No.572  March 23, 2009  Japanese
Speaker: HASHIMOTO Takashi (Professor, Graduate School of Professional Accountancy, Aoyama Gakuin University)
Speaker: HATTA Shinji (Auditor, RIETI / Professor, Graduate School of Professional Accountancy, Aoyama Gakuin University)
Moderator: SATO Kiichiro (Vice President, RIETI)
"A Review of the Financial Reporting and Auditing System in Japan--Evaluations of the Reforms started in the late 1990s"

No.571  March 18, 2009 
Speaker: Richard CRONIN (Senior Associate, Henry L. Stimson Center)
Commentator: KAWAKAMI Takashi (Professor, Faculty of International Studies, Takushoku University)
Moderator: NISHIGAKI Atsuko (Senior Fellow, RIETI)
"The Global Financial-Economic Crisis and the Obama Administration's Policies towards East/Southeast Asia"
Handout (Henry L. Stimson Center)
Summary

No.570  March 16, 2009 
Speaker: David SHAMBAUGH (Professor of Political Science and International Affairs and Director of China Policy Program, The Elliott School of International Affairs, The George Washington University)
Moderator: MATSUMOTO Kayo (Fellow, RIETI)
"The Old & New Shape of Asian International Politics"
Summary

No.569  March 11, 2009  Japanese
Speaker: KINOSHITA Toshihiko (Visiting Professor, the Graduate School of Asia-Pacific Studies (GSAPS), Waseda University)
Moderator: KURODA Atsuo (Director, International Economic Affairs Division, Trade Policy Bureau, METI)
"Transformation and Strategies of Japanese Firms toward the Post-'Subprime Loan Crisis' World"

No.568  March 10, 2009  Japanese
Speaker: MORINOBU Shigeki (Professor, Chuo Law School / Chief Research Fellow, the Tokyo Foundation)
Moderator: SATO Kiichiro (Vice President, RIETI)
"Discussion on Taxpayer Identification Number--From a Taxpayer Point of View"

No.567  February 26, 2009 
Speaker: Claude BARFIELD (Resident Scholar, The American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research)
Moderator: MUNAKATA Naoko (Director, Multilateral Trade System Department, Trade Policy Bureau, METI)
"The Politics and Likely Trade Policies of the Obama Administration: the Doha Round, Preferential Trade Agreements, and Asian Regionalism"
Handout 1 (American Enterprise Institute)
Handout 2 (The American)
Handout 3 (The American)
Handout 4 [PDF:71KB] (Preliminary Draft: Please do not Quote Without Author's Permission)
Summary

No.566  February 23, 2009 
Speaker: Nicolas VERON (Research Fellow, Bruegel)
Moderator: HOSHINO Mitsuhide (Director of Research, RIETI)
"Banking Supervision in Europe: Impact of the Financial Crisis"
Handout [PDF:260KB]
Summary

No.565  February 18, 2009  Japanese
Speaker: SANBONMATSU Susumu (Senior Researcher, Organization for Small & Medium Enterprises and Regional Innovation, Japan)
Commentator: ITAYA Toshimasa (President, Property Data Bank, Inc.)
Moderator: HOSHINO Mitsuhide (Director of Research, RIETI)
"Toward Service Model Innovation, Productivity Improvement, and Creation of New Industry for Japanese SEMs and Startups"

No.564  February 04, 2009 
Speaker: Pekka KARKOVIRTA (Vice-Chair, Working Group on Export Credits and Credit Guarantees, OECD)
Speaker: OKADA Kohei (Vice-Chair, Working Group on Export Credits and Credit Guarantees, OECD / Chief Representative, Nippon Export and Investment Insurance (NEXI), Paris)
Speaker: Janet WEST (Head, Export Credits Division, OECD)
Moderator: MATSUURA Tetsuya (Trade Finance and Economic Cooperation Division, Trade and Economic Cooperation Bureau, METI)
"Export Credits and the OECD: Achievements and Challenges"
Handout [PDF:143KB]
Summary

No.563  January 28, 2009  Japanese
Speaker: TSUGAMI Toshiya (President, Toa Capital Corp.)
Moderator: SATO Kiichiro (Vice President, RIETI)
"Chinese Economy -- Can she be an engine of the world economic growth?"

