The INCAS annual meeting 2018 takes place at JDZB Berlin (German-Japanese Center) 20-23 September 2018. GEAS is cooperating partner with JDZB  for this event.

In times of economic globalization and the associated development of multinational corporations and corporate networks, Japan is not only the home of globally operating multinational corporations, Such as NEC or Fujitsu, but also - especially since the 1990s - the destination of international economic players. Companies no longer procure capital from their Japanese national banks in the Keiretsu Association (a set of companies with interlocking business relationships and shareholdings), but procure funds from the international capital market. Multinational financial investors provide funds, but also expect Japanese companies to adapt to international accounting standards.

This conference shall examine the influencing effects of foreign capital and executives from abroad on the institutional structure of Japanese companies. Topics to be discussed at the event include: changes in accounting and accounting standards; transparency and how to deal with whistle blowers; questions of corporate governance and relations between employers and employees; and general aspects of financial and investment planning (long-term planning vs. short-term effects, shareholder value).