IWAO NAKATANI
Director of Research, SRIC Corporation


Profile

1942	Born in Osaka City
1965	B.A. in Economics, Hitotsubashi University Joined Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
1971	M.A. in Economics, Harvard Univ.
1973	Ph. D. in Economics, Harvard Univ. Lecturer and Research Fellow, Harvard University.
1974	Associate Professor of Economics, Osaka University.
1984	Professor of Economics, Osaka University.
1991	Professor of Economics, Hitotsubashi University.
June 1999	Resigned from Hitotsubashi University. Appointed as a Board Member of Sony Corp. (- present)
October 1999	Professor of Management and Information Sciences, Tama University. (- present)
April 2000	Director Research, SRIC Corp. (- present)

Major Publications

The e-Economy Shock	(Toyo Keizai: April 2000)
Introduction to Macroeconomics (4th Edition)	(Nihon Hyoron: April 2000)
IT Power (co-author with Prof. Heizo Takenaka)	(PHP Institute: March 2000)
The Essence of Economics	(Shueisha International: March 1999 -- 99 Annual best-selling book on Economics)
Japanese Economy -- Starting from Chaos	(Nihon Keizai Shimbun: 1998)
Future of the Trading Companies	(Written and Edited: Toyo Keizai: 1998)
Historical Transformation of Japanese Economy	(Toyo Keizai: 1996)
Borderless Economy	(Nihon Keizai Shimbun: 1987)
Towards the Revival of Japanese Corporations	(Toyo Keizai: 1993)

Won "Ishibashi Tanzan Prize" for the thesis Japan's Choice to Win a Responsible Nation in 1988.
Contributing regularly to magazines including Nikkei Business, Weekly Toyo Keizai, Weekly Yomiuri, etc.
Participated in Economic Reform Council (Hiraiwa Meeting) for Prime Minister Morihiro Hosokawa in 1994.
Currently serving as a Chairman of Economic Strategy Council for Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi.