Technology and Development, 2002 spring
on Wednesday 10:30 - 12:00
at Multimedia System Center, unless announced otherwise
since 2002/04/09
Course Calendar
including lecture notes, assignments, etc.
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The course is mainly targeted at foreign graduate students, but Japanese students are also welcome. Lectures are delivered in English and course materials are also in English. The main theme of the course is "Technology and Development in a 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 the 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 trade-talks. It has changed the technology world as well. Impacts of trade liberalization, and the evolution of global standards and the global intellectual property rights protection systems are focused on.
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 the 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). see 8 May.
No.
Date
Topics
Assignment lecture
notePPT
slides1
04/10
Orientation
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2
04/17
Japanese Industrial Development in the Global Context (1)
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04/24
Japanese Industrial Development in the Global Context (2)
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05/01
Japanese Industrial Development in the Global Context (3)
5
05/08
Japanese Technical Assistance Program
by Guest Lecturer, Mr. Kenji Tobita, JICA
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6
05/15
Japanese Industrial Development in the Global Context (4)
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7
05/22
Japanese Industrial Development in the Global Context (5)
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8
05/29
Impacts of the Uruguay Round on National Development:
WTO, TBT and the Global Standard
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9
06/05
Impacts of the Uruguay Round on National Development:
WTO, TRIPS and the Intellectual Property Rights-
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06/12
Asia: The Manufacturing Center of the World 11
06/19
IT Policy Initiatives in Asia
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12
06/26
IT Policy Initiatives in Asia - continued 13
07/03
Global Digital Divide
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14
07/10
no class 15
07/17
Science and Technology Policy in Asia
This course has been delivered by Prof. Yoshiki Mikami since spring 1998. Our course participants are quite international, representing 15 countries; Bangladesh, Cambodia, Fiji, Indonesia, Japan, Laos, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Venezuela, Vietnam.
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Notice
July 9
Students are requested to fill-up "Evaluation Sheet" for this course. The sheet will be delivered on July 17 in class room.
July 4
IMPORTANT NOTICE: I received an e-mail from one of my students, which asking me to elaborate some more about the theme for semester report. Please check this page before you start writing your report.
July 3
Because of entrance exam, there will be no class on July 10.
Deadline for report: July 31. Please send your report to the report-box at Mikami's room, Room 308, the third floor of Kagaku-Keieijouhou Bldg.
June 26
Class room on July 10 will be changed to Room 311, third floor of Kagaku-Keieijouhou Building.
April 17
Following materials are delivered to class participants.
Early Cultivators of Science in Japan, SCIENCE vol.258, pp.578-580, 23 October 1992.
Yoshiki MIKAMI & Hideki HIROTA: Japanese Industrial Development and the Role of the States: A Short History
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Yoshiki Mikami 2001-2002 last updated
2002/07/09