greatly for those who moved from an education to a research university and also those who moved from an education university to another education university. Research limitations/implications – In Japan, company employees make decisions depending on expectations of further fulfilment in their companies rather than on mercenary calculations of present best interests. It was discovered that researchers have a desire to move to a better university or one with a better research environment for a brighter future. It is thought that while company employees depend upon the future within the firm, professors depend upon the future within the academic community. Originality/value – Up to now the relationship between mobility and research performance of professors is not necessarily clear in Japan. In this study of the economics field it has become more apparent. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2006
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34. Economic Globalization and the Growth of Homelessness in Japan, 1980s-1990s.
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Hasegawa, Miki
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HOMELESSNESS ,POVERTY ,ECONOMICS ,HOMELESS persons - Abstract
In Japan, homelessness began to increase in the 1980s and rose sharply in the early 1990s. Partly because homelessness is defined narrowly as "sleeping rough," the magnitude of homelessness in Japan seems less pronounced than in other developed countries. Without adopting a broader definition, this paper addresses the reasons behind the growth of homelessness in Japan over the past two decades. By analyzing the ways in which economic globalization interacted with the Japanese political economy in the 1980s, it demonstrates how some of the structural explanations of homelessness in other developed countries can be usefully applied to the Japanese case despite the much narrower conceptualization of homelessness in the country. Specifically, I argue that three broad changes contributed to the growth in homelessness in Japan: namely, 1) a shift from the manufacturing to service economy, 2) urban redevelopment, and 3) state policy shifts toward deregulation and privatization. In Japan these processes occurred in tandem in association with economic globalization in the 1980s while, in many other developed countries, they occurred earlier and on a larger scale. The present paper offers only a preliminary causal analysis of homelessness in Japan. Nevertheless, it suggests that a globalization perspective allows us to transcend definitional complexities and identify broad similar processes responsible for the rise in homelessness in different parts of the world. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2003
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35. On the Japanese retirement lump sum: loyalty no longer welcomed.
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El-Agraa, AliM.
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LUMP sum distributions (Pensions) ,PENSION trusts ,UNIVERSITY & college employees ,FINANCE ,ECONOMICS - Abstract
In previous papers, I clearly showed that the annuity part of the Japanese employment pension is miserable and although the lump sum part is fairly good, most of it is spent on renovating housing. This paper shows that this vital element of the Japanese pension system is being eroded at a time when pensioners are in dire need. Also, the erosion is being done in such a way as to encourage earlier retirement and this at a time when the population is ageing fast, thus compounding the problem. It therefore behoves of all those nations that aspire to emulate Japan to think twice. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2011
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36. The Japanese saving rate between 1960 and 2000: productivity, policy changes, and demographics.
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Chen, Kaiji, İmrohoroğlu, Ayşe, and İmrohoroğlu, Selahattin
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LABOR productivity ,ECONOMIC policy ,ECONOMIC conditions in Japan, 1945-1989 ,SAVINGS ,FINANCIAL performance ,MONETARY policy ,ECONOMICS - Abstract
In this paper, we use an overlapping generations model to study the factors generating the saving rate in Japan between 1960–2000. The model economy allows for observed aging of the population, total factor productivity (TFP), and fiscal policy to affect the national saving rate. Our calibrated general equilibrium setup generates saving rates that are reasonably similar to the data during this period. Our counterfactual experiments indicate that observed TFP growth rates are the main reason for both the secular decline and the two humps in the saving rate during 1960–2000. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2007
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37. More landings for higher profit? Inverse demand analysis of the bluefin tuna auction price in Japan and economic incentives in global bluefin tuna fisheries management.
