DIJ Business & Economics Study Group

2013 | 2012 | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | bis 2004

Organisator: Florian Kohlbacher (kohlbacher@dijtokyo.org) / Tim Tiefenbach (tiefenbach@dijtokyo.org)

Die DIJ Business & Economics Study Group versteht sich als Forum für Doktoranden und Doktorandinnen aus den Bereichen Betriebs- und Volkswirtschaftslehre. Jeweils an einem festzulegenden Montag im Monat werden ab 18:30 Uhr laufende Forschungsarbeiten in einem ca. 45 minütigen Vortrag präsentiert, über den dann anschließend diskutiert wird.


2013

22.04.2013:
Sota Kato, International University of Japan; The Tokyo Foundation

Valley of Institutional Change: Japanese Political Economy 1990-2005

25.02.2013:
Adrienne Sala, EHESS (Paris)

Political Economy of Japan’s Consumer Finance: A long-term perspective

04.02.2013:
Stefan Lippert, Temple University, Japan Campus

Japan's 'Hidden Champions' in the Age of Turbulence: Staying Ahead Through Focus and Globalization?


2012

26.11.2012:
Sungwoo Byun, Graduate School of Economics, The University of Tokyo

Designing Supply Chains for Overseas Markets: The Case of Korean Steel Maker POSCO in Japan

14.05.2012:
Hirohiko Okumura, Gakushuin University

A Japanese Perspective on Unforeseeable Economic Trends: “Heterogeneous Economic Entities” Increase Their Influence

17.04.2012:
Gudrun Franzen

Assessing the Japanese Stabilization Policy since the 1990s

12.03.2012:
Kuniko Ishiguro, Institute of Social Science, University of Tokyo

Female Managers’ Career Development in Japanese Companies

30.01.2012:
Fabian Jintae Froese, Korea University

Leadership Succession at Foreign Subsidiaries in Japan


2011

12.12.2011:
Satoko Suzuki, Kyoto University, Graduate School of Management

Diffusion of self-gift consumer behavior in interdependent cultures: The case of ‘jibun e no gohoubi’ [self-reward] consumption practice in Japan

03.10.2011:
Markus Pudelko, University of Tübingen

Japanese Women Working for Domestic Companies versus for Foreign Subsidiaries: Career Opportunities and Beyond

13.06.2011:
Morinosuke Kawaguchi, Arthur D. Little (Japan) Inc.

Geeky-Girly Innovation: A Japanese Subculturist’s Guide to Technology and Design

23.05.2011:
Jesper Edman, Stockholm School of Economics

Putting the ji in ji-bīru: Policy, deregulation and entrepreneurship in the Japanese microbrewery industry

14.02.2011:
Takeshi Matsui, Hitotsubashi University

How was"iyashi" (healing) commercialized and institutionalized in Japan?: The dynamic interaction of media discourse and marketing behaviors


2010

22.11.2010:
Peter Matanle, University of Sheffield

Your Eyes are Lifeless! Manga in the social construction of a gendered hierarchy of employment relations in the Japanese firm

26.07.2010:
Ana María Goy Yamamoto, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid

Lifestyle changes in Japanese women

24.05.2010:
Vesa Peltokorpi, HEC School of Management

Job Embeddedness in Japanese companies

15.03.2010:
Nozomi Enomoto, Tokyo University of Science

University-Industry Collaboration from a Social-Anthropological Perspective – Hidden Dynamics in Japan

15.02.2010:
Per Larsen, Goethe-University, Frankfurt

Science-based clusters in Germany and Japan – Just old wine in new skins?

18.01.2010:
Sebastien Lechevalier, EHESS, Paris

The Japanese Model in Transition


2009

30.11.2009:
Paul J. Scalise, Temple University Japan

Japan's Electricity Deregulation: Prices, Profits, Productivity and the "Reform Idea"

16.11.2009:
Stefan Lippert, Temple University Japan

Japan - Open Society, Closed Market? The internationalization of the Japanese economy and the crisis of 2008-09

19.10.2009:
Alexander P. Witzke

Corporate systems of continued employment and their contribution to an age-free labour market

16.03.2009:
Toshikazu Takahashi, PhD Candidate at Rikkyo University, Tokyo

"Absorptive Capacity" Revisited: Cases from Cross-Border Knowledge Transfer within Japanese Multinationals

03.02.2009:
Masatoshi Kato, Hitotsubashi University, Tokyo

Firm Selection and the Evolution of Market Structure: Evidence from the Japanese Motorcycle Industry


2008

18.11.2008:
Nikolaus Raupp

Financing young high tech companies in Japan: The role of Japanese venture capital managers

25.08.2008:
Markus Pudelko, University of Edinburgh Management School

Japanese Human Resource Management: Moving towards US-Style Practices?

