Forum 2003.04-2004.03

■30 March, 2004Jon Sigurdson
(Professor, Stockholm School of Economics
, and Visiting Professor, Institute of Innovation
Research, Hitotsubashi University)

‘The Sony-Ericsson Joint venture – Integrating Competencies and Cultures’
■27 February, 2004Yoshitake Saito
(VI-PJ Leader, Medical System Group, Olympus Corporation
)
‘Olympus’ Development of Endoscopic Ultrasound Sonography’
(COE Research Project on Okochi Prize Cases)
■13 February, 2004Motoya Kanda
(Japan Science and Technology Agency (
Former Fellow, Toshiba Corporation))
‘Toshiba Corporation’s Development of Consumer Use Nuckel-Metal Hydride Batteries‘
(COE Research Project on Okochi Prize Cases)
■4 February, 2004Katsuhiro Imazu
(Director, Ishioka Plant, Tokyo Seikan Kaisha, Ltd.)

‘Toyo Seikan Group’s Development and Application of Metal Can Manufacturing Technology with High-Quality, Low-Cost and Low-Environmental 
Load‘
(COE Research Project on Okochi Prize Cases)
■3 February, 2004Yuji Nakahara
(Manager, Manufacturing Technology Center,
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation)

‘Mitsubishi Electric Corporation’s Development of Manufacturing
Method for High Performance Motor with New Core Structure and
High Speed/Density Coil Winding
‘
(COE Research Project on Okochi Prize Cases)
■21 January, 2004Toshiaki Iwai
(Group Manager, Matsushita Home Appliances Company,
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.)

‘The Development of Matsushita’s IH Technology‘
(COE Research Project on Okochi Prize Cases)
■14 October, 2003Lee Branstetter
(Associate Professor, Columbia Business School)

‘Do Stronger Intellectual Property Rights Induce More Technology Transfer: Evidence from U.S. Multinationals ‘
■3 September, 2003Setsuko Asami
(Associate Professor, Graduate School of International Corporate Strategy, Hitotsubashi University)

‘Claims of a Patent and its Value‘
■29 July, 2003Bruno van Pottelsberghe
(Associate Professor, Universite Libre de Bruxelles, Vice President of the Solvay Business School
)
‘Impact and determinants of Venture Capital‘
■24 July, 2003Joeri Mol
(Lecturer, Faculty of Management and Organization, University of Groningen
)‘Value Chain Envy: Explaining New Entry and Vertical Integration in Popular Music‘
■2 July, 2003Hyosun Kim
(Lecturer, Faculty of Economics, Seikei University, and Chung Ang University (Korea) 
)
‘Japanese CEO Succession (1955-1995)‘
■24 June, 2003Hiroki Hayashi
(Professor, Graduate School of Social Sciences, Hitotsubashi University)
Masahiro Yokota
(Professor, Center for Student Exchange, Hitotsubashi University)
Kayoko Kotoda
(Lecturer, Hitotsubashi University and Yokohama National University
)
‘Kunitachi City and Community Innovation‘
■19 June, 2003
Nachoem Wijnberg
(Professor, Faculty of Management and Organization, University of Groningen)
Joeri Mol
(Lecturer, Faculty of Management and Organization, University of Groningen)‘From resources to value and back: normal and complementary assets in 20th century popular music‘
■14 May, 2003
Sven Voelpel
(Professor, University of St. Gallen, Institute of Leadership and Human Resource Management)
‘Four levels of Mobility: Implications for reorganizing Japan’s economy’