International University of Japan names new president
The International University of Japan Board of Trustees has selected the school’s next president, who was introduced on July 3. Dr. Hiroyuki Itami will become the 12th president on September 1. He will replace Dr. Kimio Kase who step down from his position on August 31, 2017. President Kase has served as president since October 1, 2015.
Dr. Hiroyuki Itami Profile:
Present Position:
Professor Emeritus, Hitotsubashi University, 2008-
Outside Auditor, JFE Holdings, 2010-
Outside Auditor, Mitsui OSK Lines, 2011-
Doctoral: Ph.D., Graduate School of Industrial Administration, Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh, August 1972
Master: Master of Commerce, Graduate Division, Hitotsubashi University, March 1969
College: Bachelor of Commerce, Department of Commerce, Hitotsubashi University, March 1967
Teaching and Research Interests:
Corporate Strategy, Business Economics, Corporate System, Management of Technology
Teaching Experience:
Assistant Professor, Faculty of Commerce, Hitotsubashi University, 1973
Visiting Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Business, Stanford University, 1975-1976
Associate Professor, Faculty of Commerce, Hitotsubashi University, 1977
Visiting Associate Professor, Graduate School of Business, Stanford University, 1982-1983
Professor, Faculty of Commerce, Hitotsubashi University, 1984
Dean, Faculty of Commerce, Hitotsubashi University, 1994-1996
Professor, Graduate School of Commerce and Management, Hitotsubashi University, 1998
Professor, Graduate School of Innovation Studies, Tokyo University of Science, 2008
Honors and Awards:
The Best Literature in Economics and Management Award for 1978 (for Adaptive Behavior)
The Best Literature in Economics and Management Award for 1981 (for The Diversification Strategy of Japanese Firms, coauthored )
Management Science Literature Award for 1981 (for The Logic of Corporate Strategy)
Nakayama MCS Prize of Japan Institute of Certified Public Accountant for 2002 (for Japanese Corporate Governance)
National Medal with Purple Ribbon, 2005
Major Publications
In English
Books:
Adaptive Behavior: Management Control and Information Analysis Studies in Accounting Research No.15
American Accounting Association, Saratoga, Florida, 1977
Competitive Edge: The Semiconductor Industry in the US and Japan, Stanford University Press, 1984 (Coauthored)
Mobilizing Invisible Assets, Harvard University Press, 1987
Dynamics of Knowledge, Corporate Systems and Innovation, Springer, 2010 (Coauthored)
In Japanese
Books (2015- ):
Management of Technology beyond Textbook Knowledge (Coauthored), Nihon Keizai Shinbun Publishing, 2015
What’s Innovation? Teach Us, Please! , PHP Institute, 2015
The Man Who Dragged Out Japan’s High Economic Growth, PHP Institute, 2015
Accounting That Can Start The Front Line Moving (Coauthored), Nihon Keizai Shinbun Publishing, 2016
Perspectives on Economy, Toyo Keizai Shinpoh Sha, 2017
