Graduate School of Asia-Pacific Studies

Research output

Research output per year 1986 2008 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023

• 146 Article
• 66 Chapter
• 13 Book
• 13 Editorial
• 25 More
  • 8 Review article
  • 6 Comment/debate
  • 5 Conference contribution
  • 5 Foreword/postscript
  • 1 Letter

Research output per year

Research output per year

Search results

• 2009

  Government transformation: The first step to integrate e-business into e-government

  Nguyen, H. T. T. & Obi, T., 2009, Integrating E-Business Models for Government Solutions: Citizen-Centric Service Oriented Methodologies and Processes. IGI Global, p. 1-16 16 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

  • electronic business 100%
  • electronic government 88%
  • value chain 69%
  • commercialization 60%
  • specialization 55%

• The networking universities in Asia/pacific for educating green its toward a ubiquitous society

  Obi, T., Suhono, H., Yang, F. & Svasti, P., 2009, 16th ITS World Congress. Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS)

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

  • Chief Information Officer 100%
  • Networking 90%
  • Asia-Pacific 79%
  • networking 65%
  • Education 42%

• The United States and East Asia: Editors' overview

  Ito, T., Kojima, A., McKenzie, C., Noland, M. & Urata, S., 2009 Dec, In: Asian Economic Policy Review. 4, 2, p. 163-180 18 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• 2008

  A trial of the cost benefit analysis of nationwide ultra-high speed telecommunications network infrastructure (Fiber-to-the-Home) development in Japan

  Takachi, K., Otsuka, T. & Mitomo, H., 2008, In: Studies in Regional Science. 38, 2, p. 395-413 19 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • cost-benefit analysis 100%
  • telecommunication 93%
  • trial 68%
  • fiber 63%
  • Japan 62%

• Chapter forty-two immigration policy: Framework and challenges1

  Roberts, G. S., 2008 Apr 1, The Demographic Challenge: A Handbook about Japan. Brill, p. 765-779 15 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
  2 Citations (Scopus)

• Comment on "Internationalization of Indian enterprises: Patterns, strategies, ownership advantages, and implications"

  Urata, S., 2008, In: Asian Economic Policy Review. 3, 2, p. 264-265 2 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  1 Citation (Scopus)

• Comment on "Shares of the rich and the rest in the world economy: Income divergence between nations, 1820-2030"

  Urata, S., 2008, In: Asian Economic Policy Review. 3, 1, p. 85-86 2 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  2 Citations (Scopus)

• Current topics in the discussion on the relationship between e-governance and Education

  Obi, T., 2008, ACM International Conference Proceeding Series. Vol. 351. p. 211-215 5 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

  • Education 100%
  • Information technology 34%
  • Decision making 28%
  • Communication 19%
  3 Citations (Scopus)

• Editors' overview

  Ito, T., Kojima, A., Mckenzie, C. & Urata, S., 2008, In: Asian Economic Policy Review. 3, 2, p. 163-179 17 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Editors' overview

  Hill, H., Ito, T., Kojima, A., McKenzie, C. & Urata, S., 2008, In: Asian Economic Policy Review. 3, 1, p. 1-18 18 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  1 Citation (Scopus)

• E-governance in Japan: Analysis of the current status of e-government and local e-services

  Orihuela, L. & Obi, T., 2008, Proceedings of the International Conference on Electronic Business (ICEB). p. 72-79 8 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

  • E-governance 100%
  • e-government 94%
  • E-services 85%
  • Electronic Government 79%
  • IT Strategy 63%
  1 Citation (Scopus)

• Embodying labor: Work as fieldwork

  Roberts, G. S., 2008 Jan 1, In: Anthropology of Work Review. 29, 3, p. 76-77 2 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Emerging leaders in East Asia: The next generation of political leadership in China, Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan

  Boyd, J. P., Flake, L. G., Li, C., Pyle, K. B., Rigger, S. & Samuels, R. J., 2008, National Bureau of Asian Research. 145 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Book

