国際ビジネス研究学会沿革

History of JAIBS
From 2009 to 2013

Ⅰ. Foundation and Objectives

　 The Japan Academy of International Business Studies (JAIBS) was founded in July 1994 as the first academic society to study international business in Japan. The Academy aims at providing a global forum of intellectual exchange and cross-disciplinary collaboration on important issues of international business from interdisciplinary perspectives. Interdisciplinary perspectives in concrete terms means encompassing various academic fields such as international management, international marketing, international human resource management, comparative business studies, international economics, international relations, international law, international sociology and cross-cultural management. The Academy is naturally an academic organization with a complement of scholars and researchers; however, it also invites active participation from practitioners in the business world to create a synergistic effect and to jointly make contributions of an international scope with impact on the greater society.

　 In the 20 years since its inception, the Academy has grown and prospered under the active leaderships of four Presidents, i.e., from 1994 to 2000, Yasuo OKAMOTO, Emeritus Professor of University of Tokyo; from 2000 to 2006, Kenichi ENATSU, Emeritus Professor of Waseda University; from 2006 to 2012, Kiyonori SAKAKIBARA, Professor of Hosei University; from 2012 to present, Kenichi YASUMURO, Professor of Osaka University of Commerce. The Academy’s current membership has grown to include 761 individual members and four corporate members.

　 The Academy regularly promotes an extensive range of academic activities that include, for example, the hosting of collaborative research meetings not only with foreign academic organizations, such as the Academy of International Business (AIB), International Federation of Scholarly Associations of Management (IFSAM) or the Korean Academy of International Business, but also with the Japan Academy for International Trade and Business and the Japan Society for Human Resource Management, for the purpose of enhancing in-depth academic exchanges with related societies. The Academy also consists of regional divisions, that are the Hokkaido/Tohoku, Kanto, Kansai, Chubu, Chu-Shikoku and Kyushu divisions.

　 Besides its research oriented activities, as befits the Academy’s nature as an academic organization in the study of international business, many of its members actually undertake to visit a number of countries for the purpose of conducting research in the field. In similar fashion, being a part of the larger global village, the Academy’s members also actively engage with the rest of the world through making donations and offering assistance to various natural disaster relief programs such as those related to recent earthquakes. As an academic society centered on the study of international business, JAIBS through its various research and other activities hopes to make its own contribution towards building a better society for the world on a continuous basis.

Ⅱ. Annual Conferences from 2009 to2013

　Among a variety of activities of the Academy, the annual conference held in fall each year is without doubt its most important function. The conference theme of each year reflects the business environment of the time and keynote lectures and the papers presented signify the current research focus, concerns and issues that are widely shared both by academicians and business practitioners. It is, therefore, useful to trace back and delineate the history of the Academy’s annual conferences and to see how the Academy has evolved over the past nine years.

The 16th Annual Conference in 2009 (Oct. 24-25, Yokohama National University)

Conference Theme 2009: Global Development Strategy for the 21st Century

Keynote Speech I: CHO Du-sop (Yokohama National University)
“From Technology Transfer to Technology Creation”
Keynote Speech II: Tomofumi AMANO (the University of Tokyo)
“Some Viewpoints on Emerging Market Strategy and International Management Strategy”
Keynote Speech III: Kenichi YASUMURO (Osaka University of Commerce)
“A Roadmap for Global Development Strategy for the 21st Century”
Special Lecture I: Takeshi NAKATSU (Shiseido)
“Global Strategy of Japanese Firms (Cultural Product Area)”
Special Lecture II: Masakatsu HIOKI (Komatsu)
“Human Management Strategy in Global Management: with a Focus on Komatsu’s Case”

The 17th Annual Conference in 2010 (Oct. 23-24, Hokkaido University)

Conference Theme 2010: Globalization in the New Era and Sustainability

Keynote Speech I: Kanji TANIMOTO (Hitotsubashi University)
“Globalization and Sustainability: towards a New Business Model”
Keynote Speech II: Tsuyoshi SHIMIZU (the University of Tokyo)
“Sustainable Management and Development of a Complaints Handling Process”
Special Lecture I: Kanetoshi ODA (Nippon Poly-Glu Co., Ltd.)
“Small-Medium Enterprise Have Chances to Win in BOP Business”
Special Lecture II: Kiyoshi SUGIYAMA (Nitori Co., Ltd.)
“Tips for Success of Foreign Factory Management”

