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