No.562  January 27, 2009  Japanese
Speaker: HAYASHI Tomoko (Director for Overseas Economies, Cabinet Office)
Moderator: SABURI Masataka (Director, Policy Planning and Research Office, Trade Policy Bureau, METI)
"Global Financial Crisis and World Economic Outlook"

No.561  January 26, 2009 
Speaker: Ann HARDING (Director, National Centre for Social and Economic Modelling (NATSEM) / Professor, Applied Economics and Social Policy, University of Canberra)
Moderator: NAKATA Daigo (Fellow, RIETI)
"Social Policy in Australia: Recent Directions and the Use of Microsimulation Models in the Policy Reform Process"
Handout [PDF:2.17MB]
Summary

No.560  January 22, 2009 
Speaker: Bertin MARTENS (Deputy Chief Economist, DG Trade, European Commission)
Moderator: HOSHINO Mitsuhide (Director of Research, RIETI)
"Non-tariff Barriers to Trade in Goods, Services and Investment"
Handout [PDF:150KB]
Summary

No.559  January 21, 2009  Japanese
Speakrer: HIRATSUKA Nobuyuki (Director for Corporate System, Corporate Affairs Division, Industrial Policy Bureau, METI / Former Secretary General, Japan Business Council in Europe)
Moderator: YAMADA Masato (Deputy Director of Administration, RIETI)
"Future Prospects of EU Product Environmental Regulations (ex: RoHS, REACH) - Changes in Corporate Activity and Policy Decision Making"

No.558  January 16, 2009 
Speaker: Jay ROSENGARD (Lecturer in Public Policy / Director, Financial Sector Program, J. F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University)
Moderator: KURIHARA Jun (Liaison Officer, RIETI / Senior Fellow, Center for Business and Government & John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University)
"The Global Economic Crisis: Causes, Consequences, and Responses"
Summary

No.557  January 15, 2009 
Speaker: Harald HOHMANN (Attorney / Senior Partner, Hohmann & Partner Rechtsanwalte)
Commentator / Moderator: TAIRA Satoru (Professor of Law, Graduate School of Law, Osaka City University)
"The U.S. Iran Embargo: Which Japanese companies must comply? Some new challenges for Japanese companies"
Handout [PDF:22KB]
Summary

No.556  January 14, 2009  Japanese
Speaker: KITAMURA Toshiharu (Professor, Graduate School of Global Information and Telecommunication Studies, Waseda University / Member of Public Interest Oversight Board)
Moderator: OZAKI Masahiko (Senior Fellow and Research Coordinator, RIETI)
"The Descent and Current Situation of Islamic Finance and Japan"

No.555  January 13, 2009  Japanese
Speaker: TATEUCHI Tadashi (Motor Journalist / Representative, Japan Electric Vehicle Club)
Moderator: SATO Kiichiro (Vice President, RIETI)
"How to Spread Electric Vehicles"

No.554  December 22, 2008  Japanese
Speaker: YAMAZAKI Yasuyo (Representative, Yamazaki Associates, Think Tank)
Moderator: SATO Kiichiro (Vice President, RIETI)
"From Oil Based Economy to Sun Based Economy"

No.553  December 15, 2008  Japanese
Speaker: YAMAGUCHI Kazuo (Visiting Fellow, RIETI / Hanna H. Gray Professor of Sociology, the University of Chicago)
Commentator: SATO Hiroki (Professor, Institute of Social Science, the University of Tokyo)
Moderator: NISHIGAKI Atsuko (Senior Fellow, RIETI / Senior Research Fellow, Institute for International Policy Studies)
"Over-Employment: The Structure, Determinants, and Policy Measures for Time-Related Involuntary Employment"

No.552  December 12, 2008  Japanese
Speaker: HASEGAWA Katsuya (Professor, Strategic Management Laboratory, ASMeW, Waseda University)
Moderator: OZAKI Masahiko (Senior Fellow and Research Coordinator, RIETI)
"Technology Strategy in the Era of Open Innovation"

No.551  December 11, 2008 
Speaker: Vinod AGGARWAL (Director and Professor, Berkeley APEC Study Center / University of California, Berkeley)
Commentator: URATA Shujiro (Faculty Fellow, RIETI / Professor of International Economics, Graduate School of Asia-Pacific Studies, Waseda University)
Moderator: FUKUNAGA Tetsuro (Director, Office for the Promotion of Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation, Trade Policy Bureau, METI)
"The U.S., APEC, and East Asian Integration: Policy trends and options"
Summary

