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Japan is often cited for failing to capitalize on its innovative technologies and design aesthetics in global markets, but the advent of cloud computing provides new opportunities, says Kenji Kushida, the research associate for the Japan Program at the Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center (APARC), in a new coauthored op-ed.

In Nikkei Asian Review, Kushida writes with Martin Kenney, a professor of community and regional development at the University of California, Davis, that Japan’s market has a strong record of developing high-quality hardware and services, particularly in the consumer electronics and digital content industries, but a majority remains domestic.

Often referred to as the “Galapagos syndrome,” Japan is a technology leader but its output is largely confined to its own borders. The term compares the country’s industry to the Galapagos Islands, located off the coast of Ecuador, where geographic isolation has led to unique evolutionary development.

Kushida, who heads a new research project on Silicon Valley-Japan relationships, and Kenney note that many of the high-end core components in products from U.S. and Asian manufacturers are Japanese, despite loss of visibility on the final product.

The authors also say the rise of global cloud-computing services offers an immense opportunity for Japan, and a way to escape the Galapagos syndrome and enhance its global competitiveness.

The full op-ed can be found on Nikkei Asian Review online.

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Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research CenterEncina Hall E301616 Serra StreetStanford, CA 94305-6055
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Kazuyuki Motohashi joins the Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center (Shorenstein APARC) during the period of September 2014 to March 2015 as this year's Sasakawa Peace Fellow, from the the University of Tokyo, where he serves as a professor at the Department of Technology Management for Innovation, Graduate School of Engineering. Until this year, he had taken various positions at the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry of the Japanese Government, economist at OECD, and associate professor at Hitotsubashi University.

His research interest covers a broad range of issues in economic and statistical analysis of innovation, including economic impacts of information technology, international comparison of productivity, national innovation systems focusing on science and industry linkages, and SME innovation and entrepreneurship policy. He has published several papers and books on the above issues, including Productivity in Asia: Economic Growth and Competitiveness (2007). At Shorenstein APARC, he is conducting the research project, “New Channles: Reinventing US-Japan Relationship”, particularly focusing on innovation in Silicon Valley and its linkage with the Japanese innovation system.

Mr. Motohashi was awarded his Master of Engineering degree from the University of Tokyo, MBA from Cornell University, and Ph.D. in business and commerce from Keio University.

Sasakawa Peace Fellow, 2014-2015
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Tim Catlin was formerly a CTO/GM at Zynga and previously VP of Engineering at Adchemy and CTO at Netcentives, which he helped take public. Tim is now VP of Engineering at Change.org.
 
He is a startup veteran of all shapes and sizes. He has now been in 7 startups holding roles from VP Eng to CTO to Founder. In between, he worked at Apple and Intuit (online banking) and Tree.com (parent of lending tree, doing marketing optimization). He even did a stint working in applied research on the pre-cursors to the web known as hypermedia.
 
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Change.org is an open platform empowering people to create the change they want to see all over the world. We will give an overview of the company and how we use data science and technology to achieve our mission. We will also challenge you to use your skills for good purpose by what you choose to work on, who you choose to work for, and what causes you support and champion.
Tim Catlin VP Engineering Change.org
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This lecture is part of a seminar series (open to the public) organized by the US-Asia Technology Management Center.

Co-Sponsored by the Stanford Silicon Valley-New Japan Project, Japan Program


The US-ATMC Autumn 2014 seminar series theme is New Trends in Start-up Company Acceleration: Toward the Rise of the Global Start-up. The series features new incubator and accelerator programs in Silicon Valley and select Asia economies that promote early development of international business operation by start-up companies. How can start-up companies cope with the challenges of business globalization? What are the implications these new models of incubation for the future of Asia economies and for Silicon Valley?

 

Thursdays, Oct. 2 – Dec. 4, 2014
4:15 – 5:30 pm
HP Auditorium (B01), Gates Computer Science Building

Public Welcome • Light Refreshments

US-Asia Technology Management Center Lecture Series


Instructor: Richard Dasher <rdasher [at] stanford [dot] edu>
Course Assistant: Mianmian Wen <mianmian [at] stanford [dot] edu>

EE402A Course Syllabus

Follow @AsiaTechSU and #EE402A on Twitter for a live feed of our discussions.

E-mail Siejen Yin-Stevenson, Assistant Director, at <siejeny@stanford.edu> with questions about the seminar series.


