Psychological resources, positive illusions, and health.
Psychological beliefs such as optimism, personal control, and a sense of meaning are known to be protective of mental health. Are they protective of physical health as well? The...
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Alliance Capitalism
Business practices in Japan inspire fierce and even acrimonious debate, especially when they are compared to American practices. This book attempts to explain the remarkable eco...
Oxidative stress activates extracellular signal-regulated kinases through Src and Ras in cultured cardiac myocytes of neonatal rats.
A growing body of evidence has suggested that oxidative stress causes cardiac injuries during ischemia/reperfusion. Extracellular signal-regulated kinases (ERKs) have been repor...
Retroreflectance from a dense distribution of spherical particles
The backscattered intensity from a dense distribution of latex microspheres is measured near the retroreflection direction. It is shown that a sharp peak appears in the retroref...
Banks and Corporate Control in Japan
Using a large sample of Japanese firm level data, we find that Japanese banks act primarily in the short term interests of creditors when dealing with firms outside bank groups....
The Structure of Corporate Ownership in Japan
ABSTRACT I examine the structure of corporate ownership in a sample of Japanese firms in the mid 1980s. Ownership is highly concentrated in Japan, with financial institutions by...
Does Governance Matter? <i>Keiretsu</i> Alliances and Asset Specificity as Sources of Japanese Competitive Advantage
This empirical study suggests that Japanese competitive advantage in complex-product industries is at least partly due to differences in value chain governance and interfirm ass...