Dear colleagues,

I would like to draw your attention to our next "Coffee Talk" on May 11 on the topic of family businesses in Japan and Germany:

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*DWIH Coffee Talk #3 on May 11, 2021 from 5 pm JST / 10 am CEST***

*"Family Business in Changing Times "*

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Family-run businesses constitute over 90% of all companies and over 70% of the workforce in Japan and Germany, and they include some of the oldest businesses in the world which go back many centuries. But how are they coping with the challenges of the 21st century? Can they maintain their position and their character amidst a changing environment of slower growth, lower returns, declining birth rates and more frequent economic crises?

In the third DWIH Coffee Talk moderator Axel Karpenstein (DWIH Tokyo) meets three experts on family business and economics in Germany and Japan - Dr. Sigrun Caspary of the Witten Institute for Family Business (WIFU), Prof. Toshio Goto of the Japan University of Economics, and Prof. Masahiro Nagata of Reitaku University. Together they will explore the role family companies play in the Japanese and German economies, how it is changing, and the potential the family business model holds for the future.

Please see here <http://www.dwih-tokyo.org/coffeetalk3> for further information and to register for the event.

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Best wishes and a pleasant Golden Week,

Axel Karpenstein

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Axel KARPENSTEIN (Mr.)
Program Manager, DWIH Tokyo
Deputy Director, DAAD Tokyo
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