Think tank activities
Economic forecasting
In addition to strategy studies and marketing fieldwork for corporations, JMR has an active group of staff involved in macroeconomic forecasting for the Japanese and Asia economy as well as microeconomic modeling of consumer trends and behavior.. JMR publishes a quarterly journal whose title translated in English is
Consumer Economic Review [Shohi keizai rebyuu] with economic forecasts and analysis.
Policy consultancy
JMR is called on by government for studies and consultancy to help leaders plan for future policies in areas such as:
-- consumer privacy policy
-- government level support of innovation
-- infrastructure support for the consumer electronics equipment makers, service
providers and consumers
-- related fields
JMR staff have advised on topics such as:
-- creating more government-industry synergy
-- policy for cognitive radio and spectrum allocation
-- support of industry innovation on the political level
-- regional development consultancy panels
As a consequence JMR written articles appear in govenment related think tank journals such as
Regional Policy Review.
Publications
Recent JMR authored books in Japanese include (rendered here in English):
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Economic Weather Charts for Japan's 47 Prefectures: a "state" level
analysis of the structure of each area economy and forecasts
--
Sekigahara Struggle: Decisive battles in Marketing: 18 case studies
about product makers in oligopoly markets, where a few corporate giants
battle it out for control of Japan's lucrative consumer spending
--
Economics of Marketing: a primer on applying microeconomics,
mathematical modeling and network theory to marketing problems
Business and economic journal contributions
JMR authors' recent articles have appeared in these Japanese weeklies and monthlies such as:
-- Weekly Economist [週刊エコミスト] -- large circulation economics bi-weekly)
-- IT & Kaden [ＩＴ＆家電] -- monthly IT and home electronics trade magazine
-- Nihon Keizai [日本経済新聞] -- world's largest circulation business daily
-- Tokyo Newspaper [東京新聞] -- daily newspaper
-- Conbini Monthly [月刊コンベニ] -- trade monthly for convenience store
managers and suppliers
