Professor MITSUI's ACADEMIC WRITINGS


August 2020 version


In ENGLISH


Cowritten Book titled A Research Agenda for Entrepreneurship Policy, edited by David Smallbone & Friederike Welter, Edward Elgar, 2020

'Policy Issues for SMEs: Practical Lessons from Japan's Experiences in the 2010s' (Paper presented at the Academic Track 5, the 5th ACSB Conference, MCCI Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar), 2017.10

'SME Policies in Japan: Its new thinking and global trends towards favourable environment for SME ecosystem' (Paper presented at the Policy Forum, the 2nd ACSB Conference, Korea Cathoric University, Seoul), 2014.10

'Globalisation of SMEs in Japan -- Academic views and business practices in the era of inevitable globalisation' (Paper presented at the KASBS Fall Conference, at Sogang University, Seoul), 2012.10

'Financial problems and SMEs; Japanese experiences of the collapse of bubble economy, the world financial crisis in 2008 and the 3.11 disaster in 2011' (paper for the presentation at the 37th ISBC/ 56th ICSB Conference in Stockholm), 2011.6

'Niches for SME in Regionalization and Globalization (paper for the presentation at the 36th ISBC Conference in Taipei), 2010.10

'Industrial Cluster Policies and and regional development in the age of globalisation
-Eastern and Western approaches and their differences'
(paper presented at the 30th International Small Business Congress in Singapore), 2003.9

'SME's New Product Development and Its Collaborating Relationship - Problems, Prospects and Technology Transfer', 1999 (A Paper for the Presentation at the 26th International Small Business Congress, Toronto).

'New product development and marketing strategies in SMEs: Japanese experience in the 1990s', in 21st ISBA National Small Firms Policy and Research Conference Proceedings, 1998
(republished in Economic Review of Komazawa University (Komazawa Daigaku Keizaigaku Ronshu), Vol. 30, No.4, 1999).

'Restructuring Japanese companies: Implications for small and medium enterprises', in Sugiyama K. & S. Leong(eds.): Revitalisation of Japan's Economy: Implications for Malaysia, ISIS Malaysia, 1997.

'Management accounting: the Western problematic against the Japanese application', in Berry, A.J., J. Broadbent & D.Otley(eds.): Management Control: Theories, Issues and Practices, Macmillan, Basingstoke, 1995 (coauthors: Williams, K., C. Haslam, J. Williams, M. Abe & T. Aida).

'The importance of subcontracting relationship: the development of subcontracting management in Japan and its future', in Economic Review of Komazawa University (Komazawa Daigaku Keizaigaku Ronshu), Vol.24, No.4, 1993.

'How far from Japan? a case study of Japanese press shop practice and management calculation', in Critical Perspectives on Accounting, No.2, 1991 (coauthors: Williams, K. & C. Haslam),
(republished in Elgar, T. & C. Smith(eds.): Global Japanization?, Routledge, London, 1994).

'Japanese management under the globalization of Japanese economy', in Economics Faculty, Komazawa University(ed.): The Globalization of Japanese Economy, Komazawa Univ., Tokyo, 1990.

'First impressions: a preliminary report on small business policies in Britain', in Economic Review of Komazawa University (Komazawa Daigaku Keizaigaku Ronshu), Vol.20, No.2, 1988.




RESEARCH REPORTS

Research Report "Internationalisation of European SMEs", Enterprise and Industry DG, Eurpean Commission, 2011 (contractor: EIM Research and Policy; subcontractor: Professor Mitsui and CSEG YNU)
@Its 2011.6.27 Workshop handouts



In JAPANESE (in the 21st Century)


21 Seiki Chusho Kigyo-sha no Shutai Keisei to Keisho (SME People's Personality Formation and Business Succession Issue in the 21st Century), Doyu-kan, 2019 (coauthors; K.Kawana, K. Tsushima, S, Taniguchi and I. Arai).

