Announcement
Can small businesses and start-ups adapt to changing environments, while faced with the current paradigm shift in corporate financing? In this seminar, prominent professors from foreign business schools and Japanese universities present their recent research and discuss new methods of financing small businesses, including crowdfunding and blockchains. We will provide new insights into new growth avenues for entrepreneurship, innovation, and finance, in addition to their interactions towards the future growth of firms and industries, which could be an important clue to establishing an entrepreneurial ecosystem in Japan.
Information
- Time and Date: 13:00-17:30, Thursday, September 26, 2019 (Registration starts at 12:30)
- Venue: 1-3-1 Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, RIETI's seminar room #1121 (METI Annex 11th floor)
- Language: Japanese / English (with simultaneous interpretation)
- Admission: Free
- Host: Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI)
- Co-host: JSPS KAKENHI Grant Number 16H02027 "Research on Startup Finance to Support Regional Revitalization"
- Seating Capacity: 80
- Contact: Ms. Ueno, Conference Section, RIETI
Tel: 03-3501-8398
Program
13:00-13:05 Opening Remarks
NAKAJIMA Atsushi (Chairman, RIETI)
13:05-14:30 Keynote Speech: Small Business Finance
Presentation
Gregory F. UDELL (Professor of Finance, Kelly School of Business, Indiana University, US)
Comments
UESUGI Iichiro (Professor, Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University)
14:30-14:50 Coffee Break
14:50-16:20 Special Session: Crowdfunding
Presentation
Armin SCHWIENBACHER (Professor, SKEMA Business School, France)
Fabio BERTONI (Professor, EM Lyon Business School, France)
MATSUO Junsuke (Professor, Faculty of Business Administration, Department of Business Administration, Momoyama Gakuin University)
16:20-16:30 Break
16:30-17:25 Panel Discussion
Panelists (in alphabetical order)
Fabio BERTONI (Professor, EM Lyon Business School, France)
MATSUO Junsuke (Professor, Faculty of Business Administration, Department of Business Administration, Momoyama Gakuin University)
Armin SCHWIENBACHER (Professor, SKEMA Business School, France)
Session Chair
ONO Arito (Professor, Faculty of Commerce, Chuo University)
17:25-17:30 Closing Remarks
HONJO Yuji (Faculty Fellow, RIETI / Professor, Faculty of Commerce, Chuo University)
*Agenda is subject to change
