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An interview with Prof. Keikoh Ryu, Keio Business School, on his upcoming book on the Japanese management legend Kazuo Inamori.

Kazuo Inamori: How a Buddhist engineer built Japan’s most ethical management system

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An interview with Prof. Keikoh Ryu, Keio Business School, on his upcoming book on the Japanese management legend Kazuo Inamori.

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How Asian Cultural Values Can Help Define Cyber-civilization Governance. Professor Jiro Kokuryo, formerly of Keio Business School, Keio University, and now at Waseda University Institute for Business and Finance, explores how Asian cultures could impact the governance of the cyber-civilisation and in particular, how they could work with the western way of thinking.

How Asian Cultural Values Can Help Define Cyber-civilization Governance

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Prof. Jiro Kokuryo, explores how Asian cultures could impact the governance of the cyber-civilization and blend with the western approach.

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International Marketing: Exploring mother-daughter influencing in retail clothes consumption. How can you tailor your brand to international markets and mother-daughter audiences? Professors Elodie Gentina, Kun-Huang Huarng, and Mototaka Sakashita of Keio Business School, share practical research on the clothing consumption practices of mothers and their teenage daughters

International Marketing: Exploring mother-daughter influencing in retail clothes consumption

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Profs. Elodie Gentina, Kun-Huang Huarng, and Mototaka Sakashita share research into the mother-daughter relationship and their impact marketing and clothes consumption.

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3 Ethical Climates: How Japanese companies approach responsible people management in China. Japanese firms contribute significantly to China’s economy, with many subsidiaries employing thousands of Chinese employees. What managerial approach do these firms use to ensure both employee motivation and wellbeing, and harmonious Sino-Japanese relations? Prof. Keikoh Ryu, Keio Business School, shares his research and reveals the 3 ethical climates necessary to address this. From an interview by Prof. Adrian Zicari, ESSEC Business School, Council on Business & Society.

3 Ethical Climates: How Japanese companies approach responsible people management in China   

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Japanese firms contribute significantly to China’s economy, with many subsidiaries employing thousands of Chinese employees. What managerial approach do these firms use to ensure both employee motivation and wellbeing, and […]

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Sustainable Clothing: Why do we buy it – and why not? What do we think when we go shopping? And what makes us tick when we decide to buy that sustainable tee-shirt? Prof. Amandeep Dhir, University of Agdar, Mohd Sadiq, University of Otago, Shalini Talwar, SP Jain Institute of Management and Research, Mototaka Sakashita, Keio Business School, and Puneet Kaur, University of Bergen, explore the gap between consumers’ environmental concerns and their actual green apparel purchasing behaviour.

Sustainable Clothing: Why do we buy it – and why not?

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Prof. Mototaka Sakashita, Keio Business School, and his fellow researchers explore what makes us buy green and sustainable clothing.

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Shopping Malls: Dinosaurs of the Future? It was not long ago when shopping malls were the liveliest and most popular spots in a city. However, the advent of the internet, social media, and the COVID-19 pandemic have pushed shopping malls into an existential crisis. Professors Khadija Ali Vakeel, DePaul University, Morana Fudurić, University of Zagreb, Vijay Viswanathan, Northwestern University, and Mototaka Sakashita, Keio Business School, explore if malls can stay relevant in the long term or if they are going to be the dinosaurs of the future.

Shopping Malls: Dinosaurs of the Future?

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Profs. Ali Vakeel, Fuduric, Viswanathan, and Sakashita research how real time messaging can be used to keep shopping malls alive.

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The Mother-Daughter Relationship in Japan Through their Fashion Consumption. How can we understand the relationship between a mother and her daughter through their fashion consumption? Do mothers look at daughters as an extension of themselves? Professors Junko Kimura, Hosei University, and Mototaka Sakashita, Keio Business School, explore this unique relationship.

The Mother-Daughter Relationship in Japan Through their Fashion Consumption

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Profs. Kimura and Mototaka explore how we can understand the relationship between a mother and her daughter through their fashion consumption

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Mothers and daughters in France and Japan: Who influences who when buying clothes? A daughter is often complimented about how she looks a lot like her mother. But, in today’s day and age, is it just the daughters capturing their Mum’s looks or the Mum’s taking in their daughter's style? Digging deeper from a cross-cultural perspective, Professors Elodie Gentina, IÉSEG School of Management, Kun-Huang Huarng, Feng Chia University, and Mototaka Sakashita, Keio Business School, explore the clothing consumption practices of mothers and their teenage daughters.

Mothers and Daughters in France and Japan: Who influences who when buying clothes?

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Prof. Mototaka Sakashita, Keio Business School, and colleagues explore the clothes spending practices of mothers and their teenage daughters.

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Social Entrepreneurship: Looking beyond the buzzword. Prof. Savita Shankar, University of Pennsylvania, formerly of Keio Business School, takes a deep dive into social businesses in Asia and analyses the difference between Asian and Western social enterprises.   

Social Entrepreneurship: Looking beyond the buzzword

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Prof. Savita Shankar, University of Pennsylvania, looks into social entrepreneurship in Asia and the difference with Western social enterprises.   

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How globalization is transforming scientists into entrepreneurs

Scientist by Day, Entrepreneur by Night

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Since the 1940s, the United States has had a clear lead in commercializing their scientific research. Professors Kazuhiro Asakawa of Keio Business School and Mark Lehrer of Suffolk University explore this phenomenon through the examples of Japan and Germany as they play catch up.

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