Professor Hugh Patrick of Center on Japanese Economy and Business and Charles Wolf, Jr., Senior Economic Adviser and Corporate Fellow in International Economics of the RAND Corporation, are responsible for selecting faculty from Columbia and other top-tier academic institutions to participate in the Keizai Koho Center (KKC) Invitation Program for U.S. Business School Educators, a one-week program in Japan organized and financed by the KKC, an arm of Nippon Keidanren, the Japan Federation of Business Organizations. KKC arranges a week of meetings and visits in Japan with corporate executives, scholars, government officials and politicians with the intent of promoting understanding of the Japanese economy, corporations and management methods.The annual spring group was in Tokyo from June 4-8, 2007. The participant from Columbia Business School was Professor Amir Ziv, Vice Dean and Professor of Accounting. Other participants were Frederick D.S. Choi, Distinguished Service Professor of Business, Stern School of Business, New York University; Dawn Iacobucci, John J. Pomerantz Professor in Marketing; Wharton School University of Pennsylvania; Roberto Rigobon, Associate Professor, MIT Sloan School of Management; and Victor Stango, Associate Professor Economics, Tuck School of Business, Dartmouth College. On June 8, the five program members were the speakers at the “Perspectives on Management in a Global Context” symposium held at the Nippon Keidanren.
Keizai Koho Center Invitation Program for U.S. Business School Educators
From June 4-8, 2007, Professor Amir Ziv, Vice Dean and Professor of Accounting of Columbia Business School, and four other professors of leading U.S.business schools participated in the Keizai Koho Center Invitation Program.