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  • Interfirm Relationships and Trade Credit in Japan

    Evidence from Micro-Data

    Series series Economics and Finance (R0)
    This is the first book to report the details of the current status of interfirm relationships in Japan. Based on a unique data set of firms, the authors describe the characteristics of interfirm transactions in a manner unprecedented in the literature. Special emphasis is placed on the nature of payment/collection between firms. Payment for interfirm transactions is usually made on account, or by ... Read more

    $49.99 USD

  • The Economics of Interfirm Networks

    Series series Economics and Finance (R0)
    This book is one of the first comprehensive works to fill the knowledge gap resulting from the limited number of empirical studies on interfirm networks. The in-depth empirical research presented here is based on a massive transaction relationship database of approximately 400,000 Japanese firms. This volume, unlike others, focuses on the role of interfirm networks in three different fields: (1) ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • R&D Management Practices and Innovation: Evidence from a Firm Survey

    Series series SpringerBriefs in Economics
    This Open Access book provides a detailed account of firms’ research and development (R&D) management practices, and whether and how R&D management practices are associated with the success and the nature (explorative or exploitive) of innovation, using a unique survey of firms in Japan. While there is wide agreement that innovation is a key determinant for growth of firms, there are few studies ... Read more

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    Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
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    Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
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    Understanding How Our World Works

    by Asish Ghosh ...
    Series series Engineering (R0)
    This book is a study of the interactions between different types of systems, their environment, and their subsystems. The author explains how basic systems principles are applied in engineered (mechanical, electromechanical, etc.) systems and then guides the reader to understand how the same principles can be applied to social, political, economic systems, as well as in everyday life. Readers from ... Read more

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    Series series Engineering (R0)
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  • Econodynamics

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    Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
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