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March 2006 06-J-024 M&A Activities and the Performance of Target Firms - Comparison of Out-In M&As with In-In M&As FUKAO Kyoji  (Faculty Fellow, RIETI / Professor, Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University) /KWON Hyeog Ug  (Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University) /TAKIZAWA Miho  (Graduate School of Economics, Hitotsubashi University) Download paper [PDF:552KB] (Japanese) March 2006 06-J-023 The Implementation Issue under the WTO Dispute Settlement Procedure- Procedural factors and proposals for improvement KAWASE Tsuyoshi  (Faculty Fellow, RIETI / Associate Professor, Graduate School of Law and Politics, Osaka University) Download paper [PDF:408KB] (Japanese) March 2006 06-J-022 The Governance and Management Structure of Public Corporations - Achieving Efficient Division of Roles between the Public (National and Local Government) and Private Sectors under Decentralization AKAI Nobuo  (Faculty Fellow) Download paper [PDF:1.1MB] (Japanese) March 2006 06-J-021 The Banking Crisis and Productivity of Borrowing Firms - Evidence from Japan KOBAYASHI Keiichiro  (Fellow, RIETI) /AKIYOSHI Fumio  (Graduate School of Economics, The University of Tokyo) Download paper [PDF:456KB] (Japanese) March 2006 06-J-020 Which Entrepreneurs Are Placed under Severe Liquidity Constraints?-A study based on Japanese entrepreneurship data YASUDA Takehiko  (Faculty Fellow, RIETI / Professor, Faculty of Economics, Toyo University) Download paper [PDF:372KB] (Japanese) March 2006 06-J-019 Overcoming Inferior External Environments in the Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology Industries via R&D Management NAKAMURA Hiroshi  (Professor, Graduate School of Business Administration, Keio University) /ASAKAWA Kazuhiro  (Faculty Fellow, RIETI / Professor, Graduate School of Business Administration, Keio University) Download paper [PDF:512KB] (Japanese) March 2006 06-J-018 Indicators for Identifying Important Patents GOTO Akira  (Faculty Fellow, RIETI / Professor, Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, The University of Tokyo) /GEMBA Kiminori  (Shibaura Institute of Technology) /SUZUKI Jun  (Shibaura Institute of Technology) /TAMADA Schumpeter  (Faculty Fellow, RIETI / Assistant Professor, Institute of Business and Accounting, Kwansei Gakuin University) Download paper [PDF:352KB] (Japanese) March 2006 06-J-017 Failure to Capture Value Because of Commoditization - the Case of Digital Home Electronics NOBEOKA Kentaro  (Faculty Fellow, RIETI / Professor, Research Institute for Economics & Business Administration, Kobe University) /ITO Munehiko  (Research Institute for Economics & Business Administration, Kobe University) /MORITA Hirokazu  (Research Institute for Economics & Business Administration, Kobe University) Download paper [PDF:420KB] (Japanese) March 2006 06-J-016 The Enterprise Value Creation Management Process and Intangible Assets - the CERM/ROIAM Approach KARIYA Takeaki  (Faculty Fellow, RIETI / Professor of Financial Engineering & Management and Dean, Graduate School of Global Business, Meiji University / Visiting Professor, Institute of Economic Research, Kyoto University) Download paper [PDF:708KB] (Japanese) March 2006 06-J-015 Empirical Analyses of Product Architecture Theory and International Trade Theory (2006 revised version) OSHIKA Takashi  (Specially Appointed Professor, COE Manufacturing Management Research Center, The University of Tokyo) /FUJIMOTO Takahiro  (Faculty Fellow, RIETI / Professor, Graduate School of Economics, The University of Tokyo) Download paper [PDF:636KB] (Japanese) March 2006 