To: Lecture Note Index

Lecture Note B: Brief, Graphical and Tabulated Overview of Jpns Firms and Industry, 1950-1970-1997 [Source for "Industry": Junior Asahi Nenkan 1998/99]

1. Diagrams and Tables on Features of Jpns Firms (including International Comparison): Questionaire-Based Survey Results [Source: Eisuke Sakakibara, 1995]
2. Three industries:
   1. Primary industry: agriculture, forestry, fishery.
   2. Secondary industry: mining, building/construction, manufacturing.
   3. Tertiary industry: Service (commerce, finance, transportation, telecommunication, etc.).
   4. Definition of Gross Domestic Product (GDP).
   5. Graphs: Three industries, Wage, etc. [Also useful here is Table: Highlights of yen_dollar exchange rate and Jpn economy; Credit expansion and crunch (1970q1 - present).]
   6. Tables: Commerce/Distribution
   7. Graph and Table: Wage per Hour (International Comparison, 1995)
      • Note the way of using foreign exchange rates that makes international comparison of the wage possible and meaningful.
3. International activity: see Table : yen_dollar exchange rate, international business activity of Jpn firms, and Jpn economic growth (1945 - present).

To: Lecture Note Index

Lecture Note E: Yen/US dollar exchange rate and the Japanese economy

1. Yen_dollar exchange rate behavior has critical implications for Jnps corporate operations abroad, such as exporting and overseas production.
2. <<9/?/98>> Plots : Most recent yen_dollar exchange rate (Jan. - - ?/1998)
3. Plots : yen_dollar exchange rate and Jpn economic growth (1970q1 - present)
4. Table : Highlights of yen_dollar exchange rate and Jpn economy; Credit expansion and crunch (1970q1 - present)
5. Table: yen_dollar exchange rate and the Japanese economy (1945 - present)
6. Table : yen_dollar exchange rate, international business activity of Jpn firms, and Jpn economic growth (1945 - present)

To: Lecture Note Index

Lecture Note F: Stock price, land price, official discount rate, oil price and the Japanese economy

1. Stock price behavior has critical implications for Jnps "fukumi (paper profit)-based management." See Mgmt Style by Function: Finance and Accounting/Auditing.
2. <<9/?/98>> Plots : Most recent stock prices for Jpns and US markets(1995 - - ?/1998).
3. Plots: official discount rate, stock price, and Jpn economic growth (1970q1 - present)
   1. Official discount rate behavior has critical implications for Jnps economic conditions. See Table : Highlights of yen_dollar exchange rate and Jpn economy; Credit expansion and crunch (1970q1 - present).
4. Plots: Land price (1987 - 1997) [Source: Junior Asahi Nenkan 1998/99]
   1. Land price behavior has critical implications for Jnps "fukumi (paper profit)-based management." See Mgmt Style by Function: Finance and Accounting/Auditing.
5. Plots: Oil price (1970 - 1996) [Source: Junior Asahi Nenkan 1998/99]
   1. Oil price behavior has critical implications for Jnps economic conditions. See Table : Highlights of yen_dollar exchange rate and Jpn economy; Credit expansion and crunch (1970q1 - present).