Japan, Korea, and China, while at the same time illuminating the mechanism that has driven the narrowing in the productivity … is very small for Japanese firms. While the within-industry ranking of TFP levels hardly changes in the case of Japan …, fluctuations in the ranking are relatively frequent in the case of Korea. Third, in Korea, the TFP levels of low-performing firms …

Japan and South Korea, this paper aims to investigate the impacts of outsourcing on different sectors of the labor market … attainment have changed substantially both in Japan and Korea. Second, the overall effects of total outsourcing in terms of … tertiary education towards workers with lower education. Third, both in Japan and Korea, the international outsourcing of …

The determinants of interfirm trust are examined in 453 supplier automaker relationships in theU.S., Japan, and Korea … supplier trust in a sample ofsupplier/automaker relationships in the United States, Japan, and Korea. Given the recent … somedifferences across institutional environments, notably higher trust in Japan, the findings are robustacross the three …

destined for the USA market when sold in Queensland (QLD) or New South Wales (NSW). The aim of this paper is to explore how …

Introduction: A mere decade ago Japan’s financial system, and especially its banking system, was not only the largest … country. Today presents a completely different picture. Japan’s financial system is weak and in disarray. Banks no longer rank … among the world’s top ten, and their credit ratings have declined dramatically. Two of Japan’s top 21 banks have already …

Japanese market and the US West Coast market. Japan is the principal potential export market for Alaskan crude oil. Exports to …

coming from Japan, the Soviet Union, and Eastern Europe. Several regions, the Far East, Japan, Latin American, and Africa …