Q: Asian Capitalisms

Thursday, 2 July 2015

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8:30 AM-10:00 AM


Q-01
Network Q Welcome: Overview and Meet the Organizers
Q: Asian Capitalisms

Discussants: Boy C Luethje, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou; Sebastien Lechevalier, EHESS; Cornelia Storz, Goethe University Frankfurt; Tobias ten Brink, University of Frankfurt
Session Organizers: Boy C Luethje, Sun Yat-sen University; Sebastien Lechevalier, EHESS; Cornelia Storz, Goethe University Frankfurt; Tobias ten Brink, University of Frankfurt

10:15 AM-11:45 AM


Q-02
Foreign Direct Investment, Production Networks and Regional Integration
Q: Asian Capitalisms

Session Organizers: Boy C Luethje, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou; Cornelia Storz, Goethe University Frankfurt; Sebastien Lechevalier, EHESS; Tobias ten Brink, University of Frankfurt

Participants:
Between Markets and Institutions in China: Multinational Enterprises As Actors, East Asian Production Networks and an Organizational Approach to Foreign Direct Investment
Mark Dallas, Union College
Internationalization of Technological Activities and Transnational Corporation from Developing Countries: A Comparative Analysis of Asia and Latin America Based on Patent Data
Pedro Miranda, Institute for Applied Economic Research - IPEA
The Political Economy of South Korean Development Cooperation with Vietnam: The Impact of Economic Aid and the Knowledge Sharing Program
Pil Ho Kim, Ohio State University

Q-03
Asian Capitalisms and Global Finance I
Q: Asian Capitalisms

Session Organizers: Boy C Luethje, Sun Yat-sen University; Sebastien Lechevalier, EHESS; Cornelia Storz, Goethe University Frankfurt; Tobias ten Brink, University of Frankfurt

Participants:
Corporate Governance for Start-Ups in Japan: Layering of Institutional Logics
Masahiro Kotosaka, College of Business Administration, Ritsumeikan University; Mari Sako, University of Oxford
Ownership, Governance Arrangement and Corporate Policies: How Does Foreign Institutions Play Its Disciplinary Role in Japan?
Hideaki Miyajima, Waseda University; Ryo Ogawa, Waseda University
Political Economy of Consumer Credit Market in Japan
Adrienne Sala, EHESS

2:15 PM-3:45 PM


Q-04
Asian Capitalisms and Global Finance II
Q: Asian Capitalisms

Session Organizers: Boy C Luethje, Sun Yat-sen University; Sebastien Lechevalier, EHESS; Cornelia Storz, Goethe University Frankfurt; Tobias ten Brink, University of Frankfurt

Participants:
Value, Investors, Markets, States and the Global: Exploring the Meanings of Everyday Practice of Cross-Border Financial Investment in China
Horacio Ortiz, Research Institute of Anthropology, East China Normal University
The Politics of Economic Growth and Fiscal Deficit in China, 1994-2015
Dr. Adam Saunders, University of Oxford; Ke Meng, University of Oxford
Social Capital in Wenzhou Banking Networks: Filling Structural Holes in China's Hottest Financial Market
W. Travis Selmier, Indiana University

Q-05
Technology, Innovation, and Industrial Upgrading I
Q: Asian Capitalisms

Discussants: Cong Cao, University of Nottingham; Denis Simon, Arizona State University
Session Organizer: Rachel Parker, STPI
Moderator: Rich Appelbaum, University of California, Santa Barbara

Participants:
China's Science and Technology Policy - a New Developmental State
Rich Appelbaum, UC Santa Barbara
Is China Becoming a Hi-Tech Superpower? Measuring Success – and Failure
Rachel Parker, ...
China’s Science and Technology Enterprise: Can Government-Lead Efforts Successfully Spur Innovation?
Cong Cao, University of Nottingham
China's International Science and Technology Relations: From Passive to pro-Active Player
Denis Simon, Arizona State University

4:00 PM-5:30 PM


Q-06
Technology, Innovation, and Industrial Upgrading II
Q: Asian Capitalisms

Session Organizers: Boy C Luethje, Sun Yat-sen University; Sebastien Lechevalier, EHESS; Cornelia Storz, Goethe University Frankfurt; Tobias ten Brink, University of Frankfurt

Participants:
An Organizational Weapon for Whom? the Establishment of Party Branches within a Private Chinese Firm
Tina Lee, Princeton University
State Policies and Domestic Demand As Drivers of Industrial Upgrading. the Experience of the Chinese LED Lighting Industry.
Florian Butollo, University; Tobias ten Brink, Institute of Social Research
Architectural Innovation in China
Marcus Conle, University of Duisburg-Essen