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Sun, Chin-Hwa, Chiang, Fu-Sung, Squires, Dale, Rogers, Anthony, and Jan, Man-Ser
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BLUEFIN tuna ,ECONOMIC demand ,TUNA fisheries ,FISHERY management ,TUNA ,AUCTIONS ,BYCATCHES - Abstract
This paper estimates the price changes in global bluefin tuna (BFT) markets in response to shifts in regional and global landings to evaluate the conservation and economic incentives from changes in the Total Allowable Catch (TAC) managed by all three Regional Fisheries Management Organizations. A fisherman’s income, and thus the financial incentive to accept management measures controlling catch levels, depends in part on how responsive price is to overall catch. Individual fisherman, with their own best interest in mind, used to wish to increase their individual landings and create an incentive to ask to increase the TAC for the industry, without realizing the possible revenue loss due to the resulting falling prices. To protect the value of all stakeholders’ property rights, a consensus to avoid abruptly raising the TAC, without first considering the potential loss due to market response, is needed. Alternatively, if revenue increases with lower TAC, a positive economic incentive for conservation is created if price increasing proportionately more than the lower supply, with harvest profits boosted by lower costs of production. To capture the complexity of substituting across various sources of supply and product form, a general synthetic inverse demand system is estimated to identify the impact of overall landings on BFT prices. This system estimates price flexibilities of both fresh and frozen longline-caught sashimi-grade tunas (Pacific, Atlantic and southern bluefins, and bigeye) at the Tokyo Center Market in Japan, including the Tsukiji Market, the world’s largest fish auction market that served as the single global price leader for BFT. The resulting estimation shows that own-quantity price flexibilities of every type of fresh and frozen BFTs are less than unity and inflexible in their own consumption. This creates poor individual producer incentives for fishermen to reduce wild or farmed BFT supply, as there is a chance to increase their own revenue, under the unlikely condition that the total supply is fixed. However, by observing the rapid increases in the TAC of Eastern Atlantic bluefin tuna (EABFT) in the coming years, suppliers may not be better off as price will drop proportionally faster and total revenue if the estimated scale flexibility is greater than one. Based on the estimated scale flexibility of frozen BFT, which is slightly less than unity, the frozen subsector of EABFT suppliers is the only winner under the supply increases. Suppliers of frozen BFT in other regions, fresh BFT (in the Atlantic and elsewhere), and southern BFT and bigeye tuna will all be harmed through lower revenue by the supply increases. Additionally, while total revenue might stay the same for frozen BFT suppliers, fishermen will potentially receive lower profits due to higher operating costs associated with increased landings when the supply of EABFT increases. Given the number of sectors that ultimately lose financially in the short term and given the ecological (and production) risks accompanying an abrupt increase in fishing pressure in the long term, the global economic losses resulting from an increase in the allowable catch of Atlantic bluefin tuna will outweigh any potential increases to revenue. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2019
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38. The Domestic Roots of Japan's Economic Regionalism.
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Solís, Mireya
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ECONOMIC systems , *COMMERCIAL policy , *ECONOMIC policy , *INDUSTRIAL policy , *ECONOMICS - Abstract
Long a critic of regional blocs as harmful to a multilateral trading system based on non-discrimination, Japan has nevertheless emerged as an avid preferential trader seeking to develop a substantial network of preferential liberalization accords. The goal of this paper is to underscore the domestic roots of Japanâs FTA policy on three key dimensions: partner selection, sectoral coverage, and issue scope. To this end, I develop a modified supply and demand model of regional integration with two main independent variables: 1) lobbying incentives for societal actors in the game of preferential trading, 2) degree of centralization of government trade policy-making. ..PAT.-Unpublished Manuscript [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2008
39. The medical assistance system and inpatient health care provision: Empirical evidence from short-term hospitalizations in Japan.
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Yuda, Michio
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MEDICAL assistance ,MEDICAL care ,INPATIENT care ,HOSPITAL care ,PUBLIC health - Abstract
This paper uses two nationally representative sets of medical claims data from medical assistance and universal public health insurance systems to examine how medical assistance system assignment affects short-term inpatient health care provision. In Japan, the medical assistance system, which is part of a public assistance system, provides medical care services for its beneficiaries without imposing any financial burdens, such as copayments or advance premium payments. These circumstances can lead to inpatient costs, as physicians may provide more treatments because there is a financial incentive. Because the assignment of public assistance in Japan is not random but is subject to means testing by the local government, I employ the instrumental variable model to control the potential correlation. I find that medical expenditure is significantly higher for medical assistance patients than for universal public health insurance patients, with an arc elasticity of approximately 0.20. This elasticity is slightly greater than that found for inpatient care in the randomized RAND Health Insurance Experiment and recent empirical studies on low-income populations. In addition, the elasticities for patients who receive medication, treatment and surgery are greater. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2018
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40. Association between outpatient orthopedic surgery costs and healthcare facility characteristics.
