Prof. Rogier. B.P.M. Busser,
Member Board of Directors and Dean Hotelschool The Hague

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Academic expertise in economic development in Asia, industrial upgrading, technology transfer, sustainability and sustainable business, trade and FDI
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CURRENT PERMANENT POSITIONS 

◼ Member Board of Directors and Dean Hotelschool The Hague
   • Responsible for education and research
   • BA, MBA and MA degrees
   • 2500+ students from over 30 countries
   • 175+ lecturers, researchers, and instructors from over 20 countries
   • 500 companies for internship programme
   • 25 partner universities
◼ Research fellow, Asia Research Centre, Leiden University
   • Commissioned paper on European perceptions of economic developments in Asia
   • Trainer for Dutch diplomats and officials
◼ Appointed by EFMD/EQUIS for accreditations of business schools, conducted four accreditations since 2021.
◼ External advisor Woxsen University, Hyderabad, India (2021-present)

EDUCATION 

◼ Leiden University, Ph.D. 1999. Doctoral Dissertation “Changes in Organization and Behaviour of Japanese Enterprises in Thailand: Japanese Direct Investment and the Formation of Networks in the Automotive and Electronics Industry”
◼ Kyoto University, Centre for Southeast Asian Studies and Faculty of Economics, 1990- 1993 (PhD course)
◼ Leiden University and Erasmus University Rotterdam, MA degree, Arts and International Political Economy, 1987

AWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPS 

◼ JETRO (Research grant 2019)
◼ Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (Research grant, NWO) (2017)
◼ KNAW (Research grant, Royal Academy for the Sciences) (2015)
◼ International Institute for Asian Studies (Grant to organize conferences 2011 and 2012)
◼ I.A. Ailion Foundation (Research grants, 1998 and 2010)
◼ Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (Scholarship, 2003)
◼ Canon Foundation (Visiting scholar to Waseda University,1996-97)
◼ Japanese Ministry of Education (PhD scholarship, 1990-1993)

LANGUAGES 

Dutch (native) , English, German, Japanese and French (good), Thai (basic)

ACADEMIC POSITIONS  

◼ Dean Amsterdam School of International Business (AMSIB), Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (2020-2023)
   • 2950+ students from over 65 countries
   • 125+ lecturers from over 25 countries
   • 400 companies for internship programme
   • 145 partner universities
◼ Professor and Dean International Business, The Hague University of Applied Sciences (2016-2020)
◼ Research Fellow, Leiden Asia Centre, Leiden University (2016-present)
◼ Visiting professor Thammasat University (Bangkok), Faculty of Economics (2003- present)
◼ Guest professor, Beijing Foreign Studies University (BFSU) (Summer 2017-present)
◼ Associate professor, Leiden University College, Leiden University (October 2013- 2016)
◼ Associate professor, Institute for Area Studies, Faculty of Humanities, Leiden University (March 2009-October 2013)
◼ Guest professor École des Hautes Ėtudes Science Sociales (Paris) (2008- 2009)
◼ Head and lecturer Japan Prizewinners Programme, Leiden University (2003-2008)
◼ Assistant professor Management Studies, Leiden University (2000-2003)
◼ Guest professor Erasmus University Rotterdam, Faculty of Economics (2001-2003)
◼ Guest professor Leuven University (Belgium), Department of East-Asian Studies (1998-1999)
◼ Assistant professor Department of Japanese Studies (1993-2011)

ADMINISTRATIVE POSITIONS 

◼ Dean and Program Director, International Business Studies, The Hague University (July 2016- August 2020)
◼ Managing Director, Leiden University College (Honors College, Leiden University, (October 2013-July 2016)
◼ Institute Director, Leiden Institute for Area Studies, Faculty of Humanities, Leiden University (March 2009-2013)
◼ Director of International Relations, Faculty of Arts, Leiden University (2004-2009)
◼ Head of Management Studies, Faculty of Arts, Leiden University (2000-2004)
◼ Head of Academic Affairs, International Institute for Asian Studies (2000-2004)

