Ulrike Schaede
Professor of Japanese Business
uschaede@ucsd.edu
Phone: (858) 534-2357
Fax: (858) 534-3939
Office Hours:
by appointment
9500 Gilman Drive
La Jolla, CA 92093-0519
Office #1317
Education
Ph.D., Philipps-Universität Marburg, Germany, 1989
(summa cum laude, Japanese studies/economics)
M.A., Friedrich-Wilhelms Universität Bonn, Germany, 1987
(Japanese studies/economics)
Translator's Diploma in Japanese,
Friedrich-Wilhelms Universität Bonn, Germany, 1985
Biography
CV
Professor Schaede is an authority on Japanese business organization, strategy and management. Her new book, Choose and Focus: Japanese Business Strategies for the 21st Century (Cornell UP, 2008) argues that Japan has undergone a strategic inflection point so fundamental that relying on what we used to know about Japan from the 1980s is insufficient to understand the new Japanese competitiveness. In addition to analyzing this recent shift away from diversification to focused, lean organizations among Japan's leading companies, Schaede's research also includes the newly emerging takeover market in Japan, venture capital and startups, as well as changing employment practices. Previous research has addressed regulation and government-business relationships in Japan; financial markets; corporate governance; welfare policies and small-sized companies in a changing Japan; and the role of trade associations and antitrust policy. In 2000, Schaede published Cooperative Capitalism: Self-Regulation, Trade Associations and the Antimonopoly Law in Japan (Oxford UP). A co-edited volume with William Grimes, Japan's Managed Globalization: Adapting to the 21st Century (M.E. Sharpe 2003) analyzes the effects of changing Japan on international political economy. Other publications include articles on regulation such as “The ‘Old Boy’ Network and Government-Business Relationships in Japan" and "Cooperating to Compete: Determinants of a Sanctuary Strategy Among Japanese Firms”. Her research on Germany includes a paper titled “Functional Change and Bank Strategy in German Corporate Governance”. Schaede is fluent in Japanese and has spent a total of more than six years of research and study in Japan. She has been a visiting scholar at the research institutes of the Bank of Japan, Japan's Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry. Before joining IR/PS in 1994, Schaede held positions at the Philipps-Universtät in Marburg, Germany, and the Institute of Economic Research at Hitotsubashi University in Tokyo.
Programs and Centers
Japan Regional Concentration Program
Expertise
Schaede is an authority on Japanese business organization, management and strategy. She also works on Japanese financial markets and venture capital; corporate governance, employment practices and antitrust in Japan.
Current Projects
Schaede's ongoing research concerns corporate renewal and changing business strategies towards refocusing and competitiveness, as well as entrepreneurship in 21st century Japan.
Background Notes
Schaede is trilingual (German, English, and Japanese). She has lived in Japan for a total of more than six years, and has been a visiting scholar at the research institutes of the Bank of Japan, Japan's Ministry of Finance and Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry. Before joining IR/PS in 1994, she held positions at Marburg University in Germany, and the Institute of Economic Research at Hitotsubashi University in Tokyo.
Professional Activities
Member, International Editorial Board, Asien, 2004-present.
Research Associate, Columbia Business School, Center on Japanese Economy and Business (1999-present).
Member, Editorial Advisor Board, The Japanese Economy (2002-present).
Member, Academy of International Business.
Member, Association of Japanese Business Studies.
Member, Association of Asian Studies.
Executive Member, Science Advisory Board, German Society for Asian Studies (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Asienkunde, Wissenschaftsbeirat) (2000-2004).
Member, Japan Task Force, Pacific Council on International Policy (2001-2003).
Research Interests
Schaede has written several books and papers on Japanese business organization and Japan's financial system. In September 2008, Choose and Focus: Japanese Business Strategies for the 21st Century, will be published. Recent working papers discuss changes in business groups and Japan’s main bank system; investment funds, institutional investors and hostile takeovers; legal reform and “revitalization”, as well as changing employment strategies and non-regular work.
Recent Papers:
“Competition for Corporate Control: Institutional Investors, Investment Funds, and Hostile Takeovers in Japan”, Working Paper, Center on Japanese Economy and Business
The Strategic Logic of Japanese Keiretsu, Main Banks and Cross-Shareholdings, Revisited, Working Paper, Center on Japanese Economy and Business
Venture Capital as Industrial Policy
Prepared for the Association of Asian Studies, 2005 Annual Meeting in Chicago. This research is part of my forthcoming book The Great Transformation: Small Firms in a Changing Japan. Comments welcome, but please do not cite or distribute without permission.
Poverty and Politics: Evaluating Public Assistance in Japan
Paper prepared for the 2006 Annual Meeting of the International Studies Association in San Diego. Please do not cite without our permission.
Publications of Note
For a complete list of publications, please refer to Schaede's CV.
Business and Management in Japan
Winter 2008
Course Description:
This course introduces the main aspects of Japanese business and industrial organization and Japanese management practices (e.g., finance, business groups, subcontracting, employment patterns). It discusses the strategic role of postwar business practices and how these have changed in the 21st century. Readings include book sections, academic papers and case studies.
Strategy and Negotiation
Fall 2007
Course Description:
This class introduces the fundamentals of corporate strategy, based on case studies requiring strategic analysis; and the principles of negotiation, based on exercises. Both sections of this class are highly applied and require intensive out-of-class preparation and teamwork that help students acquire skills in analytical thinking, market analysis and strategic positioning, business plan development, and hands-on negotiations. Students will conduct strategy projects with local companies and nonprofit organizations. Prerequisites: IRCO 400, 401, 403, 410, 412, 420, 421, 453, and 454.
