Information
- Time and Date: 10:00 - 17:30, Tuesday, November 22, 2011
- Venue: Korea Institute for Industrial Economics & Trade (KIET), Seoul, Korea
- Language: English
- Hosts: Korea Institute for Industrial Economics & Trade (KIET) / Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI) / Taiwan Institute of Economic Research (TIER)
Agenda
10:00 - 10:10 Opening Remarks
Byoung Jun SONG (President, KIET)
10:10 - 10:20 Opening Remarks
Atsushi NAKAJIMA (Chairman, RIETI)
10:20 - 10:30 Opening Remarks
David S. HONG (President, TIER)
10:30 - 12:00 Session 1 SMEs and Globalization
Session Chair: Byoung Jun SONG (President, KIET)
10:30 - 10:55 1st Presentation "The Impact of Globalization on SMEs in Japan"
Presenter: Ayumu TANAKA (Fellow, RIETI)
10:55 - 11:10
Discussant: Won-Kyu KIM (Senior Research Fellow, KIET)
11:10 - 11:35 2nd Presentation "Opportunities & Challenges of Globalization for SMEs in Taiwan"
Presenter: Chia-Yen YANG (Director of Division VI, TIER)
11:35 - 11:50
Discussant: Taisuke UCHINO (Fellow, RIETI)
11:50 - 12:00 Q&A
12:00 - 13:40 Lunch
13:40 - 15:00 Session 2 SMEs: The Effect from Financial Sectors and Entrepreneurship
Session Chair: Atsushi NAKAJIMA (Chairman, RIETI)
13:40 - 14:05 3rd Presentation "The Effect of Mega-bank Merger on SME Borrowing Costs and Bank-Firm Relationships"
Presenter: Taisuke UCHINO (Fellow, RIETI)
14:05 - 14:15
Discussant: Seok-Il HONG (Research Fellow, KIET)
14:15 - 14:40 4th Presentation "Korea's Entrepreneurship Rates and Policy Implications"
Presenter: Won-Kyu KIM (Senior Research Fellow, KIET)
14:40 - 14:50
Discussant: Chen-Sheng HO (Associate Research Fellow, TIER)
14:50 - 15:00 Q&A
15:00 - 15:20 Coffee Break
15:20 - 17:15 Session 3 SMEs: Innovation and Cooperation
Session Chair: David S. HONG (President, TIER)
15:20 - 15:45 5th Presentation "Advancing Cross-Strait Cooperation on SME Development"
Presenter: Chen-Sheng HO (Associate Research Fellow, TIER)
15:45 - 15:55
Discussant: Ayumu TANAKA (Fellow, RIETI)
15:55 - 16:20 6th Presentation "The Comparative Study of SBIR Program among Korea, Japan, and Taiwan"
Presenter: Seok-Il HONG (Research Fellow, KIET)
16:20 - 16:30
Discussant: Chia-Yen YANG (Director of Division VI, TIER)
16:30 - 16:40 Q&A
16:40 - 17:05 7th Presentation "High Growth SMEs"
Presenter: Yasuhiko YOSHIDA (Senior Research Fellow, RIETI)
17:05 - 17:15 Q&A
17:15 - 17:20 Closing Remarks
David S. HONG (President, TIER)
17:20 - 17:25 Closing Remarks
Atsushi NAKAJIMA (Chairman, RIETI)
17:25 - 17:30 Closing Remarks
Byoung Jun SONG (President, KIET)
