RIETI Policy Symposium

Corporate Governance from an International Perspective: Diversity or Convergence

Announcement

Corporate Governance is in a way reflective of individual country's social institution, culture and history. Amidst the resulting diversity across countries, the globalization of the world economy is driving some degree of institutional convergence among countries and their firms.

In Japan there are increasing debates as to whether the Japanese corporate governance, much applauded during the 1980's, requires changes and if it does, how these changes need to be implemented.

Mr. Kobayashi of Japan Association of Corporate Executives and Mr. Miyauchi of Japan Association of Corporate Directors, both of whom have much influence on the corporate governance of Japanese firms as a whole, join researchers from the United States, Europe and East Asia, in an academic and practical discussion on the international prospects of corporate governance.

Information

  • Date and Time: Friday January 10, 2003; 13:00-17:00
  • Location: United Nations University (Tokyo, Shibuya)
  • Language: Japanese/English (with simultaneous interpretation)
  • Co-sponsored by: Japan Association of Corporate Executives, Japan Association of Corporate Directors

* RIETI Policy Symposium "Corporate Governance from an International Perspective: Diversity or Convergence" is now closed. We thank the participants and those who are interested in the symposium.

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Agenda

13:00-15:00 Presentation
15:00-15:30 Coffee Break
15:30-17:00 Panel Discussion
Participants
Mr. KOBAYASHI Yotaro, Japan Association of Corporate Executives
Mr. MIYAUCHI Yoshihiko, Japan Association of Corporate Directors
Professor Frank ALLEN, University of Pennsylvania
Professor JANG Hasung, Korea University
Professor Colin MAYER, Said Business School, University of Oxford
Professor Curtis MILHAUPT, Columbia University
Mr. NIIHARA Hiroaki, RIETI, METI
Mr. TONG Daochi, China Securities Regulatory Commission
Moderator
AOKI Masahiko, President, RIETI , Professor, Stanford University

Scholars and Respective Themes

Name and Affiliation Theme
Masahiro ABE, RIETI, Dokkyo University
Takeo HOSHI, RIETI, University of California, San Diego
Recent Changes in the Japanese Corporate Governance
Franklin ALLEN, University of Pennsylvania A Comparative Theory of Corporate Governance
Masahiko AOKI, RIETI, Stanford University Comparative Institutional Analysis of Corporate Governance
ARIKAWA Yasuhiro, RIETI, Yamagata University
MIYAJIMA Hideaki, Waseda University
Investment and Corporate Governance in the 1990s
HU Angang, Tsinghua University Corporate Governance in China in the Transitional Era: Review and Foresight
Gregory JACKSON, RIETI Employees in German Corporate Governance: Changing Institutional Linkages, Complementarities and Tensions
JANG Hansung, Korea University Evolution of Corporate Governance in Korea after the economic crisis
Collin MAYER, Said Business School, University of Oxford The Origination and Evolution of the Ownership and Control
Curtis MILHAUPT, Columbia University Nonprofit Organizations as Investor Protection: Explaining the Puzzle of Corporate Law Enforcement in East Asia
Oren SUSSMAN, Said Business School, University of Oxford Financial Distress and Bank Restructuring of Small to Medium Size UK Companies
XU Peng, RIETI,Hosei University Bankruptcy Resolution in Japan : Reorganization vs. Rehabilitation
TONG Daochi, China Securities Regulatory Commission Corporate Governance Reform and China's Capital Market Development
Tetsuji OKAZAKI, RIETI, University of Tokyo Discussant
SAKO Mari, RIETI, Said Business School, University of Oxford Discussant
SHISHIDO Zenichi, Seikei University Discussant
TSUGAMI Toshiya, RIETI Discussant
TSURU Kotaro, RIETI Discussant
YANAGAWA Noriyuki, University of Tokyo Discussant