Books By Ruth (Centre for Japanese and East Asian Studies, London, UK) Taplin - Author

Ruth Taplin received her doctorate from the London School of Economics and has a GDL in Law. She is the author/editor of 20 books and over 200 articles, and was the first featured author for Routledge in Asian Studies. She wrote freelance for The Times newspaper for nine years on Japan, Taiwan, Korea and was a consultant to the Federation of Electronics Industry for nine years. She studied Japanese at Durham University over 20 years ago as part of a special course for future leaders in the Japanese field in the UK in tandem with the Nissan Institute, Oxford University. She is an Honorary Advisor to the Society for Interdisciplinary Business Research and is occasionally invited by the United Nations to act as an innovation expert because of her entrepreneurial experience as an innovator. Professor Taplin is the editor of Interdisciplinary Journal of Economics and Business Law (www.ijebl.co.uk) founded by her seven years ago, in addition to being Director of The Centre for Japanese and East Asian Studies, wh