Courses & Events
Mr. Saburo Kaobayashi Visiting Professor of International Business Strategy Chuo University, Japan
Thursday, Jan 17, 2013
04:15 pm - 05:30 pm
Honda’s Culture for Innovation
Mr. Saburo Kobayashi, Visiting Professor of Int’l. Business Strategy | Chuo University, Japan
Mr. Kobayashi, a key individual in the development of airbag technologies at Honda Motor Co. in Japan, discusses systemic and cultural factors that have encouraged innovation at Honda. Over his 34 year career at Honda Motors, Mr. Kobayashi has served as Vice President of Honda R&D Americas, General Manager of the Corporate Planning Division at Honda Motor Co. and was the Executive Chief Engineer of Honda R&D Co. until his retirement in 2005. Mr. Kobayashi received his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Waseda University and a M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley.
The public is welcome to join us for this special session of the Stanford course on Japanese Business Systems (JapanGen 051/251). Program presented by the US-Asia Technology Management Center and the Center for East Asian Studies.
Stanford University * Paul Allen Building, CISX Auditorium
Thursday, January 17, 2013
4:15PM ~ 5:30PM