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Watanabe, Yuichi and Nakata, Yoshinori
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AMBULATORY surgery ,ORTHOPEDIC surgery ,HOSPITAL utilization statistics ,MEDICAL care cost statistics ,AGE distribution ,INSURANCE ,REGRESSION analysis ,SEX distribution ,SURGICAL clinics ,HEALTH insurance reimbursement ,RETROSPECTIVE studies ,ECONOMICS - Abstract
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the association between outpatient orthopedic surgery costs and Japan's healthcare facilities using a large-scale Japanese medical claims database. Design/methodology/approach The authors obtained reimbursement claims data for 8,588 patients who underwent orthopedic surgery between April 1 and September 30, 2014 at 3,347 Japanese healthcare facilities. Regression analysis, using ordinary least squares, examined the association between outpatient orthopedic surgery costs and healthcare facility characteristics. By using surgical fees as proxy for the surgical costs, the authors defined three dependent variables: surgical cost for each outpatient orthopedic surgery; pre- and post-operative cost one month before and after a surgical operation; and total cost for each patient. The authors also defined five independent variables, which capture healthcare facility characteristics and patient-specific factors: bed count; whether healthcare facilities are reimbursed in a diagnosis procedure combination system; patient's age; sex; and anatomical surgical sites. Findings The authors analyzed 6,456 outpatient orthopedic surgical cases performed at 3,085 healthcare facilities. There were significant differences in the surgical costs for outpatient orthopedic surgery among different healthcare facilities by total beds ( p=0.000). Multivariate regression analysis shows that surgical costs for outpatient orthopedic surgery are positively and significantly associated with healthcare facilities classified by total beds after adjusting for patient-specific characteristics ( p<0.05). Originality/value This is the first research to examine the association between costs for outpatient orthopedic surgery and healthcare facility characteristics in Japan. This study via the multivariate regression method showed that outpatient orthopedic surgery is likely to cost higher as healthcare facility size increased. The average incremental costs for each outpatient orthopedic surgery per 100 beds were calculated at $48.5 for surgery, $40.7 for pre- and post-operative care, and $89.2 total cost. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2018
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41. Recent trends in consumption in Japan and the other G7 countries.
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Horioka, CharlesYuji
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CONSUMPTION (Economics) ,INCOME ,GROSS domestic product ,COST control ,ECONOMICS - Abstract
In this paper, we present data on recent trends in private consumption and in possible determinants of private consumption (such as GDP, household incomes, household saving rates, household wealth, and employment conditions) in the group of seven (G7) countries and find that there has been significant variability among the G7 countries not only in their private consumption growth rates but also in the determinants of private consumption growth during the 2002–2007 period. With respect to Japan, we find that private consumption has been relatively stagnant during the 2002–2007 period and that the stagnation of private consumption has been due to the stagnation of household income and of household wealth and the relative stability of the household saving rate. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2013
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42. Geo-politics versus market structure interventions in Europe's infrastructure industries c. 1830-1939.
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Millward, Robert
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MARKET failure ,MONOPOLIES ,GEOPOLITICS ,TELEGRAPH lines ,FREE enterprise ,TELECOMMUNICATION & economics ,GOVERNMENT ownership of railroads ,SUBMARINE cables ,ECONOMICS - Abstract
Throughout the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, the natural monopoly features of infrastructure industries, together with their strategic roles, have been important elements in state intervention. The aim of this paper is to evaluate what relative weight was attached to market failure problems on the one hand and geo-political factors on the other. For the period 1830-1939, how far were geo-political factors stronger than natural monopoly problems in accounting for the scale of intervention in the various countries of the Western World? How far did the policy instruments for security and market failure overlap? Whilst most of the infrastructure sectors are covered - including internal telecommunications, coal, gas, shipping, electricity and water - special attention is devoted to international submarine telegraph tables and railways. The paper concludes by demonstrating strong differences between Britain and USA on the one hand and Continental Europe plus Japan on the other. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2011
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43. NATURE, MARKETS AND STATE RESPONSE: THE DROUGHT OF 1939 IN JAPAN AND KOREA.
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Hunter, Janet
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ECONOMIC conditions in Japan ,DROUGHTS ,RICE exports & imports ,WATER power ,JAPAN-Korea relations ,HISTORY ,ECONOMICS - Abstract
Large areas of Northeast Asia experienced drought in 1939. Agricultural production in Korea decreased significantly, but the drought did not cause famine in Japan despite its dependence on rice imports from Korea. The paper analyses the impact of the 1939 drought on the markets for rice and electricity in Japan. The authorities were ill-prepared for such a disaster but willing to use it for the purpose of covering for other problems. The drought thus accelerated the move of Japan's economic system towards a managed economy. A lower total rainfall in Japan in 1940 did not generate similar problems, suggesting that the broader political, economic, and social context is crucial to the identification of short-term climatic fluctuations as crises. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2010
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44. Competition and cooperative practices in Sino-Japanese energy and environmental relations: towards an energy security 'risk community'?
