Hitotsubashi University Institute of Innovation Research

Karube, Masaru   Professor

 
Competitive strategy theory, technology management
 
Career
1993                        B.A., Faculty of Commerce and Management, Hitotsubashi University

1995                          Master of Commerce, Graduate School of Commerce and Management,
Hitotsubashi University
1998                          Doctor of Commerce, Graduate School of Commerce and Management,
Hitotsubashi University
1998-March 2002    Lecturer, Faculty of Business Administration, Tokyo Keizai University
2002                          Associate Professor, Institute of Innovation Research, Hitotsubashi University
2006- December 2007 Fulbright Visiting Scholar
(Bryn Mawr College, University of Pennsylvania Wharton School)
2007                          Associate Professor, Institute of Innovation Research,
Hitotsubashi University
2017-present      Professor, Institute of Innovation Research, Hitotsubashi University
2023-present      Green Entrepreneurship Research Endowed Chair and Adjunct Professor, Graduate School of Management, Kyoto University
2024-present            Director, Institute of Innovation Research, Hitotsubashi University

Awards
The 14th Annual Takamiya Award for Best Paper
The Academic Association for Organizational Science, June 1998,
Article Title:
Institutions and Corporate Strategy in the Japanese and American Semiconductor Industries

The 19th Annual Takamiya Award for Best Paper 
The Academic Association for Organizational Science, June 2003,
Article Title:
Two Performance Evolutions in the Japanese and American HPC Industries: The Impact of Interdependence between Corporate Resource Accumulation and Competitive Environment on Performance Evolution
The 55th Nikkei Prize for Excellent Books in Economic Science
(with Akira TAKEISHI and Yaichi AOSHIMA), Nikkei Inc. and the Japan Center for Economic Research, November 2012,
Book Title:
Reasons for Innovation: Creating Legitimacy for Resource Mobilization

The Japan Academy of Business Administration Award (Best Paper)
(with Daisuke UCHIDA and Michiko ASHIZAWA), The Japan Academy of Business Administration, September 2023,
Article Title:
Startup Acceleration: An Empirical Analysis of Accelerator Programs in Japan

Recent Research Themes
Growth strategies of firms and the resource accumulation process
Diversification strategies and behaviors of Japanese firms
Systematic deterioration and emergent strategy at Japanese firms
Social justification processes of innovation
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