The 18th Annual Conference in 2011 (Oct. 22-23, University of Toyama)

Conference Theme 2011: International Business and Innovation

Keynote Speech I: Hiromichi MORIMOTO (Tokyo Metropolitan University)
“Rejuvenation of Japanese Firms and Business Model Innovation: The Great East Japan Earthquake and Electronics Industry”
Keynote Speech II: Kiyonori SAKAKIBARA (Hosei University)
“Innovation of Reverse Innovation”
Special Lecture I: Wataru OTANI (YKK Corporation)
“Global Management and Evolution of the Technology Development in YKK”
Special Lecture II: Yasuhiko SHIOI (Kokando Co., Ltd.)
“The Status Quo of Pharmaceutical Products in Toyama Prefecture and Global Development of Kokando”

The 19th Annual Conference in 2012 (Oct. 27-28, J. F. Oberlin University)

Conference Theme 2012: Grand Design for Revitalization of Japan

Keynote Speech I: Yasuyuki FURUSAWA (AEON Co., Ltd.）
“AEON’s Response to the Great East Japan Earthquake”
Keynote Speech II: Toshio WATANABE (Takushoku University）
“How to confront China?”
Moderator: Shigeto MOROKAMI (Meiji University）
Research Report I: Junjiro SHINTAKU (the University of Tokyo）
“Impacts by the Overseas Production of Japanese Companies on the Japanese Economy: The value-added analysis of overseas production”
Commentator: Kiyonori SAKAKIBARA (Hosei University）
Moderator: Yoshiharu KUWANA (J. F. Oberlin University)
Research Report II: Yoshitaka OKADA (Sophia University)
“The Frontier of System Reform and Business: Sustainability and Distributed Knowledge”
Commentator: Kenichi YASUMURO (Osaka University of Commerce
Moderator: Yoshiharu KUWANA (J. F. Oberlin University)
Research Report Ⅲ: Hiroshi HOSHINO (Kyushu University)
“Business, NPOs and the Community: Value Creation from Cross-sector Collaboration”
Commentator: Hideyuki SUGAWARA（Hokkai Gakuen University）
Moderator: Shigeto MOROKAMI (Meiji University）
Fellow Commemorative Lecture: Shiro TAKEDA (Yokohama National University)
“The Need for New Paradigms in Global Market Development: The Transition from ‘Consumer Selectable Products’ to ‘Consumer Selectable Management’ and the Further Transition to ‘Management Enabled Consumer Selectable Management’”
Moderator: Takeshi FUJISAWA (Kwansei Gakuin University）
- Special Program: Combined Symposium with Korean Academy of International Business
- Report 1: Ku-Hyun JUNG (KAIST), Young-Ryeol PARK (Yonsei University)
  “Characteristics of Emerging Korean Multinationals”
- Report 2: Yong-Duk KIM (Soongsil University), Yeong Seon YOON (Soongsil University)
  “Analysis of the Effectiveness of Korean Government Investment Policies in FDI”
- Moderator: Masataka OTA (Waseda University）
- Forum: “Initiatives Taken by leading Companies towards Global Human Resources Management”
- Panelists: Yasutoshi HOSHINO (Siemens Japan K.K.), Masakatsu HIOKI (Komatsu Ltd.), Kaoru KUZUME (Marubeni Corporation)
- Moderator: Emiko MAGOSHI (J. F. Oberlin University)
- Chairman: Mitsuhide SHIRAKI (Waseda University)

The 20th Annual Conference in 2013 (Kinki University)

Conference Theme 2013: “Globalization and Regional Innovation”