No.550  December 05, 2008 
Speaker: Michel FOUQUIN (Deputy Director, the CEPII / Associate Professor, the University of Paris I (Pantheon- Sorbonne))
Commentator / Moderator: FUKAO Kyoji (Faculty Fellow, RIETI / Professor, Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University)
"Labour Productivity: Are Diverging Trends between Developed Countries Durable?"
Handout [PDF:350KB]
Comment [PDF:246KB]
Summary

No.549  November 20, 2008 
Speaker: HASHIMOTO Takashi (Professor, Graduate School of Professional Accountancy, Aoyama Gakuin University)
Commentator: FUJINUMA Tsuguoki (Trustee, International Accounting Standards Committee Foundation / Former Chairman and President, Japanese Institute of Certified Public Accountants / Former President, IFAC / Chairman of Trustees, the Financial Accounting Standards Foundation of Japan)
Moderator: HATTA Shinji (Auditor, RIETI / Professor, Graduate School of Professional Accountancy, Aoyama Gakuin University)
"International Accounting Update: Achieving Convergence in Accounting Standards with Eventual Adoption of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRSs)"

No.548  November 19, 2008 
Speaker: Johann HUMAN (Director, Rules Division, World Trade Organization, Geneva, Switzerland)
Moderator: FUJII Toshihiko (Consulting Fellow, RIETI / Director of Rules and Director of WTO Compliance and Dispute Settlement, Multilateral Trade System Department, Trade Policy Bureau, METI)
"The Doha Development Agenda--Why is it taking all this long?"
NOT for quotation
Handout [PDF:141.6KB]

No.547  November 17, 2008  Japanese
Speaker: Koichi Eugene OKAMOTO (Professor of Social Psychology, Faculty of Human Sciences, Toyo Eiwa University / Expert Commissioner, Atomic Energy Committee, Government of Japan)
Moderator: SATO Kiichiro (Vice President, RIETI)
"Organizational Climate and Essence of Top Leadership"

No.546  November 11, 2008 
Speaker: Vanessa ROSSI (Senior Research Fellow, Chatham House)
Moderator: HOSHINO Mitsuhide (Director of Research, RIETI)
"Ranking the Gulf in the Global Financial League"
Handouts [PDF:80KB]
Summary

No.545  November 10, 2008  Japanese
Speaker: YOSHIKAWA Hiroshi (Chair, Ministerial Council on Public Pension System / Research Counselor and Faculty Fellow, RIETI / Professor, Faculty of Economics, the University of Tokyo)
Moderator: KAWAMOTO Akira (Counsellor, Cabinet Secretariat / Former Director of Research, RIETI)
"Future of Japanese Social Security System--Final Report by National Council for Social Security"

No.544  November 05, 2008  Japanese
Speaker: ABE Makoto (Director, Technological Innovation and Economic Growth Studies Group, Inter-disciplinary Studies Center, Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade Organization (IDE-JETRO))
Moderator: YAMADA Masato (Deputy Director of Administration, RIETI)
"The Restructuring and Competitiveness of Korean Steel Industry: Implications for Japan-Korea Trade Deficit Problem"

No.543  October 23, 2008 
Speaker: George TRIANTIS (Eli Goldston Professor of Law, Harvard Law School)
Commentator: SHISHIDO Zenichi (Faculty Fellow, RIETI / Professor, Seikei Law School, Seikei University)
Moderator: HOSHINO Mitsuhide (Director of Research, RIETI)
"Contract Innovation and Collaborative Contract Design"
Summary

No.542  October 20, 2008  Japanese
Speaker: ARIYOSHI Akira (Director, Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, IMF)
Moderator: OZAKI Masahiko (Senior Fellow and Research Coordinator, RIETI)
"IMF World Economic Outlook [Autumn 2008]"
NOT for quotation

No.541  October 17, 2008  Japanese
Speaker: HOSOKAWA Masahiko (Professor, School of Economics, Chukyo University)
Moderator: SATO Kiichiro (Vice President, RIETI)
"Competition among Mega-Regions"

No.540  October 03, 2008  18:30-20:00  Japanese
Speaker: TANAKA Nobuo (Executive Director, IEA)
Moderator: SATO Kiichiro (Vice President, RIETI)
"Current World Energy Situation and the IEA's Contribution to the Hokkaido Toyako G8 Summit"
NOT for quotation