  • political leadership 100%
  • South Korea 77%
  • Taiwan 71%
  • Japan 63%
  • leader 54%

• Exchange rate volatility and MNCs' production and distribution networks: The case of Japanese manufacturing MNCs

  Kiyota, K., Matsuura, T. & Urata, S., 2008, In: Singapore Economic Review. 53, 3, p. 523-538 16 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Production Networks 100%
  • Exchange Rate Volatility 94%
  • Distribution Network 94%
  • Manufacturing 77%
  • Multinational Corporations 75%
  13 Citations (Scopus)

• Human security approach for global health

  Takemi, K., Jimba, M., Ishii, S., Katsuma, Y. & Nakamura, Y., 2008, In: The Lancet. 372, 9632, p. 13-14 2 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate › peer-review
  24 Citations (Scopus)

• Immigration policy: Framework and challenges

  Roberts, G. S., 2008 Apr 21, The Demographic Challenge: A Handbook about Japan. Brill, p. 765-779 15 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
  3 Citations (Scopus)

• Prosperity's children: Generational change and Japan's future leadership

  Boyd, J. P. & Samuels, R. J., 2008, Emerging Leaders in East Asia: The Next Generation of Political Leadership in China, Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan. National Bureau of Asian Research, p. 55-97 43 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

  • security policy 100%
  • prosperity 95%
  • Economic Policy 90%
  • nationalism 86%
  • Japan 69%
  1 Citation (Scopus)

• Reconsidering the Backward Vertical Linkages of Foreign Affiliates: Evidence from Japanese Multinationals

  Kiyota, K., Matsuura, T., Urata, S. & Wei, Y., 2008 Aug, In: World Development. 36, 8, p. 1398-1414 17 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Vertical Linkages 100%
  • Foreign Affiliates 86%
  • Southeast Asia 72%
  • manufacturing 60%
  • Backward Linkages 57%
  45 Citations (Scopus)

• The role of multinational firms in international trade: The case of Japan

  Kiyota, K. & Urata, S., 2008 Aug, In: Japan and the World Economy. 20, 3, p. 338-352 15 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Multinational Firms 100%
  • world trade 95%
  • International Trade 78%
  • firm 74%
  • Japanese Firms 70%
  9 Citations (Scopus)
• 2007

  Factors influencing the usage of mobile phones in east asia: A comparative study based on the asian metropolitan mobile survey

  Mitomo, H. & Sanbonmatsu, N., 2007, In: Studies in Regional Science. 37, 2, p. 455-469 15 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • mobile phone 100%
  • comparative study 71%
  • Asia 64%
  • services 39%
  • young 32%
  1 Citation (Scopus)

• Impact of E-Commerce Diffusion on Consumer Purchasing Behavior: An Empirical Analysis of Substitutability of ICT for Physical Travel for Book Purchasing

  Someya, H., Otsuka, T. & Mitomo, H., 2007, In: Studies in Regional Science. 37, 4, p. 1157-1172 16 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • electronic commerce 100%
  • information and communication technology 88%
  • empirical analysis 83%
  • electronic business 80%
  • commerce 69%

• Influence of Product Type on Purposes of Using ICT Applications in the Malaysian Research Institutes

  Tahir, N. H. B. & Mitomo, H., 2007, In: Studies in Regional Science. 37, 1, p. 41-57 17 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • information and communication technology 100%
  • research facility 82%
  • communication technology 63%
  • information technology 56%
  • product 38%

• Japan's FTA strategy and free trade area of Asia-Pacific

  Urata, S., 2007, An APEC Trade Agenda?: The Political Economy of a Free Trade Area of the Asia-Pacific. Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, p. 73-98 26 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
  7 Citations (Scopus)

• Shifting Contours of Class and Status

  Roberts, G. S., 2007 Nov 29, A Companion to the Anthropology of Japan. Blackwell Publishing Ltd, p. 104-124 21 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