COURSES TAUGHT (BA/MA and PhD level courses) 

◼ Sustainable development business models: trends in Europe and Asia, AMSIB, HvA, Amsterdam (2020-2023)
◼ ASEAN and Japanese Economic Development, Faculty of Economics, Thammasat University, Bangkok ( MSC Summer course 2023-8)
◼ Economic Development in Asia, Honours course, AMSIB, HvA, Amsterdam (2020- 2023)
◼ Contemporary Japan’s Economy in Global Economic Crises (Research Master Asian Studies), Leiden University (2020-21)
◼ Intercultural Business Awareness, International Business Studies, The Hague University (July 2016-present)
◼ Critical Thinking in Business Studies, MBA, The Hague University (July 2016-2019)
◼ Summercourse, Comparative Economic Development in East Asia, Beijing Foreign Studies University, Beijing, China (2017 and 2018)
◼ Business in Asia, The Hague University (2017 and 2018)
◼ Economic Development of Asia: Japan, Korea and China compared, Thammasat University, Faculty of Economics (2016)
◼ International Political and Economic Relations in East Asia (Research Master), Leiden University (2012-2016)
◼ The Political-economy of Japanese Investment in Southeast Asia, École des Hautes Ėtudes Science Sociales, Post graduate level (Paris) (2014-2015)
◼ Japanese Industrial Organization, MA Economics, Erasmus University Rotterdam (2012-13)
◼ Macroeconomics, BA International Studies, Leiden University (2012-13)
◼ Economics of East Asia, BA International Studies, Leiden University (2012-13) 
◼ Japanese Economic Development, MA Japanese Studies, Leiden University (2009-13)
◼ Economic Integration in East Asia, BE Economics, Thammasat University, (Intensive course, January 2013)
◼ Introduction to Japanese Political-Economy, BA Japanese Studies, Leiden University (2008-12)
◼ Japanese Economic History, Japanese Studies, Leuven University, Licentiaat/MA (1999)
◼ Japanese Economic and Political Relations with Southeast Asia, MA Japanese Studies, Leiden University (1995-98)

EMPLOYMENT (other) 

◼ Researcher at the Institute of the Longterm Credit Bank of Japan (1993-95), Tokyo

SELECTED INVITED LECTURES (recent) 

◼ Amsterdam University (Amsterdam), Trends in sustainable transportation in Europe and Asia (10/02/2024)
◼ National Taiwan University (Taipei), Sustainable transportation: trends in the E.U. (16/10/2023)
◼ Thammasat University (Thailand), The electrification of the automotive industry in selected Asian countries (18/08/2023)
◼ Nanzan University (Nagoya), The electrification of the automotive industry in Japan and Europe (12/01/2023)
◼ Airlangga University (Surabaya), Economic relations in East Asia: Japan and ASEAN (03/11/2020)
◼ NCHU University (Taichung), Trends in the automotive industry in East-Asia (07/10/2020)
◼ Clingendael Netherlands Institute of International Relations (The Hague), Japan’s changing position in Asia, (15/06/2020)
◼ Chamber of Commerce, The Hague, Changing patterns of FDI in ASEAN (23/11/2019)
◼ Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO Bangkok office) “The role of FDI in Industrial Upgrading: the case of the Automotive industry in Thailand”, August 2019 (JETRO, Tokyo/Bangkok).
◼ Training for Indonesian Diplomats at the Clingendael Netherlands Institute of International Relations (The Hague), Japan and ASEAN (13/10/2018)
◼ Ypenburg Netherlands Military Academy (The Hague/Delft), Security issues in East Asia (20/4/2018)
◼ Ockham Academie (Amsterdam), De staat van de Japanse economie en politiek, (11/12/2017)
◼ University of Amsterdam, Faculty of Economics, Japanese Industrial Organization in ASEAN: The Case of Vietnam (15/8/2017)
◼ Japanese Chamber of Commerce (Amsterdam), Some recent changes in the patterns of FDI (21/7/2016)

