Purpose The purpose of this paper is to identify the root cause of low yield problems in the semiconductor manufacturing process using sensor data continuously collected from manufacturing equipment and describe the process environment in the equipment. Design/methodology/approach This paper...

With the concept of “creative economy” emerging as a new paradigm of economic growth in Korea, the frequency of debates over related topics are being held, including the meaning and aims of the concept, as well as policy measures needed to realize it. While there is no consensus yet on the...

Citizens' economic perceptions can shape their political and economic behavior, making those perceptions' origins an important question. Research commonly posits that media coverage is a central source. Here, we test that prospect while considering the alternative hypothesis that media coverage...

1. Japan's Fiscal Sustainability2. Japan's Fiscal Discipline3. The Fiscal Sustainability and Fiscal Discipline of Japan's Local Government4. Social Security System's Sustainability and Fiscal Discipline

Rising levels of inequality currently receive a great deal of attention from the mass public. But what do ordinary people have in mind when they talk about inequality? In this study, we use both survey and survey-experimental data to investigate whether Americans understand this highly abstract...

Along with the emergence of knowledge-based economy, importance of nonvisible production factors, such as knowledge and creativity is broadly recognized. With the spread of such recognition, the concept of creative industries, which includes cultural industries and contents industries, and even...

Americans have long believed in upward mobility and the narrative of the American Dream. Even in the face of rising income inequality and substantial empirical evidence that economic mobility has declined in recent decades, many Americans remain convinced of the prospects for upward mobility....