Globalization and Revitalization of Industrial and Regional Employment: Comparison of Germany and Japan

Information

• Time and Date: 13:00–16:30 March 26, 2004
• Organized: The Japan Institute for Labour Policy and Training, in collaboration with the Research Institute of Innovation Management, Hosei University

Timetable and Papers

13:00-13:05 Opening Address

• Eiji Shiraishi / The Vice Research Director General, JILPT

13:05-13:30 Keynote Presentation for the Symposium

• Haruo Horaguchi / Professor, Hosei University
  Hollowing-out of Japanese Industries and Creation of Knowledge-Intensive Clusters (PDF:164KB)

13:30-14:00 Session 1: Globalization and Hollowing-out of Japanese Industries

• Minoru Ito / Research Director, JILPT
  Hollowing-out of the Japanese Manufacturing Industry and Regional Employment Development (PDF:38KB)
• Comment: Hisashi Yaginuma / Professor , Hosei University

14:00-14:30 Session 2: Hollowing-out and the Revitalization of Industrial Agglomeration

• Tomofumi Amano / Professor, Toyo University
  Revitalization of Japanese Industrial Agglomeration undergoing Structural Changes: Some Empirical Facts from Statistics and Field Surveys (PDF:188KB)

Comments: Andreas Moerke / Dr., German Institute for Japanese Studies

14:30-15:00 Session 3: Lessons from German Experience

• Von Holger Ernst, Professor and Mr. Nils Omland / Wissenschaftliche Hochschule fur Unternehmensfuhrung (WHU)
  Revitalization of Japanese Industrial Agglomeration undergoing Structural Changes: Some Empirical Facts from Statistics and Field Surveys (PDF:188KB)
  Vitalisation of Industry Through the Promotion of Knowledge Intensive New Firms —The Case of German Biotechnology (PDF:82KB)

15:10-16:30 Panel Discussion