Takayuki MYO,1,∗) Satoru SUGIMOTO,2∗∗) Kiyoshi KATŌ3∗∗∗) Hiroshi TOKI,1†) and Kiyomi IKEDA4††) 1Research Center for Nuclear Physics (RCNP), Osaka University, Ibaraki 567-0047, Japan 2Department of Physics, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan 3Division of Physics, Graduate School of Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-0810, Japan 4The Institute of Physical a...

Department of Organic Fine Chemicals, Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research, Osaka University, 8-1, Mihogaoka, Ibaraki, Osaka 567-0047, Japan, International Research Center for Infectious Diseases, Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University, 3-1, Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan, Yokohama City Institute of Health, 1-2-17, Takigashira, Isogo-ku, Yokohama 235-001...

Kaoru OKAMOTO, Kenji KOHDATE, Kensuke NAGAI, Jun MIYAWAKI, Hiroshi KONDOH, Toshihiko YOKOYAMA, Shuichi EMURA, and Toshiaki OHTA* 1 Department of Chemistry, School of Science, the University of Tokyo, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan 2 Institute for Molecular Science, Myodaiji-cho, Okazaki, Aichi 444-8585, Japan 3 The Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research, Osaka University, Miho...

This paper examines the determinants of wage pressure in large companies, including ownership characteristics and the impact of regional labour markets. By using a panel of 329 Polish largest firms during the period 19972001, we find evidence of rent sharing activities, however there is also asymmetry in quasi rent elasticity of wages. The wage setting mechanism seems to differ between new priv...

This study was conducted with the main aim to investigate the relationships between the demographic characteristics of companies and the facilities required for their commercial websites. The research samples were the top 100 Iranian companies as ranked by the Iranian Industrial Management Institute (IMI); the method applied is data-mining, using the Association Rules through the A-priori algor...

This paper argues that currently advanced, aging economies experienced a qualitative change in the role of public education during the process of industrialization. In the early phases of the Industrial Revolution, public education was regarded as a duty that regulated child labor and thereby discouraged childbirth. As these economies developed and the population aged, younger generations came ...

This study considers the influence of Dutch governance structures on the informativeness of reported unexpected changes in provisions. Characteristics of the corporate governance system in the Netherlands provide a unique opportunity to investigate the influence of characteristics of the governance system on market reactions to financial disclosures. This governance system allows a distinction ...

In this paper, I investigate whether venture-backed companies can be negatively affected when others that share the same investor perform poorly. To this end, I examine the impact of the collapse of the technology bubble on non-information-technology (non-IT) companies held alongside internet companies in venture portfolios. Using a difference-in-differences framework, I find that the end of th...

Careers in the pharmaceutical industry were revealed in modules facilitated by senior scientists from companies that sponsor the Cornell Leadership Program for Veterinary Students. One module was structured as a series of interviews for different positions in industry, the other as a competition between hypothetical companies created by students. The interview-based module stimulated wide-rangi...