"The Adoption of Poison Pills and Managerial Entrenchment: Evidence from Japan"
by ARIKAWA Yasuhiro (Waseda University) and MITSUSADA Yosuke (SANNO University)
February 2008

"The Comparative Features and Economic Role of Mergers and Acquisitions in Japan"
by MIYAJIMA Hideaki (Faculty Fellow, RIETI / Waseda University)
September 2007

"Varieties of Capitalism, Varieties of Markets: Mergers and Acquisitions in Japan, Germany, France, the UK and USA"
by Gregory JACKSON (King's College London) and MIYAJIMA Hideaki (Faculty Fellow, RIETI / Waseda University)
September 2007

"Motivation for Adopting Takeover Defense Measures: Testing of entrenchment hypothesis for corporate managers"
by TAKIZAWA Miho (Postdoctoral Fellow, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science) , TSURU Kotaro (Senior Fellow, RIETI) , and HOSONO Kaoru (Professor, Faculty of Economics, Gakushuin University)
August 2007

"Conflicts of Interest with Directors and Officers in Management Buyouts (MBOs) and their Regulations"
by KITAGAWA Toru (Research Assistant, RIETI)
July 2007

"Economic Analysis of M&A in Japan: International Characteristics and Economic Role"
by MIYAJIMA Hideaki (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)
June 29, 2007

"Understanding the M&A boom in Japan: What drives Japanese M&A?"
by ARIKAWA Yasuhiro (Waseda University, NIFS) and MIYAJIMA Hideaki (Faculty Fellow, RIETI / Waseda University, NIFS)
June 2007

"Traditional and Innovative Approaches to Legal Reform: 'The New Company Law'"
by Joseph A. McCAHERY (Tilburg University Faculty of Law), Erik P.M. VERMEULEN (Tilburg University Faculty of Law), HISATAKE Masato (Consulting Fellow, RIETI / Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry), and SAITO Jun (Nikon Corporation)
May 2007

"Does Corporate Culture Matter? An Empirical Study on Japanese Firms"
by HIROTA Shinichi (Waseda University), KUBO Katsuyuki (Waseda University), and MIYAJIMA Hideaki (Faculty Fellow, RIETI / Waseda University)
May 2007

"Understanding the Rapid Increase of M&As: Historical background and the economic role of M&As"
by MIYAJIMA Hideaki (Faculty Fellow, RIETI / Professor, Waseda University)
June 2006

"Economic Analysis of M&As: Why has the number of M&As increased?"
by ARIKAWA Yasuhiro (Faculty Fellow, RIETI and Associate Professor, Waseda University) and MIYAJIMA Hideaki (Faculty Fellow, RIETI and Professor, Waseda University)
April 2006

"Measurement of the Impact of Buyout Funds' Initiative in Corporate Reorganizations on the Recovery Rate of Reorganization Claims"
by MARUYAMA Hiroshi (Professor, Yokohama City University)
April 2006

"What Are the Characteristics of Companies Prone to Become a Hostile Takeover Target?"
by XU Peng (Faculty Fellow, RIETI and Professor, Hosei University)
February 2006

"Corporate Governance and Employment Adjustments at Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs)"
by SAITO Takashi (Graduate School of Economics, Kyoto University), TACHIBANAKI Toshiaki (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)
June 2005

"Conceptual Framework for Understanding Intangible Assets and Problems Concerning Information Disclosure"
by KARIYA Takeaki, Faculty Fellow, RIETI
May 2005

"Relationship Banking in Post Bubble Japan: Co-Existence of Soft-and Hard Budget Constraint"
by ARIKAWA Yasuhiro and MIYAJIMA Hideaki
March 2005

"The Unwinding of Cross-shareholding: Causes, Effects, and Implications"
by MIYAJIMA Hideaki and KUROKI Fumiaki
February 2005

"Toward a Comparative Perspective on Corporate Governance and Labour Management"
by Gregory JACKSON, Fellow, RIETI
July 2004

"Contested Boundaries: Ambiguity and Creativity in the Evolution of German Codetermination"
by Gregory JACKSON, Fellow, RIETI
June 2004

"Cross Shareholding and Initiative Effects"
by ARIKAWA Yasuhiro and KATO Atsushi
March 2004

"Corporate Governance and Employees in Germany: Changing Linkages, Complementarities, and Tensions"
by Gregory JACKSON, Martin HOPNER and Antje KURDELBUSCH
February 2004

"Enterprise Boundaries and Employee Representation: Deutsche Telekom and NTT Compared"
by SAKO Mari, Gregory JACKSON
October 2003

"Institutional Complementarities between Organizational Architecture and Corporate Governance"
by AOKI Masahiko, President and Chief Research Officer, RIETI
January 2003

"Corporate Finance and Governance: Japan-Europe Comparisons"
RIETI-CEPR Conference,  September 13 and 14, 2005

"Emerging Patterns of Corporate Governance among Japanese Firms - Converging to Any Specific Model?"
RIETI Policy Symposium, October 20, 2004

"Corporate Governance from an International Perspective: Diversity or Convergence"
RIETI Policy Symposium, January 10, 2003

