RIETI Policy Symposium

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

Information

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

Program

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.