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Organization
Undergraduate School School of Business Administration Professor
Title
Professor
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Degree

  • Ph.D ( 2001.3   Hokkaido University, Graduate School of Economics and Business Administration )

  • Master of Economics ( 1989.3   University of Tsukuba )

  • Bachelor of Commerce ( 1985.3   Otaru University of Commerce )

Research Areas

  • Humanities & social sciences / Business administration  / 経営学 (国際経営論,経営組織論,企業論)(Business Administration)

Education

  • University of Tsukuba   Graduate School, Division of Business Administration and Economic Policy

    1987.4 - 1989.3

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    Country/Region: Japan

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  • Otaru University of Commerce   Facult士

    1981.4 - 1985.3

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    Country/Region: Japan

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  • Hokkaido University   Graduate School of Economics and Business Administration, PhD (BA)

    2001.3

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    Country/Region: Japan

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Professional Memberships

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Committee Memberships

  • 日本経営学会   幹事  

    2013.10   

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  • 金融庁   平成26年27年公認会計士試験試験委員  

    2013.4 - 2015.3   

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  • MJIIT マレーシア日本国際工科院(外務省)   設立委員  

    2010 - 2011   

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  • 国際戦略経営研究学会   理事  

    2009.10   

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  • 日本学術振興会   特別研究等審査委員 (専門委員)  

    2009   

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  • 経営行動科学学会   理事  

    2008   

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  • NPO法人アイセックジャパン   理事  

    2003 - 2012   

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Papers

  • The impact of psychological safety on organizational learning. Reviewed

    ( 12 )   41 - 50   2023.12

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  • Proposal for an analytical approach on the characteristics of diversity management using levers of control and quantitative text analysis. Reviewed

    ( 12 )   1 - 10   2023.12

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  • The impact of organizational institutions and human resources practices on workplace inclusion climate: The moderating effect of diversity and inclusion promotion behaviors. Reviewed

    ( 12 )   21 - 30   2023.12

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  • The Impact of Workplace Diversity on Innovation: The Moderating effect of Transactive Memory and Inclusive Climate. Reviewed International coauthorship International journal

    MehranDoulatabadi

    international Journal of Organizational Business Excellence   5 ( 2 )   13 - 22   2022.12

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  • A pilot Empirical Study on the Effectiveness of Inclusive Leadership and Inclusion Climate Reviewed

    Hajime USHIMARU, Naomi USHIO, Shima NAGANO, Toshio TAKAGI, Masahiro HOSODA, Bongju KIM

    ( 10 )   31 - 48   2021.11

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  • Examining Possibilities of Organizational Network Analysis:Theoretical Development and Application to Managerial Behavior

    Japanese Journal of Administrative Science   22 ( 2 )   161-177 - 177   2009.8

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    Language:Japanese   Publishing type:Research paper (scientific journal)   Publisher:The Japanese Association of Administrative Science  

    DOI: 10.5651/jaas.22.161

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  • Managing Strategic Alliances (in English)(査読付) Reviewed

    牛丸 元

    『経営行動科学』経営行動科学学会   18 ( 2 )   73-81   2005.3

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  • インクルーシブリーダーシップが職場の創造性に与える影響 Reviewed

    金奉周, 牛丸元

    ビジネス科学研究   ( 11 )   11 - 21   2022.11

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  • An Empirical Study of the Simplified Categorization-Elaboration Model of Workgroup Diversity

    Hajime USHIMARU, Naomi USHIO, Shima NAGANO, Bongju KIM

    Meiji Business Review   69 ( 2/3 )   145 - 157   2022.3

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  • Multi-Level Analysis of the Impact of Inclusive Behavior of Top Management

    Hajime USHIMARU, Naomi USHIO, Shima NAGANO, Bongju KIM

    Meiji Business Review   60 ( 1 )   349 - 367   2022.1

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  • Business Excellence Initiatives: A Study of Dubai Quality Award-Winning Organizations in UAE Reviewed International coauthorship International journal

    Mehran Doulatabadi, Hajime Ushimaru and Azizah Yusof

    International Journal of Organizational Business Excellence (IJOBEX)   3 ( 1 )   1 - 8   2020.7

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    This paper presents the central results of a survey analysis carried out in the UAE with respect to business
    excellence initiatives. The main purpose of this research is to investigate the use of business excellence
    initiatives in Dubai quality award-wining organizations. The study used a self-administered questionnaire to
    confirm the adaptability of business excellence initiatives by Dubai quality award-wining organizations.
    Several statistical tests including descriptive statistics, internal consistency reliability and content validity
    were employed using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS). The result of the study shows
    that various business excellence initiatives already implemented by Dubai quality award-wining
    organizations for their efforts towards business excellence. The award-wining organizations believe that
    business excellence initiatives are important in helping them reach their organizational goals.

