DIJ Business & Economics Study Group
The DIJ Business and Economics Study Group is an informal forum for scholars and Ph.D. candidates working in the field of business and economics studies. Speakers are asked to give a 45 min presentation, which is followed by a discussion session. Presentations are usually given in English.
If you are interested in presenting, please contact the Study Group organizer:
2019
June 13, 2019Making the Most of Scarcity? The Role of Natural Assets in Pre-WWII Japanese Economic Development
Jean-Pascal Bassino, ENS Lyon; CNRS research fellow at the French Research Institute on Japan at Maison Franco Japonaise
May 14, 2019
How Can We Explain the Lag of Japan’s Sharing Economy?
Junxi Yao, University of Sheffield
February 6, 2019
What Happens Abroad Stays Abroad? Expatriates’ Psychological Contracts
Tassilo Schuster, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
2018
June 21, 2018Market Reactions to Downsizing Announcements – the Role of Strategy and Knowledge Intensity
Daniel Ehnes, Goethe University Frankfurt
2016
July 26, 2016The Employees’ View on Cross-Border M&As in Japan: What do Employees Need to Speak in Favor of an Acquisition?
Kai Oliver Thiele, German Institute for Japanese Studies
July 19, 2016
Corporate Governance Regulation by Comply-or-Explain as Seen from Soft Law and Self Regulation
Michael Pfeifer, German Institute for Japanese Studies
March 23, 2016
An Introduction to Socio- and Econo-Physics - with an Application to the Japanese Economy
Juergen Mimkes, Paderborn University, Physics Department
February 17, 2016
The Business Judgment Rule in Japan and its Reception
Jesco Lindner, German Institute for Japanese Studies
February 3, 2016
Health and Home Ownership: Findings for the Case of Japan
Matthias Helble and Toshiaki Aizawa, Asian Development Bank Institute
January 15, 2016
Exploring the Effects of Transportation and Energy Infrastructure on Subjective Well-Being
Kong Joo Shin, Kyushu University
2015
December 18, 2015On the Importance of Being Fair -Antecedents and Consequences of Organizational Justice-
Vyara Radulova, German Institute for Japanese Studies
October 6, 2015
Changes of Female’s Life Satisfaction and Happiness before and after Marriage and Childbirth
Risa Hagiwara, Faculty of economics, Meikai University
June 15, 2015
The Employees' View on Cross-Border M&As in Japan: What do Employees Need to Speak in Favor of an Acquisition?
Kai Oliver Thiele, Hamburg University of Technology, Germany / Kobe University, Japan)
June 5, 2015
Hiring Fresh Graduates for Tokyo: Objectives and Obstacles of the Overseas Recruitment Activities of Japanese Companies
Hendrik Meyer-Ohle, National University of Singapore / Harald Conrad, University of Sheffield
May 27, 2015
What is the Problem with Economic Stagnation?
Johannes Hirata, Osnabrück University of Applied Science
May 22, 2015
Does the Expectation of Having to Look after Parents in the Future Affect Current Fertility?
Kei Sataka, Ritsumeikan University, Graduate School of Economics
2014
June 10, 2014The Physical and Social Determinants of Mortality in the 3.11 Tsunami
Yasuyuki Sawada, University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Economics
May 21, 2014
A Report on Life and Health in Japan after the Great East Japan Earthquake
Hiroshi Yoshida, Tohoku University; International Research Institute of Disaster Science
April 14, 2014
Global Performance Reviews and the Challenge of Multiple Role Expectations and Firm Strategic Objectives: Lessons from Japan
N. Sue Bruning, I.H. Asper School of Business, University of Manitoba
March 3, 2014
Fighting the Imbalance - Policy Holder Protection in Japanese Insurance Law - A Comparative Study
Köksal Sahin, German Institute for Japanese Studies
2013
November 18, 2013The Properties and Effects of Collectivism and Individualism in Japan: Two Perspectives from Cultural Psychology
Yuji Ogihara / Shintaro Fukushima
July 29, 2013
‘Creating a Pleasant Life’ – Mujirushi Ryōhin and Lifestyle-Consumption in Japan since the 1980s
Christiane Rühle, German Institute for Japanese Studies
April 22, 2013
Valley of Institutional Change: Japanese Political Economy 1990-2005
Sota Kato, International University of Japan; The Tokyo Foundation
February 25, 2013
Political Economy of Japan’s Consumer Finance: A long-term perspective
Adrienne Sala, EHESS (Paris)
February 4, 2013
Japan's 'Hidden Champions' in the Age of Turbulence: Staying Ahead Through Focus and Globalization?
