Product Description: Stated Preference Methods Using R explains how to use stated preference (SP) methods, which are a family of survey methods, to measure people’s preferences based on decision making in hypothetical choice situations. Along with giving introductory explanations of the methods, the book collates information on existing R functions and packages as well as those prepared by the authors...read more

Product Description: This volume analyzes Japan’s industrial organization both from a historical perspective and by looking in details at specific industries such as iron, steel and the automotive industry. Big business, business groups and industrial policy are also discussed...read more

Product Description: This volume collects eleven essays written by Japanese experts on various aspects of Japanese business management and is a sequel to the volume Industry and Business in Japan. It examines the mechanisms for Japan’s phenomenal economic growth since the Second World War by analyzing Japanese management, business groups, production systems and business strategy...read more

Product Description: Accessible to students and general readers alike, this book is a comprehensive introduction to the Japanese economy, ranging from its historical development to its contemporary structure (including late 1995 statistics). Part 1 reviews Japan's economic development from 1500 to 1995, tracing how Japan's economic institutions evolved over time...read more

Product Description: During the rapid growth period of the Japanese economy, from the mid-1950s to the mid-1970s, the economic system that became entrenched in Japan -- the so-called Japanese-style capitalism -- was based on the government-business-bureaucracy triad...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)