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  • Network analysis of high reliability organizaiton: Crisis management as seen in the teleconference of Tokyo electric power company Reviewed

    52 ( 2 )   169 - 185   2014.3

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  • 企業間関係におけるレッドクイーン効果とライバリー・トラップ

    経営論集   61 ( 3 )   113 - 129   2014.3

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  • Discourse Analysis of Interfirm Networks in Japan Reviewed International journal

    Hajime USHIMARU and Masato YOTSUMOTO

    Business and Management Review   2 ( 12 )   7 - 12   2013.2

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  • Analyzing Discourses on the Multi-Location Videoconference System for Emergency : A Case of the Accident at Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant(<Special Issue>Linguistic Approach to "Information and Management" Research) Reviewed

    NAKANISHI Aki, YOTSUMOTO Masato, USHIMARU Hajime, SUGIHARA Daisuke, TAKAGI Toshio

    Journal of Information and Management   35 ( 1 )   46 - 58   2013.2

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    Due to the catastrophe that occurred at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant as a result of the Great East Japan Earthquake of March 11, 2011, and the accompanying tsunami, the "myth of nuclear power safety" collapsed. After a year Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) has released archives recorded on the videoconference system and now we can know "what was going on" at that time. Using these archives, we conduct the network analysis, text-mining and discourse analysis regarding what kind of discourses and actions were made on the cutting-edge of organizational crisis. There are the differences of usage of the words among the locations (Fukushima Daiichi, Head Quarters, Offsite Center), that means they could not share and/or construct the organizational reality about the ongoing crisis.

    DOI: 10.20627/jsim.35.1_46

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  • Comfirmatory Behavior of Firms and Network Analysis Invited

    59 ( 3 )   35-48   2009.12

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  • 組織ネットワーク分析の可能性を探る : 理論的展開と経営行動への応用(B-4セッション【シンポジウム】)

    牛丸 元, 穴澤 務, 山田 仁一郎, 神吉 直人, 山下 勝

    経営行動科学学会年次大会 : 発表論文集   ( 11 )   339 - 344   2008

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  • The Dynamics of Strategic Alliances (in English)

    Hajime Ushimaru

    Meiji Business Review   53 ( 4 )   61-66   2006.3

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  • A Case Study of Cooperative Activities within International Joint Ventures (in English)

    北海学園大学『経営論集』   2 ( 2 )   2004

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  • The Evolution of Strategy Theories: Strategy Theories in the Network Era (in English)

    『経済論集』北海学園大学経済学会   50 ( 1 )   2002.6

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  • A Review of Strategic Alliance Theories (in English)

    『経済論集』北海学園大学経済学会   49 ( 4 )   2002.3

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  • 「日本企業の海外子会社設立における横並び行動」

    北海学園大学『経済論集』   48 ( 2 )   33-47   2000.9

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Books

  • 経営戦略用語事典

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    同文舘  2023.3 

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  • イギリスの諸相-イにギリスの政治・経済・社会

    編者:平岡祥孝・宮地晃輔・南島和久( Role: Sole author日英携帯電話メーカーのレッドクイーン型競争)

    創成社  2022.10 

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  • 改訂版 スタンダード企業論

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    同文舘出版  2015.3  ( ISBN:9784495382124

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    Responsible for pages:-284   Language:Japanese   Book type:Scholarly book

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  • 『スタンダード企業論-企業のガバナンス・成長・ネットワーク化・国際化-』(単著)

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    同文舘出版  2013.3  ( ISBN:9784495382117

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    Responsible for pages:全284頁   Language:Japanese   Book type:Scholarly book

