Investment
Scholarly Publications
Reinventing Japan: New Directions in Global Leadership (Book Chapter)
March 2018
Highly readable yet deeply researched, this book serves as an essential guide to the many ways in which Japan has risen to become one of the world's most creative and innovative societies.•...
Abenomics and Japan's Entrepreneurship and Innovation: Is the Third Arrow Pointed in the Right Direction for Global Competition in the Digital Era of Silicon Valley?
March 2018
Given that much of the global leadership in value creation over the past couple of decades has been driven by the Silicon Valley model – not only a geographic region but a distinct ecosystem of...
Research Handbook on Digital Transformations (Book Chapter)
September 2016
The digital transition of the world economy is now entering a phase of broad and deep societal impact.
Other Publications
Climate Change and China's Agricultural Sector: Impacts, Adaptation, and Mitigation
May 2010
Although China and the United States are the two largest emitters of greenhouse gases, China’s emissions on a per capita basis are significantly lower than those of the U.S.: in 2005, per capita...
Trade and Investment Liberalization (TIL) and China's Rural Economy - Section IV
March 2002
The overall goal of our paper is to explore this question of how China's policy will likely respond as the nation enters the WTO. Specifically, we will have three objectives.
Trade and Investment Liberalization (TIL) and China's Rural Economy - section III
March 2002
The overall goal of this section is to understand how WTO will affect the agriculture sector in China. To accomplish this goal we have two specific objectives.
News
Audio: APARC Scholars on China’s Belt and Road Initiative
April 2019
APARC's Direcror of the Southeast Asia Program Donald K. Emmerson, Center Fellow Thomas Fingar, and Oksenberg-Rohlen Fellow David M.
U.S.-China Trade Dispute Likely to Morph into Technology War, Says President of the U.S.-China Business Council
March 2019
U.S. and Chinese trade negotiators remain engaged in intensive talks, although it is yet to be seen whether and when they can strike a final deal.
Japan transforming its innovation culture by changing social norms, Stanford scholar finds
August 2016
Japanese corporations are evolving and adopting a “startup culture” to boost their business creativity and country’s economic prospects, a Stanford expert says.“We can see that over the past 15...
Events
Japan in the Bay Area: From Competition to Collaboration
February 26, 2019
The Bay Area Council Economic Institute and the Walter H.
HOW DOES VENTURE CAPITAL WORK AND HOW DO JAPANESE CORPORATIONS LEVERAGE VENTURE CAPITAL?
February 13, 2019
Since its establishment, DNX Ventures (formerly Draper Nexus Ventures) has acted as a bridge between growing Silicon Valley businesses and large Japanese firms.
Innovative Japanese Companies Harnessing Silicon Valley - Part 2
December 20, 2018
This is part 2 of a talk presenting how innovative large Japanese companies are harnessing Silicon Valley.
Projects
Comparative Policy Responses to Demographic Change in East Asia
Launched in January 2011, Comparative Policy Responses to Demographic Change in East Asia is a three-year research initiative at the Walter H.
English
Worker Identities and the Origins of Capital in Vietnam
July 2019
The Vietnamese government legalized strikes in 1995. Since then Vietnamese workers have gone on strike more than 1,500 times.
English
Leadership in China's High Tech Companies
From an unprecedented number of start-ups to a rising class of billion-dollar giants going global, high technology companies in China have a dramatically increasing need for effective leadership....
English
Multimedia
Changing Corporate Governance in Japan
July 2015
Video and transcript from the event "Changing Corporate Governance in Japan" with Takeo Hoshi (Stanford University), Masaaki (Masa) Tanaka (Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc.
One Year After Japan’s 3/11 Disaster: Reforming Japan’s Energy Sector, Governance, and Economy
February 2012
In the year following Japan’s 3/11 triple disaster of the Tohoku earthquake, tsunami, and Fukushima nuclear incident, fundamental issues in Japan’s political economy are being debated.
One Year After Japan’s 3/11 Disaster: Reforming Japan’s Energy Sector, Governance, and Economy
February 2012
In the year following Japan’s 3/11 triple disaster of the Tohoku earthquake, tsunami, and Fukushima nuclear incident, fundamental issues in Japan’s political economy are being debated.
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