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Business Review Vol.74 No.1 SUM. 2026

Hitotsubashi Buisiness Review

Vol.74 No.1 SUM. 2026 (In Japanese) A leading management journal in Japanese,which builds a bridge between theory and practice. EDITED BYHitotsubashi University, Institute of Innovation ResearchPUBLISHED BYToyo 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…

Notice on Summer Vacation

IIR News

To promote energy conservation on campus and to refresh the minds and bodies of faculty and staff, we will have a summer vacation from August 11 to August 16. Offices will be closed during this time. We ask for your cooperation. CLOSED: from Tuesday, August 11, 2026 to Sunday, August 16, 2026 We will resume work on Monday, August 17, 2026. Thank you. IIR, Hitotsubashi University

New Visiting Professor GOLSORKHI, Damon

IIR News

Prof. GOLSORKHI, Damon Visiting Professor, Institute of Innovation Research, Hitotsubashi University (2026.8.1 – 2027.7.31)Professor, EM Lyon Business Schoolhttps://research.em-lyon.com/esploro/profile/damon_golsorkhi/overview 【Recent Research Themes】Strategic management at the intersection of strategy, sociology, history, and social theory, exploring several interconnected subthemes

IIR Innovation Research Workshop 2026 2026.8.27-28

summer school/innovation research workshop

■IIR Innovation Research Workshop 2026（Hybrid） This year, the Institute of Innovation Research at Hitotsubashi University will hold the 4th IIR Innovation Research Workshop. To promote, drive, and boost innovation research, we welcome students, researchers, and practitioners to exchange knowledge and creativity. Date    : August 27-28, 2026Venue : Multipurpose Room, Mercury Tower 7F, Kunitachi-east campus, Hitotsubashi University(2-4 Higashi, Kunitachi, Tokyo)& ZOOM Meeting*Audience members will be able to join us online and in-person. CALL for PAPERSDeadline: May 29, 2026CLICK HERE CALL for AUDIENCEDeadline: 9:00, August 20, 2026CLICK HERE ＜Program2026＞

Professor Masaru Karube and Yuki Miyazawa (Doctoral Program and IMPP, Graduate School of Business Administration, Hitotsubashi University) receive the Best Paper Award in two divisions at the 2026 Academy of Management Annual Meeting.

Award, IIR News

Professor Masaru Karube and Yuki Miyazawa were simultaneously awarded the Best Paper Award in two divisions—the Organization and Natural Environment (ONE) Division and the Technology and Innovation Management (TIM) Division—at the 2026 Academy of Management Annual Meeting. This international academic conference is organized by the US-based Academy of Management (AOM). 【Organization and Natural Environment Division】 Presentation date : August 3, 2026  11:30AM – 1:00PM ET (GMT-4/UTC-4) at Sheraton in Salon 3 (Philadelphia, USA) Award Winner : Ryoji Miyawaki（Doctoral Program, Graduate School of Management, Kyoto University） Masaru Karube（Director and Professor, Institute of Innovation Research, Hitotsubashi University） Jin-ichiro Yamada（Professor, Graduate School of Management, Kyoto University） Yuki Miyazawa（Doctoral Program and IMPP, Graduate School of Business…

Byeongwoo Kang, Professor received R&D Management Workshop 2026 Best Paper Award

Award, IIR News

Organizer:R&D Management Workshop 2026 Award:R&D Management Workshop 2026 Best Paper Award Date:May 29, 2026 Award Winner:Eunjung Hyun (Associate Professor, College of Business Administration, Hongik University)Tae-Seok Kim (Associate Professor, Nagoya University of Commerce and Business)Byeongwoo Kang (Professor, IIR) Article Title:“Cross-Industry Talent Mobility and Trajectory-Shaping Innovation in the Automotive Technological Transition” Abstract of the paper:How do incumbent firms generate technologically consequential inventions during industry transitions? We examine this question in the automotive industry, where established automakers have maintained technological dominance while expanding into electric, digital, and softwareintensive domains. We argue that cross-industry inventor mobility serves as an invention-level mechanism of creative accumulation by bringing technologically distant knowledge into incumbent patent teams. Using…

Innovation Forum 2026.7.15 Joris Ebbers

Forum, IIR News

Date：July 15（Wednesday), 2026from 17:00 to 18:30 Topic:“Cloaked in Data: How Creative Brokers Overcome Data Resistance in Media Format Development” Speaker:Joris Ebbers(Professor, Luiss Business School) Abstract:In the creative industries, big data and analytics have the potential to create insights into audience behavior and technological, cultural or content trends, offering new possibilities for rationally informing creative decisions. Yet our study of a data-rich media company known for producing internationally acclaimed formats reveals a striking contradiction: despite its strategic commitment to data-driven creativity and data’s potential to support idea generation and evaluation, data was routinely resisted by both creators and managers. This empirical surprise prompted an abductive inquiry into how data and creativity…

Paper Development Workshop Held with Professor Ruby Lee on May 8, 2026

Conference, Symposium

On May 8, 2026, we co-hosted a Paper Development Workshop for Journal of Product Innovation Management (JPIM) with Professor Tomoko Kawakami (Graduate School of Business and Finance, Waseda University), welcoming Professor Ruby Lee, Editor-in-Chief of JPIM, as our facilitator. The workshop provided an excellent opportunity for six selected researchers from Japan to engage in active discussions on seven ongoing research projects and further refine their work toward publication in top international academic journals.

Professor Wong from National Tsing Hua University (NTHU) and his EMBA, MBA, and MPM (Master Program for Public Policy and Management) students visited IIR.

Conference, Symposium

On April 8, Professor Wong Chan-Yuan from National Tsing Hua University visited the Institute of Innovation Research with approximately 40 EMBA students, where a joint seminar was held with Associate Professor Yoshioka-Kobayashi and Assistant Professor Padrón-Hernández. Associate Professor Yoshioka-Kobayashi delivered a lecture titled “Perspectives on Strategies of Data/AI-Driven Business,” Assistant Professor Padrón-Hernández delivered a lecture titled“Japanese Business and Management.” Following the lectures, an active Q&A session and discussions took place with the participating EMBA students, providing a valuable opportunity for meaningful exchange on both sides. The purpose of this visit was to foster international academic collaboration and deepen cross-cultural understanding. It provided an excellent platform for engaging in intellectual exchange…

Business Review Vol.73 No.4 SPR. 2026

Hitotsubashi Buisiness Review

Vol.73 No.4 SPR. 2026 (In Japanese) A leading management journal in Japanese,which builds a bridge between theory and practice. EDITED BYHitotsubashi University, Institute of Innovation ResearchPUBLISHED BYToyo 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…

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