Professional and Academic Career
During his career, Tsurumi has worked as a consultant to governments, the International Monetary Fund and various multinational firms, advising corporations and political entities on economic and corporate responsibility issues, including economic development, industrial policies, business strategies and international transfer of technology. From 1995 to 1997, he helped the World Trade Organization adjudicate U.S.-Japan trade disputes between Fujifilm and Kodak.
Tsurumi's work is largely focused on multinational business strategy and the global competitiveness of a nation's economy. He has written more than 30 books and authored over 90 articles for prominent American and Japanese academic journals, and he is regularly quoted in broadcast and print media such as The New York Times, The Washington Post, Fortune magazine, Newsweek, Forbes, and The Wall Street Journal.
Tsurumi has taught at Keio University, Queen's University in Canada, the Harvard Graduate School of Business, the UCLA Graduate School of Management, and the Columbia Graduate School of Business, and continue to give special lectures and faculty seminars at universities in the United States, Canada, Europe and Asia.
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