Conference Theme 2013: “Globalization and Regional Innovation”
Keynote SpeechⅠ: Katsuhiko WAKABAYASHI (Hardlock Industry Co., Ltd.)
“The Secret of One-of-a-kind Product Development”
Moderator: Shouhei TABATA (Kinki University)
Keynote SpeechⅡ: Norimichi SOGA (Nitta Gelatin NA Inc.)
“g-DNA Management Gelatin, Global, Growth”
Moderator: Shouhei TABATA (Kinki University)
Keynote SpeechⅢ: Hidemi KUMAI (Kinki University)
“How to Face Adversities: The Challenging Process of Creating the World’s First Complete Pacific Bluefin Tuna Farming System”
Moderator: Shouhei TABATA (Kinki University)
Research ReportⅠ: Takeshi OTOWA (Hiroshima City University）
“Innovation and International Expansion from a Local Company Perspective”
Commentator: Makoto KANDA (Meiji Gakuin University) Moderator: Toru TAKAI (Nihon University)
Research Report Ⅱ: Kazuhiro ASAKAWA (Keio University)
“Current State and Issues in ‘Local for Global’ Types of Innovations in Multinational Corporations”
Commentator: Kenichi YASUMURO (Osaka University of Commerce）
Moderator: Toru TAKAI (Nihon University)
Fellow Memorial Lecture: Tetsuo ABO (the University of Tokyo）
“International Transfer of the Japanese Style Production System and Building a Competitive Advantage: Hybrid Factories and the Local Market Environments in the Six Continents”
Moderator: Hiroshi ITAGAKI (Musashi University）
Special Program: Makoto TAKAI (Kwansei Gakuin University）
“The End of the Sustainable Economic Development Era and the Transition of the Corporate Paradigm: Looking Back at the Starting Point of International Business Research”
Moderator: Shigeto MOROKAMI (Meiji University）
- ForumⅠ: Combined Symposium with Korean Academy of International Business
  Yong-Duk KIM (Soongsil University), Jeong-Oh HAM (KOTRA)
  “The Determinants of　Performances of Korean Investment Companies in China”
  Joon-Seok OH (Sookmyung Women’s University)
  “A Study on the Outbound FDI and CSR of Korean Manufacturing Firms”
  Moderator: Chie IGUCHI (Keio University）
- ForumⅡ: “Questioning the Methodology of International Business Research: Twenty Years since the Foundation of JAIBS”
  Panelist: Takehiko ISOBE (Keio University）
  Kiyonori SAKAKIBARA (Hosei University)
  Junjiro SHINTAKU (the University of Tokyo）
  Hirohumi TATSUMOTO (University of Tsukuba）
  Moderator: Woosuck JUHN (Chukyo University）
- A tradition and innovation forum: Local to Global
  Panelist: Kotaro NISHIBORI (Hiyoshiya Workshop Co., Ltd）
  Shinji TANISHIRI (Tamanoi Vinegar Co., Ltd.）
  Moderator: Yukiko SHINOMIYA (Kinki University）

III. Journal and Newsletter Publications

From its founding in 1994 until 2014, each year the Academy has published the Annual Bulletin of the Japan Academy of International Business Studies，which features peer-reviewed papers and reports contributed by speakers and presenters selected in the previous year’s conference. Starting in 2009, the Academy changed its annual publication into a bi-annual peer-reviewed journal format called the Journal of International Business, the first volume of which was already published in April 2009. This new journal is expected to accommodate future growth in both quality and quantity of research papers.

In addition, a JAIBS Newsletter that is published bi-annually plays an important role in public information dissemination, e.g., reporting on the nationwide conferences，financial reports, introduction of upcoming chapter events and detailed contents related to other activities.

IV. Other Activities

Other activities of the Academy include annual conference, publications, chapter-based workshops, awards and international exchanges.

In addition to the annual conferences，there are also chapter-based workshop meetings. Currently, the Academy has six active chapters nationwide, of which two chapters are organized under the Kanto Branch and four chapters under the Kansai Branch. In the Kanto area, the two chapters are as follows: (i) Hokkaido & Northeast Chapter (Chapter Chief: Satoshi IWATA of Hokkaido University); and (ii) Kanto Chapter (Branch/Chapter Chief: Junjiro SHINTAKU of the University of Tokyo). Together these two chapters hold six workshop meetings annually. In the Kansai area, the four chapters are as follows: (i) Chubu Chapter (Chapter Chief: Masami KAJIUARA of Aichi Gakuin University); (ii) Kansai Chapter (Branch/Chapter Chief: Takeshi FUJISAWA of Kwansei Gakuin University); (iii) Chugoku/Shikoku Chapter (Chapter Chief: Takeshi OHTOWA of Hiroshima City University); and (iv) Kyushu Chapter (Chapter Chief: Hiroshi HOSHINO of Kyushu University). Together these four chapters hold six workshop meetings annually as well. The workshop meetings are well-attended by members and provide excellent opportunities for professional exchange of information and ideas as well as for discussions among the members in a less formal atmosphere on a regular basis.

