Asian-Pacific Corp Strategies

FRIDAY 16 JUNE 2006 (This page is maintained for historic reference only)

3rd OVERVIEW OF CORPORATE STRATEGIES IN ASIA-PACIFIC

Location: Daiwa Japan House, 13/14 Cornwall Terrace,
Nearest Tube Station: Baker Street
Time: 09.00 - 13.00

Chair Sir Geoffrey Owen, Interdisciplinary Inst of Management, London School of Economics

Speakers Professor Peter Williamson, Department of International Management, INSEAD "The challenges facing Asian Companies"

Pernille Rudlin, Japan Intercultural Consulting European Representative, Rudlin Consulting "Turning Anglo-Saxon? Trends and Tensions in Incorporation Law, Entrepreneurship and wider business practices"

John T Kelly Managing Director, Moffat Dickson Ltd ‘Trends in the Japanese Pharmaceutical Sector in the EU’.

Ling Li, Department of Materials, Queen Mary University of London "Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co case"

Dr Jag Srai and Dr Yongjiang Shi, Centre for International Management, University of Cambridge "Hong Kong's Business Model: the Pearl River Delta as a supply cluster"

Zhong Yiru, Consultant, ICT Europe, Frost & Sullivan "Huawei"

Jane C Buenaventura, Analyst, Pyramid Research "Asian Telecoms: M&A across the regions and transplanting best practices"

Background
In 2004, we ran two earlier sessions on Asian Corporate Strategies, the first focussing on the strategies of companies from the region (click here), the second looking at "western" companies coming into the region (click here).. In this seminar, we will go back to looking at developments amongst Asian companies in the region.

This is a half-day session designed to give participants a quick overview of trends and significant developments across the region. We will use the occasion to take planning forward for a subsequent half-day briefing on the strategies of "Western" companies towards the Asian region.

CVs

John Kelly
John first started working as a licensee with Japanese colleagues in 1982 and has been employed with two Japanese pharmaceutical companies since 1993 representing almost 25 years Japanese experience.

Up to early 2006 John was President and Board Member of a UK based Japanese pharmaceutical company heading up the UK office for more than five years where he was involved at the early stages of the establishment of their European clinical development operation. During this period the UK operation carried out studies at phase I to III in EU in a number of therapeutic areas including cardiovascular, diabetes and rheumatoid arthritis.

In addition John was involved in licensing activity both in and out for the UK operation dealing with a broad range of companies including big pharma. John was appointed to the Board of Directors of the UK Company in 2001.

In 1993 John was also involved at the start up operation of the commercial arm of Kyowa Hakko UK and went on to further develop the market for the anti-cancer drug Mitomycin-C which he had originally launched through Kyowa's licensee in 1982.

In March 2006 John returned to his own consultancy company Moffat Dickson Ltd which he originally formed in 1999. Moffat Dickson at that time specialised in supporting overseas companies, particularly Japanese, in evaluating the UK as a base for commercial and clinical development activity. Through an EU network of senior oncologists and urologists the Moffat Dickson Forum, consisting of key opinion leaders, enabled companies to access current trends and expert opinion at the highest level in these therapeutic areas on a consultancy basis.

In addition John now offers consultancy and interim management for pharmaceutical and bio-tech clients that require general management and commercial expertise within their organisation.

Ling C. Li
Ling is currently a 3rd-year doctoral researcher at the Unit for Strategic Studies in Nanotechnology (USSN), which is based in the Department of materials, Queen Mary, University of London. His PhD thesis explores the government policy and firm strategies required to upgrade technological sophistication and improve competitiveness in nanotechnology. Ling's analysis is based on the fusion of theories from both National System of Innovation (NSI) and economies of technical evolution. Ling's work argues that Taiwan's development of electronics industry was a prime example of NSI successfully riding the wave of technological advances. Taiwan's NSI was designed with 'unfair advantages' for fast 'catching-up' with advanced economies. However, Taiwan need different strategies to move beyond catching-up and into a more sustainable growth model. Prior to join the PhD group at USSN, Ling majored in BSc. Business Management at King's College London. Later he completed two masters' degrees: first in MSc. International Investment and Banking (ISMA, Reading University) and then in MSc. Information Technology (Queen Mary, University of London), which he graduated with distinction. The USSN group at Queen Mary currently has more than 15 full-time PhDs. Its sub-clusters cover technology strategies in various fields such as electronics, energy, cosmetics and fashion, materials and finance.

Geoffrey Owen
Date of birth: April 16, 1934 Nationality: British Education: Rugby School and Balliol College, Oxford 1956-1958 National Service in the Royal Air Force (officer in the education branch) 1958-1967 Journalist with the Financial Times - held various posts including Industrial Correspondent, Industrial Editor, and US Correspondent, based in New York 1967-1968 Executive with Industrial Reorganisation Corporation 1968-1973 Executive with British Leyland Motor Corporation - held various posts including Personnel and Administration Director, Overseas Division Returned to the Financial Times in 1973 - serving as deputy editor from 1974 to 1980, and editor from 1981 to 1990 1991-1996 Director of Business Policy, Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics 1996 to date Senior Fellow, Institute of Management, London School of Economics Other posts: Non-executive director, The Laird Group Chairman, Wincott Foundation Publications: "Industry in the USA", Penguin 1967, "From Empire to Europe: the decline and recovery of British industry since the second world war", HarperCollins 1999.

Pernille Rudlin
Pernille holds a B.A. with honours from Oxford University in Modern History and Economics and an M.B.A. from INSEAD. She is fluent in Japanese and has lived in Japan for 9 years. She spent nearly a decade at Mitsubishi Corporation (the Fortune 100 $160bn Japanese investment and trading conglomerate) working in their London operations and Tokyo headquarters, including a stint in their International Human Resource Development Office. She had a variety of roles with Mitsubishi ranging from marketing British consumer goods to Japan to being a key member of a global organisational change initiative. After leaving Mitsubishi, Pernille headed up an e-learning business unit at a software company, did consulting work in the mobile phone industry, and since 2004 has been the European Representative for Japan Intercultural Consulting, conducting intercultural communications training for Japanese firms in Europe such as Sharp, Mazda, Canon and Bridgestone. She has written or contributed to several books on Japanese business and management, including Encyclopedia of Japanese Business and Management, A History of Mitsubishi Corporation in London: 1915 to present day and Kaisha no Naka no Gaikokujin (Foreigners in the Japanese Corporation).

Peter Williamson
Peter Williamson is Professor of International Strategy and Asian Business at the INSEAD in Fontainebleau and Singapore. He has worked with companies in Asia for 25 years and in China since 1983, advising and researching on their development strategies, alliances and acquisitions in the region. Formerly at The Boston Consulting Group, he serves on the boards of several listed companies. He holds a Ph.D in Business Economics from Harvard University and was Dean of MBA Programmes at the London Business School and Visiting Professor of Global Strategy and Management at Harvard Business School. Professor Williamson's research and publications span globalisation, strategy in Asian markets, acquisitions and alliances, and strategic innovation. His latest book, Winning in Asia: Strategies for Competing in the New Millennium, was published by Harvard Business School Press in June 2004. His other books include: From Global to Metanational: How Companies Win in the Knowledge Economy, and Managing the Global Frontier. In 2007 he will publish "Dragons at Your Door: How Chinese Companies Will Disrupt Global Competition" also with HBS Press.Recent articles include "China's Hidden Dragons" (Harvard Business Review), "Strategies for Competing in a Changed China" and "Is Your Innovation Process Global?" (Sloan Management Review).

3rd Overview of Corporate Strategies in Asia-Pacific