[Upcoming event] Japan in the Bay Area: Collaboration and Transformation
Kenji Kushida
Finally, a comprehensive report about how Japan and the Bay Area (including Silicon Valley) have entered into a new chapter of collaboration. I'm delighted to have had the opportunity to co-author this report, so it includes lots of corporate cases of Japanese companies attempting to harness Silicon Valley, as well as some analysis on how Japan's political economy has been transforming over the past decades. It's been a long long time since a substantive report on the Bay Area and Japan has been written -- so long that there isn't anything listed on their web archives. (China, India, Mexico, Canada, Singapore, EU, etc etc but no Japan).
I think this is good enough for people to use in classrooms, for people interested in getting an updated view of how Japan is transforming, and what Japanese companies are doing in Silicon Valley. I think it's also useful for people working in, and with Japanese companies to see what some interesting ones have been up to -- lots of new attempts to harness the ecosystem and create value.
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