SEIJIRO TAKESHITA
Seijiro Takeshita
Professor, School of Management and Information
Professor, Graduate School of Management and Information of Innovation
University of Shizuoka
Room 4203, Management and Information Wing
University of Shizuoka
52-1 Yada, Suruga-ku, Shizuoka-shi
Shizuoka 422-8526 Japan
Tel:
+81 54 264 5423
E-Mail: [email protected]
WORK
Apr 2015 – Present
University of Shizuoka
Shizuoka, Japan
Professor, School of Management and Information
Professor, Graduate School of Management and Information of Innovation
Jan 2001 – Mar 2015
Mizuho International PLC
Executive Director, Japanese Equities
Senior Strategist, Japanese Equities
London, UK
May 1999 - Jan 2001
ABN AMRO (UK) Ltd.
Director, Japanese Strategy and Economics
London, UK
May 1995 - May 1999
Deutsche Bank AG
Director, Japanese Equities
Head of Sales (1997/98), Japanese Equities
London, UK
Oct 1994 - May 1995
Credit Lyonnais SA
London, UK
Director, Intelligence Unit
Moved with the department’s (Intelligence Unit) virtual transfer to Deutsche Bank
Apr 1985 - Oct 1994
Okasan Holdings Co., Ltd.
Tokyo, Japan
Jun ‘91 - Oct ’94
Okasan International Europe Ltd.
London, UK
Head of Research/ Manager, Analysis and Marketing
Oct ‘89 - Jun ’91
Okasan Securities Tokyo
Tokyo Japan
Economist, International Department
Vice President, Ad Hoc Committee for Mid-Long Term Strategy
Jan ‘87 - Jun ’87
Okasan International America Inc.
Researcher, International Department
Apr ‘85 - Jan ’87
Okasan Economic Research Institute
Tokyo, Japan
Analyst, Overseas Information Department
New York, USA
EDUCATION
Ph.D. (2007)
Birkbeck College, University of London
London, UK
Ph.D. in Management
- Dissertation: “Transformation of Japanese Business System: Structural, Institutional and
Organizational Determinants of Change and Continuity”
MBA (1989)
Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University
Evanston, USA
- Majors: Management Policy, International Business, Finance, and Marketing
BA (1985)
Dokkyo University
- Major: Humanities
Soka, Japan
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PUBLICATIONS
Academic/ Book Chapters
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Williams, C., Takeshita, S., Gilles M., Ruhe, C., Smith, J., and Troll, S. (2014) ‘Leadership and the readiness
to internationalize in the brewing industry: the case of Asahi Breweries of Japan’, Book chapter in
Gammelgaard, J. and Dörrenbächer, C. (eds.) The Global Brewing Industry, Edward Elgar Publishing
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Takeshita, S., and Williams, C. (2012) ‘Olympus and the Whistleblower President’, Ivey Publishing Case and
Teaching Note, Richard Ivey School of Business, Western University
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Takeshita, S., Lee, S. H., and Williams, C. (2011) ‘Institutional Rigidity and Non-Liberal Governance in Japan:
The Case of Mitsubishi Motors and Kanebo’, Academy of International Business Conference Paper, AIB
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Takeshita, S. (2007) ‘The Transformation of the Japanese Business System: Structural, Institutional and
Organizational Determinants of Change and Continuity’, Dissertation, University of London
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Takeshita, S., et al (1991)「ケロッグ・限りなく貴重な日々」 (Kellogg School of Management, Most
Valuable Days), Book chapter in ‘MBA 留学(Acquiring MBA)’, Ascii Books, 1991, pp 73-98
Periodical Publications
- International Herald Tribune (Jun 2001 - Feb 2002)
Appointed by International Herald Tribune as one of the five regular column writers for their weekly
internet magazine publication, FBC.
Jun 15, 2001
Jun 22, 2001
Jun 29, 2001
Jul 6, 2001
Jul 13, 2001
Jul 20, 2001
Jul 27, 2001
Aug 3, 2001
Aug 10, 2001
Aug 17, 2001
Aug 24, 2001
Aug 31, 2001
Sep 7, 2001
Sep 14, 2001
Sep 21, 2001
Sep 28, 2001
Oct 5, 2001
Oct 12, 2001
Oct 19, 2001
Oct 26, 2001
Nov 2, 2001
Nov 9, 2001
No 22, 2001
Nov 30, 2001
Dec 7, 2001
Dec 14, 2001
Jan 11, 2002
Feb 8, 2002
Politica Americana Japanese Style
No more sokaiya? – Japan’s shareholder meetings
Noblesse Oblige, Anyone?
