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Stockholm School of Economics

European Institute of Japanese Studies

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The mission of the European Institute of Japanese Studies (EIJS) is to serve as a major centre for research on the economies and societies of Japan and East Asia, with particular emphasis on issues which impact Europe.

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EIJS’s five areas of activity are: Research, Education, Information, Public Seminars, and Corporate Relations. With research and education as the core, EIJS is also active in providing value-added information services, arranging conferences, workshops and seminars, disseminating research results, and participating in public policy debate.

Publications and references

  • Ström P., Nakamura, H. R () «(2025). How Geoeconomics Advances Geopolitical Cooperation: The Case of EU-Japan Relations.» Czech Journal of International Relations..
  • Ström P., Andrew Jones, Professor of Economic Geography and President, Brunel University London, UK () «2024 Research Handbook on the Green Economy» Outlining how the concepts of green economy and green growth have become the forefront of policy and political debates within the last decade, this compelling Research Handbook investigates the policies and plans that utilise these concepts at both the local and global level to achieve a truly green economy.. Edward Elgar Publishers. Nb pages: 326. ISBN: 978 1 78990 482 6.
  • Ström P., Hermelin Brita () «(2023), "An economic geography approach to the implementation of circular economy – comparing three examples of industry-specific networks in West Sweden", Journal of Science and Technology Policy Management,» The circular economy (CE) has been endorsed as representing a model that is able to achieve environmental protection through decreased use of raw materials, together with changing… . Journal of Science and Technology Policy Management. Nb pages: 24.
  • Ström P., Vadi, M. () «(2023). Europe and Japan: Embracing a Multidimensional Partnership for the future: Relations Between Europe and Japan.» Trames. Nb pages: 7.
  • Bramklev, C. & Ström, P. (2011) A conceptualization of the product/service interface: Case of the packaging industry in Japan, Journal of Service Science Research, 3(1): 21-48.
  • Ström, P. (2012) Guest Editorial: The Resilience of the Global Service Economy, the Service Industries Journal, 32(4): 499-502.
  • Bryson, J.R, Rubalcaba, L. and Ström, P. (2012) Services, innovation, employment and organisation: research gaps and challenges for the next decade, The Service Industries Journal, 32(4): 641-655.
  • Ström, P. and Ernkvist, M. (2012) Internationalisation of the Korean online game
  • industry: exemplified through the case of NCsoft, International Journal of Technology and Globalisation, 6(4): 312-334.
  • Dolles, H., Alvstam, G. and Ström, P. (2013) Guest Editorial: The changing competitive landscape in Euro-Asia business, Asian Business & Management, 12(5): 499-502.
  • Alvstam, Claes G., Harald Dolles and Patrik Ström (2014) Asian Inward and Outward FDI: New Challenges in the Global Economy, Houndmills, Basingstoke Hampshire: Palgrave Macmillan.
  • Ström, P. and Ernkvist, M. (2014) Product and Service Interaction in the Chinese Online Game Industry, Technology Innovation Management Review, May 2014.
  • Ström, P. and H. R. Nakamura (2014) Chinese Acquiring Japanese: Motives and Patterns of Chinese Outward M&A to Japan, Asia Pacific Management Review, 19(2):299-320.
  • Alvstam, C.G., Ström, P. and Jones, A. (2016) Multilatinas and the growing service economy in Latin America: A challenge for EU-Latin American business relations, European Review of Service Economics and Management,European Review of Service Economics and Management, (1): 175-197
  • Robert Wentrup, Patrik Ström and H. Richard Nakamura (2016) Digital oases and digital deserts in Sub-Saharan Africa, Journal of Science & Technology Policy Management, Vol. 7 Iss: 1, pp.77 – 100
  • Wentrup, Robert; Xu, Xiangxuan; Nakamura, H.; Ström, Patrik (2016) Crossing the digital desert in Sub-Saharan Africa – does policy matter? Policy & Internet, DOI: 10.1002/poi3.123
  • Alvstam, C.G., Kettunen, E. and Ström, P. (2016) The Service Sector in the Free Trade Agreement between the EU and Singapore: Closing the gap between policy and business realities, Asia Europe Journal, DOI 10.1007/s10308-016-0464-z
  • Jones, A., Ström. P, Hermelin, B. and Rusten. G. (eds) (2016) Services and the Green Economy, Houndmills, Basingstoke Hampshire: Palgrave Macmillan.
  • Jones, A., & Ström, P. (2018). Asian varieties of service capitalism?, Geoforum, 90, 119-129.
  • Ernkvist, M., & Ström, P. (2018). Differentiation in digital creative industry cluster dynamics: the growth and decline of the Japanese video game software industry. Geografiska Annaler: Series B, Human Geography, 1-24.
  • Yakob, R., Nakamura, H. R., & Ström, P. (2018). Chinese foreign acquisitions aimed for strategic asset-creation and innovation upgrading: The case of Geely and Volvo Cars. Technovation, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.technovation.2018.02.011
  • Wentrup, R., Nakamura, R.H. and Ström, P. (2018) Uberization in Paris – the issue of trust between a digital platform and digital workers, Critical Perspectives on International Business, https://doi.org/10.1108/cpoib-03-2018-0033