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  • 『経営管理ハンドブック』(分担執筆)

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    東京経済情報出版  2008.3  ( ISBN:9784887091689

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    Responsible for pages:「有機的組織と機械的組織」ほか、61-70   Language:Japanese   Book type:Scholarly book

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  • 『企業間アライアンスの理論と実証』(単著)

    牛丸元( Role: Sole author)

    同文舘  2007.9 

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  • 『新版経営学』(共著)

    高柳暁( Role: Joint author)

    実教出版  2006.12 

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  • 『変革期の組織マネジメント』(共著)

    大平義隆編( Role: Joint author)

    同文舘  2006.9 

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  • 『経営組織』(共著)

    大月博司・高橋正泰( Role: Joint author)

    学文社  2003 

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  • 『日本企業の国際経営行動』(単著)

    牛丸元( Role: Sole author)

    同文舘  1999 

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  • 『組織とジェンダー』(共著)

    高橋正泰・山口義昭・牛丸元( Role: Joint author)

    同文舘  1998 

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  • 『エレメンタル経営管理』(共著)

    高柳暁( Role: Joint author)

    英創社  1998 

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  • 『現代経営組織論』(共著)

    高柳暁( Role: Joint author)

    中央経済社  1997 

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  • 『概説ベトナム経済:アジアの新しい投資フロンティア』( 共翻訳)

    丹野勲他

    有斐閣双書  1995 

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  • 『変化の経営学』(共著)

    高柳暁・高橋伸夫( Role: Joint author)

    白桃書房  1994 

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  • 『国際化時代の経営学』(共著)

    地代憲弘・原口俊道( Role: Joint author)

    中央経済社  1991 

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  • 『経営学への扉(第4版)』(序章担当)

    ( Role: Joint author)

    白桃書房  2012.5 

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  • 『経営行動科学ハンドブック』(分担執筆)

    経営行動科学学会編( Role: Joint author)

    中央経済  2011.10 

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  • 「知識情報化時代的日本企業」(中国語表記のため正式には表記できず

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    2008.9 

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  • 『北海道開発の視点・論点』(共著)

    北海学園大学開発研究所( Role: Joint author)

    ぎょうせい  1998 

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  • 『中小企業のM&A戦略』(共著)

    中小企業事業団中小企業研究所( Role: Joint author)

    同友舘  1993 

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Presentations

  • The Impact of Coupling and Decoupling of Top Management and Supervisors’ Proactivity Toward Diversity Management on Inclusive Climate. International conference

    Hyeon Ko and Hajime Ushimaru

    APCIM2024  2024.11  APCIM

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    Event date: 2024.10 - 2024.11

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    Venue:Kyung Hee University(Seoul Campus, Republic of Korea)  

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  • 自然言語処理モデルBERTを使用した経営学研究例―ダイバーシティ&インクルージョンの分野のデータ分析で明らかになったことー」

    牛丸元

    国際戦略経営研究学会・戦略的人的資源・組織開発研究部会  2024.7  国際戦略経営研究学会

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    Venue:青山学院大学  

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  • ダイバーシティマネジメントの組織化モデルー自然言語処理モデルBERTによるデータを使った試みー

    牛丸 元

    ビジネス科学学会第12回全国大会  2024.6  ビジネス科学学会

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    Venue:明治大学  

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  • 自然言語処理モデルBERTによるダイバーシティ・マネジメントと包摂不土ならびに組織学習との関係に関する分析

    牛丸 元

    2024年度組織学会研究発表大会  2024.6  日本組織学会

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    Venue:明治大学  

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  • ダイバーシティ経営を実現するマネジメントコントロールシステム

    長野史麻

    ビジネス科学学会第11回全国大会  2023.6  ビジネス科学学会

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    Venue:明治大学   Country/Region:Japan  

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  • ダイバーシティマネジメント行動が包摂 風土や制度認知に与える影響

    高木俊雄 牛尾奈緒美

    ビジネス科学学会第11回全国大会  2023.6  ビジネス科学学会

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    Venue:明治大学   Country/Region:Japan  

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  • イギリスと日本における携帯端末メーカーのレッドクイーン型競争