Evidence of Restructuring – Corporate Cultural Transition
Putting the Clock Backwards – Yielding to Political Pressure
More Ammunition for the Weak Yen Believers
Tolerating the Intolerable – The Upper House Election
What the “No Support” Segment Tells Us –
Aftermath of the Upper House Election
Behind All the Suicides – Side effect of structural reform
Glimpse of Change in Japanese Individualism?
Koizumi: Messiah or Don Quixote?
Rigidity of the Japanese Employment Structure (1): Organizations
Rigidity of the Japanese Employment Structure (2):
Corporate Culture and Individuals
Rigidity of the Japanese Employment Structure (3): Leadership
Systemic Risk?
Why Careless Loans are Left Unattended
Transformation of Japanese Class System by the Reform (1): Introduction
Transformation of Japanese Class System by the Reform (2):
Enhanced Job Mobility and the Breakdown of the Social Order
Transformation of Japanese Class System by the Reform (3):
Myth of a Uniformly Distributed Social Order
Restructuring? Or Merely Downsizing?
True Signs of Restructuring
Behind the Current Banks’ Share Drop - Back to 1998?
Public Injection and Lift-off of Payoff by the Japanese Banks:
The Banking Problem Revisited – and Revisited
End of deposit insurance –
Lift-off of payoff by the Japanese Banks/ Barometer of the Banking Reform
Start of a new era: bankruptcies of general contractors –
Cutting Down on the Tumor
Looking Back at 2001
Year to Bite the Bullet
Koizumi’s True Followers
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Financial Times (Nov 2005 – Jan 2006)
FTFM Market Brief
ファンシャル・タイムズ・マーケット・ブリーフ
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週刊ダイアモンド Shukan Diamond (Dec 2012 – current)
Appointed by Shukan Diamond (most circulated economic magazine in Japan) as one of the regular
writers for their weekly magazine on their overseas column.
Dec, 2012
日本がお手本？わらをもつかむ思いのユーロ圏
(Japan as a role model? Desperate Euro)
Jan, 2013
もう一つの火薬庫、暴発寸前の移民問題
スウェーデンが映し出す文化多元主義の限界
(Immigration - another explosive in Euro Sweden displays limitation of
multiculturalism)
Feb, 2013
欧州の新たな時限爆弾スペインの内部分裂、噴き出す不協和音
(New time bomb in the Euro Spanish conflict, erupting discord)
Mar, 2013
ユーロ、メルトダウンへの序曲顕著になる緊縮財政への疲弊と抵抗
(Euro meltdown? Evident exhaustion and resistance towards austerity)
Apr, 2013
明日は我が身
キプロス救済策が生んだ新たな火種
(Tomorrow, it might be me Bailout of Cyprus creating new concern)
Jun, 2013
ベルギー南北対立が暗示するユーロ圏分裂の道筋
(Divide of Euro reflected in Belgium)
Jun, 2013
「ユーロの優等生」ポルトガルの反乱広がる反緊縮の動き
(Portugal, “the good pupil of the Eurozone” rebels)
Aug, 2013
南欧の混乱を見てもユーロ導入に踏み切る東欧諸国の“トラウマ”
(Trauma of Eastern Europe)
Sep, 2013
根拠の論文に誤り揺らぐ緊縮財政策足並み乱れるＥＵ
(Austerity based on debunked research)
Oct, 2013
英米蜜月時代の終焉？シリア問題で問われる英国の存在意義
(US/ UK honeymoon period over?)
