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IP: for Japanese IPers -- a talk DIVIDED SUN: MITI and the
From: Dave Farber <farber () central cis upenn edu>
Date: Sat, 02 Mar 1996 19:16:17 -0500
ATIP Technology Seminar Time & Date: 4-6PM, Thursday 4 April, 1996 Where: Asian Technology Information Program (ATIP) Harks Roppongi Building 1F 6-15-21 Roppongi, Minato-ku, Tokyo 106 Tel: +81 3 5411-6670; Fax: +81 3 5411-6671, Email: INFO () ATIP OR JP Space is limited. Please confirm attendance by phone, fax, or email. TITLE: DIVIDED SUN: MITI and the Breakdown of Japanese High Tech Industrial Policy, 1975-1993 (Dr. Scott Callon, BT Asia Securities, Tokyo) ABSTRACT: We believe that the basis for Japan's post-war industrial policy has disintegrated since the 1970s, and that the supposedly "cooperative" nature of Japanese industrial policy is much overplayed. Japanese industrial policy has long been deeply riven by conflicts between companies and Japanese government ministries. The argument here stands in contrast to theories that suggest that policys of Japan's Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI), plus the market, have outperformed the market alone. In the current environment MITI faces heavy criticism and pressures both from within and without. In many cases new cooperative projects are unsuccessful and will continue to be so. We examine these topics by considering four consortia, VLSI (1975-1980), Supercomputer (1981-1989), Fifth Generation (1982-1993), and TRON (1984-on-going). This talk draws upon material from the speaker's recently published book of the same title (Stanford University Press, 1995, 240 pp.). BIO: Dr Callon received his B.A. (summa cum laude & Phi Beta Kappa) from Princeton University's Wilson School of Public and International Affairs in 1986, where he did coursework in computer science and worked as a consultant at the university computer center. After working as a systems engineer at a financial services firm and as a technical software product manager at a RISC microprocessor start-up, he did graduate work in political science at Stanford University on a U.S. National Science Foundation Graduate
Fellowship. He received his Ph.D. from Stanford in 1993, and is now chief
market strategist at BT Asia Securities, Tokyo (Bankers Trust Group) and a Distinguished Fellow at the Asia/Pacific Research Center, Stanford University. Scott Callon, Ph.D. Chief Market Strategist BT Asia Securities, Tokyo Bankers Trust Group Marunouchi 1-3-1, Chiyoda-ku Tokyo 176, JAPAN Tel. +81-3-3286-0733; Fax: +81-3-3216-2378 Home Tel/FAX 81-3-5999-4939 Email: SJCallon () aol com
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