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How has the Nikkei Described Medium-Sized Enterprises? : A Text-Mining Based Analysis
No full textIn recent years, Japanese policymakers have shown increasing interest in medium-sized enterprises (MSEs). However, the latest literature review indicates that a common theoretical perspective is being lost in MSE studies in Japan. The purpose of this paper is to reveal what topics have been mentioned in Japan's leading economic newspapers, using text-mining methods, and to identify research agendas that MSE studies in the future should address.The analysis covers 626 articles published in the Nihon Keizai Shimbun (known as Nikkei) and its affiliate newspapers from 1981 to 2020. According to the results of the analysis, the topics that lack adequate academic research despite the practical and policy demands are as follows. 1) Top management related issues, especially the training of executive candidates and recruiting professional managers. 2) Strategic management, including internationalization and growth strategies of companies from medium-sized to large
The Opinions of Students and Effect on Learning in University English Classes in both Online and Face-to-Face Settings
No full textThe purpose of this study is to review the results of the awareness survey, regarding online English classes and traditional face-to-face classes conducted in the first semester of the 2021 academic year at Wakayama University. The paper also shows the comparison of the results of the term-end exams of 2021 and 2019, which was conducted face-to-face. The survey revealed that more than half of the students wanted to have a combination of online and face-to-face classes, whereas about thirty percent of students wanted all face-to-face lessons. The comparison of exams shows the combined classes in 2021 had higher scores than the face-to-face classes in 2019. Advantages and disadvantages of online classes as well as face-to-face classes are also presented. Some suggestions for more efficient English education in general are added for the future development of English teaching systems at universities