DIJ Business & Economics Study Group

2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002 | 2001 and earlier

Organizer: Volker Elis (elis@dijtokyo.org) / Florian Kohlbacher (kohlbacher@dijtokyo.org)

The DIJ Business & Economics Study Group is intended as an informal forum for young scholars and PhD candidates in the field of business and economics studies. On the one Monday of the month at 6:30 PM a scholar presents his research topic for about 45 minutes in the DIJ, which is then discussed by participants.

All are invited to attend. As seating is limited, those interested in attending are asked to register with Volker Elis at the DIJ.


2010

July 26th 2010:
Ana María Goy Yamamoto, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid

Lifestyle changes in Japanese women

May 24th 2010:
Vesa Peltokorpi, HEC School of Management

Job Embeddedness in Japanese companies

March 15th 2010:
Nozomi Enomoto, Tokyo University of Science

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

February 15th 2010:
Per Larsen, Goethe-University, Frankfurt

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

January 18th 2010:
Sebastien Lechevalier, EHESS, Paris

The Japanese Model in Transition


2009

November 30th 2009:
Paul J. Scalise, Temple University Japan

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

November 16th 2009:
Stefan Lippert, Temple University Japan

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

October 19th 2009:
Alexander Witzke, University of Bonn

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

March 16th 2009:
Toshikazu Takahashi, PhD Candidate at Rikkyo University, Tokyo

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

February 3rd 2009:
Masatoshi Kato, Hitotsubashi University, Tokyo

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


2008

November 18th 2008:
Nikolaus Raupp

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

August 25th 2008:
Markus Pudelko, University of Edinburgh Management School

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

June 16th 2008:
Vesa Peltokorpi, HEC School of Management, Paris

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

May 19th 2008:
Deniz Guenal, Universität zu Köln and Chuo University

Mergers in Japanese Company Law

April 24th 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 (The development of the discourse on knowledge management in German business studies)

March 17th 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

February 4th 2008:
Jeannette Wilhelmy, PhD Candidate, University of Marburg

Marketing Knowledge Management – The Example of German Companies in Japan

January 29th 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

December 17th 2007:
Uwe Holtschneider

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

November 12th 2007:
Michael Prieler, Ph.D., Visiting Researcher, German Institute for Japanese Studies

Foreigners Sell: The Case of Japanese TV Commercials

October 16th 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

September 25th 2007:
Hiroaki Richard Watanabe, DPhil Candidate, University of Oxford

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

August 21st 2007:
Vesa Peltokorpi, HEC School of Management, Paris

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

July 24th 2007:
Alexander Bargstädt, Sophia University

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

May 29th 2007:
Ralf Bebenroth, Research Institute for Economics & Business Administration, Kobe University

Circumstances for staffing expatriates to Japan-based foreign MNC affiliates

April 23rd 2007:
Raina König, Universität Hohenheim and Hitotsubashi University

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

March 12th 2007:
Roman Bartnik, Visiting Research Fellow, Graduate School of Economics of Hitotsubashi University

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

January 29th 2007:
Florian Kohlbacher, Visiting Researcher, Hitotsubashi University

The Japanese Way of Knowledge-Based Marketing


2006

July 3rd 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

June 27th 2006:
Jörg Mahlich, Austrian Federal Economic Chamber- Economic Policy Department

Determinants of investment in Japan- the role of keiretsu

May 15th 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

February 20th 2006:
Dr. Mechthild Schrooten, Professor, Hitotsubashi University

Japan - high growth rates, stagnation and recovery

January 23rd 2006:
Klaus-Jochem Kecker

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


2005

September 28th 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

July 11th 2005:
Nobuya Fukugawa, Graduate School of Commerce, Hitotsubashi University

University-Industry Collaboration in Japan

June 20th 2005:
Kais Ben Youssef, University of Tsukuba

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

May 23rd 2005:
Mark Tilton, Associate Professor, Purdue University

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

April 11th 2005:
Ryoko Asai, Ph.D. Candidate, Meiji University

The Sense of Working for Women

February 14th 2005:
Rene W. Kaeppeli, Ph.D. Candidate, Rikkyo University

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


2004

December 6th 2004:
Dr.-Ing. Robert Alexander Goehlich, Keio University, Department of System Design Engineering

Ticket Price Strategy for Space Tourism

August 9th 2004:
Anne Sey, Department for Business Studies, Faculty for Economics at the University of Amsterdam

Selfregulation, Rotation and Kaizen. Japanese Teamwork Restudied

July 6th 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?

June 7th 2004:
Harald Dolles; Andreas Moerke

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

March 5th 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

November 25th 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

November 17th 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

June 30th 2003:
Andreas Nabor, Hamburg Institute of International Economics (HWWA)

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

March 24th 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

February 24th 2003:
Martin Kohlhase, Heinz Nixdorf Scholar

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


2002

September 2nd 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

July 15th 2002:
Professor Dr. Teri Jane Ursacki, University of Calgary

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

June 24th 2002:
Dr. Pamela Yeow, Chuo University

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

May 13th 2002:
Harald Dolles

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

March 25th 2002:
Helmut Demes, Gerhard Mercator University Duisburg

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

February 18th 2002:
Franz Waldenberger

Corporate Governance and Present Restructuring of Japanese Industry

January 28th 2002:
Jeffrey L. Funk, Kobe University

The Greater Success of the Japanese Mobile Internet


2001

November 19th 2001:
Johannes Moenius, Northwestern University / University of Tokyo

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

October 22nd 2001:
Christian Schröppel

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

September 20th 2001:
Kawashima Yasuko, National Institute for Environmental Studies, Tsukuba

Global Climate Policy: The Role of Japan

September 20th 2001:
Detlef F. Sprinz, PIK- Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research

Global Climate Policy: Will Bonn Save Kyoto?

July 2nd 2001:
Clay Kinney, Credit Suisse First Boston

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

June 4th 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

May 15th 2001:
Tomō Marukawa, Institute of Social Science, University of Tokyo

Labor management in China

April 2nd 2001:
Jocelyn Probert, University of Cambridge

Perspectives on corporate reorganisation

January 22nd 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

November 2nd 2000:
Friederike Bosse

Internet and its impact on subcontracting relationships

October 2nd 2000:
Martin Schulz (Senior Economist, Fujitsu Research Institute)

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

August 7th 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

July 3rd 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

June 5th 2000:
Jörg Raupach-Sumiya

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


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