  • social class 100%
  • Japan 81%
  • egalitarianism 67%
  • gender 54%
  • middle class 48%
  5 Citations (Scopus)

• The creation of regional production networks in Asia Pacific: The case of Japanese multinational corporations

  Urata, S., 2007 Aug 29, Multinational Corporations and the Emerging Network Economy in Asia and the Pacific. Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, p. 114-138 25 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
  2 Citations (Scopus)

• The political economy of the proliferation of FTAs

  Park, Y. C., Urata, S. & Cheong, I., 2007 Mar 20, Challenges to the Global Trading System: Adjustment to Globalization in the Asia-Pacific region. Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, p. 43-57 15 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
• 2006

  Digital Divide among Public Servants in Malaysia: Urban-Rural Differences in Valuing the Use of the Interne

  Faziharudean, T. M. & Mitomo, H., 2006, In: Studies in Regional Science. 35, 4, p. 837-849 13 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • servants 100%
  • digital divide 95%
  • rural area 78%
  • Malaysia 76%
  • income 75%
  1 Citation (Scopus)

• Economies of scale, scope and vertical integration in the provision of digital broadcasting in Japan

  Hitoshi, M. & Ueda, Y., 2006 Dec 1, Digital Broadcasting: Policy and Practice in the Americas, Europe and Japan. Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd., p. 253-271 19 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
  1 Citation (Scopus)

• FDI flows, their determinants, and economic impacts in East Asia

  Urata, S., 2006 Sept 20, Multinationals and Economic Growth in East Asia: Foreign Direct Investment, Corporate Strategies and National Economic Development. Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, p. 21-63 43 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
  2 Citations (Scopus)

• Introduction

  Urata, S., Yue, C. S. & Kimura, F., 2006 Sept 20, In: Unknown Journal. p. 1-19 19 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  1 Citation (Scopus)

• Multinationals and economic growth in East Asia: Foreign direct investment, corporate strategies and national economic development

  Urata, S., Yue, C. S. & Kimura, F., 2006 Sept 20, Routledge Taylor & Francis Group. 496 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Book

  • Corporate Strategy 100%
  • Foreign Direct Investment 96%
  • Economic Growth 65%
  • East Asia 62%
  • Economic Development 58%
  5 Citations (Scopus)

• Similar outcomes, different paths: The cross-national transfer of gendered regulations of employment

  Roberts, G. S., 2006 Dec 6, Gendering the Knowledge Economy: Comparative Perspectives. Palgrave Macmillan, p. 140-160 21 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
  5 Citations (Scopus)

• The commemorative character of Thai historiography: The 1942-43 Thai military campaign in the shan states depicted as a story of national salvation and the restoration of Thai independence

  Murashima, E., 2006 Oct 1, In: Modern Asian Studies. 40, 4, p. 1053-1096 44 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Restoration 100%
  • historiography 99%
  • Thailand 94%
  • restoration 88%
  • Salvation 78%
  7 Citations (Scopus)
• 2005

  An Empirical Study of the Option Value of Teleworking

  Okuya, T. & Mitomo, H., 2005, In: Studies in Regional Science. 35, 3, p. 693-705 13 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • willingness to pay 100%
  • contingent valuation 54%
  • worker 53%
  • attribution 43%
  • overpopulation 31%

• Opposing French colonialism: Thailand and the independence movements in Indo-China in the early 1940s

  Murashima, E., 2005 Nov, In: South East Asia Research. 13, 3, p. 333-383 51 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review

  • colonialism 100%
  • independence movement 95%
  • Thailand 70%
  • colonial age 65%
  • Colonialism 56%
  4 Citations (Scopus)

• The Impact of Knowledge Enrichment Through ICT Usage on Innovation Capability in the Malaysian Public Sector

  Tahir, H. B. & Mitomo, H., 2005, In: Studies in Regional Science. 35, 2, p. 369-382 14 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • information and communication technology 100%
  • public sector 92%
  • workplace 68%
  • innovation 67%
  • communication technology 63%
• 2004