06-J-014 Coordination Problem for Leniency Programs against International Cartels IWANARI Hiroo  (Consulting Fellow, RIETI / Director, Competition Policy Planning Office, General Secretariat, The Fair Trade Commission of Japan) /KAWAGOE Toshiji  (Faculty Fellow, RIETI / Lecturer, School of Systems Information Science, Future University-Hakodate) /KIMURA Yuji  (RIETI) /MATSUBAE Taisuke  (Graduate School of Economics, Waseda University) /TAKIZAWA Hirokazu  (Fellow, RIETI) Download paper [PDF:220KB] (Japanese) March 2006 06-J-013 The Governance of Regional Banks UEMURA Shuichi  (Senior Fellow, RIETI) /WATANABE Yoshitsugu  (Graduate School of Economics, Keio University) Download paper [PDF:628KB] (Japanese) March 2006 06-J-012 Establishing Principles for a More Sustainable Pension System in Japan, and Identifying Challenges FUKAO Mitsuhiro  (Faculty Fellow) /KANEKO Yoshihiro  (Consulting Fellow) /NAKATA Daigo  (Fellow) /HASUMI Ryo  (Keio University) Download paper [PDF:428KB] (Japanese) March 2006 06-J-011 Measurement of the Fatigue Cost of Commuting without Making Specific Assumptions about the Utility Function HATTA Tatsuo  (Faculty Fellow, RIETI / Professor, Division of International Studies, International Christian University) /YAMAGA Hisaki  (University of Tsukuba) Download paper [PDF:352KB] (Japanese) March 2006 06-J-010 A Simulation Analysis of Transmission - Constrained Oligopoly in the Wholesale Electricity Market TANAKA Makoto  (Faculty Fellow, RIETI / Associate Professor, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies) Download paper [PDF:132KB] (Japanese) February 2006 06-J-009 Life Duration and Debt Structure of Financially Distressed SMEs XU Peng  (Faculty Fellow, RIETI / Professor, Faculty of Economics, Hosei University) /TSURUTA Daisuke  (National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies / CRD) Download paper [PDF:152KB] (Japanese) February 2006 06-J-008 What Are the Characteristics of Companies Prone to Become a Hostile Takeover Target? XU Peng  (Faculty Fellow, RIETI / Professor, Hosei University) Download paper [PDF:323KB] (Japanese) February 2006 06-J-007 Product Architecture as a Coordination System OKUNO Masahiro  (Faculty Fellow, RIETI / Professor, Faculty of Economics, The University of Tokyo) /WATANABE Yasunori  (Specially Appointed Researcher, Manufacturing Management Research Center, The University of Tokyo) Download paper [PDF:259KB] (Japanese) February 2006 06-J-006 Complementarity between Regional Trade Agreements and Multilateral Trade Liberalization: Economic consideration and future challenges MUKUNOKI Hiroshi  (Associate Professor, Faculty of Economics, Gakushuin University) Download paper [PDF:243KB] (Japanese) February 2006 06-J-005 Characteristics of Small and Medium-size Enterprises that Have Changed Their Main Bank KANO Masaji  (Professor, School of Economics, Osaka Prefectural University) Download paper [PDF:324KB] (Japanese) January 2006 06-J-004 The Role of Government-Affiliated Financial Institutions in the Startup Period NEMOTO Tadanobu  (Chuo University) /FUKUNUMA Hikaru  (National Life Finance Corporation) /WATANABE Wako  (Osaka University) Download paper [PDF:432KB] (Japanese) January 2006 06-J-003 Corporate Demand for Financial Services and Issues in SME Finance YAMORI Nobuyoshi  (Professor, Nagoya University) Download paper [PDF:1.1MB] (Japanese) January 2006 06-J-002 Examining Main Bank Relationships in SME Finance- The Correlation between Efficiency and Lending Attitude among Regional Financial Institutions - HARIMAYA Kozo  (Faculty of Economics, Sapporo Gakuin University) /NAGATA Takahiro  (Rating and Investment Information, Inc.) Download