Stefan Lippert, Temple University, Japan Campus
2012
November 26, 2012Designing Supply Chains for Overseas Markets: The Case of Korean Steel Maker POSCO in Japan
Sungwoo Byun, Graduate School of Economics, The University of Tokyo
May 14, 2012
A Japanese Perspective on Unforeseeable Economic Trends: “Heterogeneous Economic Entities” Increase Their Influence
Hirohiko Okumura, Gakushuin University
April 17, 2012
Assessing the Japanese Stabilization Policy since the 1990s
Gudrun Franzen, German Institute for Japanese Studies
March 12, 2012
Female Managers’ Career Development in Japanese Companies
Kuniko Ishiguro, Institute of Social Science, University of Tokyo
January 30, 2012
Leadership Succession at Foreign Subsidiaries in Japan
Fabian Jintae Froese, Korea University
2011
December 12, 2011Diffusion of Self-Gift Consumer Behavior in Interdependent Cultures: The Case of ‘jibun e no gohoubi’ [Self-Reward] Consumption Practice in Japan
Satoko Suzuki, Kyoto University, Graduate School of Management
October 3, 2011
Japanese Women Working for Domestic Companies versus for Foreign Subsidiaries: Career Opportunities and Beyond
Markus Pudelko, University of Tübingen
June 13, 2011
Geeky-Girly Innovation: A Japanese Subculturist’s Guide to Technology and Design
Morinosuke Kawaguchi, Arthur D. Little (Japan) Inc.
May 23, 2011
Putting the ji in ji-bīru: Policy, Deregulation and Entrepreneurship in the Japanese Microbrewery Industry
Jesper Edman, Stockholm School of Economics
February 14, 2011
How was"iyashi" (healing) Commercialized and Institutionalized in Japan?: The Dynamic Interaction of Media Discourse and Marketing Behaviors
Takeshi Matsui, Hitotsubashi University
2010
November 22, 2010Your Eyes are Lifeless! Manga in the social construction of a gendered hierarchy of employment relations in the Japanese firm
Peter Matanle, University of Sheffield
July 26, 2010
Lifestyle changes in Japanese women
Ana María Goy Yamamoto, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
May 24, 2010
Job Embeddedness in Japanese Companies
Vesa Peltokorpi, HEC School of Management
March 15, 2010
University-Industry Collaboration from a Social-Anthropological Perspective – Hidden Dynamics in Japan
Nozomi Enomoto, Tokyo University of Science
February 15, 2010
Science-based clusters in Germany and Japan – Just old wine in new skins?
Per Larsen, Goethe-University, Frankfurt
January 18, 2010
The Japanese Model in Transition
Sebastien Lechevalier, EHESS, Paris
2009
November 30, 2009Japan's Electricity Deregulation: Prices, Profits, Productivity and the "Reform Idea"
Paul J. Scalise, Temple University Japan
November 16, 2009
Japan - Open Society, Closed Market? The internationalization of the Japanese economy and the crisis of 2008-09
Stefan Lippert, Temple University Japan
October 19, 2009
Corporate systems of continued employment and their contribution to an age-free labour market
Alexander P. Witzke, German Institute for Japanese Studies
March 16, 2009
"Absorptive Capacity" Revisited: Cases from Cross-Border Knowledge Transfer within Japanese Multinationals
Toshikazu Takahashi, PhD Candidate at Rikkyo University, Tokyo
February 3, 2009
Firm Selection and the Evolution of Market Structure: Evidence from the Japanese Motorcycle Industry
Masatoshi Kato, Hitotsubashi University, Tokyo
2008
November 18, 2008Financing young high tech companies in Japan: The role of Japanese venture capital managers
Nikolaus Raupp, German Institute for Japanese Studies
August 25, 2008
Japanese Human Resource Management: Moving towards US-Style Practices?
Markus Pudelko, University of Edinburgh Management School
June 16, 2008
The impact of expatriate personality traits on cross-cultural adjustment: A study with expatriates in Japan
Vesa Peltokorpi, HEC School of Management, Paris
May 19, 2008
Mergers in Japanese Company Law
Deniz Guenal, Universität zu Köln and Chuo University