'Konnichi no keizaishakai to sho kigyo/ kazoku keiei no igi (Micro enterprises and family businesses in modern economic societies)', in Chusho Kigyo ga Shijo Shakai wo Kaeru (SMEs Will Change Market Economies), Doyu-kan, 2014 (Edited by N. Kurose and S. Uehara).

Nihon no Chusho Kigyo Kenkyu 2000-2009 (SME Studies in Japan in 2000-2009), in 3 Volumes, Doyu-kan, 2013. (Edited by the JSBRI; Representing editor I. MITSUI)

21 Seiki Chusho Kigyo no Hatten Katei (SMEs' New Developments in the 21st Century), Doyu-kan, 2012. (coauthors; K. Kawana, A. Yamamoto, M. Nishiyama, A. Yamazaki, M. Nagayama, R. Kigawa, K. Yoshida, N. Tanaka, S. Okuma, M. Lee, N. Kawakami, N. Kubota, M. Ezawa and S. Kubota)

Chusho Kigyo Seisaku to Chusho Kigyo Kensho (SME Policies and SME Charters; Comparative Studies in the 21st Century), Kaden-sha, 2011.

'Implications of the "SME Charter" in Japan', in Chusho Kigyo to Kumiai (Small Businesses and Industrial Associations), No.788, 2010.

'Epochmaking "SME Charter" and its casting issues', in Shinkumi (Credit Cooperatives), Vol.57, No.9, 2010.

'Recent developments of EU's policies for SMEs; Charter for Small Enterprises in 2000 and SBA in 2008', Shoko Kinyu (Commerce and Industry Finance), Vol.60, No.8, 2010.

'An isagogic interpretation about social division of labour and SMEs' existence', in Mita Gakkai-shi(Mita Journal of Economics), Vol.101, No.4, 2009 and (revised ) Ueda, H. et al. (eds.) Nihon Chusho Gigyo Kenkyu no Totatsu-ten (Present Achievements of Academic Studies on SMEs), Doyu-kan, 2010.

'Prospects for SME organisations and industrial cooperatives' in Chusho Kigyo to Kumiai (Small Businesses and Industrial Associations), No.777, 2009.

'Benchmarking studies on SMEs; A comprehensive review and perspective', Keizai (Economy), No.167, 2009.

'EU's policies for SMEs and Small Business Act for Europe' in Chusho Shokogyo Kenkyu (Research Journal of Small and Medium Commerce and Industry), No.100, 2009.

'Regional innovation', in Hayashi, K.(ed.) Nyumon Joho Security to Kogyo Innovation (Introductory Text on Information Security and Business Innovation), The Earth Kyoiku Shin-sha, 2008 .

'CSR issues for SMEs and the future of "social enterprises"', in Shoko Kinyu (Commerce and Industry Finance), Vol.58, No.8, 2008 (coauthor: K. Hori).

'From 'industrial agglomeration' debates to regional innovation ideas', in Watanabe, Y. (ed.) Nihon to Asia no Sangyo Shuseki Kenkyu (Studies on Industrial Agglomerations in Japan and Asia), Doyu-kan, 2007.

'Regional innovation and local economic revival', in ECR, No.21, 2007.

'Implications of the EU policies for SMEs in the 21st Century' in Osaka Keizai Daigaku Chusho Kigyo Kiho (Quarterly Journal of Small Business), No.141, 2007.

'Labour problems in SMEs: contemporary issues concerning human resource development', in Shoko Kinyu (Commerce and Industry Finance), Vol.56, No.1, 2006 .

'Regional industries, finance and revitalisation debates', in Chiiki Seisaku Kenkyu (Journal of Local Policies), No.34, 2006 .

'EU's policies for SMEs and European Charter for Small Enterprises', in Kigyo Kankyo Kenkyu Nenpo (Research of Enterprise's Environments), No.10, 2005.

'Policy issues for local business incubation and regional innovation', in Toshi -Mondai Kenkyu (Journal of Municipal Problems), Vol.57, No. 9, 2005.