paper [PDF:224KB] (Japanese) January 2006 06-J-001 Efficiency Structure Hypothesis versus Structure-Conduct-Performance Hypothesis Revisited TSUTSUI Yoshiro  (Faculty Fellow, RIETI / Professor, Osaka University) /SATAKE Mitsuhiko  (Professor, Ryukoku University) /UCHIDA Hirofumi  (Associate Professor, Wakayama University) Download paper [PDF:368KB] (Japanese) December 2005 05-J-036 True Relationship Between Female Labor Force Participation and Total Fertility Rate: An Analysis of OECD Countries YAMAGUCHI Kazuo  (Visiting Fellow, RIETI / Professor of Sociology, University of Chicago) Download paper [PDF:408KB] (Japanese) December 2005 05-J-035 Nonbank Financing and the Moral Hazard of SMEs TSURUTA Daisuke  (National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies) Download paper [PDF:268KB] (Japanese) December 2005 05-J-034 Quantitative Analysis of the Impact of Changes in Policies and Regulations for Electricity and Town Gas Supply Industries KAINOU Kazunari  (Fellow, RIETI) Download paper [PDF:3.3MB] (Japanese) December 2005 05-J-033 Economic Analysis of Interregional Electricity Transmission Networks in Japan KAINOU Kazunari  (Fellow, RIETI) Download paper [PDF:4.9MB] (Japanese) November 2005 05-J-032 Exploring Frontiers to Expand Banks' Lending to SMEs MASUDA Yasuyoshi  (Faculty of Economics, Toyo University) Download paper [PDF:420KB] (Japanese) November 2005 05-J-031 Does Main Bank's Health Matter in Firm Customers' Behavior? A Study Based on Bank-Firm Matching Data of SMEs OGAWA Kazuo  (Institute of Social and Economic Research, Osaka University) Download paper [PDF:408KB] (Japanese) October 2005 05-J-030 Study on the Classification of and Reporting Methods for Intangible Assets YAMAGUCHI Fujio  (Faculty Fellow, RIETI / Professor, Graduate School of Business Global Business Research, Meiji University) Download paper [PDF:368KB] (Japanese) September 2005 05-J-029 Role and Challenges of Securitization YANAGAWA Noriyuki  (Faculty Fellow, RIETI / Associate Professor, Graduate School of Economics, The University of Tokyo) Download paper [PDF:240KB] (Japanese) September 2005 05-J-028 Competition with Imports from Low- and Lower-Middle-Income Countries and its Impact on the Growth of Japanese Companies: Empirical Analysis Based on Micro-Data of the "Basic Survey of Japanese Business Structure and Activities" ITO Keiko  (Lecturer, School of Economics, Senshu University) Download paper [PDF:560KB](Japanese) September 2005 05-J-027 Test of the Efficiency Structure Hypothesis with an Application to Japanese Major Banks TSUTSUI Yoshiro  (Faculty Fellow) /SATAKE Mitsuhiko  (Professor, Ryukoku University) /UCHIDA Hirofumi  (Associate Professor, Wakayama University) Download paper [PDF:350KB] (Japanese) September 2005 05-J-026 The Role of Product - Developing SMEs in Industrial Cluster Formation - Based on Empirical Analysis on TAMA (Technology Advanced Metropolitan Area) KODAMA Toshihiro  (Faculty Fellow) Download paper [PDF:228KB] (Japanese) August 2005 05-J-025 Global Management and Innovation of Japanese Companies SANBONMATSU Susumu  (Senior Fellow) Download paper [PDF:648KB] (Japanese) July 2005 05-J-024 Policy Evaluation for Oligopolistic Markets - A Case of Wholesale Electricity Market - HASUIKE Katsuhito  (Chief Consultant, Nomura Research Institute) /KANEMOTO Yoshitsugu  (Faculty Fellow) Download paper [PDF:875KB] (Japanese) June 2005 05-J-023 Corporate Governance and Employment Adjustments at Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) SAITO Takashi  (Graduate School of Economics, Kyoto University) /TACHIBANAKI Toshiaki  (Faculty Fellow) Download paper [PDF:164KB] (Japanese) June 2005 