Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia
Search Result
A Spark Beyond Time and Place: Ogawa Shinsuke and Asia
27 August 2019
One of the most important documentary film-makers of the post-war period, Ogawa Shinsuke, had an enormous impact on film-makers across Asia. This paper will unpack … Read More
The Contents of Power: Narrative and Soft Power in the Olympic Games Opening Ceremonies
26 August 2019
This paper examines debates about soft power and popular culture, with particular attention to the framing and reception of the opening ceremonies at the Olympics. … Read More
The Next Generation Automobile Industry as a Creative Industry
24 June 2019
The aim of this paper is to describe the recent transformation of the automobile industry from a manufacturing industry to include aspects of the service … Read More
Cool Japan, Creative Industries, and Diversity
14 June 2019
This paper critically considers the operation and objective of Japan’s ‘creative industry’ policy and suggests how to redesign it to align it with recent attention … Read More
Demand and Supply Potential of Hydrogen Energy in East Asia
13 May 2019
Although hydrogen is currently used for industrial activities such as ammonia production or refining, it has great potential to become one of the clean energies … Read More
Functional Recovery Care
30 April 2019
Asia is facing a massive demographic shift. By 2050, the number of people in Asia who are aged 65 or older is expected to grow … Read More
Exporter Dynamics and Productivity Dispersion within Industry
29 March 2019
This paper uses firm-level panel data for Japan to examine between-firm productivity dispersion, and explore whether export market entry improves productivity and accelerates productivity catch-up … Read More
Exchange Rate Movements, Exporting by Japanese firms, and the Role of R&D and Global Outsourcing
28 March 2019
We investigate the effect of the exchange rate on Japanese firms’ performance in the international markets, using a comprehensive Japanese firm-level dataset. We examine the … Read More
Innovation Process in Public Research Institute: Case Studies of AIST, Fraunhofer, and ITRI
11 March 2019
The design of national innovation systems has attracted attention from scholars and policymakers. Firms, universities, and government organisations (including public research institutes) are defined as … Read More
Quantitative Assessment of the Impact of EMS Standards on the Firms’ Attitude towards Product Safety
22 February 2019
In response to regulatory policies on environmental and consumer safety, firms implement various initiatives to enhance their environmental compliance to enter or stay in the … Read More