Chiiki Incubation to Sangyo Shuseki, Kigyo-kan Renkei: Kigyo-ka Keisei to Chiiki Innovation System no Kokusai Hikaku (Local Business Incubation, Industrial Agglomeration and Inter-firm Cooperation: International Comparative Studies on Entrepreneurial Development and Regional Innovation Systems), Ochanomizu Shobo, 2005 (coauthors; K. Hori, K. Kawana, H. Kumeno, A. Yamamoto, A. Yamazaki, M. Nagayama, A. Cho and K. Toyama).

'The development of EU's policies for SMEs in the first half decade of the 21st Century', in Chusho Kigyo Sogo Kenkyu (Research Journal of SMEs), No.1, 2005.

'Revitalising regional economies: implications of European RIS policies', in Shinyo Hoken Geppo (Monthly Journal of SME Credit Insurance), Vol.47, No.11, 2004.

'Regional innovation system and revitalisation of regional economies', Shin Kin Chukin Geppo (Monthly Journal of Shinkin Central Bank), Vol.3, No.13, 2004.

'British policies for SMEs and self-employed people', in Research Institute, JNLFC (ed.), Jiei-gyo Saiko (Revisiting Self-employment), Chusho Kigyo Research Centre, 2004.

'Chusho kigyo seisaku (Policy matters for SMEs)', in JSBRI Chusho Kigyo Kenkyu Kiko(ed.): Nihon no Chusho Kigyo Kenkyu 1990-99 (Small Business Studies in Japan, in 1990-99), Doyu-kan, Tokyo, 2003.

'Chusho kigyo to kankyo mondai' (SMEs and ecological issues), in Shoko Kinyu (Commerce and Industry Finance), Vol.53, No.1, 2003.

`21 Seiki no sangyo senryaku to chiiki chusho kigyo no kanosei' (New industiral strategies and SMEs in regional economies: new business creation, revitalisation of industrial districts and industrial cluster policies), in Shoko Kinyu (Commerce and Industry Finance), Vol.52, No.6, 2002.

`Chusho kigyo seisaku ni okeru seisaku hyoka' (Evaluations of policies for SMEs: European experiences and their implications), in Kaikei Kensa Kenkyu (Journal of the Board of Audit), No.26, 2002 .

`Europe Chusho kigyo hakusho to EU no chusho kigyo seisaku' (European Observatory Annual Reports and SME policies in the EU), in Chusho Kigyo to Kumiai (Small Businesses and Industrial Associations), No.682/3, 2001/2 .

`Chu-konen sha no kigyo to shien seisaku no kadai' (Entrepreneurs in the third age and policy issues), in Chusho Shokogyo Kenkyu (Research Journal of Small and Medium Commerce and Industry), No.69, 2001.

'2001 nen-ban Chusho Kigyo Hakusho wo yonde (A review on White Paper on SMEs in Japan 2001)', in Shinyo Kinko (Shinkin Bank Journal), Vol.55, No.6, 2001.

`Imada kaifuku shinai kaigyo-ritsu to atarashii sogyo no doko' (Stagnating business start-up rate and new entrepreneurship in the 21st Century), in Shinyo Hoken Geppo (Monthly Journal of SME Credit Insurance), Vol.44, No.7, 2001.

Gendai Chusho no Sogyo to Kakushin (SMEs' New Start-ups and Business Development), Doyu-kan, 2001 (coauthors: K. Toyama, H. Kumeno, A. Yamamoto, A. Kobayashi, M. Nagayama, K. Kawana and K. Wada).

'Waga-kuni koyo kozo no henka to chusho kigyo no koyo mondai (Structural change in the labour market in the 2000s and SME's recruitment)', in Shoko Kinyu (Commerce and Industry Finance), Vol.51, No.4, 2001 .



BEFORE

'Toshi-gata sangyo-ron to daitoshi sho-reisai kogyo (Urban industries and little manufacturing businesses in big cities)', in Sato Y.(ed.): Kyodai Toshi no Reisai Kogyo (Little Industries in the Huge City), Nihon Keizai Hyoron-sha, Tokyo, 1981.

