Springer Japan: 783 books
Agent-Based Approaches in Economic and Social Complex Systems VI
Post-Proceedings of The AESCS International Workshop 2009
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2011
Agent-based modeling/simulation is an emergent approach to the analysis of social and economic systems. It provides a bottom-up experimental method to be applied to social sciences such as economics, management, sociology, and politics as well as some engineering fields dealing with social activities....
Evolutionary Foundations of Economic Science
How Can Scientists Study Evolving Economic Doctrines from the Last Centuries?
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2014
This book aims to discern and distinguish the essential features of basic economic theories and compare them with new theories that have arisen in recent years. The book focuses on seminal economic ideas and theories developed mainly in the 1930s to 1950s because their emergence eventually led to...
by Takanori Sugiyama
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2014
In this thesis, the author explains the background of problems in quantum estimation, the necessary conditions required for estimation precision benchmarks that are applicable and meaningful for evaluating data in quantum information experiments, and provides examples of such benchmarks.
The...
by Makoto Nakano, Bayanjargal Purevdorj
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2013
This study examines the relationship between multinationality and the performance of Japanese manufacturing companies during the period 1999–2008 by using geographic segment information. Despite the enormous interest in and importance given to multinationality from the academic and business worlds,...
by Yu Watanabe
Language: English
Release Date: December 17, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: December 17, 2013
In this thesis, quantum estimation theory is applied to investigate uncertainty relations between error and disturbance in quantum measurement. The author argues that the best solution for clarifying the attainable bound of the error and disturbance is to invoke the estimation process from the measurement...
Schumann Resonance for Tyros
Essentials of Global Electromagnetic Resonance in the Earth–Ionosphere Cavity
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2013
Schumann resonance has been studied for more than half a century. The field became popular among researchers of the terrestrial environment using natural sources of electromagnetic radiation—lightning strokes, primarily—and now many Schumann observatories have been established around the world....
Seasonality and Microcredit
The Case of Northern Bangladesh
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2014
The mismatch between credit repayments and income seasonality can create serious distortions. However, typically Micro-Finance Institutes (MFIs) do not provide any adjustments due to the income seasonality. For instance in Northern Bangladesh, Income and consumption downfalls during the time of post-Aman...
Solidarity Economy and Social Business
New Models for a New Society
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2015
This book presents theoretical examinations of why and how connecting people yields different results from those of the market mechanism alone. With an ever-greater disparity between the world’s rich and poor, actions have been taken to remove the imperfections and remedy malfunctions of the market...
Emerging Issues in Sustainable Development
International Trade Law and Policy Relating to Natural Resources, Energy, and the Environment
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2016
This book seeks to answer the questions: how do the rules of international treaties on trade and investment apply to the new laws and policies relating to energy-related trade, and do the rules of the multilateral system contribute to or detract from sustainable development? An emerging set of new...
Internationalization of Japanese Firms
Evidence from Firm-level Data
Language: English
Release Date: March 10, 2014
This book takes a comprehensive look at Japanese firms engaging in export and foreign direct investment (FDI) and develops new methods and data to investigate the internationalization of firms, which is a focus issue in international trade. Using micro-level data, the book provides an introduction...
by Takako Fujiwara-Greve
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2015
This is a textbook for university juniors, seniors, and graduate students majoring in economics, applied mathematics, and related fields. Each chapter is structured so that a core concept of that chapter is presented with motivations, useful applications are given, and related advanced topics are...
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Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2015
This book offers a new understanding of how firms determine their location and what kinds of regional economic policies are needed to attract factories to a country and a region in a highly globalized economic setting. The theoretical and empirical analyses examine the influence of the transfer pricing...
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Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2015
This book integrates diversified methodologies of area studies, regional economic development, regional science, and related fields to draw up a strategy for forming the “regional food industrial cluster” in Northeast Asia. This is done by assigning “innovation” to a core concept, with the...
Governance of Urban Sustainability Transitions
European and Asian Experiences
Language: English
Release Date: March 29, 2016
Reading this book will lead to new insights compelling to an international audience into how cities address the sustainability challenges they face. They do this by not repeating old patterns but by searching for new and innovative methods and instruments based on shared principles of a transitions...