SELECTED RADIO INTERVIEWS IN DUTCH AND ENGLISH 

◼ 15/08/2023 Wat is er over van de Thaise hoop op meer democratie? NPO Radio 1 https://www.nporadio1.nl › bureau-buitenland › 2023...
◼ 22/05/2023 Thaise oppositie slaat handen ineen
NPO Radio 1 https://www.vpro.nl/programmas/bureau- buitenland/speel~PREPR_RA1_17283512~thaise-oppositie-slaat-handen-ineen~.html
◼ 14/09/2020 Suga, the new Japanese PM, Radio 1 (national radio)
◼ 26/08/2020 Zelfs in Thailand is 'leve de koning' verleden tijd, NPO 1 (national radio)
◼ 03/01/2020 Looking back to Asia in 2019 NPO (National Radio)
◼ 10/05/2019 Trade war: implications for Europe, Radio 1 (national radio)
◼ 16/04/2018 Japanse premier Abe in opspraak (Radio 1)
https://player.fm/series/bureau-buitenland-1406968/japanse-premier-abe-in- opspraak
◼ 20/10/2017 Japanse verkiezingsgok (Radio 1) ps://www.vpro.nl/programmas/bureau- buitenland/speel~RBX_VPRO_11351534~japanse-verkiezingsgok~.html
◼ 13/10/2016 Japan and Southeast Asia (Radio 1) http://www.vpro.nl/boeken/speel~RBX_VPRO_5525128~thailand-na- bhumibol~.html
◼ 16/7/2015 Japan’s leger mag buiten grenzen opereren: http://www.vpro.nl/buitenland/speel.RBX_VPRO_1410123.html
◼ 19/5/2015 Over de staatsgreep in Thailand (Coup d’Etat Thailand):
http://www.radio1.nl/item/293203-Thailand,-een-jaar-na-de-coup.html
◼ Villa VPRO (Radio 1)
3/4/2013 Japan als militaire macht: http://weblogs.vpro.nl/villavpro/category/azie/japan/
◼ Spirit 24 http://www.spirit24.nl/zoeken/#player/index/urn:vpro:media:program:16222638/ur n (14/11/2012)
◼ Radio France International
◼ BNN nieuwsradio

OTHER 

◼ Chair hospitality schools in The Netherlands (2023-present)
◼ Chair national platform (CROHO) International Business Studies (2020-2023).
◼ External advisor Ministry of Foreign Affairs (the Netherlands) for Asian affairs (2015- present).
◼ External reviewer for the Dutch National Research Council (2010-present).
◼ Trainer in the European Commission Program entitled ASALFA. Presentations for Latin American Students on regional integration in Europe and Asia (2012).
◼ Lectures for Institute Clingendael (Netherlands National Institute for International Relations), The Hague. Training diplomats from different countries about Japan and more general about international political economy of East Asia. (2008-present).
◼ Consultant for the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs (2007-2014).
◼ Dutch representative to the ASEM dialogue for Young Leaders (2006).

SELECTION OF PUBLICATIONS 

◼ Books:
   • R. Busser and K. Techakanont, The Development of the Automotive Industry in Thailand, London and New York: Routledge, 2024 (forthcoming).
   • R. Busser, Rajah Rasiah and Yuri Sadoi (eds.) Multinationals, Technology and Localization in Automotive Firms in Asia, London and New York: Routledge, 2008, (176 pp).
   • R. Busser and Y. Sadoi, (eds.) Production Networks in Asia and Europe: Skill Formation and Technology Transfer in the Automobile Industry, London and New York: RoutledgeCurzon, 2004, (272 pp).

