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Prof. Dr. Frank Rövekamp

Director of the East Asia Institute of the Ludwigshafen University of Applied Sciences

Prof. Dr. Frank Rövekamp
Prof. Dr. Frank Rövekamp

Diplom-Kaufmann
Chair of Japanese Business and Politics
International Business Management (East Asia) course of study

  East Asia Institute, Rheinpromenade 12, 67061 Ludwigshafen
 +49 (0) 621/5203-438
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Teaching areas

  • Economics
  • Japanese Studies
  • Economic Policy of Japan

Research focus

  • Economic and Monetary Policy in Asia, International Management

Scientific education

1998Doctorate (Dr. rer. pol.) at the Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences at the University of Cologne (Prof. Dr. Herbert Hax)
1990Diploma in Business Administration at the University of Cologne
1986-1988Studies at Sophia University, Tokyo
1982-1990Studied economics at the University of Cologne

Professional career

Since 2009Professor of Japanese Economics and Politics, Director of the East Asia Institute at Ludwigshafen University of Applied Sciences
2006-2008Managing Director of Bayer MaterialScience Ltd., Hong Kong
2003-2005Head of Corporate Development of Bayer MaterialScience AG
2001-2003Managing Director of Sumika Bayer Urethane Co., Ltd., Japan
1998-2001Segment Manager in the Polymers Division of Bayer AG
1991-1996Commercial Manager of Keiper Recaro Japan Co., Ltd.

Visiting Professorships and Fellowships

  • Visiting Professor at Aoyama Gakuin University, Tokyo from October 2014 to March 2015
  • Honorary Fellow at the WTO Center of Aoyama Gakuin University, Tokyo since 2010
  • Honorary Fellow at the Hong Kong Institute of Asia Pacific Studies (HKIAPS), Chinese University of Hong Kong since 2007

Selected publications

Books

  • The Structure of the Chemical Industry in Japan - Development and Analysis in an International Context and in Comparison with Germany. Published by Peter Lang in 1998

Editorship

  • Financial Stability in East Asia. Springer Verlag (to be published in spring 2015) (With: Bälz, Moritz; Hilpert, Hanns Günther)
  • Currency Cooperation in East Asia. Springer Verlag 2014 (With: Hilpert, Hanns Günther).
  • Ethics in Science and Society: German and Japanese Views. Iudicium Verlag 2013 (with: Bosse, Friederike).

Article

  • Currency Area East Asia: Cooperation or Confrontation? In: Rövekamp, F.; Hilpert, H.G. (eds.), Currency Cooperation in East Asia. Springer Verlag 2014, pp. 1-19 (With Hilpert, Hanns-Günther).
  • Foreign exchange reserves and crisis - The case of Japan. In: International Finance eJournal, January 7, 2013 (available at http://ssrn.com/abstract=2194793).
  • National Regulation and International Industry Structure in Pharmaceuticals. In: Cheung, F.M.; Woo, J.; Law C. (eds.), Health Systems: Challenges, Visions, and Reforms from a Comparative Global Perspective. Hong Kong Institute of Asia Pacific Studies (HKIAPS), Asia-Pacific in the 21st Century Book Series 2013, pp. 229-246.
  • Japan's public debt: Is national bankruptcy looming? In: Chiavacci, D.; Wieczorek, I. (eds.), Japan 2010 - Politics, Economy and Society, pp. 205-224, Association for Social Science Research on Japan (VSJF) 2010.
  • The Prime Minister and the Nuclear Accident
  • Snapshot from Hong Kong

Translations

  • Kirino Natsuo, Devil's Child. Wilhelm Goldmann Verlag 2008 (title of original Japanese novel: "Aimu sōrī mama").
  • Naoto Kan: As prime minister during the Fukushima crisis. Munich: Iudicium, 2015. 165 pp. ISBN 978-3-86205-426-8
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