 

Lecture by Gen Isayama on 10/2/2014    VIDEO

Recreating Japan into a Startup Nation
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Stanford University, Gates Computer Science Building B01 – 353 Serra Mall, Stanford, CA 94305 [Campus Map]

Gen Isayama Co-Founder, World Innovation Lab (WiL)
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This project is completed, October 2014-October 2019.

 

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There has been by a heightened interest in Silicon Valley as an innovation system. The interest is not only in Silicon Valley's entrepreneurism, but how entrepreneurship fits into the broader economic structure. Over the past few years, Silicon Valley has witnessed a new wave of Japanese startups (entrepreneurs, successful startups from Japan). This trend has occurred within the context of increased importance of innovation and entrepreneurship in Japan.

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Yong Suk Lee was the SK Center Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies and Deputy Director of the Korea Program at the Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center at Stanford University. He served in these roles until June 2021.

Lee’s main fields of research are labor economics, technology and entrepreneurship, and urban economics. Some of the issues he has studied include technology and labor markets, entrepreneurship and economic growth, entrepreneurship education, and education and inequality. He is also interested in both the North and South Korean economy and has examined how economic sanctions affect economic activity in North Korea, and how management practices and education policy affect inequality in South Korea. His current research focuses on how the new wave of digital technologies, such as robotics and artificial intelligence affect labor, education, entrepreneurship, and productivity.

His research has been published in both economics and management journals including the Journal of Urban Economics, Journal of Economic Geography, Journal of Business Venturing, Journal of Health Economics, and Labour Economics. Lee also regularly contributes to policy reports and opinion pieces on contemporary issues surrounding both North and South Korea.

Prior to joining Stanford, Lee was an assistant professor of economics at Williams College in Massachusetts. He received his Ph.D. in Economics from Brown University, a Master of Public Policy from Duke University, and a Bachelor's degree and master's degree in architecture from Seoul National University. Lee also worked as a real estate development consultant and architecture designer as he transitioned from architecture to economics.

While at APARC, Dr. Lee led and participated in several research projects, including Stanford-Asia Pacific Innovation; Digital Technologies and the Labor Market; Entrepreneurship, Technology, and Economic Development; The Impact of Robotics on Nursing Home Care in Japan; Education and Development in the Digital Economy; and New Media and Political Economy.

Former Deputy Director of the Korea Program at Shorenstein APARC
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Liang (Leon) Fang is a corporate affiliate visiting fellow at the Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center (Shorenstein APARC) for 2014-15. Fang is currently cross-border M&A Director at China Sunrain Solar Energy Co. Ltd. and has over 12 years of experience in private equity investment, financial advisory and auditing. Previously, he worked as Investment Director at Prax Capital and Assistant Vice President at CDH Investment Fund as well as the accounting firms of Andersen, PwC and Deloitte. Fang received his MBA degree from Darden Business School at the University of Virginia and his Bachelor of Engineering from Chongqing University in China.

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Join Victor Koo in this special seminar co-hosted by China 2.0 and Global Speaker Series, as the founder of Youku discusses his 20-years as a part of the internet industry in China and what to expect in the future. The presentation will be followed by a Q&A session.

Victor Koo (MBA '94)
Victor Koo Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Youku Tudou Inc.; Founder, Youku
Victor Koo is the Founder of Youku and has served as Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer since the company's inception in November 2005. He has more than a decade of experience in internet and media-related industries in China. From 1999 to 2005, Koo worked at Sohu, China's leading internet portal, helping to grow the site from an early stage company to a NASDAQ-listed internet media property. Prior to joining Sohu, Koo worked at the private equity firm Richina Group as Vice President and was responsible for leading media, entertainment, and industrial venture capital projects. Previously, Koo worked at Bain & Company in San Francisco from 1989 to 1992. Koo received his MBA from Stanford University and was a Regents' Scholar at the University of California at Berkeley, where he received a bachelor's degree.

Youku Tudou Inc. (NYSE: YOKU) is China’s leading internet television company and enables users to search, view, and share high-quality video content quickly and easily across multiple devices. Youku, which means “what’s best and what’s cool” in Chinese, says that it is building a combination of Hulu and Netflix for China at a YouTube-like scale. With a market capitalization of over USD$4 billion, Youku has over 400 million unique PC users viewing video on the platform each month. Youku also attracts more than 150 million monthly mobile users and ranks as the third most popular mobile app in China in terms of user time spent online. On April 28, 2014, Alibaba and a private equity firm cofounded by Jack Ma agreed to buy a $1.22 billion stake in Youku Tudou Inc.