No.539  October 03, 2008 
Speaker: Andrew W. SHOYER (Partner, Sidley Austin LLP)
Moderator: TAMURA Akihiko (Consulting Fellow, RIETI / Director [Dispute Settlement], Multilateral Trade System Department, Trade Policy Bureau, METI)
"Climate Change and WTO Rules--Guidance for Legislative Design"
Handout1 [PDF:67.5KB]
Handout2 [PDF:96KB]
Summary

No.538  October 01, 2008  Japanese
Speaker: OKUMURA Hirokazu (Project Professor, Graduate School of Public Policy, The University of Tokyo)
Moderator: SATO Kiichiro (Vice President, RIETI)
"Public Governance in the Network Society"

No.537  September 16, 2008  Japanese
Speaker: MORITA Hodaka (Associate Professor, School of Economics, Australian School of Business, The University of New South Wales)
Moderator: NAKAHARA Hirohiko (Director, Intellectual Property Policy Office, Economic and Industrial Policy Bureau, METI)
"Economic Analyses of Vertical Relationships"

No.536  September 12, 2008  Japanese
Speaker: KAWATO Akio (Affiliate Professor, Graduate School, Division of Commerce, Waseda University / Senior Research Fellow, Tokyo Foundation)
Moderator: SATO Kiichiro (Vice President, RIETI)
"Russia's Economic History--A Comparison with Japan"

No.535  September 01, 2008  Japanese
Speaker: NISHIYAMA Keita (Director, Industrial Structure Policy Division, Economic and Industrial Policy Bureau, METI)
Moderator: HOSHINO Mitsuhide (Director of Research, RIETI)
"Reconfiguration of Knowledge--Essence of Modern Industrial Dynamics"

No.534  August 28, 2008  Japanese
Speaker: SAWAI Tomoki (Director, Information Technology Planning Office, General Affairs Division, Japan Patent Office)
Commentator: UEMURA Shozo (Patent Attorney, Vice President and Tokyo Office Manager of Aoyama & Partners / Visiting Professor, Tohoku University / Former Deputy Director General of WIPO)
Moderator: SATO Kiichiro (Vice President, RIETI)
"Trends in the U.S. Intellectual Property System 'Progress of the Patent Reform'"

No.533  August 22, 2008  Japanese
Speaker: TAZAWA Yuri (Representative Director, Y's STAFF Corporation)
Commentator: NAKANISHI Hodaka (Counselor, Cabinet Secretariat)
Moderator: YAMADA Masato (Deputy Director of Administration, RIETI)
"Telework as the Solution of Social Problems"

No.532  August 13, 2008 
Speaker: Ha-Joon CHANG (Reader, Political Economy of Development, Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge)
Moderator: Youn Hee CHOI (Visiting Scholar, RIETI)
"Understanding the Relationship between Institutions and Economic Development: Some Key Theoretical Issues"
Handouts [PDF:20KB]
Summary

No.531  August 08, 2008  Japanese
Speaker: SHINODA Yukio (Deputy Director of Macroeconomic Analysis, Cabinet Office)
Moderator: SATO Kiichiro (Vice President, RIETI)
"Annual Report on the Japanese Economy and Public Finance 2008"
NOT for quotation

No.530  August 05, 2008 
Speaker: Ulrike SCHAEDE (Professor, Japanese Business, School of International Relations and Pacific Studies, University of California, San Diego)
Moderator: TSURU Kotaro (Senior Fellow, RIETI)
"Choose and Focus: The Transformation of Japan's Industrial Architecture"
Handouts [PDF:123KB]
Related Publications: Choose and Focus (Cornell University Press)

No.529  July 31, 2008  Japanese
Speaker: FUNAKI Shigenori (Account Director, Business Planning Department Business Producing Division, HAKUHODO INC. / Counselor, Gender Equality Bureau & Office for Policies on Work-Life Balance, Cabinet Office)
Moderator: YAMADA Masato (Deputy Director of Administration, RIETI)
"Communications Strategies for Tackling Social Challenges at the Community Level: Lessons from recent citizens' movements"

