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The Cost and Benefit of Relaxing Floor Area Ratio Requirements in Urban Centers - Including the Impact of Congestion Charges via ITS
Download paper [PDF:732KB] (Japanese)HATTA Tatsuo
(Faculty Fellow)
KUME Yoshiaki
(Professor, Faculty of Urban Economics, Nasu University)
KARATO Koji
(Associate Professor, Toyama University)
March 2005
05-J-016
Determinants of R&D Investment by Start-up Firms
Download paper [PDF:440KB] (Japanese)OKAMURO Hiroyuki,
(Associate Professor, Graduate School of Economics, Hitotsubashi University)
March 2005
05-J-015
Determinants of Regional Variations in the Business Start-up Ratio
Download paper [PDF:460KB] (Japanese)OKAMURO Hiroyuki
(Associate Professor, Graduate School of Economics, Hitotsubashi University)
KOBAYASHI Nobuo
(Associate Professor, Faculty of Economics, Kwansei Gakuin University)
March 2005
05-J-014
A Note on Comparative Advantage of Architectures
Download paper [PDF:488KB] (Japanese)FUJIMOTO Takahiro
(Faculty Fellow)
March 2005
05-J-013
Selection Between Workouts and Court-administered Proceedings in Corporate Financial Restructuring
Download paper [PDF:472KB] (Japanese)XU Peng
(Faculty Fellow)
March 2005
05-J-012
The Benefits of Urban Agglomeration: Is Tokyo a Unique Case?
Download paper [PDF:332KB] (Japanese)HATTA Tatsuo
(Faculty Fellow)
UEDA Kohei
(Osaka University Graduate School of Economics)
KARATO Koji
(Faculty of Economics, University of Toyama)
March 2005
05-J-011
"Study on Science - Technology - Industry Network" - Analysis of Japanese companies' return to core business and absorption of new technologies -
Download paper [PDF:676KB] (Japanese)SUZUKI Jun
(Senior Researcher, The Institute for Future Technology)
KODAMA Fumio
(Faculty Fellow)
March 2005
05-J-010
Which Industries Are Most Science-Based?
Download paper [PDF:392KB] (Japanese)GEMBA Kiminori
(Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Engineering Management, Shibaura Institute of Technology)
TAMADA Schumpeter
(Fellow)
KODAMA Fumio
(Faculty Fellow)
March 2005
05-J-009
Development Governance in Malaysia: Institutions and Structures
Download paper [PDF:536KB] (Japanese)TORII Takashi
(Faculty Fellow)
March 2005
05-J-008
Exit or Continue? An Empirical Analysis of SMEs in Ota-ku and Higashiosaka, Japan
Download paper [PDF:376KB] (Japanese)HONJO Yuji
(Associate Professor, Faculty of Commerce, Chuo University)
YASUDA Takehiko
(Faculty Fellow)
March 2005
05-J-007
Withdrawal from Business by Small Enterprises
Download paper [PDF:676KB] (Japanese)HARADA Nobuyuki
(Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Systems and Information Engineering, University of Tsukuba)
March 2005
05-J-006
The WTO Dispute Settlement Mechanism in Cases Involving "Law as Such" with a Focus on U.S. Cases
Download paper [PDF:364KB] (Japanese)KAWASE Tsuyoshi
(Faculty Fellow)
March 2005
05-J-005
Competitiveness of the Chinese Manufacturers in the Digital Appliances Industry: Limits of Combination Capabilities for Product Development of Modular Products
Download paper [PDF:344KB] (Japanese)NOBEOKA Kentaro
(Faculty Fellow)
UENO Masaki
(Lecturer, Research Institute for Economics & Business Administration - Kobe University)
March 2005
05-J-004
Innovation and Organizational/Management Reform
Download paper [PDF:448KB] (Japanese)SANBONMATSU Susumu
(Senior Fellow)
March 2005
05-J-003
The GATS Structure Relating to Telecommunications Services - WTO Panel Report on the U.S.-Mexico Telecommunications Dispute: Impact and Issues
Download paper [PDF:84KB] (Japanese)KOTERA Akira
(Faculty Fellow)
January 2005
05-J-001
Overcoming the Technology Selection Dilemma - The Case of Fanuc Ltd.
Download paper [PDF:69KB] (Japanese)SHIBATA Tomoatsu
(Professor, Graduate School of Management, Kagawa University)
KODAMA Fumio
(Faculty Fellow)
December 2004
04-J-047
A Small-Scale Microeconomic Model for Policy Evaluation - Evaluating Measures to Combat Global Warming in the Passenger Vehicle Sector
Download paper [PDF:687KB] (Japanese)FUJIWARA Toru
(Lecturer, Real Estate Science Department, Meikai University)
HASUIKE Katsuhito
(Chief Consultant, Nomura Research Institute, Ltd.)