'Insatsu, insatsu kanren-gyo: toshin ricchi zoka no imisuru mono (Printing industry in Tokyo: its centralization in the midtown area and growth in number)', in Sato(ed.), op cit.

'Daitoshi sho-reisai kogyo sosei no ichi kento: shashin shokuji-gyo sho-reisai keiei zoka no jittai to yoin (Small industries in the Huge City Tokyo: the fact and the cause of the growth of little businesses in the photo-type setting industry)', in Mita Gakkai Zasshi (Mita Journal of Economics), Vol.74, No.3, 1981.

'Shitsugyo mondai no shinkokuka to koyo seisaku no yakuwari (The deepening unemployment problem and the role of employment policies)', in Shakai Seisaku Gakkai(ed.): Shakai Seisaku Gakkai Nenpo (Annual Journal of Japan Social Policy Society), Vol.25, Ochanomizu Shobo, Tokyo, 1981.

'Wagakuni denshi buhin kogyo no kozo henka to chusho kigyo no tomen suru mondai (The structural change of the electronics parts industry and the problems of small business in Japan)', in Komazawa Daigaku Keizaigaku Ronshu (Economic Review of Komazawa University), Vol.13. No.1, 1981.

'Daitoshi wo sasaeru reisai kogyo no yakuwari to monndai (The role and the problems of little manufacturing businesses supporting urban economy)', in Shoko Kinyu (Commere and Industry Finance), Vol.32, No.1, 1982.

'Kyodai toshi Tokyo ni shuchu suru insatsu sangyo sho-reisai keiei to toshin-teki juyo (Little printing businesses concentrating in the huge city Tokyo and their "town demand")', in Nihon Chusho Kigyo Gakkai(ed.): Nihon Chusho Kigyo Gakkai Ronshu (Annual Journal of Japan Association for Small Business Studies), Vol.1, Doyu-kan, Tokyo, 1982.

'Sengo Nihon no sho-reisai keiei kenkyu (A survey of little business studies in Postwar Japan)', in Komazawa Daigaku Keizai Gakubu Kenkyu Kiyo (Journal of the Faculty of Economics), No.41, 1983.

'Kaiso-teki shitauke kozo to gaichu kanri seisaku no tokushitsu (Multi-tier subcontracting structure and the characteristics of supplier chains management)', in Watanabe M. & K. Maekawa (eds.): Gendai Chusho Kigyo Kenkyu, Jo-kan (Studies about Small Businesses at Present, Vol.1), Ohtsuki Shoten, Tokyo, 1984.

'Reisai Kigyo (Little business studies)', in Chusho kigyo Jigyo-dan Chusho Kigyo Kenkyujo(ed.): Nihon no Chusho Kigyo Kenkyu (Small Business Studies in Japan), Yuhikaku, Tokyo, 1985.

'Chuken Kigyo, benchah bijinesu (Medium-standing enterprises and so-called "venture business")', in Chusho Kigyo Jigyo-dan Chusho Kigyo Kenkyujo(ed.), op cit.

'Konnichi no shitauke-sei wo meguru jakkan no ronten ni kansuru note (A comment on some viewpoints of so-called "subcontracting system")', in Komazawa Daigaku Keizaigaku Ronshu (Economic Review of Komazawa University), Vol.16, Nos.2 & 4, 1984/85.

'Konnichi no shitauke ron no totatsu-ten to kadai (A review on the debates about the subcontracting system in Japan)', in Shoko Kinyu (Commerce and Industry Finance), Vol.36, No.4, 1986.

'Chiiki rodo shijo haaku to kaiso-sei (Regional labour market concept and its hierarchical nature)', in Kurokawa T.(ed.): Chiiki Sangyo Kozo no Henbo to Rodo Shijo no Saihen: Shinsan-toshi Iwaki no Kenkyu (Changing Industrial Structure and Labour Market in an Industrial District: a study about Iwaki City), Horitsu Bunka-sha, Kyoto, 1988.

