Video available for the lecture by Professor Gerald Curtis, " Japan's Historic Election: Cause & Consequence"
Video available for the lecture by Professor Gerald Curtis, " Japan's Historic Election: Cause & Consequence"
November 10 Conference, "Coping with Crisis: Financial Policy in the U.S. and Japan"
The Center on Japanese Economy and Business, Columbia Business School and the Program for Economic Research are organizing a conference on Tuesday, November 10, Coping with Crisis: Financial Policy in the U.S. and Japan. The speakers are Professors Heizo Takenaka of Keio University, Patrick Bolton of Columbia Business School, and Takatoshi Ito of The University of Tokyo. The conference will be held from 6:00 p.m. until 7:30 p.m. in Uris #301at the Columbia Business School, followed by a reception until 8:30 p.m.
Professor Wouter Dessein participates in Keizai Koho Center Invitation Program for U.S. Business School Educators
Professor Wouter Dessein participates in Keizai Koho Center Invitation Program for U.S. Business School Educators
Video available for the conference "The Financial and Economic Futures of Japan and the US" held on May 14 in Tokyo
Video available for the conference "The Financial and Economic Futures of Japan and the US" held on May 14 in Tokyo
New Submissions to the CJEB Working Paper Series
The Center on Japanese Economy and Business Working Paper Series has recently published the two installments below. These papers and all Center on Japanese Economy and Business research and publications, are available at www.gsb.columbia.edu/cjeb/research/ac.
Video available for the symposium "Two Behemoths in a Troubled Industry: Toyota and GM" held on April 6 in New York
Video available for the symposium "Two Behemoths in a Troubled Industry: Toyota and GM" held on April 6 in New York
April 6 Symposium - "Two Behemoths in a Troubled Industry: Toyota and GM." CJEB Graduate Fellow Vivien Ng reports
On April 6, 2009, the Center on Japanese Economy and Business organized a symposium titled "Two Behemoths in a Troubled Industry: Toyota and GM." The speakers were Steven Sturm, Group Vice President of Americas Strategic Research and Planning and Corporate Communications at Toyota Motor North America, and William Holstein, author of Why GM Matters: Inside the Race to Transform an American Icon. The discussion was moderated by David Weinstein, Carl S Shoup Professor of the Japanese Economy at Columbia University, and Professor Hugh Patrick, director of the Center on Japanese Economy and Business, served as commentator. The symposium was cosponsored by Columbia Business School's Asian Business Association, General Management Association, and Japan Business Association.
"GM's Plight Is a Slippery Slope for Toyota"
Hugh Patrick, Director of Center on Japanese Economy and Business, was featured on the Columbia Business School's blog "Public Offering" in a post titled "GM's Plight Is a Slippery Slope for Toyota."
Professors Hugh Patrick, David Weinstein discuss state of Japan's Economy at the NY Federal Reserve
The Japan Table at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York on March 26 hosted an informal panel discussion on the Japanese economy, focusing on macroeconomic and monetary policy in Japan, and lessons for the United States. The panelists in order of appearance were Richard Katz, editor of The Oriental Economist; David Weinstein, Shoup Professor of the Japanese Economy and Associate Director for Research of the Center on Japanese Economy and Business at Columbia University; Nami Numoto, Deputy General Manager of the Chief Representative Office for the Americas, Bank of Japan; Hugh Patrick, Director of the Center on Japanese Economy and Business, Columbia University; and Alicia Ogawa, Adjunct Professor at the School of International and Public Affairs and Senior Advisor to the Center on Japanese Economy and Business, Columbia University.