The EU-Japan Center for Industrial Cooperation held a 5-day intensive course in Japan for executives from EU firms between Monday 19th February – Friday 23rd February, 2007 on foreign direct investment in Japan.
On Monday 19th February I gave a talk “Trends in high technology in Japan”, covering the following points:
- “Japan is a technology super power – full of creativity and power to innovate” (my presentation to the President of Germany)
- The myth: nobody invests in Japan – all investment goes to China
- M&A case study: acquisition of a Japanese pharmaceutical factory including R&D
- Innovation case study 1: GaN LEDs invented in Japan, replace light bulbs and fluorescent tubes
- Innovation case study 2: e-Money
- Innovation case study 3: Japan’s telecom industry, overview, e-Japan I and II, u-Japan, wireless industry
- M&A case study: Japan’s telecom sector
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