"Corporate Governance from an International Perspective: Diversity or Convergence"
RIETI Policy Symposium, Academic Conference, January 8, 2003

"Asian Economic Integration - Current Status and Future Prospects -" - Session 3
RIETI Symposium, April 22-23, 2002

"Open Standards, Open Source, and Open Innovation: Harnessing the Benefits of Openness"
with Elliot E. MAXWELL, Fellow, Communications Program, Johns Hopkins University; Distinguished Research Fellow, eBusiness Research Center, Pennsylvania State University
January 25, 2007

"Corporate Governance in the Global Economy: Roles and Responsibilities of Corporate Directors"
by Roger RABER, President and CEO, National Association of Corporate Directors
July 26, 2006

"Is the Poison Pill Good for Japan?: A Preliminary Analysis of the New Takeover Guidelines"
by Curtis MILHAUPT, Professor of Law, Columbia Law School
July 28, 2005

"The Continuing Evolution of Corporate Governance in the United States"
by Thomas A. COLE, Chairman, Executive Committee, Sidley Austin Brown & Wood LLP
November 2, 2004

"Japanese-Style-Management. Has It Survived? Will It Survive?"
by Ronald DORE, Visiting Fellow, RIETI
September 8, 2004

"Choice as Regulatory Reform: The Case of Japanese Corporate Governance"
by Curtis MILHAUPT, Professor of Law, Columbia Law School
May 12, 2004

"Challenge of Corporate Governance: Lesson from Enron Incident"
by Robert F. GRONDINE, President, American Chamber of Commerce in Japan, Partner, White & Case LLP
September 18, 2002

"Japanese Corporate Governance: Moving in the Right Direction or Dead in the Water?"
by E. Anthony ZALOOM, Senior Counsel, Mori Sogo
July 12, 2002

"Japan's Financial System in the Future"
by HOSHI Takeo, Professor, Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies, University of California, San Diego
December 12, 2001

"Prevention of Hostile Takeovers in Japan: U.K. City Code Shows the Direction"
by TSURU Kotaro, Senior Fellow, RIETI
FujiSankei Business i, September 12, 2005

"How to Cope with the Threat of Hostile Takeovers: Japanese Corporate Governance at a Crossroads"
by TSURU Kotaro, Senior Fellow, RIETI
Keizai Seminar (Economic Seminar), September 1, 2005

"Maximization of Corporate Value is the Best Defense Against Hostile Takeovers"
by TSURU Kotaro, Senior Fellow, RIETI
Nouvelle Epoque No. 39, July 1, 2005

"To Whom Does a Company Belong?"
by KOBAYASHI Keiichiro, Fellow, RIETI
Asahi Shimbun, April 25, 2005

"Shareholders' Interests Key in TOB Defense Debate"
by FUKAO Kyoji, Faculty Fellow, RIETI
The Nikkei Weekly , November 15, 2004

"Understanding How and Why M&As are Proliferating in Japan: Developing the Research Frontier in Corporate Governance"
by MIYAJIMA Hideaki, Faculty Fellow, RIETI
Research & Review, September 2007

"Factors behind Increased M&A Activity"
by ARIKAWA Yasuhiro, Former Faculty Fellow, RIETI / Associate Professor, Faculty of Commerce, Waseda University and MIYAJIMA Hideaki, Former Faculty Fellow, RIETI / Professor, Faculty of Commerce, Waseda University / Vice Director, Waseda Institute of Finance
Research & Review, June 1, 2006

"What Sort of Companies are Jumping on the Anti-Takeover Measure Bandwagon?"
by TSURU Kotaro, Senior Fellow, RIETI
August 28, 2007

"Developing the Research Frontier in Corporate Governance Analysis: Economic Analysis of M&As and Governance"
by MIYAJIMA Hideaki, Fellow, RIETI
March 6, 2007

"Free Cash Flow Problem and Japanese Companies"
by ARIKAWA Yasuhiro, Faculty Fellow, RIETI
March 7, 2006

"Was 'Horiemon' the Spark?: Problems Surfacing in the M&A Battle Between Livedoor and Fuji TV"
by TSURU Kotaro, Senior Fellow, RIETI
April 20, 2005

"Corporate Social Responsibility and Socially Responsible Investment"
by UESUGI Iichiro, Fellow, RIETI
January 20, 2004

"Private Workouts, Bankruptcies and Industrial Revitalization"
by XU Peng, Faculty Fellow, RIETI
September 16, 2003

"The Latest Report on Corporate Governance Reform: 'Progress in Corporate Governance Reforms and the Revitalization of Japanese Companies' by the Ministry of Finance's Policy Research Institute"
by MIYAJIMA Hideaki, Faculty Fellow, RIETI
September 9, 2003

"Fostering Corporate Self-reliance"
by TSURU Kotaro, Senior Fellow, RIETI
November 19, 2002

"The Twilight of the Stakeholder Corporation? Germany's Relevance for Japan"
by Gregory JACKSON, Fellow, RIETI
October 1, 2002

"Reform of the Board of Directors and Diversification of Corporate Governance"
by ARIKAWA Yasuhiro, Faculty Fellow, RIETI
March 26, 2002