No.528  July 24, 2008 
Speaker: Louis T. WELLS (Herbert F. Johnson Professor, International Management, the Harvard Business School)
Commentator: SHIMIZU Takashi (Associate Professor, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, the University of Tokyo)
Moderator: MATSUMOTO Kayo (Fellow, RIETI)
"Strategies of Investors in Conflict with Host Governments"
Handouts [PDF:177KB]
Related Publications: Making Foreign Investment Safe (Oxford University Press)
Comments [PDF:142KB]
Summary

No.527  July 23, 2008  Japanese
Speaker: NIIHARA Hiroaki (Director, Corporate System Division, Economic and Industrial Policy Bureau, METI)
Moderator: TSURU Kotaro (Senior Fellow, RIETI)
"Report of 'Takeover Defense Measures in view of Recent Environmental Changes'"

No.526  July 18, 2008  Japanese
Speaker: ITO Koji (Deputy Director, Policy Planning and Research Office, Trade Policy Bureau, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, METI / Consulting Fellow, RIETI)
Moderator: YAMADA Masato (Deputy Director of Administration, RIETI)
"White Paper on International Economy and Trade 2008"

No.525  July 17, 2008  Japanese
Speaker: Tad ISHIZUMI (President, Reed Exhibitions Japan Ltd.)
Moderator: ANDO Haruhiko (Counsellor [Science, Technology and Innovation], Cabinet Office)
"Toward Revitalizing Japan's Economy ‘Hurry to Become a Major Country for World Exhibitions’"

No.524  July 15, 2008 
Speaker: John WALSH (Professor, School of Public Policy, Georgia Institute of Technology)
Speaker and Moderator: NAGAOKA Sadao (Research Counselor, RIETI / Professor, Institute of Innovation Research, Hitotsubashi University)
"How do the innovation systems of US and Japan differ? What are the potential implications? Evidence from the RIETI-GT inventor surveys"
Summary

No.523  July 11, 2008  Japanese
Speaker: HONDO Kazuki (Special Assistant to Director-General, Manufacturing Industries Bureau, METI)
Moderator: YAMADA Masato (Deputy Director of Administration, RIETI)
"White Paper on Manufacturing Infrastructure, 2008"
NOT for quotation

No.522  July 09, 2008  Japanese
Speaker: SAKATA Minoru (Executive Producer, Shinto Tsushin Co.,Ltd.)
Moderator: NAKANISHI Hodaka (Senior Fellow, RIETI)
"The Trial of the Regional Promotion through the EXPO2005"

No.521  June 25, 2008  Japanese
Speaker: OHTA Fusae (Affiliate Professor, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies)
Moderator: SATO Kiichiro (Vice President, RIETI)
"Reflecting upon Osaka's Politics and Government"

No.520  June 23, 2008  Japanese
Speaker: JIKE Katsumasa (Director, Communications Office, General Policy Division, Agency for Natural Resources and Energy, METI)
Moderator: YAMADA Masato (Deputy Director of Administration, RIETI)
"Annual Energy Report (FY2007)"

No.519  June 20, 2008  Japanese
Speaker: TANAKA Hitoshi (Senior Fellow, Japan Center for International Exchange / Visiting Professor, Graduate School of Public Policy, The University of Tokyo)
Moderator: SATO Kiichiro (Vice President, RIETI)
"Changing World and Japan's Response"

No.518  June 16, 2008  Japanese
Speaker: KATSUMA Kazuyo (CPA, Economist)
Moderator: YAMAGUCHI Kazuo (Visiting Fellow, RIETI / Hanna Holborn Grey Professor of Sociology, the University of Chicago)
"How to Escape from Long Time Working Behavior?"

No.517  June 11, 2008  Japanese
Speaker: IKEMOTO Mika (Senior Researcher, The Japan Research Institute, Ltd.)
Commentator: ASAKAWA Tomoaki (Director, Birthrate Affairs Planning Office, General Affairs Division, Equal Employment, Children and Families Bureau, Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare)
Moderator: YAMAGUCHI Kazuo (Visiting Fellow, RIETI / Hanna Holborn Grey Professor of Sociology, the University of Chicago)
"Early Childhood Education and Care Policy: Learning from Experiences in Other Countries"

No.516  May 27, 2008  Japanese
Speaker: TAKEUCHI Yukio (Adviser to the Minister, Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
Moderator: SATO Kiichiro (Vice President, RIETI)
"Strategic Thinking in Japan's Foreign Policy"
NOT for quotation

