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Assessing Japan's Economic Security Promotion Act, part 1: defining economic security
Friends, was that a campus welcome happening at Berkeley Haas in July? Indeed it was. It was a pleasure to join the WE Launch event to welcome the incoming Weekend and Evening MBA students….and then the RE Launch event to welcome back secon...
First report on Japan's semiconductor reinvestment is out!
Friends, back in summer 2025, I posted about a new project assessing Japan’s reinvestment in its semiconductor industry. My June 2025 post highlighted travel to Kumamoto, Kyushu, and Hokkaido, among other locations, during which I met with...
July 16: the 16th Japan-US Innovation Awards
Friends,
I had the occasion to spend the 250th anniversary of our colonial tax rebellion (hat-tip ; no, not the one who plays Spider-Man) in the country we spun out from. Great fun to visit the UK and explore the Roman footprint in centra...
Contributed article on Japan's dual use awakening
(cosmetically edited post-publication)
Friends, very nice to hear from some of you after my last post.
The Internet shares that Fernando Mendoza is 6’5”, so Peyton Manning height, which for normal, non-football playing people is tall. Cer...
Liftoff! 🚀
(updated with photo of commencement speaker Yamini Rangan, CEO Hubspot with my faculty colleague Wasim Agar)
Friends, very nice to hear from some of you after my last post, on SusHi Tech Tokyo. Missed that? Here it is.
A warm welco...
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Continuing Professional Faculty, UC Berkeley. Teach Strategy for the Networked Economy and Opportunity Recognition. Also: Clusters; Business in Japan; Strategy. Media in US and Japan, then wireless, then services, now teach/train/advise/research.
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