Kyoto University Faculty of Economics The 100th Year Anniversary International Conference Series 2

Kyoto Centennial Industry Dynamics Conference

As a core part of the project “Industry Dynamics across Two Borders: Industry Studies in Asia and the New Research Paradigm” (supported by Kyoto University’s ”SPIRITS” program), this conference invites international scholars from various disciplines to exchange their expertise for the publication of Oxford Handbook of Industry Dynamics (Oxford University Press). There will be the Pre-Conference Graduate Workshop for graduate students on 26th, the main conference on 27th and 28th, and a lecture on international business by Prof. Eleanor Westney at MIT.

Part 1: Pre-Conference Graduate Workshop

Date: 2019.9.26
Venue: Refresh Room on 8F, Faculty of Law and Faculty of Economics, East Bldg., Yoshida Campus, Kyoto University
Registration:Please send a mail with your name, affiliation and research subject to the email address below:
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Part 2: Kyoto Centennial Industry Dynamics Conference

Date: 2019.9.27-28
Venue: Mizuho Hall on B1F, Faculty of Law and Faculty of Economics East Bldg., Yoshida Campus, Kyoto University
Registration:Please send a mail with your name, affiliation and research subject to the email address below:
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Program

Part 3: Special Lecture by Prof. Eleanor Westney (MIT)

Date: 2019.10.1 10:30-12:00
Venue: Hokei Lecture Room 5 on 1F, Faculty of Law and Faculty of Economics Main Bldg., Yoshida Campus, Kyoto University

Coordinator: Takafumi KUROSAWA (Professor)

Event Report

This project was held under the theme "industrial dynamics" from late September to October 1st as a multiplex event comprising an international conference, a graduate student workshop and a special lecture for undergraduate students.

It was centered on the International Conference (aka OUP Handbook Conference) which was positioned as the first breakout editorial meeting to arrange the contents of Oxford Handbook of Industry Dynamics (jointly edited by M. Kipping, T. Kurosawa and E. Westney) in the making, a large-scale publication project by Oxford University Press. It was held on September 27th and 28th at Mizuho Hall, East Building, Faculties of Law and Economics. 23 out of the book’s 62-member team of editors and authors (16 overseas and 7 domestic) as well as 3 researchers serving as moderators/discussants were assembled, and graduate students and researchers in and outside Kyoto university also participated as general participants. Reflecting the interdisciplinary character of the above-mentioned handbook, active discussions were held among researchers from various disciplines such as international management, organizational theory, business history, sociology, political economics and science and technology theory, marking it an important step towards systematizing industrial theory and establishing it as a new discipline.

It was proceeded by Pre-Conference Graduate Workshop on 26th at the same venue. 10 graduate school students and young researchers of whom 2 were from other universities presented their research. Those leading overseas researchers invited to the OUP conference also joined it to give advice and comments to them from an educational perspective. 2 overseas researchers had been assigned as commentators to each of the 10 papers presented, but during the work workshop, other overseas researchers also offered practical advice from various standpoints to virtually all the papers regardless of the assignment, which produced a great educational effect. Participation in workshops and receptions and academic exchange across generations, borders and disciplines provided a valuable opportunity for the graduate students to build an international research network.

On October 1, the final day, a special lecture for undergraduate students was given by Professor Emeritus Elena Westney of MIT Sloan School (a co-editor of the OUP Handbook) moderated by Professor Akira Takeishi in the attendance of more than 200 students. It was held as a guest lecture of "Management Organization 1" by Professor Naoki Wakabayashi at Classroom #5 of Faculties of Law & Economics Building). The internationally renowned professor of international management has Japanese translations including "Organizational Theory and Multinational Enterprises" (1998) and "Smart Globalization" (2005). Entitled “Learning Across Borders: Moving Organizational Patterns across Societies”, the special lecture illustrated the change in organizational patterns and its meaning brought out by transfer to foreign countries, using interesting and easy-to-understand examples of Disneyland, the transplantation of the police system to Meiji Japan and the quality management system in the Japanese corporate management. It was followed by a lively question and answer session with the students.

Report can be downloaded from here.