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Discrete innovation, continuous improvement, and competitive pressure

Ghosh, Arghya (contributor); Kato, Takao (contributor); … - 2007

Does competitive pressure foster innovation? In addressing this important question, prior studies ignored a distinction … between discrete innovation aiming at entirely new technology and continuous improvement consisting of numerous incremental … innovation will lead to a much richer understanding of the interplay between firms’ incentives to innovate and competitive …

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High performance work practices and employee voice : a comparison of Japanese and Korean workers

Bae, Kiu-sik; Chūma, Hiroyuki; Kato, Takao; Kim, Dong-bae - 2010

Using a unique new cross-national survey of Japanese and Korean workers, we report the first systematic evidence on the effects on employee voice of High Performance Work Practices (HPWPs) from the two economies which are noted for the wide use of HPWPs. We find for both nations that: (i)...

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Executive compensation, firm performance, and corporate governance in China : evidence from firms listed in the Shanghai and Shenzhen stock exchanges

Kato, Takao (contributor); Long, Cheryl (contributor) - 2005

This paper provides evidence on how executive compensation relates to firm performance in listed firms in China. Using comprehensive financial and accounting data on China's listed firms from 1998 to 2002, augmented by unique data on executive compensation and ownership structure, we find for...

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Executive compensation, firm performance, and chaebols in Korea : evidence from new panel data

Kato, Takao (contributor); Kim, U-chʾan (contributor); … - 2005

This paper provides the first rigorous econometric estimates on the pay-performance relations for executives of Korean firms with and without Chaebol affiliation. To do so, we have assembled for the first time panel data (that provide information not only on executive compensation and firm...

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CEO turnover, firm performance and enterprise reform in China : evidence from new micro data

Kato, Takao (contributor); Long, Cheryl (contributor) - 2006

Using comprehensive financial and accounting data on China's listed firms from 1998 to 2002, augmented by unique data on CEO turnover, ownership structure and board characteristics, we estimate Logit models of CEO turnover. We find consistently for all performance measures including both stock...

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