16.06.2008:
Vesa Peltokorpi, HEC School of Management, Paris

The impact of expatriate personality traits on cross-cultural adjustment: A study with expatriates in Japan

19.05.2008:
Deniz Guenal, Universität zu Köln and Chuo University

Mergers in Japanese Company Law

24.04.2008:
榊原研互(慶應義塾大学・商学部・教授)

ドイツ経営経済学におけるナレッジマネジメント論の展開 (Die Entwicklung des Diskurses zum Wissensmanagement in der deutschen Betriebswirtschaftslehre)

17.03.2008:
Silja Graupe, Universität zu Köln and Hitotsubashi University

Between Economics and Philosophy – Eastern and Western Approaches to Knowledge in the Economy and Their Possible Synthesis

04.02.2008:
Jeannette Wilhelmy, PhD Candidate, University of Marburg

Marketing Knowledge Management – The Example of German Companies in Japan

29.01.2008:
Yasuharu Tanzawa, Professor, Chuo University

ライン河上流のバイオ・クラスターにおけるガバナンス構造 (The Governance Structure of Biotechnology Clusters in the Upper Rhine)


2007

17.12.2007:
Uwe Holtschneider

Safeguarding CSR in global supply chains - Japanese MNCs and compliance in China

12.11.2007:
Michael Prieler, Ph.D., Visiting Researcher, German Institute for Japanese Studies

Foreigners Sell: The Case of Japanese TV Commercials

16.10.2007:
Miriam Wilhelm, Free University of Berlin

Managing the complex relationship between cooperation and competition in the automotive industry – A comparison between German and Japanese supplier networks

25.09.2007:
Hiroaki Richard Watanabe, DPhil Candidate, University of Oxford

Diversity within Convergence amongst Capitalist Economies: Politics of Labour Market Deregulation in Italy and Japan

21.08.2007:
Vesa Peltokorpi, HEC School of Management, Paris

Implementation and Internalization of Merit-based Compensation and Promotion Practices: Foreign Subsidiaries in Japan

24.07.2007:
Alexander Bargstädt, Sophia University

Defining the Knowledge Agent. Cross-Cultural Knowledge Transfer between Japan and Germany

29.05.2007:
Ralf Bebenroth, Research Institute for Economics & Business Administration, Kobe University

Circumstances for staffing expatriates to Japan-based foreign MNC affiliates

23.04.2007:
Raina König, Universität Hohenheim and Hitotsubashi University

Standardization and modularization in automotive electronics – a comparison of German and Japanese activities

12.03.2007:
Roman Bartnik, Visiting Research Fellow, Graduate School of Economics of Hitotsubashi University

Controlling Foreign R&D Subsidiaries: Empirical Evidence on Japanese Multinationals

29.01.2007:
Florian Kohlbacher, Visiting Researcher, Hitotsubashi University

The Japanese Way of Knowledge-Based Marketing


2006

03.07.2006:
Miriam Wilhelm, Institute of Management, Free University Berlin and ISS, Tokyo University

Cooperation and Competition in the Automotive Industry - Comparing German and Japanese Supplier Management

27.06.2006:
Jörg Mahlich, Austrian Federal Economic Chamber- Economic Policy Department

Determinants of investment in Japan- the role of keiretsu

15.05.2006:
Steffen David, Doctoral Student, Institute for East Asian Studies, University of Duisburg-Essen

Good-Bye Japan? Market Withdrawals 1999-2005. Reasons, Barriers, and Company-Specific Factors

20.02.2006:
Dr. Mechthild Schrooten, Professor, Hitotsubashi University

Japan - high growth rates, stagnation and recovery

23.01.2006:
Klaus-Jochem Kecker

To Cooperate or Not to Cooperate - Japan's Potential for Regional Economic Integration


2005

28.09.2005:
Seiko Arai, Dr. Phil student, Said Business School, University of Oxford

Internationalization of the Innovation and R&D Management of Japanese and European Multinationals

11.07.2005:
Nobuya Fukugawa, Graduate School of Commerce, Hitotsubashi University

University-Industry Collaboration in Japan

20.06.2005:
Kais Ben Youssef, University of Tsukuba

The Choice between Joint Ventures and Wholly Owned Subsidiaries: the Case of Japanese Direct Investment in Europe

23.05.2005:
Mark Tilton, Associate Professor, Purdue University

Japan's Tougher New Antimonopoly Law: Why It Passed and How It Will Change Japan

11.04.2005:
Ryoko Asai, Ph.D. Candidate, Meiji University

The Sense of Working for Women

14.02.2005:
Rene W. Kaeppeli, Ph.D. Candidate, Rikkyo University

The Examination of Business Performance Factors in West-European Subsidiaries in Japan


2004

06.12.2004:
Dr.-Ing. Robert Alexander Goehlich, Keio University, Department of System Design Engineering

Ticket Price Strategy for Space Tourism

09.08.2004:
Anne Sey, Department for Business Studies, Faculty for Economics at the University of Amsterdam

Selfregulation, Rotation and Kaizen. Japanese Teamwork Restudied

06.07.2004:
Sed Saad , Doctor of Sciences Candidate in Telecommunication at Waseda University, Visiting Researcher at Ewha W. University (Korea)

Telecom Industry vs. Car industry? Who owns the customer?