'Eikoku ni okeru chusho kigyo seisaku to shinki kaigyo sokushin seisaku (On British small business policies and new start-ups in the 1980s: An empirical study of the performance of the Enterprise Allowance Scheme)', in Komazawa Daigaku Keizaigaku Ronshu (Economic Review of Komazawa University), Vol.20, No.4/Vol.21, No.1, 1989.

'Saikin no EC shokoku ni okeru chusho kigyo seisaku no tenkai (New developments of the SME policies in the European Communities)', Nihon Chusho Kigyo Gakkai(ed.): Nihon Chusho Kigyo Gakkai Ronshu (Annual Journal of Japan Association for Small Business Studies), Vol.9, Doyu-kan, Tokyo, 1990.

'Daitoshi keizai no kozo hendo (Structural cahnge in the urban economy)', in Inoue J., T. Kato, H. Suzuki, K. Hashimoto, I. Mitsui & N. Yoshiwara: Tokyo: Sekai Toshi-ka no Kozu (Tokyo: its Globalization), Aoki Shoten, Tokyo, 1990.

'EC to chusho kigyo seisaku no shin-tenkai (New development in the EC's SME policy)', in Osaka Keizai Daigaku Chusho Kigyo Kiho (Quarterly Journal of Small Business), No.73, 1990.

Gendai Keizai to Chusho Kigyo: Riron Kozo Jittai Seisaku (Small Businesses in Modern Economies: Theories, Structures, Facts and Policies), Aoki Shoten, Tokyo, 1991.

'Reisai kigyo (Little business studies)', in Chusho Kigyo Jigyo-dan Chusho Kigyo Kenkyujo(ed.): Nihon no Chusho Kigyo Kenkyu 1980-89 (Small Business Studies in Japan, in 1980-89), Doyu-kan, Tokyo, 1992.

'Nihon-teki shitauke kankei no kokusaika to gaichu shitauke kanri no yushutsu (The globalization of Japanese subcontracting practices: a West European mode of their emulation?)', in Komazawa Daigaku Keizai Gakubu Kenkyu Kiyo (Journal of the Faculty of Economics), No.50, 1992.

'EC togo de juyo-do masu chusho kigyo seisaku (The growing significance of SME policies in the EC single market)', in Ekonomisto (Japanese Economist), Vol.70, No.28, 1992.

'Chusho kigyo no romu mondai (labour management in SMEs)', in Shoko Sogo Kenkyujo(ed.): Chusho Kigyo Keiei no Shin Shiten (New Management Ideas in Small Businesses), Chuo Keizai-sha, Tokyo, 1993.

'Kozo kaikaku to chusho kigyo kumiai dantai no yakuwari (SME's indutrial associations in the structural reform era)', in Chusho Kigyo to Kumiai (Small Businesses and Industrial Associations), Vol.48, No.9, 1993.

'Oshu chusho kigyo to shijo togo-go no EC chusho kigyo seisaku (European SMEs and the EC policies on them after the completion of the single market)', Jiyu to Seigi (Liberty and Justice), Vol.44, No.10, 1993.

'Nihon keizai no risutorakucharingu to chusho kigyo mondai no yukue (Small business problems in the restructuring process of Japanese economy)', in Toshinkyo Kenkyu Sentah Chosa Shikiho (Quarterly Research Journal of Tokyo-to Shinkin Bank Association), No.16, 1994.

'Konnichi no daikigyo no seisan taisei saihen to shitauke gaichu kanri no tenkai (The restructuring of manufacturing systems in big businesses and new development in the subcontracting management)', in Nihon Rodo Shakai Gakkai Nenpo (Annual Journal of Japanese Association of Labor Sociology), No.5, 1994.

'Sogyo shien seisaku no genjo to kadai (Policy issues for encouraging new business start-ups)', in Shoko Kinyu (Commerce and Industry Finance), Vol.44, No.11, 1994.

'Kudo-ka mondai to chusho kigyo no endata taio-saku ('Hollowing Problem" and the small businesses' measures to cope with stronger Yen)', in Chusho Kigyo to Kumiai (Small Businesses and Industrial Associations), Vol.49, No.11, 1994.