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Wishnick, Elizabeth
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ENVIRONMENTAL policy ,INTERNATIONAL relations ,ENERGY conservation ,ENVIRONMENTAL protection ,CHINA-Japan relations ,ECONOMICS - Abstract
This article reexamines the conventional wisdom that characterizes Sino-Japanese energy relations as predominantly competitive, but views Sino-Japanese environmental relations as essentially cooperative. Using sociological theories of risk, it is argued that Sino-Japanese cooperation is more likely in both the energy and environmental areas when common risks are perceived and relative gains are minimized. Despite their many conflicting strategic, political, and economic interests, as energy importers who are vulnerable to supply interruptions in the Middle East and competitors for global energy supplies, China and Japan share common risks to their energy security. Consequently, there actually may be increasing opportunities for China and Japan to address their common concerns through bilateral and multilateral cooperative practices, such as common positions on pricing or energy conservation initiatives. Although one would expect China and Japan to highlight their mutual interests in tackling environmental problems such as air pollution, in fact relative gains often impede cooperation. Japan increasingly views China as an economic competitor and is reducing environmental aid, while China continues to set a priority on economic growth, which sets limits on the use of costlier Japanese green technologies. By examining a selection of scholarly articles, reports and newspaper articles by Chinese and Japanese analysts, as well as material from interviews in Beijing and Tokyo in May-June 2007, the paper shows how environmental and energy issues in Sino-Japanese relations may be framed as threats, requiring counter-measures, or common risks, which can be addressed through cooperative practices. Lastly, the paper discusses the possibility of the development of an energy security 'risk community' as cooperative practices develop between China and Japan. Nonetheless, conflicting political interests, strategies, and self-images, accentuating relative gains, may provide obstacles to their cooperation in both energy security and environmental protection. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2009
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45. Nature and strategy of product innovations in SMEs: A case study-based comparative perspective of Japan and India.
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SUBRAHMANYA, M. H. BALA
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TECHNOLOGICAL innovations ,ECONOMICS ,MARKETING ,EXPORT marketing - Abstract
This paper traces the nature and strategy of product innovations of two SMEs in two different economic environments - one each in Japan and India. While the background of entrepreneurs and internal environment are similar, what distinguishes the two is the external environment. Though external sources of support appear similar outwardly, Indian external sources lack the much needed reputation for the capability of delivering productive assistance for technological innovations in manufacturing enterprises. That is why the Japanese SME could take advantage of its external sources but not the Indian SME. Further, the domestic market has ably supported and absorbed innovated products of the Japanese SME whereas the Indian SME has increasingly targeted its innovated products at the international market[i]. [i] The Japanese and Indian case studies used in this paper have been earlier used separately for two different papers in two different journals, namely, (i) Asia Pacific Tech Monitor (2006) January-February: 40-44, and (ii) International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management (2005) 5(5/6): 401-420, respectively. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2009
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46. The United States, Japan, and the European Union: comparing political economy approaches to China.
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Wan, Ming
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INTERNATIONAL economic integration ,GREAT powers (International relations) ,INTERNATIONAL relations ,ECONOMICS - Abstract
This paper examines US, Japanese, and European political economy approaches to China, and their effect on US-Japan and US-EU relationships. Great powers with a greater security concern in dealing with another major country care more about power while those with less of a concern are preoccupied with calculations for wealth. China's rise and its actions have posed a far greater security challenge to the United States and Japan and are driving the two countries closer together. The political economy game involving China reveals a dominant welfare motive among the advanced market economies. The ambition to transform China politically has diminished. China's integration into the global market makes a relative gains approach difficult to implement. Globalization simply limits the ability of a state to follow a politics-in-command approach in the absence of actual military conflict, which explains why the political economy approaches of the United States, Europe, and Japan are not that different in the scheme of things. China's own grand strategy to reach out to the world to outflank the US-Japan alliance has also contributed to a divergent European policy toward China although there are severe limitations to Beijing's ability to drive a wedge between the United States and Europe. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2007
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47. Efficiency of inpatient orthopedic surgery in Japan: a medical claims database analysis.
