ACADEMIC PUBLICATIONS AND PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS PUBLICATIONS:
“Organizational Change and Organizational Culture,” Masters Thesis (in Japanese), Hitotsubashi University, 1987.
"Restructuring Organizational Knowledge," (with Ikujiro Nonaka), Business Review (in Japanese), Vol.35 No.2, 1987; pp.1-12.
“How firms can acquire new perspectives,” (with Ikujiro Nonaka), DIAMOND Harvard Business (in Japanese), Dec.-Jan., 1988; pp.43-51.
"Producing Knowledge and Product Simultaneously: Manufacturing Systems as the Learning Mechanism," Business Review (in Japanese), Vol.37 No.1, 1989; pp.54-76.
“Cognition and Organization; Social Construction of Reality,” paper for Doctoral course qualification (in Japanese), Hitotsubashi University, 1990.
"Perspectives on Organizational Transformation," Economic Journal of Chiba University (in Japanese), Vol.6 No.2, 1991; pp.109-141.
“ Meta-theoretical analysis of Organizational Transformation,” Proceedings of the Eighth annual meeting of Academy of Management Philosophy Japan (in Japanese), 1991,
"Organizational Integration: Mechanisms for Integrity," Economic Journal of Chiba University (in Japanese), Vol.6 No.3, 1992; pp.109-146
“Design of Product Development Organization and Patterns of Innovation,” Sangyo Keiri (Industrial Accounting, in Japanese), Vol.52 No.1, 1992.
“Competitions as Dialogues; Reinterpretation of competitive behavior in the Electronic Calculator Industry,” (with Tsuyoshi Numagami, Shigeru Asaba, and Junjiro Shintaku), Soshiki Kagaku (Organizational Science, in Japanese), Vol.26 No.2, 1992; pp.64-79.
"Process of Organizational Capabilities Development: Strategic Schema and Competitive Advantages in the Electronic Calculator Industry," (with Junjiro Shintaku), Sophia Economic Review, Vol.43 No.1, 1997; pp.1-39.
“Diversification and Interaction of Strategic Schemata: Multiple Frames of Reference for Strategy Formulation,” (with Junjiro Shintaku), The Journal of Economics
(University of Tokyo, in Japanese), Vol.64 No.2, 1998; pp2-24.
“Metaphors in Organization Studies; Theorizing in Indeterministic World,” Soshiki Kagaku (Organizational Science, in Japanese), Vol.33 No.1, 1999; pp.48-57.
BOOK CHAPTER
“Competitions as Dialogues; Reinterpretation of competitive behavior in the Electronic Calculator Industry,” (with Tsuyoshi Numagami, Shigeru Asaba, and Junjiro Shintaku) in Itami, Hiroyuki, Tadao Kagono, and Motoshige Ito (eds.), Readings in Japanese Corporation Systems Vol.2 Organization and Strategy (in Japanese), Yuhikaku: Tokyo, 1993; pp.24-60. (Reprinted from Soshiki Kagaku, Vol.26 No.2, 1992; pp.64-79).
“Organizing Information Flow: An Analysis of Organizational Communication,” in
Takahashi, Mitsuo, Hiroyuki Iami, and Takehiko Sugiyama (eds.), Economic Analysis of Decision-Making (in Japanese), Yuhikaku: Tokyo, 1995; Chapter 4 (pp.61-81).
“Automation Strategies at the First-Tier Suppliers in Japan: Process Development and Product Trajectory, in Anna Comacchio, Giuseppe Volpato, and Arnaldo Camuffo (eds.), Automation in Automotive Industries: Recent Development, Springer-Verlg;
Hidelberg, 1999; pp.62-73.
“Competitions as Dialogues; Dynamic Interaction of Product Strategies between Casio and Sharp,” (with Tsuyoshi Numagami, Shigeru Asaba, and Junjiro Shintaku) in
Shimaguchi, Mitsuteru, Hirotaka Takeuchi, Hotaka Katahira, and Junzo Ishii (eds.), Era of Marketing Innovations Vol.2 Product Development Strategy (in Japanese), Yuhikaku: Tokyo, 1999; pp.112-135.