EU Oshu Rengo to Chusho Kigyo Seisaku (SME Policies in the European Union), Hakuto Shobo, Tokyo, 1995.

'Eikoku Wales ni okeru nikkei denshi denki kigyo genchi seisan no genjo (Local manufacturing opeartions of Japanese electronics manufacturers in Wales)', in Osaka Keizai Daigaku Chusho Kigyo Kiho (Quarterly Journal of Small Business), No.93, 1995.

'Gulobaru ni mita chusho kigyo no shin paradaimu: Nihon chusho kigyo to chusho kigyo kenkyu no gulobarizeishon (The globalization of SME studies in Japan: their balance sheet and residuals)', in Mita Shogaku Kenkyu (Mita Business Review), Vol.38, No.6, 1996
(republished in Sato Y.(ed.): 21 Seiki Chusho Kigyo wa Donaruka (The Future of Small Business in the 21st Century), Keio Shuppan-kai, Tokyo, 1996).

'Chusho kigyo kenkyu na boeki shushi to gulobarizeishon ko (An academic balance sheet for Japanese SME studies and their residuals in the global context)', in Komazawa Daigaku Keizaigaku Ronshu (Economic Review of Komazawa University), Vol.27, No.4, 1996.

'Sekai teki na chusho kigyo shinjigen (New dimension of SMEs in the World)', in Tatsumi N. & Y. Sato(eds.): Shin Chusho Kigyo-ron wo Manabu (New Textbook on Small Business Studies), 3rd. edition, Yuhikaku, Kyoto, 1996.

'Shitauke torihiki kisei wo meguru atarashii shikaku: EU ni okeru daikin shiharai chien mondai tono hikaku kara (New viewpoint on the regulation of subcontracting transactions: a comaprison with the late payment problems in the EU)', in Kosei Torihiki (Fair Trade), No.549, 1996.

'Intah-netto jidai no kigyo keiei (Management issues in the age of Internet)', in Chusho Kigyo Kinyu Koko Geppo (JFS Monthly Report), Vol.43, No.10, 1996.

'Sogyo shien no kadai to genjo (The reality of policies on new business start-ups)', in Shoko Kinyu (Commerce and Industry Finance), Vol.47, No.8, 1997.

'Oshu chusho kigyo no jittai to seisaku kadai (European SMEs and policy issues)', in JETRO Sensah (JETRO Sensor), No.563, 1997.

'Sogyo shien seisaku no genjo to kongo no tenbo (Policy issues for encouraging new start-ups, based on empirical studies in local initiatives and female entrepreneurship)', in Kokumin Kinyu Koko Chosa Kiho (Quarterly Research Report of Japan People's Finance Corporation), No.43, 1997 (coauthor: Kawana, K.).

'Oshu chusho kigyo ni miru sogyo shien no genjo(European SMEs and policies eoncouraging new start-ups)', in Chusho Koko Geppo (JFS Monthly Report), Vol.45, No.1, 1998.

'Gekishin gekido no 97-nen kara, aratana starto he: waga kuni chusho kigyo no kadai(Economic turmoil of 1997 and the prospect for Japanese SMEs)', in Rodo Keizai-kyoku Geppo(Monthly Report of the Labour and Economy Division of Tokyo Metropolitan Government), 1998-1.

'Oshu rengo no chusho kigyo seisaku no gendankai(The present phase of the EU's SME policies)', in Shoko Kinyu (Commerce and Industry Finance), Vol.48, No.2, 1998.

Nihon-teki Seisan Sisutemu no Hyoka to Tenbo: Kokusai-ka to Gijutsu Rodo Bungyo Kozo (Evaluating and Reviewing Japanese Production System: Its Technology, Work and Division of Labour Structure in the Globalization), Minerva Shobo, Kyoto, 1999 (coauthors: Abe, M., C. Haslam, M. Saruta, S. Sei, Y. Watanabe & K. Williams).

