Activity of Academic Year 2001
The year 2001 was another very active year for the Research Group on the Asian Automobile Industry. We held nine regular meetings in 2001. The geographical distribution of the topics was broad including 2 on China, 1 on Korea, 3 on ASEAN, 1 on Taiwan, 1 on Japan and 1 on a global issue. The speakers included business practitioners, industry analysts, academic researchers, and graduate students. Reflecting our growing interests in China's industrial competitiveness, we had seminars relating to China more often than average this year. There were also some sessions about parts supplier systems in Japan, Korea, and ASEAN areas, reflecting our academic focus on this issue. Mr. Konno and Ms. Ma, doctoral students at in the University of Tokyo Graduate School of Economics, continued to serve as organizers of this group. Some of the core members of this research group (including Prof. Fujimoto) started a project on the impact of changes of product architecture on industrial performance in China and other Asian countries. Our research on this particular industry is as active as ever.

Workshop Schedule of this year

Schedules of past years and CIRJE Workshop List