Business Review Vol.73 No.4 SPR. 2026

Vol.73 No.4 SPR. 2026 (In Japanese)

A leading management journal in Japanese,
which builds a bridge between theory and practice.

EDITED BY
Hitotsubashi University, Institute of Innovation Research
PUBLISHED BY
Toyo Keizai Inc.

Business Experiments:
Secrets of Steadily Profiting Companies

Naohiko Oikawa
“What Is Experiment-Based Predictive Analytics?:
Accurately Identifying Causal Relationships and High-Impact Strategies

Tohru Yoshioka-Kobayashi / Yuri Hirai
“Organizational Capability for Effective Business Experiments: Insights from Studies on Big Data Utilization”

Yuji Kawata
“Randomized Controlled Trials Inside Firms:
Design, Analytical Methods, and Recent Developments”

Kakuya Naito / Micheal K. Price / Kanetaka Maki
“The Value of Employee Diversity in the Workplace through the Employment of Persons with Disabilities”

Kenji Minefuji / Eric Floyd / Kanetaka Maki  
“Why ‘Selecting’ Startups Drives Them Away”

●Organizational Strategy in the Digital Age (2)
Takumi Shimizu

●Welcome to a Gourmet’s Guide to Business Cases (4)
Atsushi Tsumita

Rick H. L. Aalbers
“From Rengo to Shoyū: Evolution of Strategic Alliances and Patent Expansion as Mode of Continuous Innovation”

●Entrepreneurs Who Change the World (26)
Ken Takahashi 
  Interviewed by Yaichi Aoshima / Masatoshi Fujiwara / Kang Byeongwoo 

●Business Cases
Satoko Suzuki / Lim Boonpin / Hoferica Marek / Gupta Akhil / Wu Yuanjiun
“Hoshino Resorts

Yaichi Aoshima
 “HENNGE

Porter Prize2025
Emi Osono

●Management Forum
Hiroaki Akao
(President and Representative Director, Secoma Co., Ltd.)
  Interviewed by Seiichiro Yonekura / Tohru Yoshioka-Kobayashi