    ビジネス科学学会第10回全国大会  2022.6  ビジネス科学学会

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    Venue:中村学園大学  

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  • 日英手机生产商的红皇后型竞争(中国語表記) Web発表 Invited International conference

    新時代中日韓海洋経済と海洋科技合作国際討論会(日本語訳)  2022.5  廣東海洋大学

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    Event date: 2022.5

    Language:Japanese   Presentation type:Oral presentation (invited, special)  

    Venue:廣東海洋大学   Country/Region:China  

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  • レッドクイーン論と日本企業 Web発表

    日本経営学会関東部会12月シンポジウム  2020.12  日本経営学会

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    Language:Japanese   Presentation type:Symposium, workshop panel (nominated)  

    Venue:慶應義塾大学   Country/Region:Japan  

    競争行動の新しいパースペクティブである、レッドクイーン論について論じた。

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  • 心理的安全性が組織学習に与える影響

    金奉周 細田雅洋

    ビジネス科学学会第11回全国大会  2023.6  ビジネス科学学会

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  • 企業間関係におけるライバリー・トラップとイノベーション-イノベーションを創出する企業間ネットワークとレッドクイーン効果- International conference

    第38回東アジアの社会・産業・企業発展国際学術会議(第38回亜州産業発展與企業管理国際学術検討会)  2013.12  中国上海大学経済学院・台湾国立高雄応用科技大学・亜東経済国際学会

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  • イノベーションを創出する企業間・企業内ネットワーク

    第38回東アジアの社会・産業・企業発展国際学術会議(第38回亜州産業発展與企業管理国際学術検討会)  2013.12  中国上海大学経済学院・台湾国立高雄応用科技大学・亜東経済国際学会

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  • The construction and collapse of the nuclear power safty myth, and the move toward denuclearzation as a deconstruction. International conference

    Masato Yotsumoto, Toshio Takagi, Aki Nakanishi

    31th SCOS 2013 Warsaw  2013.7  University of Warsaw

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  • その時何か起こっていたのか?原発事故時の東京電力テレビ会議のネットワーク分析

    安全工学シンポジウム  2013.7  電気学会

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  • Discourse analysis of interfirm networks

    四本雅人

    第36回亜州産業発展與企業管理国際学術検討会(中国語)  2012.10  台湾国立屏東科技大学(台湾) 亜東経済国際学会(日本) 上海大学経済学院(中国) 東北亜福祉経済共同体フォーラム(韓国)

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  • 企業間ネットワークのディスコース分析 International conference

    四本雅人

    第3回中日文化比較国際シンポジウム  2012.9  東北大学中日文化比較研究所(瀋陽・中国)

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  • Firm Behavior in the Network Era

    2011.12 

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  • A Typology of Social Network Models International conference

    第6回21世紀産業経営管理国際学術検討会(中国語表記)  2010.10  台湾国立高雄応用科技大学管理学院

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    国際会議での発表

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  • 日本企業網路的構造分析:現状和課題(中国語タイトル) International conference

    亜洲産業競争力與企業経営管理国際学術検討会  2009.10  南開大学 台中技術学院 (台湾国)

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  • 「組織ネットワーク分析の可能性を探る―理論的展開と経営行動への応用―」 2008年11月9日 司会兼シンポジスト

    穴澤 務(久留米大学)山田 仁一郎(香川大学) 神吉 直人(神戸大学)山下 勝(青山学院大学)

    経営行動科学学会 第11回年次大会  2008.11  中部大学名古屋キャンパス シンポジウム

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  • 「日系国際合弁企業における競争と協調のダイナミクス」 20008年9月14日

    国際戦略経営研究学会第1回全国大会 中央大学後楽園キャンパス  2008.9  交際戦略経営研究学会

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  • "The International Conference on “Industry Development and Firm Strategy in Asia""." International conference

    2007.9 

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  • 「戦略的提携のダイナミクス-システムダイナミクスアプローチ試論-」

    名古屋大学

    経営行動科学学会第9回年次大会学会報告  2006.11 

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  • 戦略的提携のマネジメント International conference

    第4回21世紀産業経営管理国際学術検討会議  2005.12  台湾国 国立高雄応用科技大学

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  • 「国とグローバル経済:アジアの台頭とアメリカ」 International conference