No.515  May 23, 2008  Japanese
Speaker: YAMAGUCHI Kazuo (Visiting Fellow, RIETI / Hanna Holborn Grey Professor of Sociology, the University of Chicago)
Commentator: SASAJIMA Yoshio (Professor, Faculty of Economics, Meiji Gakuin University)
Moderator: YAMADA Masato (Deputy Director of Administration, RIETI)
"Strategies for Elimination of Gender Inequality in Wages: Theoretical and Empirical Bases for the Irrationality of Statistical Discrimination"

No.514  May 22, 2008 
Speaker: Henry DERWENT (President & CEO, International Emissions Trading Association (IETA))
Commentator: YAMAGUCHI Mitsutsune (Professor, Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, the University of Tokyo)
Moderator: KOBAYASHI Keiichiro (Senior Fellow, RIETI)
"Emissions Trading Developments across the world - lessons for Japan?"
Handouts [PDF:845KB]
Comments [PDF:230KB]
Transcript

No.513  May 16, 2008  Japanese
Speaker: INOUE Seiichiro (Deputy Director, Research Office, Business Environment Department, Small and Medium Enterprise Agency, METI)
Moderator: SATO Kiichiro (Vice President, RIETI)
"White Paper on Small and Medium Enterprises 2008"

No.512  April 24, 2008 
Speaker: Eric ALTBACH (Vice President for Economic and Trade Affairs, The National Bureau of Asian Research)
Moderator: MITA Noriyuki (Director, Americas Division, Trade Policy Bureau, METI)
"Key Issues in US-China Economic Relations"
Summary

No.511  April 23, 2008  Japanese
Speaker: ARIYOSHI Akira (Director, IMF Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific)
Moderator: OZAKI Masahiko (Research Coordinator, RIETI)
"IMF World Economic Outlook [Spring 2008]"
NOT for quotation

No.510  April 22, 2008  Japanese
Speaker: TANAKA Hideaki (Associate Professor, Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University)
Commentator & Moderator: TSURU Kotaro (Senior Fellow, RIETI)
"Integration of Pension, Assistance and Taxation"

No.509  April 21, 2008  Japanese
Speaker: KASAI Yoshiyuki (Chairman and Representative Director, Central Japan Railway Company)
Moderator: SATO Kiichiro (Vice President, RIETI)
"The Tokaido Shinkansen Bypass Project"
NOT for quotation

No.508  April 18, 2008  Japanese
Speaker: FUKAO Kyoji (Faculty Fellow, RIETI / Professor, Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University)
Speaker: MIYAGAWA Tsutomu (Faculty Fellow, RIETI / Professor, Faculty of Economics, Gakushuin University)
Moderator: OZAKI Masahiko (Research Coordinator, RIETI)
"Is Japan's TFP Growth Reviving? New Estimates Based on the JIP Database"

No.507  April 15, 2008  Japanese
Speaker: KIMURA Yukio (Chief, Research Team for Business and Innovation, the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology)
Speaker: AOKI Shigeki (Chief Economist, Research Division，Value Management Institute, Inc.)
Moderator: OZAKI Masahiko (Research Coordinator, RIETI)
"Research and Analysis on AIST Startups by Research Team for Business & Innovation of the AIST Innovation Center for startups, for the FY2007."

No.506  April 11, 2008 
Speaker: Dietmar HARHOFF (Director of the Institute for Innovation Research, Technology Management and Entrepreneurship, Ludwig-Maximilians University Munich)
Moderator: NAGAOKA Sadao (Research Counselor, RIETI / Director and Professor, Institute of Innovation Research, Hitotsubashi University)
"Incidence and Growth of Patent Thickets - The Impact of Technological Opportunities and Complexity"
NOT for quotation
Handouts [PDF:407KB]
Summary

No.505  April 10, 2008  Japanese
Speaker: MORI Masashi (Mayor, Toyama City)
Moderator: SATO Kiichiro (Vice President, RIETI)
"Light Rail Transit (LRT) Systems for Creating Compact Cities"

No.504  April 07, 2008  Japanese
Speaker: HIRANO Atsushi (Co-Founder, President & CEO, NetStrategy, Inc.)
Moderator: MAMIYA Toshio (Director, Macro Economic Affairs Division, Economic and Industrial Policy Bureau, METI)
"How Alliance-based Business Model Impact on Corporate and Pricing Strategy - What we can learn from i-mode, Google, Rakuten etc"