Nov, 2013
欧州人権裁判所の判決に不信を募らせる英国深まるＥＵとの溝
(Deepening divide between the EU and the UK)
Nov, 2013
行き過ぎた緊縮財政で４人に１人が貧困層？もう一つの欧州危機
(Excessive austerity measures crating serious poverty)
Jan, 2014
「労働移動の自由化」が生み出す新たな火種埋まらぬ「東西」格差
(Deepening divide between the EU and the UK)
Feb, 2014
文化衝突と経済悪化で2014年は右翼が躍進？怒りが渦巻く欧州
(Excessive austerity measures crating serious poverty)
Mar, 2014
ウクライナ侵攻で蘇るソ連の亡霊におののく東欧諸国
(Eastern Europe regressing the nightmares of USSR after invasion of Ukraine)
Apr, 2014
高まる反EUの機運
右翼・極右の台頭での波乱必至の欧州議会選挙
(Anti-EU sentiment on the rise Rise of right/ ultra-right wing)
Jun, 2014
現実味を帯びてきたスコットランド独立反EU勢力が後押し
(Independence of Scotland pushed by anti-EU forces)
Jul, 2014
欧州委員長人事の裏側金融の覇権をめぐりＥＵ離脱も辞さぬ英国
(UK may leave EU if autonomy of financial sector is taken away)
Aug, 2014
欧州統合は夢のまた夢独立機運高まるスコットランド鍵握るスコッ
トランド
(Integration of Europe walking away Scotland key to moves of independence)
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Sep, 2014
次の“標的”はどこかロシアとEUの板挟みに苦悩するブルガリア
(Who’s the next target for Russia Bulgaria suffering between Russia and the
EU)
Oct, 2014
茶番劇の新閣僚人事で船出前から大荒れ混乱深まるEUの前途
(Further turmoil in EU – questions over selection of Committee members)
Nov, 2014
独立機運高まるカタルーニャ難題山積みのスペイン
(Cataluña asking for independence Problems mounting for Spain)
Jan, 2014
移民家庭出身の若者がイスラム国の戦闘員に欧州に迫る新たな脅威
(Family of immigrants becoming fighters for IS New threat to Europe)
Feb, 2014
多元文化主義に苛立つ欧州市民
(Europeans losing patience towards multiculturalism)
Apr, 2014
パリのテロがもたらした一般の中産階級の右翼化不安定化する西欧社
会
(What Paris attack brought about Uneasiness in Western Europe)
Other Publications
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Book chapter: in MBA 留学(Acquiring MBA), ケロッグ・限りなく貴重な日々 (Kellogg School
of Management, Most Valuable Days), Ascii Books, Mar 1991, pp 73-98
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Article: for Eikoku News Digest, 東京三菱銀行人種差別訴訟 - 日本企業が懲りない理由 (Tokyo
Mitsubishi Bank’s racial discrimination – Why Japanese firms never learn), July 1, 1991 , London
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Article: for Eikoku News Digest, 日産リストラ計画 - 再建への厳しい選択 (Restructuring of
Nissan - Tough choices for reconstruction), Nov 4, 1999, London
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Report: for ABN AMRO, A Death Cry from Public Corporations: Japan’s well kept secret - Japan’s
huge hidden debt coming out of the closet?（日本の公団からの断末魔の叫び：巧妙に隠された
秘密、莫大な癪入金が露見するのか）, Jul 27, 2000, London
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Article: for Fundsupermart.com, Japan’s New “Hollywood” Cabinet, (日本の新“ハリーウッド”
内閣) Apr 27, 2001, Singapore
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Article: for Eikoku New Digest, ユニクロ、英国に進出 - 無個性のすばらしさ(Uniclo’s
expansion into the UK - Wonderful thing of being ordinary), Oct 1, 2001 London
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Article: for Eikoku New Digest,アンチ流行がおしゃれ - ユニクロの英国展開を読む(Antifashionable is chic - Looking into Unilco’s strategy in the UK), Feb 7, 2002, London
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Article: for BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation), Japan’s economic battle with deflation (日本の
デフレとの闘い), Mar 23, 2009, London
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Article for: Sky News, BskyB, Please Don’t Go Turning Japanese（日本の真似はおやめなさ
い）, Nov 11, 2009, London
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Article for: CNN, What Japanese leaders can learn from the Fukushima nuclear crisis（日本のリ
ーダーが福島から学ぶべきこと）, Jul 6, 2012, London
Publications from Okasan Holdings (1985 – 1992)
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Company and industry reports
Various company and industry reports an investment research analyst at Okasan Economic
Research Institute (1985-1987).
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Macro economic analysis reports
Various macro economic analysis reports as an economist economist at Okasan Securities Co.,
Ltd. (1989-1991).
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Report devising mid-long term strategy for Okasan Securities Co., Ltd. (1991, Internal)
Intensive analysis of securities industry though comparative analysis of the industry structure and
US firms. Devising mid-long term strategies of Okasan Securities Co., Ltd., as the Vice
President of the Ad Hoc Committee for Mid-Long Term Strategy.