    「国とグローバル経済:アジアの台頭とアメリカ」  2005.11  明治大学経営学研究科・UCLAアンダーソンスクール

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  • 2003年11月16日「戦略的提携の安定性に対する自発的協調と強制的協調の影響」 経営行動科学学会第8回年次大会 経営行動科学学会

    2003.11 

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  • 統一論題「グローバリゼーションと現代企業経営:第2論題 グローバリゼーションと企業経営の新展開」討論者 日本経営学会第77回全国大会 シンポジウム討論者 統一論題 日本経営学会

    2003.9 

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  • 「日本企業の海外子会社設立における横並び行動」 国際ビジネス研究学会第7回全国大会自由論題報告 国際ビジネス研究学会

    2000.10 

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  • 「国際ジョイントベンチャーの安定性に関する比較分析」 日本消費経済学会第25回全国大会 日本消費経済学会

    2000.6 

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  • 「海外流通チャネルの実証的研究―取引コストモデルの展開―」 国際ビジネス研究学会第4回全国大会自由論題報告 国際ビジネス研究学会

    1997.11 

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Research Projects

  • An international comparative study on the mechanisms of highly inclusive organisations: A comparison of Japan, Australia and Malaysia.

    Grant number:25K00668  2025.4 - 2029.3

    Japan Society for the Promotion of Science  Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research  Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)

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    Grant amount:\17940000 ( Direct Cost: \13800000 、 Indirect Cost:\4140000 )

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  • 『持続的製品イノベーションを生み出す企業内・企業間ネットワークの最適性に関する研究』課題番号23530505

    2011.4 - 2015.3

    基盤研究 (C) 

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  • A Study on the Emergent Process of Inter-firm Networks : Practical Analysis and Simulation

    Grant number:19530361  2007.4 - 2011.3

    Japan Society for the Promotion of Science  Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research  Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

    USHIMARU Hajime

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    Grant amount:\4290000 ( Direct Cost: \3300000 、 Indirect Cost:\990000 )

    The purpose of this study is to clarify the emergent process of inter-firm networks.In order to achieve the above purpose, practical analysis on the network structures of the Japanese firm group was done and the multi-agent simulation was tried to represent the emergent process of networks.

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  • The emergent prpcess of inter-firm network

    2007 - 2010

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  • A comprehensive theoretical investigation and empirical study of the stability of strategic alliances and the effectiveness of organizational learning

    Grant number:16530261  2004.4 - 2006.3

    Japan Society for the Promotion of Science  Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research  Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

    USHIMARU Hajime

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    This research sought to clarify the logic of the stability of strategic alliances based on game theory and to examine their determinants empirically. The results were as follows :
    1.Based on a review of theories on strategic alliances, we concluded that game theory is most persuasive and suggested that both structural cooperation and motivational cooperation are important factors affecting the stability of strategic alliances.
    2.We interviewed participants in two Japanese international joint ventures in a quantitative pilot study and found that trust between partners is the most important factor affecting the stability of strategic alliances, in addition to structural and motivational cooperation.
    3.The data from questionnaires obtained from Japanese international joint ventures were analyzed. The results suggest that motivational cooperation has a stronger influence on the stability of partnerships than structural cooperation. As a new discovery, the study suggests that motivational and structural cooperation have a trade-off relationship.
    4.We considered an analytic framework for managing strategic alliances over the long tenn, and conducted simulations using system dynamics. We found that stability can be achieved through motivational cooperation in the case of high trust and low uncertainty. With low trust and high uncertainty, we found that the strategic alliances became extremely unstable. Nevertheless, when a cooperative relationship is continued in the latter situation, it can become stable if there is motivational cooperation.
    Finally, the following three problems remain to be solved. First, we need to investigate the relationship between the effectiveness of strategic alliances and organizational learning empirically. Second, we need more quantitative and qualitative data in order to analyze alliances from many perspectives. Finally, to make the quantitative analysis more in tune with reality, we plan to conduct interviews.

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Social Activities

  • NPO法人アイセック・ジャパン理事

    Role(s): Advisor

    2003.4

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  • 全日本スキー連盟基礎スキー・インストラクター 千葉県スキー連盟所属

    Role(s): Lecturer

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