"Corporate Governance in Japan: Institutional Change and Organizational Diversity"
edited by AOKI Masahiko, Gregory JACKSON, MIYAJIMA Hideaki
September 2007

"M&A in Japan: The Impact on Corporate Governance, Organizational Efficiency and Firm Value"
written and edited by MIYAJIMA Hideaki
July 2007

"The European Approach to Corporate Governance: A Model for Japan?"
by Colin MAYER, Peter Moores Professor of Finance, Saïd Business School, University of Oxford, UK / Fellow, CEPR, UK
Policy Update 20 Pre-event Interview, September 8, 2005

"Emerging Patterns of Corporate Governance in Japan"
by Gregory JACKSON, Visiting Fellow, RIETI
Policy Update 15, October 22, 2004

"Who Owns China's State-owned Enterprises? - Toward establishment of effective corporate governance"
by Chi Hung KWAN, Consulting Fellow, RIETI
China in Transition, July 28, 2006

"Corporate Reorganization and Revitalization in Japan Project"
by XU Peng, Faculty Fellow, RIETI / Professor, Faculty of Economics, Hosei University
April 25, 2006

"Corporate Reorganization and Revitalization in Asia Project"
by XU Peng, Faculty Fellow, RIETI / Professor, Faculty of Economics, Hosei University
April 25, 2006

"Lessons from SOX and Perspectives for J-SOX"
RIETI Report 97, August 28, 2008

"Why Have "Zombie Firms" Recovered?"
by NAKAMURA Junichi
Developing the Research Frontier in Corporate Governance Analysis, July 9, 2008

"Business Realignment and the Revival of Japanese Firms"
by KIKUTANI Tatsuya
Developing the Research Frontier in Corporate Governance Analysis, June 8, 2008

"For Whose Benefit Are Japanese Companies Run?"
by KUBO Katsuyuki (Associate Professor, Graduate School of Commerce, Waseda University)
Developing the Research Frontier in Corporate Governance Analysis, March 19, 2008

"Strategy and Organizational Structure of Japanese Firms: Summary and Analysis of Survey Findings"
by AOKI Hidetaka (Associate Professor, Chiba University of Commerce)
Developing the Research Frontier in Corporate Governance Analysis, December 26, 2007

"Corporate Governance or Corporate Culture?"
by HIROTA Shinichi, Associate Professor, Waseda University
Developing the Research Frontier in Corporate Governance Analysis, October 12, 2007

"Defining the Actors in Japanese Market for Corporate Control"
RIETI Report 84, August 23, 2007

"The State of Corporate Governance in South Korea"
with Taehoon YOUN (Research Fellow, Korea Development Institute)
Developing the Research Frontier in Corporate Governance Analysis, August 10, 2007

"Project Overview"
Enterprise Law as a Structure for Incentives, August 1, 2007

"Reconsidering Popular Views on Corporate Governance"
with J. Mark Ramseyer (Mitsubishi Professor of Japanese Legal Studies, Harvard Law School)
Developing the Research Frontier in Corporate Governance Analysis, July 25, 2007

"Latest Development in Corporate Governance"
by XU Peng, Professor, Faculty of Economics, Hosei University
Developing the Research Frontier in Corporate Governance Analysis, June 27, 2007

"Unwinding of Cross-Shareholding and Beyond"
by NITTA Keisuke
Developing the Research Frontier in Corporate Governance Analysis, May 9, 2007

"Takeover Defense Measures and Enhancement of Corporate Value"
by YONEDA Yuhei
Developing the Research Frontier in Corporate Governance Analysis, April 18, 2007

"Study Group Meeting Summary"
Enterprise Law as a Structure for Incentives, April 11, 2007

"Outline of Research Project, Related Research, and Team Members"
Developing the Research Frontier in Corporate Governance Analysis, March 6, 2007

"Analyzing the Role of M&As for Japanese Companies"
RIETI Report 76, November 24, 2006

"Tackling Takeover Regulation and Corporate Governance Reform in Japan"
RIETI Report 63, October 28, 2005

"Japanese Corporate Governance: Buzzwords are not Enough"
by Darrel E. WHITTEN, Director, The IR Corporation, Tokyo, Japan
Miyakodayori 60, February 6, 2003

"Nonprofit Organizations as Investor Protection: Explaining the Puzzle of Corporate Law Enforcement in East Asia"
interview with Curtis J. MILHAUPT, Visiting Fellow, RIETI
Reference for RIETI Policy Symposium, January 8, 2003

"Whither Japanese Corporate Governance:Symptoms of Institutional Change"
by AOKI Masahiko, President and Chief Research Officer, RIETI
October 23, 2002

"Corporate Accountability: What Japan Can Learn from Germany"
by Gregory JACKSON, Fellow, RIETI
Miyakodayori 50, October 4, 2002

"Corporate Governance in Japan"
RIETI Report 6, July 25, 2002

"Redesigning Policy Infrastructures in the US and Japan"
by TANAKA Nobuo, Executive Director, RIETI
Miyakodayori 6, January 10, 2001