RIETI - Lifecycle of Small and Medium Enterprises and Revitalization of the Japanese Economy

Events

Date and Time: June 23 2005, 10:00-17:55
Venue: RIETI's seminar room (room #1121)
(11th Floor, METI ANNEX, 1-3-1 Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-8901 Japan)
Language: Japanese (no interpretation available)
Fee: 1,000 yen (an official receipt will be issued)
Host: Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI)

* Streaming video footage of and handouts pertaining to the symposium will be available for downloading from the RIETI website after the event.

Moderator:
	UESUGI Iichiro (Fellow, RIETI)

10:00-10:10 Opening Remarks:

YOSHITOMI Masaru (President and CRO, RIETI)

10:10-12:10 Session 1: "Business Start-up"

Session Chair:
	YASUDA Takehiko (Faculty Fellow, RIETI / Professor, Faculty of Economics, Toyo University)

Presentation:
	- HONJO Yuji (Associate Professor, Faculty of Commerce, Chuo University)
	- OKAMURA Hideo (Associate Professor, School of Business Administration, Kwansei Gakuin University)
	- OKAMURO Hiroyuki (Associate Professor, Graduate School of Economics, Hitotsubashi University)

Comment
	- TAKAHASHI Noriyuki (Professor, Economic Management Course, Musashi University)

Q&A

12:10-13:10 Lunch Break

13:10-14:40 Session 2: "Exit and Revival"

Session Chair:
	OKAMURA Hideo (Associate Professor, School of Business Administration, Kwansei Gakuin University)

Presentation:
	- HARADA Nobuyuki (Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Systems and Information Engineering, University of Tsukuba)
	- TACHIBANAKI Toshiaki (Research Counselor and Faculty Fellow, RIETI / Professor, Graduate School of Economics and Faculty of Economics, Kyoto University)

Comment
	- TAKEUCHI Eiji (Lead Economist, Research Institute, National Life Finance Corporation)
	- MATSUSHIMA Shigeru (Professor, Graduate School of Business Administration, Hosei University)

Q&A

14:40-14:55 Coffee Break

14:55-16:10 Session 3: "Business Succession"

Session Chair:
	HARADA Nobuyuki (Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Systems and Information Engineering, University of Tsukuba)

Presentation:
	- YASUDA Takehiko (Faculty Fellow, RIETI / Professor, Faculty of Economics, Toyo University)

Comment:
	- SHIBAYAMA Kiyohiko (General Manager, Research Institute, Japan Finance Corporation for Small and Medium Enterprise)
	- HIRAI Hirohide (Director, Corporate Finance and Tax Affairs Division, Business Environment Department, Small and Medium Enterprise Agency)

Q&A

16:10-16:15 Break

16:15-17:45 Session 4: Panel Discussion

Session Chair:
	YASUDA Takehiko (Faculty Fellow, RIETI / Professor, Faculty of Economics, Toyo University)

Panelists:
	- ITAMI Hiroyuki (Professor of Management, Graduate School of Commerce and Management, Hitotsubashi University)
	- OKAMOTO Tsuyoshi (President, Okamoto Glass Co., Ltd.)
	- NANJO Shunji (Vice Chairman of Editorial Board, Yomiuri Shimbun)
	- MOCHIZUKI Harufumi (Director-General, Small and Medium Enterprise Agency) (tbc)

Q&A

17:45-17:55 Closing Remarks:

OKAMATSU Sozaburo (Chairman, RIETI)

18:00-19:30 Reception at "I PRIMI" (METI B1F)

* The agenda is subject to change.