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Special reports (mainly macro economic analysis and strategy pieces)
Various special reports (mainly macro and strategy pieces) as head of research at Okasan
International London (1991 – 1994).
Other Quotes
Numerous quotes to news sources, newspapers, and magazines, such as Financial Times, Sunday Times,
Reuters, International Herald Tribune, BBC, Sky, Sankei Newspaper, News Digest, and Nihon Keizai
Shinbun (Nikkei).
LECTURES/ CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
- Dokkyo University (in Japanese) (Soka, Apr 2014)
獨協大学経済学部総合講座
「世界が待ち望む日本の転換：期待と実態のギャップ海外の見識と誤解」
- Richard Ivey School of Business, Western University (London - Ontario, Mar 2014)
‘Comparative analysis of power distance amongst US, Europe, and Japan’
- Japan 400, Committee of 400 years of Japan-Britain Relations (London, Jan 2014)
‘Mutual wealth creation and entrepreneurship of Japan and Britain’a
- Keio Business School, Keio University (Hiyoshi, Nov 2011)
‘‘Why hybridization is necessary amongst Japanese MNEs - Divergence of governance under
competing forms of Capitalism’
- Richard Ivey School of Business, Western University (London - Ontario, Sep 2013)
‘Misfortune seldom come alone: How Japanese coped –and not coped – with the Tohoku earthquake’
‘Bearing the unbearable: Organizational/ human factors behind the Tohoku earthquake’
- Richard Ivey School of Business, Western University (London - Ontario, Mar 2013)
‘Managing local embedment (Case Study Analysis): Collision Course: Selling European HighPerformance Motorcycles in Japan’
- Kent Business School, University of Kent (Canterbury, Feb 2013)
The Kent MBA Executive Forum: Strategic Response of MNCs to the Global Economic Crisis
‘Transforming Multinational Firms after the Global Economic Crisis: Toyota and the Resilience of NonLiberal Governance System’
- Keio Business School, Keio University (Hiyoshi, Nov 2011)
‘Japanese governance in question - Complying with ongoing diversity of competing capitalism’
- Richard Ivey School of Business, University of Western Ontario (London - Ontario, Nov 2011)
‘Can Japanese MNE leaders cope? - Ongoing diversity of competing capitalism’
- Keio Business School, Keio University (Hiyoshi, Nov 2011)
‘Japanese governance in question - Complying with ongoing diversity of competing capitalism’
- AIB, Academy of International Business (Nagoya, June 2011)
AIB 2011 Annual Meeting
‘Institutional Rigidity and Non-Liberal Governance in Japan:
The Case of Mitsubishi Motors and Kanebo
- CFA Denmark, The Danish Society of Financial Analysts (Copenhagen, June 2011)
Japan after the Catastrophes
‘Structural challenges within the Japanese organizational system –
lessons from the Tohoku Pacific earthquake’
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- Birkbeck College, University of London (London, March 2011)
‘Forever Rivals – Comparative Analysis of Sony and Nintendo’
- Richard Ivey School of Business, University of Western Ontario (London - Ontario, Nov 2010)
‘Leadership style and approaches in Japan after clash of capitalism
- Resilience of Non-Liberal Governance?’
- Keio Business School, Keio University (Hiyoshi, Sep 2010)
‘Clash of Capitalism and Governance Structure’
- Birkbeck College, University of London (London, Mar 2010)
‘Global Foreign Exchange and the Determinant Factors in Exchange Rates’
- Amsterdam Business School, University of Amsterdam (Amsterdam, Feb 2010)
‘Clash of Capitalism – So who’s right and show’s wrong?’
- Keio Business School, Keio University (Hiyoshi, Mar 2009)
‘Japanese Business System Amidst Global Crisis – Who’s right, and who’s wrong?’
