CURRICULUM VITAE

Fields of specialization:

Japanese business organization and corporate strategy.

Education:

Philipps-Universität Marburg, Germany, Ph.D. summa cum laude in Japanese Studies/Economics, 1989.

Friedrich-Wilhelms Universität Bonn, Germany, M.A. in Japanese Studies/Economics, 1987.

Friedrich-Wilhelms Universität Bonn, Germany, Translator's Diploma in Japanese, 1985.

Employment History:

Associate Professor (with tenure), Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies, University of California, San Diego (July 1999 - present);

Assistant Professor, Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies, University of California, San Diego (July 1994 - June 1999).

Visiting Associate Professor, Harvard Business School (July 1999 - June 2000).

Visiting Assistant Professor, Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley (August 1992 - June 1994).

Wissenschaftliche Assistentin, Center for Japanese Studies, Marburg University, Germany (July 1988 - July 1994).

Assistant Professor, Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University, Tokyo (April 1991 - March 1992).

Publications: see under "Research"

Research Affiliations:

Visiting Scholar, A/PARC (Asia/Pacific Research Center), Stanford University (September 1998 - March 1999).

Visiting Scholar, MITI/RI (Research Institute), The Ministry of International Trade and Industry Research Institute, Tokyo (March - May 1995).

Associate Member, Advanced Financial Markets Studies, IGFS (Institute for Global Financial Studies) and FAIR (Foundation for Advanced Information and Research), The Ministry of Finance, Tokyo (1993 - 1995).

Visiting Scholar, Institute of Fiscal and Monetary Studies, The Ministry of Finance, Tokyo (May - June 1993).

Visiting Scholar, FAIR (Foundation for Advanced Information and Research), The Ministry of Finance, Tokyo (February - March 1991).

Visiting Researcher, Institute for Monetary and Economic Studies, The Bank of Japan, Tokyo (May 1987-May 1988, and August-October 1995).

Grants and Professional Awards:

Best Paper Award, for” Self-Regulation and the Sanctuary Strategy: Competitive Advantage through Domestic Cooperation by Japanese Firms.” Tenth Annual Conference of the Association of Japanese Business Studies, June 1999, Salt Lake City.

Japan-U.S. Friendship Commission Project Grant for "Deregulation and the Japanese Firm", 1995-97.

Hellmann Faculty Fellowship, University of California, San Diego, 1996-97.

Abe Fellowship (Center for Global Partnership / Japan Foundation) for research project on regulation and finance in Japan, 1994-95.

Stipend PEEI (Political Economy of European Integration), Center for German and European Studies, University of California, 1993-94.

Research Grant, AFOSR (Air Force Office of Scientific Research, U.S. Department of Defense), 1993.

Research Grant, BRIE (Berkeley Roundtable of the International Economy), 1993.

OAG Bi-Annual Award (German Asiatic Society, Tokyo) for the book Der neue japanische Kapitalmarkt - Finanzfutures in Japan , 1991.

Scholarship, Foundation for Advanced Information and Research, Japanese Ministry of Finance (FAIR), 1991.

Japan Foundation Dissertation Fellowship (1987-88).

Professional Affiliations:

Vice-chairperson, Förderverein Marburger Japan-Reihe, Marburg (1990-present)

Member, Science Board, German Society for Asian Studies (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Asienkunde)

Member, Academy of Management

Member, Association of Japanese Business Studies

Member, Academy of International Business

Member, Japan Task Force, Pacific Council on International Policy (2001-2003)

Research Associate, Columbia Business School, Center on Japanese Economy and Business