Q-07
Varieties and Diversity of Asian Capitalisms I
Q: Asian Capitalisms

Session Organizers: Boy C Luethje, Sun Yat-sen University; Sebastien Lechevalier, EHESS; Cornelia Storz, Goethe University Frankfurt; Tobias ten Brink, University of Frankfurt

Participants:
Theorizing Ersatz Capitalism in Southeast Asia: Theoretical Considerations and Empirical Outlook
Fabian Bocek, Goethe-University Frankfurt
Skills, Firms and the State in India: Securing Development or Perpetuating Inequality?
Anita Hammer, De Montfort University; Kuriakose Mamkoottam, Ambedkar University
India: Globalisation, Growth and Inequality
Mritiunjoy Mohanty, Indian Institute of Management Calcutta

Friday, 3 July 2015

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8:30 AM-10:00 AM


Q-08
Asian Capitalisms and Global Finance III
Q: Asian Capitalisms

Session Organizers: Boy C Luethje, Sun Yat-sen University; Sebastien Lechevalier, EHESS; Cornelia Storz, Goethe University Frankfurt; Tobias ten Brink, University of Frankfurt

Participants:
Institutional Legacies and the Differential Consequences of Neoliberal Housing Finance Policy: A Comparison of Germany, Spain, Japan, and South Korea
Jin-Wook Shin, Chung-Ang University
Enforce Reciprocally? Rules-Based Supervisory Approach and Collaborative Styles in Korean Financial Regulation
Seung-Hun Hong, Australian National University

Q-09
Technology, Innovation and Industrial Upgrading III
Q: Asian Capitalisms

Session Organizers: Boy C Luethje, Sun Yat-sen University; Sebastien Lechevalier, EHESS; Cornelia Storz, Goethe University Frankfurt; Tobias ten Brink, University of Frankfurt

Participants:
The Origins and Transformation of the Growth Alliance in Guangdong, China
Jieh-min Wu, Academia Sinica
The State As a Mediator and Disabler: Economic Openness, Technological Catching-up, and Indigenous Innovation in Chinese Firms
Junmin Wang, University of Memphis
How Developmental Government Drives Industrial Upgrading By Innovation? Case of China's Pearl River Delta
Wei Zhao, ESSCA School of Management
Rediscovering Historically Alternative Capitalism: Industrial Transformation and a Decentralized Economy in Taiwan
Michelle F Hsieh, Academia Sinica

10:15 AM-11:45 AM


Q-10
Technology, Innovation and Industrial Upgrading IV
Q: Asian Capitalisms

Session Organizers: Boy C Luethje, Sun Yat-sen University; Sebastien Lechevalier, EHESS; Cornelia Storz, Goethe University Frankfurt; Tobias ten Brink, University of Frankfurt

Participants:
Alternative Strategies for Technological Ascent? China Versus Japan
Jiajia Liu, University of Manchester; Andrew Tylecote, University of Sheffield
Coordination & Collaboration at High-Tech Districts in Japan and China
Dennis McNamara, Georgetown University
Evolution of East Asian Capitalism; A Comparative Case Study on Flat Panel Display Industry in Japan and South Korea
Hyunkyu Do, University of Manchester

Q-11
Varieties and Diversity of Asian Capitalisms II
Q: Asian Capitalisms

Session Organizers: Sebastien Lechevalier, EHESS; Boy C Luethje, Sun Yat-sen University; Cornelia Storz, Goethe University Frankfurt; Tobias ten Brink, University of Frankfurt

Participants:
The Dynamics of Sino-Capitalism: Theoretical Implications of China's Emergent Form of Capitalism
Christopher A McNally, Chaminade University
The Social Order of Chinese Capitalism: Socio-Economic Uncertainty, Communist Party Rule, and Economic Development, 1990-2000
Julian Gruin, University of Amsterdam
Re-Combinant Property and Modes of Regulation in China's Emergent Capitalism – Insights from Core Manufacturing Industries
Boy C Luethje, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou

2:15 PM-3:45 PM


Q-12
Technology, Innovation and Industrial Upgrading V
Q: Asian Capitalisms

Session Organizers: Boy C Luethje, Sun Yat-sen University; Sebastien Lechevalier, EHESS; Cornelia Storz, Goethe University Frankfurt; Tobias ten Brink, University of Frankfurt

Participants:
Entrepreneurial Capabilities and the State: The Emergence of Korea's on-Line Gaming Industry
Steven Casper, Keck Graduate Institute of Applied Life Sciences; Cornelia Storz, Goethe University Frankfurt
The Impact of Socio-Economic Institutions on Technology Development Strategies in Asia
Richard Whitley, University of Manchester

