Category: Hitotsubashi Buisiness Review

Vol.63 No.1 SUM. 2015 (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. “Last Frontier” AFRICA: What Do We Lean From There? Seiichiro Yonekura “Why Africa Now?: The Last Frontier,but the One Japan Is Going to Face For the First Time” Martyn Davies / Kira McDonald“Japan’s Shifthing Geopolitical and Geo-Economic Relations in Africa: A View From Japan Inc.” Tashmia Ismail” New Markets, New Mindsets: Building Business in the African Base” Michele Ruiters / Thierry Giordano“Project Finance in Post-conflict and Fragile Situations: What Role For DFIs” Kanako Sakai“Japanese Companies Expanding into Africa” ●Critical Eyes: Organizational Forgetting as…

Vol.62 No.4 SPR. 2015 (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. Design Engineering: It Is Not the Alternative of “Function or Design” Kentaro Nobeoka / Megumi Kimura / Atsushi Osanai “Creation of Design Value: Toward Integration of Design and  Engineering” Shunji Yamanaka“The Age of Design Engineering” Kinya Tagawa” Practice of Design Engineering” Yuichi Washida“Multinational Comparison of Designer’s Roll in Bsuiness Process: US-Japan-China Comparison Survey Result” Atsushi Akiike / Tohru (Kobayashi) Yoshioka“Creating Excellent Industrial Designs by Multidisciplinary Engineers and Industrial Designers: An Empirical Study on  Japanese Digital Camera Manufacturers” Yukari Nagai“Design Knowledge to Lead Engineering…

Vol.62 No.3 WIN. 2014 (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. Innovation Power of Small Strong Countries: Why Japan Lose? Manabu Eto “Swiss Innovation Power Based on Human Skill Management” Chihiro Watanabe“Institutional Sources of Innovation in Singapore: Similarity and Disparity with Finland” Mika Yasuoka “Danish Strategic Participatory Design Approach for Innovation and Creativity: Nordic Culture, Social Structure and Strategic Methodology for Its High Productivity” Munehiko Ito / Kimitaka Nishitani / Yoichi Matsumoto / Salena Watanabe “Food Valley in the Netherlands: Food Cluster of a Little Agripower” Isamu Nakashima “The Two Aspects of Israel:…

Vol.62 No.2 AUT. 2014 (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. Startups and IPO: Why Do Japanese Startups Stall after IPO? Kenji Kutsuna “Growth Dynamics of Firms after the IPO” Kazuhiko Yamamoto / Ryo Okubo “New Venture Valuation” Yuki Watanabe “The Impact of Managerial Ownership on Firm Value in High Growth Firms: An Empirical  Analysis Focusing on Founder-CEOs” Akira Kiyota“IPO Market in Japan: Current Situation and TSE’s Actions” Yoshiaki Ishii“Japan’s New Venture Business Policy: Programs for Fostering Entrepreneurship and Venture Ecosystem” Mikiharu Noma“Search for Corporate Venture Capital, Innovation, and Firm Value” ●Critical Eyes: Social Networks…

Vol.62 No.1 SUM. 2014 (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. The Business Unit Strategy and Organization among Japanese Firms Tsuyoshi Numagami “Illusion of Organic Organization” Toshihiko Kato “Overview of Questionnaire Survey on Business Unit in Japanese Firms” Masaru Karube“Strategic Orientation and Strategic Planning Process in the Business Units among Japanese Firms” Masato Sasaki“Leadership and Middle Management Involvement in Strategy” Ikujiro Nonaka / Noboru Konno / Ayano Hirose“Towards the Evidence-based Model of Knowledge-creating Theory”  ●Critical Eyes: Reverse Innovation　Yuichi Washida ●Leaders of MOT　Satoru Kuriyagawa ●Business Cases　Masatoshi Fujiwara / Yaichi Aoshima　 “TOYOBO CO., LTD”   　 Salena Watanabe / Kei Kuriki　 “KONICA MINOLTA, INC.” ●Invitation to Management…

Vol.61 No.4 SPR. 2014 (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. Rethinking Customer Orientation: New Challenges in Practice to Create Customers Tadao KagonoThree Strategies for Leveraging Customer Value Kentaro Nobeoka / Yasunari TakasugiAuthentic Customer Value of Indusrial Products Management of Solution Value Creation Yukihiro AokiContemporary Perspectives in Consumer Research: New Directions and Critical Issues Kei KurikiDilemmas of Customer Orientation in Practice Joji OnoSmart Excellence: Customer Management through Focalization and Value Co-creation with Customer Mari YoshidaMarket Cultivation: A Case Study of TREE OF LIFE Co., Ltd. Co-Creating the Herb & Aromatherapy Market in…

Vol.61 No.3 WIN. 2013 (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. Assessment of Industry-University Collaboration in Japan: Toward New Combinations Yasunori Baba / Naohiro Shichijo / Masaru Yarime “Challenge of Pasteur Scientists for Innovation:　A Case of Photocatalyst” Yasushi Hara / Yoshiyuki Ohsugi “Actemra and Remicade : Key Factors to Determine First Mover Advantage in R&D Process of Both Antibody Drugs” Naohiro Shichijo / Junichi Murata / Shinichi Akaike / Atsushi Ogasawara “Absorptive Company: Sources of R&D Capability in Hamamatsu Photonics K.K.” Takahiro Ueyama “Cross-Bounding Knowledge: Learning from America’s Experience of Industry…

Vol.61 No.2 AUT. 2013 (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. The Future Creation Management from the Community Hiroki Hayashi“The Creation Management from the Community and University Education” Megumi Yuki“Diversity:A Key for Creating Active Local Communities” Yayoi Tanaka / Shigeru Asano“The Turmoil in Human Resource Development: Why the Gap between the Buisinesses and Universities happen?” Kimihiko Ishikawa“The Logic for Making Economy and Society in ‘Machi-Zukuri’” Michi Fukushima“On Management of the Civic Associations that Support Regional Culture Creation: Two Cases of Civic Music Festivals in Japan” ●Business Cases　 Koichi Nakano / Ikutaro Enatsu…

Vol.61 No.1 SUM. 2013 (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. Frontiers of Business Economics Yosuke Yasuda“Market Design in Business, Theory and Practice” Makoto Watanabe “Intermediation and Search Markets : Looking into the Black Box, Reazons for Why Intermediation Can Be a Profitable Business Makoto Hanazono“Bundling” Daisuke Nakajima“Behavioral Economics and Industrial Organization: Naive Consumers and Markets” Junichiro Ishida“Economics of Human Resource Management: The Role of Promotion in Organizations” Hideshi Itoh / Kimiyuki Morita“Incentive Effects of Heterogeneity in Organizations” Ikujiro Nonaka“Theory on Innovation is a Pragmatic“Way of Life” : Including the New Wave of…

Vol.60 No.4 SPR. 2013 (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. Cross-Border M&A Isao Okubo /  Nobuo Sayama “Current Outlook of Japanese Cross-Border M&A” Tomonori Ito  “Cross-Border M&A and Management Strategy” Yuji Nishimura “Sequential M&A Achieving Sustainable Profitable Growth” Masahiko Chino / Kenichi Takashima / Hikaru Okada “Practical Considerations for Cross-Border M&A” Hajime Tanahashi / Takayuki Kihira / Hideaki Umetsu “Cross-Border M&A – Laws, Regulations and Practical Considerations” Kotaro Inoue / Saori Nara / Takashi Yamasaki “Are Japanese Firms Really Not Good at Corss-Border Acquisitions?: An Empirical Study” Special Interview Guest :Hiroshi Kimura…