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From Global to National: Manufacturing Strategies in the US, China, Germany and Japan in Comparative Perspective
Since the 2008 global crisis, the focus of industrial policy has shifted to manufacturing strategy in the main economies in the world. In this paper,...
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Timeline of Economic Policies in Japan
Chapter 2 provides an overview of the circumstances of measures by the Bank of Japan against deflation. Triggered by the bursting of the asset bubble...
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Catching-up Modernization: Synthetic Fiber in East Germany and Poland
This chapter examines two synthetic fiber plants: one in Guben, East Germany, and one in Gorzów, Poland. Both plants were subject to central...
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Telemedicine in Japan: Challenges and Opportunities
This chapter provides an overview of telemedicine in Japan. Although the COVID-19 pandemic gave it a strong boost, traditional face-to-face...
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Short-time work, labor hoarding, and curtailed hiring: establishment-level evidence from Japan
This study analyzes the mechanisms by which short-time work (STW) schemes affect firm’s employment adjustments, using establishment-level data during...
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Japan: From Electronics to Medical Technology
Japan is the second-largest nation in the global medtech industry, and its firms present several specificities in regard to other major nations. The...
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Gender identity and market and non-market work of married women: evidence from Japan
This study examines whether the gender identity, “a wife should not earn more than her husband,” affects the market work and non-market work of...
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Japan
This chapter seeks to examine the important developments in the public administration system of Japan. The authors assess the evolution of...
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Why Has There Been No Inflation in Japan?
This chapter discusses inflation in Japan. It explains why inflation has not built up despite the extreme expansionary monetary policy by the Bank of...
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Analysis of Environmental and Economic Effectiveness of Wind Power Generation in Japan
Chapter 4 examines recent advances in wind power generation in the different regions of Japan, and finds a positive cost-benefit balance in favor of...
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Pharmaceutical markets in Japan and the United States
Although the United States and Japan are the two largest markets for branded pharmaceuticals, their structures and market performance are quite...
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Digital Healthcare in Germany Market Access for Innovations
Digital healthcare is heterogeneous along the entire treatment pathway, ranging from monitoring applications and artificial-intelligence-based...
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The Relationship Between Bicycle Accidents and Urban Structure in Cities in Japan
The main objective of this study was to analyze bicycle accidents in Japan’s cities. The characteristics of this study are as follows: (1) Using...
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Financial literacy, behavioral traits, and ePayment adoption and usage in Japan
This study investigates how financial literacy and behavioral traits affect the adoption of electronic payment (ePayment) services in Japan. We...
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Germany: Between Siemens and Specialized Medtech Firms
The German medtech industry is characterized by the substantial weight of long-standing SMEs specializing in optical and surgical instruments. Most...
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Population aging and working hour impacts on occupational accidents: evidence from Japan
Population aging is expected to challenge many developed and emerging countries in the coming years. Occupational accidents (OA) and their...
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East Germany: Negotiating Conformity and Innovation
This chapter emphasizes the differences between a more creative, pluralistic, and innovative Marxism embodied by an older generation of scholars who...
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“Community with a Shared Future for Mankind” and Japan–China-ROK Trilateral Cooperation
This paper briefly examines the potential of the trilateral cooperation among the influential countries in East Asia, Japan, China, and South Korea,...
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Collective negative shocks and preferences for redistribution: Evidence from the COVID-19 crisis in Germany
Using new data from a three-wave panel survey administered in Germany between May 2020 and May 2021, this paper studies the impact of a negative...
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COVID-19, marriage, and divorce in Japan
Using monthly panel dataset of prefectures in Japan, this study explored the effects of stay-at-home policies on the flows into and out of marriage....