- Wilton Park, Executive Agency of the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office
(Steyning, Oct 2008)
933rd Conference: Japan – Challenges and Opportunities in the Global Economy
‘The Credit Crunch: Japan’s Experience and Response’
- The Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation (London, Mar 2008)
Saving and Spending: Banking Crises and Consumer Confidence (chair)
- Keio Business School, Keio University (Hiyoshi, Feb 2008)
‘Structural Transformation of the Japanese Business System’
- Royal Holloway School of Management, University of London (Egham, Feb 2005)
‘Past, Present, and Future of Japanese Banking Lead Governance’
- Royal Holloway School of Management, University of London (Egham, Feb 2004)
‘The Future of Japanese Banking Lead Governance’
- Royal Holloway School of Management, University of London (Egham, Mar 2003)
‘Old Habits Die Hard’
- Chatham House, The Royal Institute of International Affairs (London, Feb 2003)
‘Structural Transition of Japanese Corporations’
- The Houses of Parliament: The British-Japanese All –Party Parliamentary Group, in conjunction with
The BBC World Service and The Royal Institute of International Affairs (London, Jan 2003)
Briefing on development and trends in Japanese domestic and international politics, and civic business
cultures
‘Japan’s Corporate/ Organizational Transition and its Behavioral Patterns’
- Wilton Park, Executive Agency of the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office
(Steyning, Feb 2002)
664th Conference: Japan and East Asia- Policies for the 21st Century
‘Japan’s Economic Structural Transition’
- European Institute, Institutional Investor (Vienna, Feb 2000)
Asian Recovery, How Fast, How Real
‘Japan’s Structural Reform’
- London Society of Investment Professionals (London, Nov 1999)
‘Japan: Bull or Bear? Financial or Fiscal Policy? Implications to the Rest”
- British Steel Industry (Manchester, Sep 1999)
UK Steel Association Conference
‘Japan: Structural Transition - White Knight of the Asian Revival?’
- CBI, Confederation of British Industry (London, Dec 1998)
Japanese in Britain Conference
‘Prolonging the Pain’
- University of London (London, Oct 1998)
‘Japanese Economy and Its Outlook’
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- OECD, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (Paris, May 1998)
IEA Seminar, The Effects of the Oil Price Drop of 1997/98 to Japan & Asia
‘Can Japan be the White Knight for Asia?’
‘Japan’s Structural Problems’
- The Conference Board Europe (London, Feb 1998)
European Council of Economics
‘Japan as the White Knight of Asian Crisis?’
- Chatham House, The Royal Institute of International Affairs (London, Dec 1997)
Reforming Japan – Managing Economic and Administrative Change
‘Administrative Reform in Japan’
- LSE, London School of Economics (London, Mar 1996)
‘Long term Perspective of Japanese Structural Transition’
MEDIA PRESENTATIONS
- 2,234 TV/ radio appearances (May 1995 – Dec 2014)
Appearances are/were mainly for BBC World Service, BBC, CNN, CNBC Europe, CNBC Asia,
Bloomberg TV, and Al Jazeera. Also for Reuters TV, Cantos, TV Tokyo, Sky, Herald Tribune TV, ITN,
NHK, and Fuji TV. Approximately 85 - 90% for TV, 10 - 15% for radio.
With
BBC
CNBC
CNN
Bloomberg
952 appearances
548
235
208
Others
332
REGULAR WEEKLY COMMENTARY
Reuters Financial TV - Market Briefing
Bloomberg TV - Bloomberg News
CNBC Asia - Business Center
CNBC Europe - Market Wrap
CNN - World Business Today/ Biz News
(Mar 2009 - Sep 2009)
(Mar 2003 - Jun 2003)
(Feb 2002 - Sep 2004)
(Feb 2001 - Jan 2002)
(Jun 1999 - May 2003)
REGULAR MONTHLY COMMENTARY
Cantos Business News - Regular Updates on Cantos: Japanese Economy
TV Tokyo - Morning Satellite
(Jul 2004 - Jan 2006)
(Jul 2002 - Nov 2003)
RECENT APPREANCES
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Languages
- Japanese (native), English (native)
- Chamber of Commerce Prize, Eiken Ikkyu (1985, STEP)
Awarded by STEP for achieving one of the top four scores from among 100,000+ applicants
Interests
- Reading, ‘wining and dining’, traveling
- Rugby Football
London Japanese Rugby Football Club
(1993 - present)
Captain, seasons of 1994/95 and 1995/96
Dokkyo University Varsity Rugby Football Team
(1981 - 1985)
Co-Captain, seasons of 1983/84 and 1984/85
Hyogo Ken-ritsu Ashiya High School
(1978 - 1981)
Captain, season of 1980/81
All-East Hyogo 1980
Valuable Player of the Year 1981, Hyogo Prefecture Rugby Football Association
As of April 1, 2015
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