ORGANIZERS

China 2.0 of Stanford Graduate School of Business focuses on innovation and entrepreneurship in China by looking at the drivers and dynamics of China as a digital power and its implications for commerce, communications, and content in the global economy. China 2.0 convenes thought leaders in China and Silicon Valley, supports cutting-edge research and curriculum development by faculty, and organizes programs to educate students as next generation leaders.

The Global Speaker Series seeks to enrich the GSB community’s global perspective by inviting top executives, government leaders, and other distinguished guests to speak on globally relevant topics. Speakers share personal reflections on leading a global career and inspire students to develop as future leaders in their fields of choice.

#StanfordGSS  #China20


ADMISSION

The event is free to all. For non-Stanford attendees, please RSVP here.

DIRECTIONS

For information about getting to the Knight Management Center for the event, please visit: http://www.gsb.stanford.edu/visit, and the map of Knight Management Center can be downloaded here.

Oberndorf Event Center
North Building, 3rd Floor
Knight Management Center
641 Knight Way
Stanford, CA 94305

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In a recent report, CDDRL Postdoctoral Fellow Amr Adly, with the support of the Center for International Private Enterprise, provides insight on post-revolution entrepreneurship in Egypt and Tunisia. He suggests that in order to advance their economies, governments must carry out comprehensive reforms that provide greater accessibility to formal institutional structures for the broadest base of private sector enterprises, namely, small business owners, rural enterprises, and female entrepreneurs.
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Jenny Bowen is the founder and chief executive officer of Half the Sky Foundation, which strives to enrich the lives of orphaned children in China. A former screenwriter and independent filmmaker, Bowen founded Half the Sky in 1998 in order to give something back to her adopted daughters’ home country and to the many children then languishing behind institutional walls. Half the Sky’s five innovative programs now provide nurturing, family-like care for thousands of children of all ages. In partnership with China’s Ministry of Civil Affairs, Half the Sky has embarked on a groundbreaking Integrated National Training Plan that will eventually make the Half the Sky approach the approved national standard of care for all children in the welfare system.

In 2008, Bowen received the Skoll Award for Social Entrepreneurship. She serves on China’s National Committee for Orphans and Disabled Children and on the Expert Consultative Committee for Beijing Normal University’s Philanthropy Research Institute. She is the author of the recently released memoir, Wish You Happy Forever: What China’s Orphans Taught Me About Moving Mountains.


About REAP

The Rural Education Action Program (REAP) at Stanford is an impact evaluation organization that aims to inform sound education, health and nutrition policy in China. REAP’s goal is to help students from vulnerable communities in China enhance their human capital and overcome obstacles to education so that they can escape poverty and better contribute to China’s developing economy.


The author will be available to sign copies of her book after the event.

Reuben W. Hills Conference Room

Jenny Bowen Founder of Half the Sky Foundation Speaker

Encina Hall East, E404
Stanford, CA 94305-6055

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Helen F. Farnsworth Endowed Professorship
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Scott Rozelle is the Helen F. Farnsworth Senior Fellow and the co-director of Stanford Center on China's Economy and Institutions in the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies and Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research at Stanford University. He received his BS from the University of California, Berkeley, and his MS and PhD from Cornell University. Previously, Rozelle was a professor at the University of California, Davis and an assistant professor in Stanford’s Food Research Institute and department of economics. He currently is a member of several organizations, including the American Economics Association, the International Association for Agricultural Economists, and the Association for Asian Studies. Rozelle also serves on the editorial boards of Economic Development and Cultural Change, Agricultural Economics, the Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, and the China Economic Review.

His research focuses almost exclusively on China and is concerned with: agricultural policy, including the supply, demand, and trade in agricultural projects; the emergence and evolution of markets and other economic institutions in the transition process and their implications for equity and efficiency; and the economics of poverty and inequality, with an emphasis on rural education, health and nutrition.

Rozelle's papers have been published in top academic journals, including Science, Nature, American Economic Review, and the Journal of Economic Literature. He is fluent in Chinese and has established a research program in which he has close working ties with several Chinese collaborators and policymakers. For the past 20 years, Rozelle has been the chair of the International Advisory Board of the Center for Chinese Agricultural Policy; a co-director of the University of California's Agricultural Issues Center; and a member of Stanford's Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center and the Center on Food Security and the Environment.

In recognition of his outstanding achievements, Rozelle has received numerous honors and awards, including the Friendship Award in 2008, the highest award given to a non-Chinese by the Premier; and the National Science and Technology Collaboration Award in 2009 for scientific achievement in collaborative research.

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