http://app.cul.columbia.edu:8080/ac/handle/10022/AC:P:2 Search the Channel search http://app.cul.columbia.edu:8080/ac/simple-search http://app.cul.columbia.edu:8080/ac/handle/10022/AC:P:29837 Title: Japan’s Solar and Wind Ambitions: How Bright Is the U.S. Market? <br/> <br/>Author(s): Stolarski, Christopher; Kaltsas, David; Ito, Gen Hajime; Heal, Geoffrey; Patrick, Hugh <br/> <br/>Abstract: The Center on Japanese Economy and Business, with the support of the Mitsui USA Foundation, organized the symposium “Japan’s Solar and Wind Ambitions: How Promising Is the U.S. Market?” The event marked the 10th anniversary of the Mitsui USA Foundation’s sponsored symposia at Columbia Business School and was the first to include a remote audience of Columbia Business School’s alumni association in Tokyo via interactive webcast. Columbia Business School’s Energy Club, Green Business Club, and Japan Business Association cosponsored the event. Wed, 04 Feb 2009 22:58:59 GMT http://app.cul.columbia.edu:8080/ac/handle/10022/AC:P:29836 Title: America Has Voted: Impact of New U.S. President on Asian Markets <br/> <br/>Author(s): Ogawa, Alicia; Resler, David; Young, Jeffrey; Norton, Leslie <br/> <br/>Abstract: The Center on Japanese Economy and Business (CJEB), Japan Society, Nomura Holding America Inc., and The Women’s Bond Club of New York cosponsored the symposium “America Has Voted: Impact of New U.S. President on Asian Markets” on January 29, 2009. Susan Green, principal of Bank of America and co-chair of the event committee of The Women’s Bond Club, and Richard Wood, president of Japan Society, commenced the symposium with welcoming and introductory remarks. Wed, 28 Jan 2009 22:58:59 GMT http://app.cul.columbia.edu:8080/ac/handle/10022/AC:P:29835 Title: Lessons from the Japanese Bubble for the U.S. <br/> <br/>Author(s): Hoshi, Takeo; Sheard, Paul; Woodford, Michael; Weinstein, David E. <br/> <br/>Abstract: The Program on Alternative Investments at the Center on Japanese Economy and Business (CJEB) of Columbia Business School and Columbia University’s Program for Economic Research and Weatherhead East Asian Institute cosponsored the symposium “Lessons from the Japanese Bubble for the U.S.” Amidst a deepening U.S. financial crisis, 260 people attended to hear three specialists on the Japanese economy discuss what can be learned from the Japanese experience to help U.S. policymakers avoid a systemic crisis and the “lost decade” that Japan went through following the bursting of its asset bubble in the early 1990s. Tue, 18 Nov 2008 22:58:59 GMT http://app.cul.columbia.edu:8080/ac/handle/10022/AC:P:29834 Title: The Japanese Government as a Portfolio Manager: Managing the Nation’s Wealth <br/> <br/>Author(s): Ogawa, Alicia; Kawase, Takahiro; Feldman, Robert Alan; Sakata, Masaharu; Sasanuma, Taisuke; Sung, Cheng Chih; Takeuchi, Yo; Ehara, John; Isayama, Takeshi; Ito, Takatoshi; Nakao, Takehiko; Patrick, Hugh; Sano, Junichiro; Shaw, Clifford; Taniya, Mamoru; Wilder, Bill; Kaproth, Robert <br/> <br/>Abstract: The Program on Alternative Investments of the Center on Japanese Economy and Business (CJEB) at Columbia Business School hosted a conference in Tokyo, Japan, titled “The Japanese Government as a Portfolio Manager: Managing the Nation’s Wealth.” One hundred sixty-seven people attended the conference to hear the views of seventeen distinguished speakers on the topic of a Japanese sovereign wealth fund (SWF). This report summarizes the presentations of the conference. Mon, 20 Oct 2008 22:58:59 GMT