“…Corporate governance in Japan was characterised by the “main bank” system. However, after the “bubble economy” burst in the early 1990s, institutional investors, including domestic pension funds and foreign asset managers, started to have a greater presence. …”

“…Although total factor productivity is the main long-term influence of real wages, in the short term labour market pressure is clearly the main determining factor. …”

“…Services are the main drivers of economic growth in OECD countries and they are becoming increasingly innovative. …”

“…This working paper summarises the main findings of a data collection exercise documenting the size of the national state-owned enterprise (SOE) sectors in OECD countries (in terms of number, employment and economic value of enterprises), and provides a breakdown by main sectors and types of incorporation. …”

“…The main conclusions are that some “traditional” factors lay behind the disparities in growth patterns across the OECD countries. …”

“…It recommends that the main focus of the future publication should be on public administration. …”

“…The red thread that guides the analysis is the recognition that at the basis of Sieyès' main political-constitutional proposals there is a profoundly rationalist philosophical approach. …”

“…The selection was guided by actual and future demands of applied research and industry, mainly focusing on the efficient use and conversion energy in changing environment. …”

“…Cardiovascular diseases are the main cause of death worldwide with a rising incidence. …”

“…This Special Issue includes manuscripts on mechanistic understanding, development, and implementation of advanced oxidation processes (AOPs) for the removal of contaminants of emerging concern in water and wastewater treatment. The main goal was successfully achieved under the joint effort of authors, anonymous reviewers, and editorial managers. …”

“…The answers to these questions provide an overview of the main notions of ecotoxicology and the main associated concepts, and explain the changes that have transformed the traditional approaches to this science into a more holistic approach that takes into account the complexity of real-life conditions. …”

“…Catholic education faces many challenges, mainly due to secularisation. This applies to both content and methods, as well as teacher training. …”

“…During the 1990s the country has pursued successful macroeconomic stabilisation policies and has also begun the structural reform programmes needed to put the country onto an export-led, high-growth path. The main constraint for this is the need to introduce change at a pace which will not undermine political stability. …”

“…This book summarises the history of the human right to water and examines its main content and the obligations that derive from this right. …”

“…The book follows three main lines of research: 1) new perspectives on technology, values, and ethics; 2) rationality and responsibility in technology; and 3) technology and risks. …”

“…Such a complement is found in phenomenological analyses, especially in those concerning consciousness. Underlying the main problem of the study--which is conscience as cognition--is the question of enriching Thomism with phenomenology."…”

“…The analytical model used proposes a set of sequential analytical levels, taking into account structural factors and specific factors related to the main constituent elements of the functional programmes of JVs. …”

“…Hollingdale, with a new introduction that argues for a dramatic change in Nietzsche's views from Human, All Too Human to Daybreak, and shows how this change, in turn, presages the main themes of Nietzsche's later and better-known works such as On the Genealogy of Morality. …”