Forum 2002.04-2003.03

■24 February, 2003
J.A. Stam
(Professor, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, the Netherlands)
‘Management of Technology in Japan: Some Observations’
■5 February, 2003
Jon Sigurdson
(Coordinator, Swedish School of Advanced Asia Pacific Studies, Professor and Director of East Asia Science and Technology Programme, Stockholm School of Economics)
‘Corporate R&D and Global Knowledge Systems: The Case of Ericsson’
■17 January, 2003
Toshikazu Nishino
(General Manager, Central Research Laboratory, Hitachi, Ltd)
‘Nanoelectronics‘
■20 December, 2002
Kazuo Sawada
(Senior General Manager of Technology,Maglev Systems Development Department,Railway Technical Research Institute)
‘Superconductivity and Linear Motor Car‘
■13 December, 2002
Yoshimi Kubo
(Nanotube Technology Center, Fundamental Resarch Laboratories, NEC Laboratories)
‘Fuel Cell or Carbon Nanotube‘
■6 December, 2002
Tadahi Watanabe
(Vice President, NEC Solutions)
‘Supercomputer‘
■4 December, 2002
Tony Garret
(Lecturer, Depertment of Marketing, University of Otago)
‘National Culture and New Product Development Work Group Dynamics: A Cross-Cultural Study between New Zealand and Singapore’
■29 November, 2002
Masao Kawachi
(Director, NTT Network Innovation Laboratories)
‘Terabit Communication‘
■22 November, 2002
Sunao Ishihara
(Director, NTT Basic Research Laboratories)
‘Nanodevices‘
■15 November, 2002
Tsuguo Takebayashi
(Chief engineer, OYO Corporation)
‘Underground Excavation‘
■8 November, 2002
Toshihiro Akaike
(Professor, Tokyo Institute of Technorogy)
‘Artificial Organs‘
■25 October, 2002
Okio Hino
(Chief, Department of Experimental Pathology, Cancer Institute, Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research)
‘Drama Type of Cancer‘
■22 October, 2002
Timo Saarinen
(Professor, Electronic Business, Helsinki School of Economics)
Jarkko Vesa
(Ph.D. candidate, Helsinki School of Economics)
‘Customer Relationship Management in Service Mediary Driven Mobile Business:
Case I-mode
‘
■11 October, 2002
Sachi Hatanaka
(Research Fellow, MIT Industrial Performance Center)
‘University-Industry Collaboration: A Case Study of MIT, Cambridge University and University of Tokyo’
■4 October, 2002
Tatsuo Tanaka
(Associate Professor, Faculty of Economics, Keio University)
‘Empirical Evidence of Network Externality in the Mobile Phone Industry’
■30 September, 2002
Eul Yong Park
(Dean of Graduate School of Global Management, and Director of Center for International Development, Handong University)
‘National Innovation System and Knowledge Economy Building: The Case of Korea’
■27 September, 2002
Takao Kato
(Professor, Department of Economics, Colgate University)
‘The Effects of Team Membership for Firm Performance and Individual Worker Outcomes
‘
■18 September, 2002
Derek C. Jones
(Professor, Department of Economics, Hamilton College/Visiting Professor, Institute of Innovation Research, Hitotsubashi University)
‘Human Resource Management Policies in Transition Economies: Their Nature and Effects on Enterprise Performance‘
■8 July, 2002
Katsumi Miyauchi
General Manager,Production Engineering Research Laboratory,Hitachi, Ltd.
Mitsutaka Kosaka
General Manager,Systems Development Laboratory,Hitachi, Ltd.
‘Management of the Corporate Research Laboratory:in case of HITACHI, Ltd.‘
■5 July, 2002
Reiko Aoki
Senior Lecturer, Department of Economics,The University of Auckland 

‘Patent Litigation‘
■18 June, 2002
Michael A. Cusumano
Sloan Management Review Distinguished Professor, MIT Sloan School of Management
‘Strategy for Software Companies: What to Think about‘