Technology and Development, 2004 spring
on Wednesday 10:30 - 12:00
at Room 305 or Multimedia System Center
since 2004/04/29
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The course is mainly targeted at foreign graduate students, but Japanese students are also welcomed. Lectures are delivered in English and course materials are also in English. The main theme of the course is "Technology and Development in Global Context".
In the first part, the history of Japanese industrial development is reviewed. It is a good opportunity for non-Japanese students to get a bird's-eye view of Japanese industrial development history over 150 years from the Meiji-Restoration (1868) up to the present.
In the second part, the impact of the Uruguay Round (UR) multilateral trade negotiations is reviewed. UR was not just a trade-talk. It has changed the technology world as well. Impacts of trade liberalization, and the evolution of, and impacts of global standards and the global intellectual property rights protection systems are focused.
In the third part, the implications of information communication technology (ICT) are reviewed. Does ICT really creating a new opportunity for developing countries to leapfrog into the arena of global electronic commerce? How do they responding to this challenge?
In the last part, miscellaneous topics will be discussed.
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A special lecture will be given by guest lecturer, Mr. Kenji Tobita from JICA, on Japanese technical assistance program. He is a graduate of Nagaoka University of Technology, and after several years of work experience at Hitachi, he joined JICA (Japan International Cooperation Agency). The date of his lecture is not fixed yet. It will be announced later. ( tentatively, 7 May is allocated for his lecture in the calendar below.)
No.
Date
Topics
Assignment lecture
notePPT
slides1
04/07 Orientation
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2
04/14
Japanese Industrial Development in the Global Context (1)
3
04/21
Japanese Industrial Development in the Global Context (2)
4
04/28
Japanese Industrial Development in the Global Context (3)
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05/05
Holiday 5
05/12
Japanese Industrial Development in the Global Context (4)
6 05/19
Japanese Industrial Development in the Global Context (5)
7
05/26
Japanese Industrial Development in the Global Context (6) 8
06/02
Japanese Technical Assistance Program
by Guest Lecturer, Mr. Kenji Tobita, JICA
9
06/09
Impacts of the Uruguay Round on National Development:
WTO, TBT and the Global Standards
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10
06/16
Impacts of the Uruguay Round on National Development:
WTO, TRIPS and the Intellectual Property Rights-
11
06/23
Asia: The Manufacturing Center of the World 12
06/30
IT Policy Initiatives in Asia
13
07/07
No class
14
07/14
Global Digital Divide
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15
07/21
Science and Technology Policy in Asia
This course has been delivered since spring 1998. Course participants in the past are quite international, representing 16 countries; Argentina, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Fiji, Indonesia, Japan, Laos, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Venezuela, Vietnam.
Issued on
Notice
28 July The deadline of your final report
Deadline: August 6, 2004
Language: You are suggested to write report in English. The reports written in Japanese will be also accepted.
Format: A4 size paper
Please post your report to Report-Box at Mikami's room, Room 308, kagaku Bldg.5 July
No class on 7th July.
7 May
Important Thanks for joining my class. The class room will be changed to Multimedia System Center (MSC) on and after May 12. I have fixed the date for the special lecture by Mr. Kenji Tobita from JICA.
He will deliver his lecture on 2 nd June. Don't miss it!
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Yoshiki Mikami 2003-2004 last updated
2004/07/28