KANEMOTO Yoshitsugu
(Faculty Fellow)
December 2004
04-J-046
The Declining Fertility Rate at the Below-Replacement Level: Determining Factors and Countermeasures - The Roles of Husbands, Workplaces, the Government and Society
Download paper [PDF:473KB] (Japanese)YAMAGUCHI Kazuo
(Visiting Fellow)
December 2004
04-J-045
The Realities and Changes of "Lifetime Employment": Trends from 1945 to 1995
Download paper [PDF:423KB] (Japanese)YAMAGUCHI Kazuo
(Visiting Fellow)
December 2004
04-J-044
The Impact of Computerization on Regular Employment
Download paper [PDF:414KB] (Japanese)SUNADA Mitsuru
(Research Assistant, RIETI)
HIGUCHI Yoshio
(Faculty Fellow)
ABE Masahiro
(Faculty Fellow)
November 2004
04-J-043
Policy Evaluation Using a Consumer Surplus Approach
Download paper [PDF:733KB] (Japanese)KANEMOTO Yoshitsugu
(Faculty Fellow)
September 2004
04-J-042
Trading Firm Finance: The Relationship between Trade Credit and Loans
Download paper [PDF:391KB] (Japanese)UESUGI Iichiro
(Fellow)
August 2004
04-J-041
In Which Industries Does Japan Excel? The Compatibility between Architecture and Organizational Capability
Download paper [PDF:342KB] (Japanese)FUJIMOTO Takahiro
(Faculty Fellow)
NOBEOKA Kentaro
(Faculty Fellow)
August 2004
04-J-040
Organizational Capabilities of Product Development: International Competitiveness of Japanese Automakers
Download paper [PDF:367KB] (Japanese)NOBEOKA Kentaro
(Faculty Fellow)
FUJIMOTO Takahiro
(Faculty Fellow)
August 2004
04-J-039
Japanese Companies Operating in South Vietnam
Download paper [PDF:602KB] (Japanese)SEKI Mitsuhiro
(Faculty Fellow)
July 2004
04-J-038
SME Globalization: Causes and Results
Download paper [PDF:2.22MB] (Japanese)KAWAI Hiroki
(Faculty Fellow)
July 2004
04-J-037
A Comparative Analysis of Job Entry Methods in Japan, the U.S. and Europe
Download paper [PDF:662KB] (Japanese)HIGUCHI Yoshio
(Faculty Fellow)
KODAMA Toshihiro
(Senior Fellow)
ABE Masahiro
(Faculty Fellow)
July 2004
04-J-036
Attachment (Professor Hashimoto) [PDF:272KB]
Attachment (IZA) [PDF:277KB]
The Effects of Job Entry Methods on Outcomes in Switching Jobs
Download paper [PDF:611KB] (Japanese)KODAMA Toshihiro
(Senior Fellow)
HIGUCHI Yoshio
(Faculty Fellow)
ABE Masahiro
(Faculty Fellow)
MATSUURA Toshiyuki
(Quantitative Analysis and Database Group, RIETI)
SUNADA Mitsuru
(Research Assistant, RIETI)
July 2004
04-J-035
Fiscal Rules and Public Expenditure Management - Case Study (2): New Zealand
Download paper [PDF:466KB] (Japanese) TANAKA Hideaki
(Consulting Fellow)
June 2004
04-J-034
Fiscal Rules and Public Expenditure Management - Case Study (1): Australia
Download paper [PDF:329KB] (Japanese)TANAKA Hideaki
(Consulting Fellow)
May 2004
04-J-033
Constraints on Liquidity for Start-ups: Entrepreneurial Motivation and the Effect of Government Funding Schemes
Download paper [PDF:766KB] (Japanese) YASUDA Takehiko
(Consulting Fellow)
April 2004
04-J-032
Coordination as a Political Problem - Changes in Industrial Relations in Coordinated Market Economies
Download paper [PDF:423KB] (Japanese)KUME Ikuo
(Faculty Fellow)
Kathleen THELEN
(Associate Professor, Political Science Department, Northwestern University)
April 2004
04-J-031
Incentive Schemes for Japanese Companies' Voluntary Environmental Initiatives - Empirical Analysis Based on Case Studies and Questionnaires
Download paper [PDF:483KB] (Japanese)TANIKAWA, Hiroya
(Senior Fellow)
August 2004
04-J-030