◼ Chapters in books (selection):
   • R. Busser and K. Techakanont, “The Automotive Industry in Thailand”, in The Automotive Industry in Emerging Economies: Actors, Policies and Structural Issues, London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2024 (forthcoming).
   • R. Busser, Comparative economic development in China, Japan and South-Korea, Bangkok: Taichung University, 2017.
   • R. Busser, Corporate Governance in East Asia, 2015 (in Dutch)
   • R. Busser, ASEAN e Japão (ASEAN and Japan) in R.T. Griffiths and M. Wiesebron (eds) Processos de Itegração Regional e Cooperação Intercontinental desde 1989, Porto Alegre: UFRGS Publishers, 2008.
   • R. Busser, “Detroit of the East? Industrial Upgrading, Japanese Car Producers and the Development of the Automotive Industry in Thailand in Rogier Busser, Rajah Rasiah and Yuri Sadoi (eds.) Multinationals, Technology and Localization in Automotive Firms in Asia, London and New York: Routledge, 2008.
   • R. Busser and Y. Sadoi, “Introduction” in R. Busser and Y. Sadoi, (eds.) Production Networks in Asia and Europe: Skill Formation and Technology Transfer in the Automobile Industry, London and New York: RoutledgeCurzon, 2004.
   • R. Busser and Y. Sadoi, “Japanese Automobile Makers in Europe and the Organization of Supply Systems” in R. Busser and Y. Sadoi, (eds.) Production Networks in Asia and Europe: Skill Formation and Technology Transfer in the Automobile Industry, London and New York: RoutledgeCurzon, 2004.
   • R. Busser, “Recent Changes in the Structure of Japanese Production Networks in Thailand", in: J.T. Lindblad (ed.) Asian Growth and Foreign Capital: Case Studies from Eastern Asia, Amsterdam, 2002, 216-232.
   • R. Busser, “Economic Interaction between Japan and Thailand (1930’s-1960’s)” in: The Economic Integration of East and Southeast Asia 1920-1960’s, Tokyo: Rikkyo University Press, 2001. pp. 151-187.
   • R. Busser, “The impact of Japanese FDI on Regional Stability: Some Consequences of the Expansion of Japanese Networks in Southeast Asia for Comprehensive Security” in K. Radtke and R. Feddema (eds) Comprehensive Security in Asia: Views from Asia and the West on a changing Security Environment. Leiden: Brill Academic Publishers, 2000, pp. 270-288.

GUEST EDITOR 

 ◼ Asia Newsletter: International Institute for Asian Studies (special issue), Leiden, The Netherlands, 2013.
◼ Asia Pacific Business Review (Vol. 14. No. 1), Special issue Multinationals, Technology and Localization in the Automotive Industry in Asia, London and New York: Routledge, 2007. 

PEER REVIEWED ARTICLES 

◼ R. Busser and K. Techakanont, “State policies for the Automotive Industry in Indonesia and Thailand”, in Journal of Business Policy Studies, 2024.
◼ R. Busser, “ The role of FDI in Industrial Upgrading: the case of the Automotive industry in Thailand”, 2017. (Thammasat University, Bangkok).
◼ R. Busser, Crises in Japan, in Leidschrift Crisis regeert de wereld, Een historische blik op economische recessies, Jaargang 28, nummer 2, September 2013 (in Dutch).
◼ R. Busser, “Detroit of the East? Industrial Upgrading, Japanese Car Producers and the Development of the Automotive Industry in Thailand”, in Asia Pacific Business Review (Vol. 14. No. 1), Special issue Multinationals, Technology and Localization in the Automotive Industry in Asia, London and New York: Routledge, 2007.

COMMISSIONED PAPERS 

◼ R. Busser, “ Developments in the economic relationship between Japan and ASEAN ” Dutch Ministry for Foreign Affairs (2018)
◼ R. Busser, “ Trade and investment patterns in East Asia: China, Japan and South- Korea. ” Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs (2017)
◼ R. Busser, “ASEAN: Views from Foreign Investors” for the Thai Development and Research Institute (TDRI), Bangkok, Summer 2016.