Study of Economic and Managerial Perfomance in Japan and U.K.

1995-1997年期间，来自广岛大学、广岛市大学、名古屋大学、南山大学的10名同事访问了利兹，利兹都市大学的6名同事访问了广岛和名古屋。这类交流的重点一直是与经济、管理和法律研究有关的问题，这些研究使人们能够洞察日本和英国近年来经济和管理业绩的各个方面。这项为期3年的合作项目的成果被收集并发表在广岛大学经济专著第12号上，该丛书由三部分和12篇论文组成，如下：第一部分：撒切尔夫人领导下的英国经济表现(M.Campbell)，英国工党的中小企业政策(S.Nagao)，欧共体实施经济制裁的法律依据(H.Nishitani)，政府采购和私营部门(T.Fukiharu)，第二部分公司管理日本公司在英国的管理(T.Takeuchi)，管理实践和公司业绩：日本和英国制造企业(J.Benson)，英国日本银行人力资源管理政策和实践的案例研究(L.Hamilton，M.Stewart，N.Sutherland，英国和日本中小企业的创新因素(T.Kimbara，D.Devines)，英国的会计法规(H.Katagi)，第三部分计量经济研究：股价波动对消费的影响：日本和英国(K.T.T.Tabayashi，K.Maekawa，)、伦敦欧元市场和日本银行间市场：日本、澳大利亚和英国利率套利(T.Kitaoka)、生产平滑和因果关系的协整分析(T.Kitaoka)

Over the period of 1995-97,10 colleagues from the Universities of Hiroshima, Hiroshima City, Nagoya, Nanzan have visited Leeds and 6 colleagues from Leeds Metropolitan University have visited Hiroshima and Nagoya. The focus of such exchanges has been in relation to economic, management and legal research which provide an insight into various aspects of economic and managerial performance in Japan and UK in recent years. The outcome of the 3 years of joint project were collected and published in Hiroshima University Economic Monograph Series No.12 which consists of three parts and twelve papers as follows :PART1 Government Policy : Britain's Economic Performance under Mrs Thatcher (M.Campbell), SME Policy of British Labor Party (S.Nagao), Legal Basis of Economic Sanctions imposed by EC (H.Nishitani), Government Procurement and the Private Sector (T.Fukiharu),PART2 Management of Companies Management of Japanese Firms in Britain (in Japanese T.Takeuchi), Managment Practices and Firm Performance : Japanese and British Manufacturing Enterprises (J.Benson), . A Case Study Examination of Human Resources Management Policies and Practices in British-Based Japanese Banking Enterprises (L.Hamilton, M.Stewart, N.Sutherland, Innovation Factors in SMEs in the UK and Japan (T.Kimbara, D.Devines),The Accounting Regulation in the UK (H.Katagi),PART3 Econometric Studies : Effects of Stock Price Volatility on Consumption : A Comparison between Japan and the UK (K.Takabayashi, K.Maekawa, ), London Euroyen Market and Japanese Interbank Market : The Cointegration Analysis of Interest Rate Arbitrage (T.Kitaoka), Production Smoothing and Causality in Japan, Australia, and the United Kingdom (I.Ginama)