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
“Learning Mechanisms in Manufacturing Systems (in Japanese),” Nikkei Shimbun Conference on Corporate Behavior, May 1989, Mishima, Japan.
“Reinterpretation on Competitive Behavior of Japanese Companies; Case from the
Electronic Calculator Industry (in Japanese),” Japanese Academy of Organizational Science 1991 Annual Meeting, June 1991, Sendai, Japan (with Tsuyoshi Numagami, Shigeru Asaba, and Junjiro Shintaku).
“ Meta-theoretical analysis of Organizational Transformation (in Japanese),” The 1991 annual meeting of Academy of Management Philosophy Japan, September 1991, Fukuoka, Japan.
"Organizational Knowledge Creation and The Role of Middle Management," Academy of Management 1992 Annual Meeting, August 1992, Las Vegas, Nevada (with Ikujiro Nonaka, Toshihiro Kanai, and Takaya Kawamura),
"Learning Mechanisms in Manufacturing Systems: Implications for Automation", International Workshop on Assembly Automation and Work Organization in the Automobile Industry, November 1992, Berlin.
"Strategies for Assembly Automation in the Automobile Industry", International Motor Vehicle Program 1994 Research Briefing Meeting, June 21-23, 1994: Berlin, Germany (with Takahiro Fujimoto).
"Product Development in the Machine Tool Industry: Strategic Orientation and
Organizational Capabilities", Mitsubishi Bank Foundation International Conference on New Imperative for Managing in Revolutionary Change, August 28-30, 1994: Ito, Japan (with David Parkinson),
"The Link between Strategic Orientation and Firm Capabilities: Results from an International Study", paper presented at the European International Business Association Annual Meeting, December 11-13 1994: Warsaw, Poland (with David Parkinson, Teresa Rose, and William M. Evan),
“Internal Dynamics of Multi-Business Firms: Strategic Schema and Competitive
Advantage, Hitotsubashi-Organization Science Conference on Asian Research in
Organizations, Tokyo, Japan, October 19-22, 1995 (with Junjiro Shintaku),
“Automation Strategies at the First-Tier Suppliers in Japan: Process Development and Product Trajectory,” The Third International Workshop on Assembly Automation Manufacturing Systems and Organizational Paradigms in The Automobile Industry:
International Patterns of Diffusion, Venice, Italy October 12-14, 1995
WORKING PAPERS
"Manufacturing Systems as the Learning Mechanism: Cases from Automobile Industry,"
Working Paper Series #91M006, Economics Association for Chiba University, 1992
"Strategic Orientation and Organizational Capabilities: Product Development in the Machine Tool Industry" (with David Parkinson). Working Paper Series #95M013, Economics Association for Chiba University, 1995.
"Process of Organizational Capabilities Development: Strategic Schema and Competitive Advantages in the Electronic Calculator Industry" (with Junjiro Shintaku), Working Paper Series #96M017, Economics Association for Chiba University, 1996.
CASES
Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries, Nomura Management School (with Ikujiro Nonaka, in Japanese), 1988.
Honda; North American Business, Nomura Management School (with Ikujiro Nonaka, in Japanese), 1988.
Sharp Corporation: Diversification, Japan Productivity Center (with Junjiro Shintaku, in Japanese), 1998.
GRANTS
l Japan Productivity Center 1991 (with Tsuyoshi Numagami, Shigeru Asaba, and Junjiro Shintaku)
l Fulbright Scholarship (Junior Researcher) 1992 l Matushita International Foundation 1993
l Ministry of Education, Science, Sports and Culture of Japan (Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research) 1996-1998, 1999-2001 (with Koichi Shimokawa and Takahiro Fujimoto)
l KDD International Communication Foundation, 1997-98 (with Yaichi Aoshima, Kentaro Nobeoka, Tsuyoshi Numagami, Shigemi Yoneyama)
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
l Strategic Management (Undergraduate and Graduate) l Management and Organizational Analysis (Undergraduate) l Management of Technology (Graduate)