'Kigyo-kan kankei ni fumi-komu eikoku chusho kigyo seisaku (The latest British policies for SMEs; more commitment to the inter-company relationship)', in Cyusho Kigyo Kenkyu Senter Nenpo (Annual Journal of the Medium and Small Business Research Institute), Vol.98, 1998.

'Kon'nichi no eikoku chusho kigyo seisaku (British policies for SMEs in the late 1990s)', in Komazawa Daigaku Keizaigaku Ronshu (Economic Review of Komazawa University), Vol.30 No.2/3, 1999.

'Chusho kigyo no shin-seihin kaihatsu to kyoryoku kankei (SME's new product development and its collaborating relationship - Problems, prospects and technology transfer)', in Shoko Kinyu (Commerce and Industry Finance), Vol.49, No.12, 1999.

'EU no chusho kigyo seisaku (New development of SME policies in the EU)', in Kosei Torihiki (Fair Trade), No.593, 2000.

'Chusho kigyo no kokusai-ka he no shiten (A viewpoint on the globalisation of SMEs)', in Shoko Kinyu (Commerce and Industry Finance), Vol.50, No.2, 2000.

'EU no chusho kigyo seisaku (The development of SME policies in the European Union in the 1990s)', in Research Institute of Small And Medium Industries (ed.), Gendai Nihon-no Chusho Sho-kogyo: Kokusai Hikaku to Seisaku Hen (Small and Medium Industries in Japan Today: International Comparisons and Policy Issues), Shin-nihon Shuppan, Tokyo, 2000.

'Joho-ka no shinten to kigyo (Enterprises in the IT Revolution)', in Chusho Koko Mansuri (JFS Monthly Report), Vol.47, No.7, 2000.

'Benca bijinesu to atarashii shakai keizai shisutemu ('Venture business' firms and new socio-economic system)', in Keizai Seminar (Economics Seminar), No.548, 2000.

'Rodo shijo no kozo henka no imisuru mono (An analysis of the structural change in the labour market in the 1990s)', in Ningen to Kyoiku (Human and Education), No.27, 2000.

'Chusho kigyo seisaku no dai-tenkan? (A great U-turn of the SME policy in Japan?)', in Seikei Kenkyu (Study on Politics and Economy), No.75, 2000.

'21-seiki wo mukaeru EU chusho kigyo seisaku no shin-dankai (The EU's SME policy towards the 21st Century)', in Kokumin Seikatsu Kinyu Koko Chosa Kiho (Quarterly Research Report of Japan National Life Finance Corporation), No.55, 2000.

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JAPANESE TRANSLATIONS


'EC chusho kigyo seisaku to "Kodo keikaku" "Kigyo seisaku"' (EC "SME action programme 1986" and "An enterprise policy for the Community 1988"), in Komazawa Daigaku Keizaigaku Ronshu (Economic Review of Komazawa University), Vol.22, No.1, 1990.

'Nihon kara toku hanarete?' (Williams, K. et al., 'How far from Japan?', 1991), in Komazawa Daigaku Keizaigaku Ronshu (Economic Review of Komazawa University), Vol.24, No.2 & 3, 1992.

Oshu Chusho Kigyo Hakusho 1996-nen ban, (ENSR, European Observatory for SMEs: 4th Annual Report, 1996), JETRO, Tokyo, 1997 (cotranslators: Wakiyama, T. & A. Tomikawa).

Europe Chusho Kigyo Hakusho 1997-nen ban, (ENSR, European Observatory for SMEs: 5th Annual Report, 1997), Doyu-kan, Tokyo, 1998 (cotranslator: Japan Small Business Research Institute).

Bolton Iinkai Hokoku kara 20-nen, (Stanworth, J. &Gray, C.(eds), Bolton 20 Years On, Paul Chapman Publishing, 1991), JSBRI, Tokyo, 2000 (cotranslator: Japan Small Business Research Institute).

Europe Chusho Kigyo Hakusho 2000-nen ban, (ENSR, European Observatory for SMEs: 6th Report, 2000), Doyu-kan, Tokyo, 2001 (cotranslator: Japan Small Business Research Institute).