Japanese Corporate Finance and International Competition

Masasuke Ide is Executive Fellow at the Nomura Research Institute at Noruma School of Advanced Management in Tokyo

• PART 1: THE CENTRAL MARKETPLACE OF CAPITALISM - Economic Systems and Resource Allocation - Economic Value Creation by the Investor-owned Companies - The Role of the Capital Market - Stock Market as the Final Judge of the Value Creation Process - PART 2: THE JAPANESE CAPITALISM - Japanese Economic and Financial System - The Unique Features of Japanese Stocks and Share Ownership Structure - The Stock Valuation in Japan (1): Phase One - The Stock Valuation in Japan (2): Phase Two - Factors Underpinning the Call-optionization of the Stock Market - PART 3: CORPORATE PROFITABILITY AND THE COST OF CAPITAL - Corporate Profitability and International Competition - International Comparison of Cost of Capital - PART 4: CRITICAL REASSESSMENT OF THE JAPANESE CAPITALISM AS A CATCH-UP MODEL - Japan's National Value Creation System - Merits and Demerits of the Japanese Capitalism - The Future: New Challenges and Changes - Index