"Product-developing SMEs and State of Formation of an Industrial Cluster in the Keiji (Kyoto-Shiga) Area"
by KODAMA Toshihiro (The Research Center for Advanced Policy Studies, Institute of Economic Research, Kyoto University), SAITO Takashi (The Research Center for Advanced Policy Studies, Institute of Economic Research, Kyoto University), and KAWAMOTO Shinya (formerly The Research Center for Advanced Policy Studies, Institute of Economic Research, Kyoto University)
March 2007

"Entry and Exit of Large-Scale Retail Stores and Revitalization of City Center Districts" (Revised version)
by MATSUURA Toshiyuki (Research Staff, RIETI) and MOTOHASHI Kazuyuki (Faculty Fellow, RIETI / Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, The University of Tokyo)
December 2006

"Innovation and East Asian and Global Management of Startups and SMEs"
by SANBONMATSU Susumu (Consulting Fellow, RIETI)
December 2006

"The Impact of Regional Factors on the Business Startup Ratio in the Japanese Manufacturing Sector: A comparative analysis of high-tech and low-tech industries"
by OKAMURO Hiroyuki (Associate Professor, Graduate School of Economics, Hitotsubashi University)
June 2006

"Start-up Financing and Human Capital of Entrepreneurs"
by HONJO Yuji (Associate Professor, Faculty of Commerce, Chuo University)
June 2006

"Which Entrepreneurs Are Placed under Severe Liquidity Constraints? -A study based on Japanese entrepreneurship data"
by YASUDA Takehiko (Faculty Fellow, RIETI / Professor, Faculty of Economics, Toyo University)
March 2006

"Business Succession and the Performance of Post-succession SMEs"
by YASUDA Takehiko, Faculty Fellow, RIETI, KYO Nobue, Graduate School of Business & Commerce, Keio University
April 2005

"Exit or Continue? An Empirical Analysis of SMEs in Ota-ku and Higashiosaka, Japan"
by HONJO Yuji, Associate Professor, Faculty of Commerce, Chuo University and YASUDA Takehiko, Faculty Fellow, RIETI
March 2005

"Withdrawal from Business by Small Enterprises"
by HARADA Nobuyuki, Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Systems and Information Engineering, University of Tsukuba
March 2005

"Determinants of R&D Investment by Start-up Firms"
by OKAMURO Hiroyuki, Associate Professor, Graduate School of Economics, Hitotsubashi University
March 2005

"Determinants of Regional Variations in the Business Start-up Ratio"
by OKAMURO Hiroyuki, Associate Professor, Graduate School of Economics, Hitotsubashi University, and KOBAYASHI Nobuo, Associate Professor, Faculty of Economics, Kwansei Gakuin University
March 2005

"Constraints on Liquidity for Start-ups: Entrepreneurial Motivation and the Effect of Government Funding Schemes"
by YASUDA Takehiko, Consulting Fellow, RIETI
April 2004

"T-forms of Organization Revisited and A Trans-disciplinary Framework for Institutional Analysis"
by AOKI Masahiko, President and Chief Research Officer, RIETI
January 2003

"Incentives and Option Value in the Silicon-Valley Tournament Game (Revised)"
by AOKI Masahiko, President and Chief Research Officer, RIETI
and TAKIZAWA Hirokazu, Faculty of Economics, Toyo University
February 2002

"Use of Plant Level Micro-data for SME Innovation Policy Evaluation in Japan"
by MOTOHASHI Kazuyuki, Senior Fellow, RIETI
December 2001

"Development of Longitudinal Micro-Datasets and Policy Analysis for Japanese Industrial Sectors"
by MOTOHASHI Kazuyuki, Senior Fellow, RIETI
December 2001

"Japan's Innovation System: Its Strengths and Weaknesses"
RIETI Policy Symposium, February 14, 2005

"The Japan-U.S. Entrepreneurial Forum: Economic Revitalization Through Entrepreneurship"
RIETI Policy Symposium, February 12, 2003

"System Design of University-Industry Co-operation Impact on University Reform"
RIETI Policy Symposium, December 11, 2001

"Globalism, Regionalism, and the New Economic Geography"
by William F. MILLER, Professor, Stanford University
October 11, 2002

"The Secret to Uniqlo's Overwhelming Success and Japan's Textile Industry" [PDF: 31KB]
by YANAI Tadashi, Fast Retailing Co.
June 8, 2001

"The Skills of the Best Managers at Superior Companies"
by NIIHARA Hiroaki, Fellow, RIETI
Bungei Syunjyu,  September 1, 2002

"Empirical Analysis of Small Business Financing"
by UESUGI Iichiro, Fellow, RIETI
Research & Review, September 2004

"University-Industry Collaboration and the Importance of R&D-focused Small and Medium-sized Enterprises - Their Implications on Japan's Innovation System"
by MOTOHASHI Kazuyuki, Senior Fellow, RIETI
Research & Review, March 2004

"Further Support for Business Startups: What is a Business Assistance Library?"
by SUGAYA Akiko, Fellow, RIETI
Research & Review, December 2002

"Industry-University Cooperation and University-affiliated Enterprises in China, a Country Aspiring for Growth on Science and Education - Building New System for Technological Innovation"
by SUNAMI Atsushi, Fellow, RIETI
Research & Review, May 2002

"Social Disparities and Entrepreneurship"
by YASUDA Takehiko, Faculty Fellow, RIETI
April 26, 2006

"Product-developing SMEs Supporting Japan's Innovation"
by KODAMA Toshihiro, Senior Fellow, RIETI
December 2, 2003

"Financial System to Meet Diverse Needs of SMEs - Analyzing White Paper on Small and Medium Enterprises in Japan -"
by YASUDA Takehiko, Consulting Fellow, RIETI
June 3, 2003

"Let's Transform Our Libraries Into New Incubators of Business"
by SUGAYA Akiko, Fellow, RIETI
January 7, 2003

"Signs of Changes in the Japanese Economy as Seen in TAMA (Technology Advanced Metropolitan Area)"
by KODAMA Toshihiro, Senior Fellow, RIETI
October 8, 2002

"Industry-University Cooperation to Take On Herefrom"
by AOKI Masahiko, President and Chief Research Officer, RIETI
HARAYAMA Yuko, Faculty Fellow, RIETI
June 11, 2002

"Obstacles in the Path to Japan's Becoming an Entrepreneurial Society"
by YASUDA Takehiko, Visiting Fellow, RIETI
May 14, 2002

"Restructuring of Funding Market for Unlisted Venture Businesses"
by KITAMI Tomitaro, Visiting Fellow, RIETI
March 19, 2002

"Dongguan Establishes 'Little Japan' to Woo Japanese Investors"
by C. H. KWAN, Senior Fellow, RIETI
China in Transition, January 24, 2003

"East Asian and Global Management in Japanese SMEs"
RIETI Report 79, February 26, 2007

"Supporting Business Start-ups"
RIETI Report 59, June 20, 2005

"Japan's Aging Workforce and Labor System, Not its Culture, Inhibit Entrepreneurship"
by YASUDA Takehiko, Visiting Fellow, RIETI
Miyakodayori 39, June 3, 2002

"The Return of Entrepreneurship to Japan"
by OHNAKA Tadao, President, Langate Co., Ltd.
Miyakodayori 34, April 19, 2002