07.06.2004:
Harald Dolles; Andreas Moerke

Corporate Governance in Multinational Corporations – Investigations in the Japanese Automotive Industry

05.03.2004:
Mark R. Dibben, University of Lincoln, New Zealand

How Business Ventures Start and Develop: Exploring the Relationships between the Entrepreneur and the Venture's Stakeholders


2003

25.11.2003:
Viktoria Heindorf, Research Assistant at Munich University, Japan Centre

Skill Formation and Human Resource Development in Response to the Second IT Revolution. A Comparative Institutional Analysis of Germany and Japan

17.11.2003:
Mark Manger, Ph.D. Candidate, University of British Columbia

Japan's FTA Strategy in Context: Multinational Firm Strategy and the Global Move to Free Trade Agreements

30.06.2003:
Andreas Nabor, Hamburg Institute of International Economics (HWWA)

Stock Exchange Competition in Asia: Tokyo’s role as a financial center

24.03.2003:
Mark Manger, University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada

Investment Rules for the Global Economy - Bilateral and Multilateral Strategies to Protect and Liberalize Foreign Direct Investment

24.02.2003:
Martin Kohlhase, Heinz Nixdorf Scholar

Japanese Electronics Companies on the Edge. An Analysis of Corporate Data and Corporate Strategies


2002

02.09.2002:
Norbert Schultes, German Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Japan

The German System of Foreign Trade Promotion: An Economic Analysis with particular reference to the Activities and Programmes in Japan

15.07.2002:
Professor Dr. Teri Jane Ursacki, University of Calgary

Gaijin in the Boardroom: Change and Continuity in Japanese Boards of Directors, 1983- 2001

24.06.2002:
Dr. Pamela Yeow, Chuo University

In search of a new balance in the employment relationship – the case of Japan

13.05.2002:
Harald Dolles

Does Trust matter? Insights into Japanese-German International Joint Ventures

25.03.2002:
Helmut Demes, Gerhard Mercator University Duisburg

From High School to Work:Recent Changes in the Transition Process

18.02.2002:
Franz Waldenberger

Corporate Governance and Present Restructuring of Japanese Industry

28.01.2002:
Jeffrey L. Funk, Kobe University

The Greater Success of the Japanese Mobile Internet


2001

19.11.2001:
Johannes Moenius, Northwestern University / University of Tokyo

The Effect of Technical Standards on Trade-Flows: Why is Japan different?

22.10.2001:
Christian Schröppel

Japan's crisis assistance to its production networks in East Asia: Throwing good money after bad?

20.09.2001:
Kawashima Yasuko, National Institute for Environmental Studies, Tsukuba

Global Climate Policy: The Role of Japan

20.09.2001:
Detlef F. Sprinz, PIK- Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research

Global Climate Policy: Will Bonn Save Kyoto?

02.07.2001:
Clay Kinney, Credit Suisse First Boston

The New Corporate Division (Kaisha Bunkatsu) law and its impact on the corporate landscape in Japan

04.06.2001:
Prof. Dr. Jürgen Müller, Berlin School of Economics (FHW) and Global Information and Telecommunication Institute, Waseda University, Tokyo

Liberalization of Telecom markets in Western Europe and Japan: A Comparison of Business Strategies

15.05.2001:
Tomō Marukawa, Institute of Social Science, University of Tokyo

Labor management in China

02.04.2001:
Jocelyn Probert, University of Cambridge

Perspectives on corporate reorganisation

22.01.2001:
Daniel A. Heller, PhD Degree Student in Business and Market Studies, The University of Tokyo, Faculty of Economics

The DaimlerChrysler-Mitsubishi Alliance, Any Lessons from the Ford-Mazda Case?


2000

02.11.2000:
Friederike Bosse

Internet and its impact on subcontracting relationships

02.10.2000:
Martin Schulz (Senior Economist, Fujitsu Research Institute)

The Debate on Monetary Policy: Can and Should a Central Bank Do Structural Policy?

07.08.2000:
Johann Heidinger, Ph.D. candidate / Visiting Researcher at the Faculty of Economics, Tokyo University

Current Trends in Japan's Pension Industry: Their Impact on Corporate Governance and Stakeholder Relations

03.07.2000:
Tim Goydke, Ph.D. candidate / Visiting Researcher at the Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies, Waseda University

Prospects and Limits of Industrial Policy in East Asia in the Age of Globalization

05.06.2000:
Jörg Raupach-Sumiya

Growing M&A Activities and their Impact on Japan's Corporate System


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