To coordinate its active schedule of events and to keep its members well-informed, e.g., from issuing calls for papers related to annual conferences to publicizing chapter-based local activities，the Academy periodically disseminates a wide range of news and information in the form of an electronic newsletter.

The Academy provides research grants to promising young researchers to encourage and support their budding careers. The Academy also gives awards to outstanding research papers and books contributing to the advancement of international business studies. A list of the JAIBS Awards for the past five years from 2009 to 2013 is summarized in the next section.

The Excellent Dissertation Award was started in 2006 to recognize the best paper published in the Annual Bulletin of JAIBS whose author is a graduate under 35 years old. The former Encouragement Award for papers was terminated in 2003. Instead the JAIBS Awards comprise the Best Book of the Year Award and The Most Promising Paper of the Year Award. With the establishment of the Excellent Dissertation Award starting in 2006, the annual JAIBS Awards at present consist of three Awards in total.

Ⅴ. List of JAIBS Awards

[2009 JAIBS Academic Award for the Best Book of the Year]
Hideko, KONO, Guest Engineer: the Chain between inter-company network, human resource development and organizational capability, Hakuto-Shobo publishing company, 2009.
[2009 JAIBS Academic Award for the Most Promising Paper of the Year]
Emiko MAGOSHI with Eunmi CHANG, “Diversity management and the effects on employees’ organizational commitment: Evidence from Japan and Korea,” Journal of World Business, January, Vol. 44, No. 1, 2009.
[2009 Excellent Dissertation Award]
Kiyohiro OKI, “Capability-Building of Foreign Subsidiaries under the International Functional Division of Labor: A Case Study of a Japanese HDD Manufacturing Company,” Japan Academy of International Business Studies, Vol.1, No.1.
[2010 JAIBS Academic Award for the Best Book of the Year]
Takehiko ISOBE, Shige MAKINO & Christine M. CHEN, National Borders and Enterprise: Analysis of Institutions and Global Strategy,” Toyo Keizai INC, 2010.

Yasuo SUGIYAMA, Evolution of Global Strategy: Transnationalization Process of Japanese Companies, Yuhikaku, 2009.
[2010 Excellent Dissertation Award]
Heejin KIM, “The Entry Mode of Overseas Subsidiaries and Global Product Development: Case Study of Denso’s Italian, Korean and American Subsidiaries,” Japan Academy of International Business Studies, Vol.2, No.1.
[2011 JAIBS Academic Award for the Best Book of the Year]
Masakazu IMAI, International Business in a Big Emerging Country, Russia: Business Location and Evolution of Company Activity, Chuokeizai-Sha, Inc.
[2011 Excellent Dissertation Award]
Heekyung NA, “Exploiting Cooperation in R&D Organization Design: A Case Study of a Mobile Handset Firm in Korea,” Japan Academy of International Business Studies, Vol.3, No.2.
[2012 JAIBS Academic Award for the Best Book of the Year]
Akira TANAKA, Postwar Japan's Mineral Industry: A Comparative History of Its Procurement System and Sogo Shosha, the University of Nagoya Press, Nagoya, 2012.

Kazuhiro ASAKAWA, Global Research & Development Management, Keio University Press, Tokyo, 2011.
[2012 JAIBS Academic Award for the Most Promising Paper of the Year]
Minheng HAN, “A study on the evaluation of Japanese expatriates from the view point of local employees : the case of Japanese overseas subsidiaries in China,” Japan Academy of International Business Studies , Vol. 4, No. 2, 2012
[2013 Excellent Dissertation Award]
Tsung-Ming YEH, “Do Private Equity Funds Increase Firm Value?　Evidence from Japanese Leveraged Buyouts,”Journal of Applied Corporate Finance, Vol.24, No.4, 2012.
[2013 JAIBS Academic Award for the Most Promising Paper of the Year]
Mizuki KOBAYASHI, “Local advantage and the local supplier relationship of the subsidiary of MNC in the host country: A case study of Japanese electronic manufacturing companies in China,” Japan Academy of International Business Studies, Vol. 5, No. 2, 2013.

（Takao YAMAMOTO, Kanagawa University,
Reiko TAKENOUCHI, Yamanashi University)

国際ビジネス研究学会 沿革

History of JAIBSFrom 2009 to 2013