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Institute of Asian and Oriental Studies

Georg Blind

Georg D. Blind, Dr. oec.

Phone
+41 44 634 31 88
Room number
ZUB 3-326

Office hours: Thursday/Friday

Table of contents

Research areas

  • Behavioral economics
  • Dependent and self-employment in the Japanese Labor Market
  • Internationalization of Research and Development
  • Utilization of Free Trade Agreements
  • Economic consequences of demographic change

Short CV

  • 1998-2004 University of St. Gallen, MSc in Economics and CEMS Master in International Management
  • 2000-2001 Internships in Munich, Osaka and Paris
  • 2001 Haute Ecole Commerciale Paris (HEC): Exchange Term
  • 2004-2007 Consultant with McKinsey&Company Germany
  • 2008 University of Heidelberg: M.A. in Japanese Studies
  • 2008-2009 Kyoto University, Graduate School of Management: JSPS Research Fellow
  • 2014 Obtained PhD (economics) from University of Hohenheim
  • 2016 Lecturer, University of St. Gallen, School of Humanities and Social Sciences
  • Co-Founder of www.optolingua.com

Publications

  • (2021) with S. Lottanti von Mandach) "Of Pride and Prejudice: Agent learning under sticky and persistent stereotype". Journal of Economic Interaction and Coordination (forthcoming) https://doi.org/10.1007/s11403-020-00307-0(Open Access).
  • (2021) (with S. Lottanti von Mandach) "Private Equity Buyouts in Japan: Effects on Employment Numbers". Journal of the Japanese and International Economies 59. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jjie.2020.101121(Open Access).
  • (2020) (with R. Steineck) "The missing piece in E. Cassirer's Theory of Symbolic Forms: The Economy". Evolutioanary and Institutional Economic Review (). DOI: 10.1007/s40844-020-00191-0 (Open Access)
  • (2019)  (with S. Lottanti von Mandach) "Not a Coincidence: Sons-in-Law as Successors in Successful Japanese Family Firms". Critical Finance Review (forthcoming).
  • (2017) “The Entrepreneur in Rule-based Economics: Theory, empirical practice, and policy design”. Cham: Springer Nature. Full text (Ebook): www.springer.com/de/book/9783319627786.
  • (2017) “Nihon no seichō donka no yō’in wa seisansei de naku, rōdōjinkō no busoku ni aru.” Diamond Harvard Business Review (Japanese edition). June 14, 2017. Fulltext: www.dhbr.net/articles/-/4886
  • (2017) (with J. Tschumi): “Restructuring efforts in Japanese companies since 1990: a quantitative assessment” (in German). In: Elis, V. and T. Nishiyama (eds.) Der japanische Kapitalismus zwischen Markt und Macht. Munich: Iudicium. pp: 115-142
  • (2016): "Behavioral rules: Veblen, Nelson-Winter, Oström and beyond". In Frantz, Chen, et al. (Eds.): Handbook of Behavioral Economics. Milton Park: Routledge; pp. 139-151.
  • (2015) (mit A. Pyka): "Erich Schneider: The admiring disciple who did not become a follower". Journal of Evolutionary Economics 25(1):239-252. DOI 10.1007/s00191-014-0357-5.
  • (2015) (mit P. Ziltener): "Switzerland’s new Free Trade Agreements (FTA): Opportunities in Asia, Middle East and America for Swiss Exporters". Report for Switzerland Global Enterprise, Zurich. Zora Fulltext.
  • (2015) (mit S. Lottanti von Mandach): "Decades not lost, but won: increased employment, higher wages, and more equal opportunities in the Japanese labour market". Social Science Japan Journal 18(1): 63-88. ( DOI: 10.1093/ssjj/jyu042).
  • (2014) (mit A. Pyka): "The rule approach in evolutionary economics: A methodological template for empirical research". Journal of Evolutionary Economics 24(5): 1085-1105. DOI 10.1007/s00191-014-0382-4.
  • (2013) (mit Stefania Lottanti von Mandach): "Bescheidene Managementgehälter und sich schliessende Lohnscheren: Neue Einblicke in den japanischen Arbeitsmarkt". In Chiavacci, D. und I. Wieczorek: Japan2013: Politik, Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft. Berlin: Vereinigung für Sozialwissenschaftliche Japanforschung pp. 203-228.
  • (2012): "Investigating entrepreneurial spirit with the rule approach: why self-employment is on the decline in Japan". Evolutionary and Institutional Economic Review 9(1):183-198. http://dx.doi.org/10.14441/eier.N2012008.
  • (2012) „Culture and Economic Explanation: Economics in the US and Japan. By Donald W. Katzner“ (Book Review), Journal of East Asian Studies 12:150-153. DOI 10.5555/1598-2408-12.1.143.
  • (2012) (mit Stefania Lottanti von Mandach): "Ansichtssache: Zum Zustand der japanischen Wirtschaft nach Doppelschlag und Dreifachkatastrophe". In Chiavacci, D. und I. Wieczorek: Japan 2012: Politik, Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft. Berlin: Vereinigung für Sozialwissenschaftliche Japanforschung, pp. 131-149.
  • (2012): “Unternehmensgründer in Japan seit 1992. Evidenz zur Evolution gegensätzlicher Gründergruppen”. In: G. Distelrath (Hrsg.). Tagungsband zum 14. Deutschsprachigen Japanologentag. Bonner Japanstudien, Bd. 29:19-68.
  • (2012) (mit David Chiavacci, Matthias Schaub, Patrick Ziltener) „Ist das Freihandels- und wirtschaftliche Partnerschaftsabkommen (FHWPA) zwischen der Schweiz und Japan (bereits) eine Erfolgsgeschichte? Hauptergebnisse einer empirischen Analyse zu Umsetzung und Wirkung“, Etudes Asiatiques LXVI 1: 19-56. Zora Fulltext.
  • (2011): "Donald W. Katzner. Culture and Economic Explanation: Economics in the US and Japan", Etudes Asiatiques LXV 1:320-327 (Buchbesprechung).
  • (2009): “Entrepreneurship in Japan: a showcase analysis using the rule-based approach”. Konferenzpapier. Okayama: Jahrestagung der Japanischen Ges. f. Evolutionsökonomie (JAFEE)
  • (2007): “On the significance of welfare statistics – heterogeneous interpretations in Japan's recent inequality discourse”. Konferenzpapier. Beijing: Harvard Project for Asian & Intl. Relations (HPAIR)
  • (2005) (with R. DeLisa et al): How to deal with the new rating culture: a guidebook for SMEs. Brüssel: Europäische Kommission.