Dear SSJ Forum,

The Institute of Contemporary Asian Studies (ICAS) at Temple University,
Japan Campus cordially invites you to the following evening lecture on
Tuesday, March 17, 2020. All ICAS events are held in English, open to the
public, and admission is free unless otherwise noted.

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- ICAS Event -
Japan's Business Reinvention and
the New Competitive Dynamics in Northeast Asia
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Date: Tuesday, March 17, 2020
Time: 7:30 - 9:00 p.m. (doors open at 7:00 p.m.)
Venue: Temple University, Japan Campus, 1F Parliament student lounge
Speaker: Ulrike Schaede, Professor of Japanese Business at the School of
Global Policy and Strategy, the University of California, San Diego
Moderator: Robert Dujarric, Director of ICAS
Registration: icas@tuj.temple.edu
* Registration is encouraged, but not required.


Overview:

Companies in South Korea, Taiwan and China have beaten Japan at its own
game, namely, the high-quality mass-production of consumer end products,
office equipment, etc.. In response to their rise, Japanese companies have,
slowly but steadily, repositioned to compete in deep-tech input parts and
advanced materials, chemicals and components. Today, they combine to hold a
50%+ global market share in at least 500 distinct product categories that
are critical inputs, with a wide size distribution of companies and market
segments. This has resulted in the "aggregate niche strategy", and it means
that Japan is now the technology anchor of many global supply chains. Even
though the end products do not carry a "Japan Inside" label, Japanese
inputs have an important presence in our everyday lives, from airplanes to
cars, computers and cell phones, no matter what the brand. This has created
new trade and resource dependencies as well as competitive synergies within
Asia, in ways that are often overlooked in the United States.

Dr. Schaede will discuss Japan's new role in Asia and other topics based on
her extensive research on Japanese business and management.

Speaker:

Ulrike Schaede is Professor of Japanese Business at the University of
California San Diego. She is the Director of JFIT (Japan Forum for
Innovation and Technology) and head of the International Management track
at GPS, the School of Global Policy and Strategy. She has published five
books and more than 50 papers on Japanese business organization, strategy
and management. Her research interest is to understand the social and
economic efficiency consequences of different ways of organizing business
and the economy. Main study areas include Japan's corporate strategies in
light of globalization, financial market organization, corporate
governance, employment, innovation and the new digital economy. Her new
book titled The Business Reinvention of Japan: How to Make Sense of the New
Japan and Why it Matters will be published with Stanford University Press
in June 2020. Her CV can be found here
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