  Exchange rate, exchange rate volatility and foreign direct investment

  Kiyota, K. & Urata, S., 2004 Nov, In: World Economy. 27, 10, p. 1501-1536 36 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  114 Citations (Scopus)

• Financing SMEs in Southeast Asia during the crisis period: The cases of Thailand and Malaysia

  Urata, S., 2004, Entrepreneurship and SMEs in Southeast Asia's Economic Development. Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, p. 44-64 21 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
  2 Citations (Scopus)

• Trade and foreign direct investment in East Asia

  Kawai, M. & Urata, S., 2004 Jun 10, Exchange Rate Regimes in East Asia. RoutledgeCurzon Taylor & Francis Group, p. 15-102 88 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
  14 Citations (Scopus)

• Trade and foreign direct investment in East Asia

  Kawai, M. & Urata, S., 2004, APEC in the 21st Century. Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, p. 212-299 88 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
  1 Citation (Scopus)

• Upgrading technology in ASEAN countries and Japan's ODA

  Urata, S., 2004, External Factors for Asian Development. Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Vol. 1. p. 70-99 30 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

• Why does Japan Receive bo little direct investment from abroad?

  Urata, S., 2004 Jan 1, Changing Japanese Business, Economy and Society: Globalization of Post-Bubble Japan. Palgrave Macmillan, p. 185-202 18 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

  • direct investment 100%
  • Direct Investment 97%
  • Globalization 69%
  • Japan 63%
  • globalization 62%
• 2003

  An Empirical Study of the Impact of ICT on College Students' Shopping Behavior

  Otsuka, T., Someya, H., Jitsuzumi, T. & Mitomo, H., 2003, In: Studies in Regional Science. 34, 1, p. 265-284 20 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • willingness to pay 100%
  • student 65%
  • shop 60%
  • information technology 56%
  • goods 54%

• Bottom up, top down, and sideways: Studying corporations, government programs, and npos

  Roberts, G. S., 2003 Dec 1, Doing Fieldwork in Japan. University of Hawai'i Press, p. 294-314 21 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

  • government program 100%
  • corporation 72%
  • working life 62%
  • migration 19%
  • labor 19%
  3 Citations (Scopus)

• Competitiveness, FDI and technological activity in East Asia

  Lall, S. & Urata, S., 2003, Edward Elgar Publishing. 411 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Book

  • Foreign Direct Investment 100%
  • Competitiveness 80%
  • East Asia 64%
  • Industrial Region 42%
  • Export Competitiveness 42%
  45 Citations (Scopus)

• Competitiveness and technology: An international comparison

  Kawai, H. & Urata, S., 2003, Competitiveness, FDI and Technological Activity in East Asia. Edward Elgar Publishing, p. 57-82 26 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
  6 Citations (Scopus)

• East Asia and options for negotiations on investment

  Bora, B., Yue, C. S., Freeman, N. & Urata, S., 2003 Jan 1, Options for Global Trade Reform: A View From the Asia-Pacific. Cambridge University Press, p. 194-217 24 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

  • Foreign Direct Investment 100%
  • East Asia 64%
  • Asian Economic Crisis 10%
  • Cross-border Mergers and Acquisitions 9%
  • Developing Countries 8%

• Introduction and overview

  Lall, S. & Urata, S., 2003, In: Unknown Journal. p. 1-11 11 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  14 Citations (Scopus)

• Overseas R and D activities and intrafirm technology transfer: The case of Japanese multinationals

  Urata, S. & Kawai, H., 2003, Competitiveness, FDI and Technological Activity in East Asia. Edward Elgar Publishing, p. 103-142 40 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

• Strategies for promoting virtual higher education: General considerations on Africa and Asia

  Kuroda, K. & Shanawez, H. M., 2003 Dec 1, In: African and Asian Studies. 2, 4, p. 565-576 12 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • higher education 100%
  • general education 77%
  • Asia 62%
  • Africa 57%
  • education 48%
  4 Citations (Scopus)