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Nakata, Yoshinori, Yoshimura, Tatsuya, Watanabe, Yuichi, Otake, Hiroshi, Oiso, Giichiro, and Sawa, Tomohiro
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MEDICAL economics ,INSURANCE statistics ,HOSPITAL utilization statistics ,MEDICAL care cost statistics ,HEALTH facility administration ,LENGTH of stay in hospitals ,ORGANIZATIONAL effectiveness ,ORTHOPEDIC surgery ,ECONOMICS - Abstract
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to determine the characteristics of healthcare facilities that produce the most efficient inpatient orthopedic surgery using a large-scale medical claims database in Japan. Design/methodology/approach Reimbursement claims data were obtained from April 1 through September 30, 2014. Input-oriented Banker-Charnes-Cooper model of data envelopment analysis (DEA) was employed. The decision-making unit was defined as a healthcare facility where orthopedic surgery was performed. Inputs were defined as the length of stay, the number of beds, and the total costs of expensive surgical devices. Output was defined as total surgical fees for each surgery. Efficiency scores of healthcare facilities were compared among different categories of healthcare facilities. Findings The efficiency scores of healthcare facilities with a diagnosis-procedure combination (DPC) reimbursement were significantly lower than those without DPC ( p=0.0000). All the efficiency scores of clinics with beds were 1. Their efficiency scores were significantly higher than those of university hospitals, public hospitals, and other hospitals ( p=0.0000). Originality/value This is the first research that applied DEA for orthopedic surgery in Japan. The healthcare facilities with DPC reimbursement were less efficient than those without DPC. The clinics with beds were the most efficient among all types of management bodies of healthcare facilities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2017
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48. Global Impacts of the Automotive Supply Chain Disruption Following the Japanese Earthquake of 2011.
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Arto, Iñaki, Andreoni, Valeria, and Rueda Cantuche, Jose Manuel
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SUPPLY chain disruptions ,ECONOMIC impact analysis ,SENDAI Earthquake, Japan, 2011 ,AUTOMOBILE supplies industry ,TSUNAMIS ,ECONOMIC impact ,NATURAL disasters ,INPUT-output tables ,ECONOMICS - Abstract
This paper provides an input–output method to estimate worldwide economic impacts generated by supply chain disruptions. The method is used to analyse global economic effects due to the disruptions in the automotive industry that followed the Japanese earthquake and the consequent tsunami and nuclear crisis of March 2011. By combining a mixed multi-regional input–output model, the World Input–Output Database and data at the factory level, the study quantifies the economic impacts of the disruptions broken down by country and industry. The results show that the global economic effect (in terms of value added) of this disruption amounted to US$139 billion. The most affected (groups of) countries were Japan (39%), the USA (25%), China (8%) and the European Union (7%). The most strongly affected industries were transport equipment (37%), other business activities (10%), basic and fabricated metals (8%), wholesale trade (7%) and financial intermediation (4%). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2015
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49. Base Bargains: The Political Economy of Okinawa’s Antimilitarism.
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Marten, Kimberly Zisk and Cooley, Alexander
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MILITARISM , *ECONOMICS , *POLITICAL science - Abstract
Presents an analysis on the political economy of antimilitarism in Okinawa, Japan. Efforts of the government of Japan and the U.S. in addressing antimilitarism; Link between norms and self-interest recognized by constructivists; History of Okinawa's culture of antimilitarism.
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- 2003
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50. Market Failure and Japanese Farmland Rents.
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Dawson, P. J.
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FARMS ,MARKET failure ,PRICE regulation ,ELASTICITY (Economics) ,RENT ,ECONOMICS ,GOVERNMENT policy - Abstract
Since the early 1950s, Japanese farmland rents have been regulated and a consensus emerged that rent control led to market failure. Hypothesising a rent-formation model where rents are determined by prices, this paper estimates a threshold autoregressive model which integrates three tests of market failure, namely, inefficiency, bias and asymmetry. There are four results. First, a long-run relationship exists between rents and prices, and the Japanese farmland rental market is efficient. Second, the rent-price elasticity is unity and the market is unbiased. Third, rents are Granger-caused by prices which supports the rent-formation model. Fourth, asymmetry exists where more rapid error-correction occurs immediately after policy reform when rent growth exceeds price growth by 3.6% or more, and rent control has benefitted tenants. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2014
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