05-J-022 Modeling Credit Risk with Long-term and Short-term Debts KOBAYASHI Takao  (Faculty Fellow) /IKEDA Ryoichi  (Graduate School of Economics, The University of Tokyo) Download paper [PDF:600KB] (Japanese) June 2005 05-J-021 New Developments on Investor-Versus-State Arbitration and their Implications: Impact of "Legalization" of Investment Treaties KOTERA Akira  (Faculty Fellow) Download paper [PDF:92KB] (Japanese) May 2005 05-J-020 Problems in the WTO Agriculture Agreement and the Current State and Prospects for Agricultural Negotiations: The Perspective of a Participant in the Uruguay Round Negotiations YAMASHITA Kazuhito  (Senior Fellow) Download paper [PDF:380KB] (Japanese) May 2005 05-J-019 Conceptual Framework for Understanding Intangible Assets and Problems Concerning Information Disclosure KARIYA Takeaki  (Faculty Fellow) Download paper [PDF:408KB] (Japanese) April 2005 05-J-018 Business Succession and the Performance of Post-succession SMEs YASUDA Takehiko  (Faculty Fellow) /KYO Nobue  (Graduate School of Business # Commerce, Keio University) Download paper [PDF:420KB] (Japanese) April 2005 05-J-017 The Impact of Raising the Maximum Floor Area Ratio on Commuting Congestion TERASAKI Tomoyoshi (Economic & Industrial Research Department, Development Bank of Japan) Download paper [PDF:456KB] (Japanese) FY2024 FY2023 FY2022 FY2021 FY2020 FY2019 FY2018 FY2017 FY2016 FY2015 FY2014 FY2013 FY2012 FY2011 FY2010 FY2009 FY2008 FY2007 FY2006 FY2005 FY2004 Research/Policy Papers Discussion Papers (English) Discussion Papers (Japanese) FY2024 FY2023 FY2022 FY2021 FY2020 FY2019 FY2018 FY2017 FY2016 FY2015 FY2014 FY2013 FY2012 FY2011 FY2010 FY2009 FY2008 FY2007 FY2006 FY2005 FY2004 Policy Discussion Papers (English) Policy Discussion Papers (Japanese) Technical Papers (English) Technical Papers (Japanese) Non Technical Summaries List of Articles Published in Peer-reviewed Academic Journals Research Digest Links Discussion Papers Search Communications Newsletter RSS Feed Facebook X YouTube Research Areas Research Programs (FY2024-2028) Research Programs (FY2020-2023) Research Programs (FY2016-2019) Research Programs (FY2011-2015) Policy Research Domains (FY2006-2010) Projects Survey Fellows Research/Policy Papers Discussion Papers (English) Discussion Papers (Japanese) Policy Discussion Papers (English) Policy Discussion Papers (Japanese) Technical Papers (English) Technical Papers (Japanese) Non Technical Summaries List of Articles in Journals Research Digest Discussion Papers Search Publications RIETI Books (English) RIETI Books (Japanese) History of Japan's Trade and Industry Policy Authors' Words Other Publications (English) Other Publications (Japanese) Events Symposiums Workshops BBL Seminars Archived Seminar Series Data JIP Database R-JIP Database CIP Database Industry-Specific Nominal and Real Effective Exchange Rates AMU and AMU Deviation Indicators JSTAR RIETI-TID RIETI FDI Database ICPA Project Links Articles Column Special Series Newspapers & Magazines Fellows' Works VoxEU Column From IZA Perspectives from Around the World Other Contents RIETI Report Policy Update Keizai Sangyo Journal (METI Journal) About RIETI Privacy Policy Site Policy Site Map Help Contact METI Web Site Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry, IAA (JCN 6010005005426)JCN: Japan Corporate Number Opinions expressed or implied on this website are solely those of the author, and do not necessarily represent the views of the Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI).Titles, numbers, specific names, etc. on this website are as of the date of publication. 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