All Lists Category Networking / Communication   IT Management   Corporate Strategy   Marketing / Industry Economy   International / Overseas   Society / Environment       All Lists   Number & Date of Release Title No.151 March 1, 2010 Japan’s disposal of bad loans: failure or success? — A review of Japan’s experience with bad debt disposals and its implications for the global financial crisis — No.150 January 1, 2010 Proposal of social strategies in Japan until 2040 — Coping with problems of housing, land use and infrastructure management caused by population decline — No.149 December 1, 2009 Effect of Amendment to Japan's Pharmaceutical Affairs Law No.148 Novemver 1, 2009 Principles Maximizing Enterprise Value Expected by Institutional Investors — Engagement Activities and Issues Facing Japanese Companies — No.147 October 1, 2009 Urban Development in a Society with Decreasing Population No.146 September 1, 2009 Growing beyond Galapagosization — A Strategy for Approaching Emerging Markets Utilizing Japanese Business Expertise — No.145 August 1, 2009 Rebuilding Competitive Strategy Aimed at Emerging Markets No.144 July 1, 2009 Condominium Developers in Crisis: Possible Solutions No.143 June 1, 2009 Education Programs for Developing Geek-Suits — Research on the Development of IT-Business Professionals in India, the US and Finland — No.142 May 1, 2009 Building the Global Information Society — Bridging the Digital Divide: Trends and Challenges in the International Community — No.141 April 1, 2009 Using the Ubiquitous Network to Achieve a Sustainable Society No.140 March 1, 2009 China's Environmental Policy:Its Effectiveness and Suggested Approaches for Japanese Companies No.139 February 1, 2009 Corporate Management Reforms in Pursuit of a Low-Carbon Society No.138 January 1, 2009 The Road to Revitalizing IT Personnel No.137 December 1, 2008 Obstacles to Affluence: Thoughts on Japanese Housing No.136 November 1, 2008 Towards the Growth of Japan's Public Support Service Market — Challenges and Activities to Innovate Public Services — No.135 October 1, 2008 Pragmatic Approach to IT-Based Management No.134 September 1, 2008 An IT Producer Supports the Realization of Business Strategy No.133 August 1, 2008 Enterprise Currency Marketing from a Global Perspective No.132 July 1, 2008 Marketing Strategies Targeting the Middle Rich in India No.131 June 1, 2008 Privacy: Current Status and Pending Issues in Japan — Pursuing Harmony between Individual Rights and the Public Interest — No.130 May 1, 2008 New Developments in Marketing to Address Shifting Attitudes of Japanese Consumers No.129 May 1, 2008 New Wave of Retail Asset Management Business — From Private Banking to Sales at Bank Branches — No.128 April 1, 2008 Ubiquitous Networking by "International Symbiosis" No.127 April 1, 2008 The Rise of Recommendation-Type Search Engines No.126 March 1, 2008 Ubiquitous Networking by "International Symbiosis" No.125 February 1, 2008 Roles of the Social Security Pension Schemes and the Minimum Benefit Level under the Automatic Balancing Mechanism No.124 December 1, 2007 Increasing Globalization of the Economy Requires Responses to the Issue of Economic Disparities No.123 November 1, 2007 Opportunities and Issues on Business in India for Japanese and Korean Companies No.122 October 1, 2007 Virtual Worlds Moving towards the "Multiverse" Era — New Business Outlook Seen in "Second Life" — No.121 September 1, 2007 The Brokerage Business in the Era of Algorithmic Trading No.120 August 1, 2007 Management Facilitating Net-Based Value Co-Creation — New Trend of Innovation in the Web 2.0 Era — No.119 July 1, 2007 IT-Driven Business Innovation No.118 June 1, 2007 A Sea of Changes in the Structure of Europe's Economy and the Strategies Required for Japanese Companies No.117 May 1, 2007 Toward the Convergence of Communications and Broadcasting from the Consumer Perspective No.116 April 1, 2007 The Issues of Internal Controls from the Perspective of Information Security No.115 March 1, 2007 Company Management in the Era of Web 2.0 — Knowledge communities facilitate open innovation — No.114 February 1, 2007 Upcoming Advances in the Hybrid Vehicle Market No.113 January 1, 2007 The Long Tail and Lofty Head of Video Content — The Possibilities of "Convergent Broadcasting" — No.112 December 1, 2006 Asia's New Growth Mechanisms Toward 2010 and Beyond — Suggested strategies for Japanese companies—  No.111 November, 2006 Options Available for Japanese Companies in a Globalized Market Environment No.110 October 1, 2006 Adaptive Strategies for Japan's Retail Industry Facing a Turning Point — Rebuilding corporate strength to respond to change with agility—  No.109 September 1, 2006 Re-Common Sense Drives the Distribution Industry — Reforming the Distribution Industry by 2010 — No.108 August 1, 2006 Invisible and Co-Creative Financial Services in 2010 No.107 August 1, 2006 Secondary Currencies: “Mileage Points” —What can Japan learn from the US business currency alliances?