Dear EIJS friends,

We would like to invite you to the EIJS Academy seminar

to be held on Friday, November 25th.
It is our great pleaure to invite Professor Michael Korver as guest speaker who will give a talk on the topic "Entrepreneurship in Japan: Seeking Opportunity in a No-Growth Economy"

Please find as below details of the seminar. Please sign up at eijsjap@gmail.com for the attention of Miki Futagawa
(Ms.)
We look forward to receiving your registration.

Sincerely yours,
Miki Futagawa
EIJS Tokyo Office
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Invitation to EIJS Academy Seminars 2011-2012 The 2nd Seminar on Friday, November 25th, 2011
Topic: “Entrepreneurship in Japan:
Seeking Opportunity in a No-Growth Economy”

Speaker: Professor Michael Korver
Hitotsubashi University
Graduate School of International
Corporate Strategy

Professor Michael Korver has worked as an international
business
consultant, business executive, venture capitalist and
entrepreneur
in Tokyo. He has founded or co-founded several
companies and has
served and is serving on the boards of the companies;
ChipIn Inc.
Kai Medical Inc., ReallyEnglish.com Limited and
Nanopoint Inc.

In 1996 he co-founded Global Venture Capital (GVC) an
independent
venture capital fund management company. Professor
Kover is
currently teaching courses in entrepreneurship and
venture capital
at Hitotsubashi University Graduate School of
International Corporate
Strategy and he also serves as managing partner of GVC
and is actively
involved in making and managing venture capital
investments in
emerging growth companies both in Japan and outside of
Japan.

Professor Korver received a BA (Phi Beta Kappa) and MA
in Economics
and a professional law degree from the University of
California at Berkeley.
He is licensed to practice law in the states of New
York and California.

Date: Friday, November 25th, 2011
Time: 6.30 p.m. – 7.00 p.m. Drink & Snack (served
before lecture)
7.00 p.m. – 9.00 p.m. Lecture and Discussion
Place: Auditorium, Embassy of Sweden
10-3-400 Roppongi 1-chome, Minato-ku, Tokyo
106-0032
Five-minute walk from Tokyo Metro Nanboku
Line Roppongi 1-chome Station
Five-minute walk from Tokyo Metro Hibiya
Line Kamiya-cho Station
Fee: JPY3,000 per person, payable at the door
Free for those who are from sponsoring
companies (*)
Free for students, please bring your student
ID
Language: English

(*) EIJS Academy 2010-2011 Sponsoring companies
Gadelius Holding K.K., Nippon Ericsson K.K., Nihon
Tetra Pak K.K., Sandvik K.K.,
Höganäs Japan K.K. and in cooperation with the Embassy
of Sweden

Please sign up by November 18th (Fri.) via e-mail to
eijsjap@gmail.com or fax to
(03-5562-9090) for the attention of Ms. Futagawa (EIJS
Tokyo Office).
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Miki Futagawa
European Institute of Japanese Studies
Tokyo Office
c/o Embassy of Sweden