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Electoral Volatility in Turkey: Cleavages vs. the Economy
Jan 01, 2007; ... INSTITUTE OF DEVELOPING ECONOMIES JAPAN EXTERNAL TRADE ORGANIZATION Chiba * 2007 Acknowledgments This study is an expansion on my doctoral dissertation submitted to the Department of Political Science and Public Administration, Bilkent University, Ankara. I would like to ...
Interfirm Relations under Late Industrialization in China: Acknowledgments
Jan 01, 2004; ... I am greatly indebted to the many managers and on-the-spot staff members who gave me their precious time for repeated interviews, and to my research partners who supported me in carrying out the surveys. I must express particular gratitude to Dr Tian Fenglun, Professor Lin Hong, Mr. Peng ...
Interfirm Relations under Late Industrialization in China: Comparison of the Supplier System in China and Japan: Status in the Second Half of the 1990s
Jan 01, 2004; ... This chapter demonstrates, based on the findings of the on-site survey, that the supplier system of the motorcycle industry in China in the second half of the 1990s was an isolated type, in contrast to the united-type system that existed in Japan. There are clear differences between the Japanese ...
Interfirm Relations under Late Industrialization in China: Analytical Framework: Supplier Systems in Late-Industrializing Economies
Jan 01, 2004; ... This chapter discusses the framework for analyzing supplier systems, with a special emphasis on conditions in late-industrializing or developing economies. From the perspective of mechanisms of risk management and capability upgrading promotion, supplier systems can be roughly divided into two ...
Interfirm Relations under Late Industrialization in China: Market and Firms: The Changing Competitive Environment
Jan 01, 2004; ... This chapter, using macro data and interview results, discusses the basic competitive environment of China's motorcycle industry during the reform period and its changes after 2000. Section I briefly clarifies the global position of the industry, and in Section II, the overall supply side ...
Interfirm Relations under Late Industrialization in China: Transformation of the Supplier System: Formulation of the Isolated-Type System
Jan 01, 2004; ... This chapter examines empirically how the isolated-type supplier system was established in China's motorcycle industry, using the framework presented in Chapter 1. As a whole, this chapter provides examples of the assumption, presented in the Introduction, that latecomers are likely to formulate ...
Interfirm Relations under Late Industrialization in China: Minor-Change-Type Product Development: Motorcycle Manufacturing Technology in China
Jan 01, 2004; ... This chapter discusses technological factors that have driven China's supplier system toward being an isolated type. First, the technological features of the development and production of small motorcycles is briefly overviewed by looking the experience of Japanese makers. Secondly, I illustrate ...
Interfirm Relations under Late Industrialization in China: Changes after the Year 2000: Directions for Future Development
Jan 01, 2004; ... Since 2000, competition in the motorcycle industry in China has changed significantly. As we have already seen, this is indicated by the fact that the profit rate of the industry as a whole has gradually improved since 2002 and that the market share of top firms has risen concurrently. The ...
Interfirm Relations under Late Industrialization in China: Introduction
Jan 01, 2004; ... The primary purpose of this study is to clarify the characteristics of the supplier system of the motorcycle industry in China based on observations from the 1980s until 2004, and to identify the reasons for its formation and transformation through a comparative analysis vis-à-vis Japan. The ...
Interfirm Relations under Late Industrialization in China: Conclusion
Jan 01, 2004; ... The case of the motorcycle industry in China suggests the existence of characteristics common to the development process of other Chinese manufacturing industries, in particular mass production industries that fully utilize assembling and processing of parts. This chapter, by summarizing the ...
Introduction
Jan 01, 2004; ... The Asian currency crisis and ensuing financial crisis stirred up broad debate among scholars and national leaders over a wide range of questions concerning the financial affairs of developing countries, and this debate provided the opportunity to reexamine a gamut of financial and policy issues ...
Acknowledgments
Jan 01, 2004; ... This book brings together papers written for a number of research projects conducted by the Institute of Developing Economies, JETRO during the past several years. I want to express my gratitude to the many scholars involved in these projects and thank them for their valuable comments. They ...
1: Policy Issues and Prospects
Jan 01, 2004; ... I. Introduction The present volume examines the high interest rate policy intended to stave off a currency crisis, banking policies for weathering a financial crisis, and corporate restructuring policies for revitalizing economic activity. Theoretical analyses were done using a wide ...
4: Ex Post Handling of the Financial Crisis
Jan 01, 2004; ... I. Introduction Measures to cope with a financial crisis differ depending on whether they are taken ex ante or ex post. From an ex ante perspective, the important point is to minimize the possibility of a financial crisis. From the ex post perspective, however, which must deal with a ...
Concluding Remarks
Jan 01, 2004; ... Chapter 1 began with an overview of the policy issues ranging from management of the macroeconomy to banking policy and which included a review of the debate over the relationship between economic development and development of the financial sector. From this broad perspective, the chapter ...
5: Bank Bailout Policy: The Problems of Time Inconsistency and Moral Hazards
Jan 01, 2004; ... I. Introduction Banks are much more likely to be rebuilt than liquidated. Moreover, public funds (taxes) are frequently used when rebuilding is needed. First, let us consider the reason for this. Like any business enterprise, whenever a bank's debt structure worsens to an extreme degree, ...
2: The Asian Currency Crisis and IMF High Interest Rate Policy: A Critical Reconsideration Using a Dynamic Model
Jan 01, 2004; ... I. Introduction There has been a great deal of criticism voiced against the International Monetary Fund's prescription for dealing with the Asian currency crisis. Radelet and Sachs (1998) argued that the closure of banks in Indonesia in November 1997 brought on investor panic which ...
Bibliography
Jan 01, 2004; ... Agenor, Pierre-Richard, and Peter, J. Montiel. 1996. Development Macroeconomics. Princeton, NJ.: Princeton University Press. Aghion, Philippe; Oliver Hart; John Moore. 2002. "The Economies of Bankruptcy Reform." Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization 8, no. 3: 523-46. Allen, ...
Acknowledgments
Jan 01, 2002; ... I would like to express my gratitude to those who helped and guided me in the completion of this volume. I am indebted to my colleagues at the Institute of Developing Economies (IDE) who have always encouraged and supported me, especially Professor Ikuo Iwasaki and the late Professor Yoshiyuki ...
1: Local Power in the Philippines
Jan 01, 2002; ... Before taking up the case of Naga City, this chapter will examine the theoretical framework for local power in the Philippines. Generally, there are two theoretical dimensions in the arguments on local politics. One is a distinction between structuralist and culturalist. The other is a ...