Business Review Vol.74 No.1 SUM. 2026

Vol.74 No.1 SUM. 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.

Knowledge Creation in the Age of AI : Why Humanity Matters More Than Ever

Hirotaka Takeuchi
“Nonaka Ikujiro’s Way of Life: Past, Present, and Future

Shigeru Taguchi
“Enactive and Mediation-Focused Management:
A Philosophical Reinterpretation of Nonaka’s Knowledge Creation Theory”

Satoshi Akutsu
“Wise Leadership as a Driver of Knowledge Creation”

Yusaku Takeda
“From Slogan to Practice: Organizational Knowledge Creation as an “Inside-out” Theory of Corporate Purpose and Social Value Creation”

Theresa Bandtel / Ann-Kristin Weiser / Georg von Krogh  
“Revisiting Ba in the Age of Generative AI”

Jiro Kokuryo
“Evolution of AI and Business Architecture”

●Welcome to a Gourmet’s Guide to Business Cases (5)
Atsushi Tsumita

●Organizational Strategy in the Digital Age (3)
Takumi Shimizu

●Entrepreneurs Who Change the World (27)
Daisuke Sasaki
  Interviewed by Masatoshi Fujiwara / Kang Byeongwoo 

●Business Cases
Yoshihiro Mori / Kentaro Nobeoka
“Horiba, Ltd.

Tomoyuki Shimanuki
 “Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance

Yasuhiro Hattori / Kazuyuki Okamoto / Yuta Tarumi / Kai Yamada
 “People Trees

●Management Forum
Haruo Naito
(Representative Corporate Officer and CEO of Eisai Co., Ltd.)
  Interviewed by Seiichiro Yonekura / Emi Osono