— No.106 July 1, 2006 Future Reforms of Medical and Long - Term Care Insurance Programs No.105 June 1, 2006 Evolving IT Utilization by Enterprises towards 2010 No.104 May 1, 2006 Next-Generation Ubiquitous Network Strategy — Targeting Living/Urban Space beyond Distribution Supply Chains — No.103 April 1, 2006 Pandora's Box Shaking Up the Broadcasting Industry No.102 March 1, 2006 IT Road Map toward 2010 No.101 February 1, 2006 Evolution of the US Retail Securities Market (Volume 2) — Regulatory Reforms for Banking and Securities Markets — No.100 January 1, 2006 Evolution of the US Retail Securities Market (Volume 1) — Financial institutions prepare for retiring baby boomers — No.99 January 1, 2006 Marketing for Newly Wealthy Clients: Targeting the Mass Affluent No.98 December 1, 2005 Responses by Japanese Companies to Business Risks in China No.97 November 1, 2005 Japan's National IT Strategy and the Ubiquitous Network No.96 October 1, 2005 India's Environmental Strategy and Future Cooperation with Japan No.95 September 1, 2005 Dynamism in Reforming Financial Product Distribution Channels in the United Kingdom No.94 September 1, 2005 Direct Underwriting of Government Bonds by the Bank of Japan in the 1930s No.93 August 1, 2005 IC Cards Spur Innovative Changes in Financial Institutions No.92 July 1, 2005 Efforts to Accelerate Development by Winning Companies — Case Examples of Reforms by Japanese Carmakers — No.91 July 1, 2005 Creating the 20 Trillion-Yen K-tai Industry No.90 June 1, 2005 Japanese Government Bonds 100 Years Ago No.89 May 1, 2005 A Perspective for the GDS Network and Collaborative Commerce in Japan No.88 April 1, 2005 Business Structural Reform Needed for Electronics Companies No.87 March 1, 2005 Government Bonds in the Meiji Restoration Period No.86 February 1, 2005 Japanese Companies' HRM Strategies in China No.85 January 1, 2005 Prospects for Bancassurance : Trends towards Integration of Banking Services and Insurance Sales No.84 December 1, 2004 The Otaku Group from a Business Perspective: Revaluation of Enthusiastic Consumers No.83 December 1, 2004 Strategic Intellectual Property Portfolio Management: Technology Appraisal by Using the “Technology Heat Map” No.82 November 1, 2004 Development of the Asian Bond Markets and Business Opportunities No.81 October 1, 2004 China's Rapidly Growing Market: Issues and Suggested Responses No.80 September 1, 2004 Fuel Cells: Business Opportunities and Issues to Be Resolved No.79 August 1, 2004 Ubiquitous Networking: Business Opportunities and Strategic Issues No.78 July 1, 2004 New Methodology to Select Projects in Public and Public Utility Service Operations No.77 June 1, 2004 Baby Boomers Face Retirement No.76 May 1, 2004 China's Distribution Service Market Entering Phase of Full-Scale Opening No.75 April 1, 2004 Strengthening the Competitiveness of Local Industries: The Case of an Industrial Cluster Formed by Three Tokai Prefectures No.74 March 1, 2004 The Role of Venture Businesses in Supporting the Commercialization of Nanotechnology No.73 February 1, 2004 Japan's IT Market: Racing Towards the Second Phase of Growth No.72 January 1, 2004 Keys to Further Development in Japan's Online Shopping Market No.71 December 1, 2003 Using the Balanced Scorecard in Reforming Corporate Management Systems No.70 November 1, 2003 Privatization of Public Services: Agenda and Expectations No.69 October 1, 2003 Effectiveness of Blended Learning in Management Skill Training No.68 September 1, 2003 The Globalization of Chinese Companies and Advances into Japan No.67 August 1, 2003 The China Strategies of Korea's Winning Companies No.66 July 1, 2003 Establishing the Ubiquitous Network Environment in Japan — From e-Japan to U-Japan — No.65 June 1, 2003 Tokyo's Central Role in the Knowledge-Based Economy No.64 May 1, 2003 Systems Integration Technology in the Ubiquitous Network Era No.63 April 1, 2003 Net Communities in Brand Marketing No.62 March 1, 2003 Competitiveness in High-Tech Fields and Nanotechnology No.61 February 4, 2003 The Risk Premium Warning on Japanese Government Bonds No.60 January 1, 2003 Control Configured Organizations (CCO): Delivering Both Speed and Scale Merits in Business Operations No.59 December 1, 2002 Solutions Services to Promote Business Innovation in the Manufacturing Industry No.58 November 1, 2002 E-Learning to Create Knowledge and Business No.57 November 1, 2002 Tasks Facing the Taxation System in the Era of an Expanding Knowledge Economy and Increasing Longevity No.56 October 15, 2002 The Current State of Value-Based Management in Japan and the Road Map for Success No.55 September 1, 2002 Social Experiments Involving the POSTUB Electronic Post No.54 September 1, 2002 Using Ubiquitous Networks to Create New Services Based on the Commercial and Public