Yonekura, Seiichiro Professor
Business history
Born: 1953
E-mail: yonekura☆iir.hit-u.ac.jp (to use this email address, please replace the ☆ with an @ mark)
Phone: +81-42-580-8420
Fax: +81-42-580-8410
【Career】
1977 B.A., Faculty of Social Studies, Hitotsubashi University
1979 B.A., Faculty of Economics, Hitotsubashi University
1981 M.A., Graduate School of Social Sciences, Hitotsubashi University
1982 Senior Research Assistant, Institute of Business Research, Faculty of Commerce and Management, Hitotsubashi University
1984 Assistant Professor, Institute of Business Research, Hitotsubashi University
1988 Associate Professor, Institute of Business Research, Hitotsubashi University
1990 Ph.D., (History) Harvard University
1992-1995 Member of the Core Faculty of the Global Leadership Program at the University of Michigan
1995 Professor, Institute of Business Research, Faculty of Commerce and Management, Hitotsubashi University
1997-present Professor, Institute of Innovation Research, Hitotsubashi University
1999-2001 Director, Institute of Innovation Research, Hitotsubashi University
2008-2012 Director, Institute of Innovation Research, Hitotsubashi University
2012-2014 Academic Director, Center for Japanese Studies,
Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS), University of Pretoria
Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS), University of Pretoria
【Recent Research Themes】
Currently I am undertaking research from an historical vantage point on a comparative business history from the Industrial Revolution to the present, and on the best ways to pursue innovation under Japan’s non-nuclear, low-carbon society strategy.