Q-13
Inequalities and welfare I
Q: Asian Capitalisms

Session Organizers: Boy C Luethje, Sun Yat-sen University; Sebastien Lechevalier, EHESS; Cornelia Storz, Goethe University Frankfurt; Tobias ten Brink, University of Frankfurt

Participants:
Institutional Transformation and the Political Economy of Inequality in Japan
Taka Suzuki, Ohio University
War and Authoritarianism in the Formation of the Japanese Welfare State
Anna K.M. Skarpelis, New York University
Land Expropriation Protests in China: An Exploratory Study of “Rights”, Guanxi, and Mobilization
Yin Wah Chu, Hong Kong Baptist University

4:00 PM-5:30 PM


Q-14
Inequalities and welfare II
Q: Asian Capitalisms

Session Organizers: Boy C Luethje, Sun Yat-sen University; Sebastien Lechevalier, EHESS; Cornelia Storz, Goethe University Frankfurt; Tobias ten Brink, University of Frankfurt

Participants:
Revisiting Cross-National Variations in Preference for Redistribution. Attitudes to Inequalities, Social Beliefs, and Welfare Systems
Sebastien Lechevalier, EHESS
Time and Risk Preference in Japan
Markus Heckel, Goethe University; Na Zou, Goethe University
Measuring Unfair Inequality: The Case of Japan
Sayaka Sakoda, Fondation France-Japon de l'EHESS

Q-15
Work, Labor Markets, and Migration I
Q: Asian Capitalisms

Session Organizers: Boy C Luethje, Sun Yat-sen University; Sebastien Lechevalier, EHESS; Cornelia Storz, Goethe University Frankfurt; Tobias ten Brink, University of Frankfurt

Participants:
Evolving Socio-Political Coalitions and the Neoliberal Restructuring of the South Korean Labor Market
Pauline Debanes, EHESS; Juntae Lee, Seoul National University
Designing Unified Korean Labour Market: A Comparative Analysis of South and North Korean Labour Market and Policy
Yuhwi Kim, Ewha Womans University
Institutional Legacy of State Corporatism in Deindustrial East Asian Labour Markets
Sophia Seung-yoon Lee, Ewha Womans University

Saturday, 4 July 2015

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8:30 AM-10:00 AM


Q-16
Work, Labor Markets and Migration II
Q: Asian Capitalisms

Session Organizers: Boy C Luethje, Sun Yat-sen University; Sebastien Lechevalier, EHESS; Cornelia Storz, Goethe University Frankfurt; Tobias ten Brink, University of Frankfurt

Participants:
Migrant Labour and the Failure of Legal Regulation: Extinction for Asian Tigers
Mark Findlay, Singapore Management University; Si Wei Lim, University of Sydney
Changing Cohort Quality and Socio-Economic Attainment of Young Chinese Immigrants in Hong Kong after the Political Handover
Chung Yan Ip, Hong Kong Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies, Chinese University of Hong Kong; Stephen Wing-kai Chiu, Chinese University of Hong Kong

10:15 AM-11:45 AM


Q-17
Work, Labor Markets and Migration III
Q: Asian Capitalisms

Session Organizers: Boy C Luethje, Sun Yat-sen University; Sebastien Lechevalier, EHESS; Cornelia Storz, Goethe University Frankfurt; Tobias ten Brink, University of Frankfurt

Participants:
An Explorative Study of Culture and Commercialization: Institutionalization of the "Ethical Fashion" in Japan
Tsutomu Nakano, Aoyama Gakuin University; Masumi Nakano, Glomec
Market Transition and Changing Organizational Role in Social Inequality in Urban China
Wei Zhao, UNC-Charlotte & Shanghai University
Pricing the Human Body: Evidence from Industrial Injury Cases in China
Enying Zheng, University of Cambridge

Q-18
Work, Labor Markets and Migration IV
Q: Asian Capitalisms

Session Organizers: Boy C Luethje, Sun Yat-sen University; Sebastien Lechevalier, EHESS; Cornelia Storz, Goethe University Frankfurt; Tobias ten Brink, University of Frankfurt

Participants:
Possibilities of Job Acceptance and Selective Job Change of Local Employees at Asian Subsidiaries of Multinational Companies : Case Study of Asian Region Expansion By Japanese Originated Companies
Masayo Fujimoto, Doshisha University
The Persistent Character of Japanese Employment: A Micro Data Analysis of Seikashugi and Its Impact on Japanese Workers
Osamu Umezaki, Hosei University; Arjan Keizer, University of Manchester