Infrastructure No.53 August 1, 2002 China's Rapidly Growing Infocom Industry and Approaches by Japanese Companies No.52 August 1, 2002 The Rise of China and Asia's Flying-Geese Pattern of Economic Development: An Empirical Analysis Based on US Import Statistics No.51 July 1, 2002 Human Resource Development Systems Focusing on HR ROI No.50 July 1, 2002 The Pure Company No.49 June 1, 2002 Innovative Business Models in the Era of Ubiquitous Networks No.48 May 1, 2002 Commercial Code Revisions: Promoting the Evolution of Japanese Companies No.47 May 1, 2002 Corporate Governance: A New Phase for Japanese Companies No.46 April 1, 2002 Proposals for a New Industrial Development Mechanism No.45 April 1, 2002 Building Performance Measurement Systems with the Balanced Scorecard Approach No.44 March 1, 2002 Marketing Strategy in the Era of Ubiquitous Networks No.43 February 1, 2002 Using Corporate Genome Analyses in Sales Force Diagnostics and Revitalization No.42 February 1, 2002 The Need for Redefining Japan's Government Debt Management Policy No.41 January 1, 2002 Worldwide Progress in the Convergence of Telecommunications, Information Technology and Broadcasting: The Tasks Facing Japan No.40 January 1, 2002 Moving Forward in Reforming China's Capital Market No.39 December 1, 2001 Identifying the Value of Public Services by the Contingent Valuation Method (CVM) No.38 December 1, 2001 Innovations in Corporate Philanthropy: Adopting Balanced Scorecard Methodologies to Build Strategy and Evaluation Systems No.37 December 1, 2001 Nanotechnology: Encounters of Atoms, Bits and Genomes No.36 November 1, 2001 Consumers and Consumer Industries in the Ubiquitous Network Era No.35 November 1, 2001 Success to Corporate Genome — Innovating Corporate Culture Around Trust and Creativity — No.34 October 1, 2001 Industrial Change and Corporate Management in the Era of Ubiquitous Networks No.33 September 1, 2001 Positive Mind Redivivus: Redesigning Social Systems with IT as a Driving Force No.32 September 1, 2001 Setting Social Policies for Japan's Declining Birthrate and Growing Elderly Population No.31 August 1, 2001 New Support for Developing Countries Through eODA No.30 August 1, 2001 Ubiquitous Networks: The New IT Paradigm No.29 July 1, 2001 Designing Pension Systems for a Knowledge Economy No.28 July 1, 2001 IR-Driven Change Management: The Bridge Between Corporate Governance and Change Management No.27 June 1, 2001 Deconstruction of Management to Revitalize Human Resources No.26 May 1, 2001 A Development Scenario for Ubiquitous Networks: Viewed from the Evolution of IT Paradigms No.25 April 1, 2001 Rebirth of Japanese Companies Through Governance Reforms No.24 March 1, 2001 Changing Consumption Patterns and New Lifestyles in the 21st Century No.23 February 1, 2001 Pricing Strategies in the E-Business Age No.22 February 1, 2001 Cyber Rules: The Rules Governing E-Commerce and the Challenges Facing Japan No.21 January 1, 2001 Developing the Mechanisms for a 3R Society: Focusing on Reducing Pollution, Reusing Resources and Recycling Waste No.20 December 1, 2000 Hastening to Embrace the Internet Revolution in Asia No.19 December 1, 2000 A 21st-Century Approach to Marketing No.18 November 1, 2000 Problems of Japanese Companies in East and Southeast Asia No.17 November 1, 2000 Integrating IT into Daily Life: Findings from NRI's Cyber Life Observations Surveys No.16 October 1, 2000 Local-Area Intranets and Community Solutions: The CTTH Ryokuen Toshi Experiment No.15 October 1, 2000 Socioeconomic Reform and Evolution Through Cybercommunity Solutions No.14 September 1, 2000 Integrated Value Management: A Multi-Faceted Approach to Creating Corporate Value No.13 September 1, 2000 Developing Small and Medium-Scale Enterprises in Vietnam No.12 August 1, 2000 The Future of the Interactive Digital Media Industry No.11 August 1, 2000 The Internet Industry in the Chinese-Speaking Areas of East and Southeast Asia No.10 August 1, 2000 The Mechanisms of "21st-Century-Type" International Financial Crises No.9 July 1, 2000 Becoming an E-Company: A Strategy for Doing Net Business No.8 July 1, 2000 "Arbitrage-Type" Business Models: An Innovative Strategy for Large Companies No.7 June 1, 2000 The CIO as the Driving Force Behind IT Restructuring No.6 June 1, 2000 Establishing New Financial Markets in Japan No.5 May 1, 2000 Creating a Ubiquitous Networking Market: Mobile Phones No.4 May 1, 2000 Creating a Ubiquitous Networking Market: Information Appliances No.3 May 1, 2000 The Challenge of Creating "Petaloid Industries": In Search of New Sources of Added Value No.2 April 1, 2000 Ubiquitous Networking: Towards a New Paradigm No.1 April 1, 2000 Encouraging the Emergent Evolution of New Industries We invite your comments and inquiries.   NRI welcomes comments or inquiries from our readers concerning the contents of NRI Papers. 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