Academic Year 2022

Strategic Entrepreneurship (headed by Prof. K. Kutsuna)

Kenji Kutsuna
Area Director – Strategic Entrepreneurship
University: Kobe University
Areas of Expertise: Entrepreneurial Finance, Entrepreneurship, Innovation, Family Business
Profile/Publications: Kenji Kutsuna

Richard Smith
International Alliance Advisor – Strategic Entrepreneurship
University: University of California, Riverside
Areas of Expertise: Finance, Entrepreneurial Finance
Profile/Publications: Richard Smith

Bishnu Kumar Adhikary
University: Doshisha University
Areas of Expertise: SME Financing, Credit Management, Financial and Managerial Accounting, Financial Analysis, Institutional Finance, Foreign Direct Investment
Profile/Publications: Bishnu Kumar Adhikary
Course in SESAMI: “Advanced Entrepreneurial Finance”

Douglas Cumming
University: Florida Atlantic University
Areas of Expertise: Economics , Finance , Responsible Business
Profile/Publications: Douglas Cumming
Course in SESAMI: “Research Topics in Strategic Entrepreneurship: Venture Capital and Private Equity” with Kenji Kutsuna (not offered in 2022-2023)

Yukihiro Nishimura
University: Kobe University
Areas of Expertise: Derivatives, Structured Products, Off-shore investment vehicles
Profile/Publications: Yukihiro Nishimura
Course in SESAMI: “Advanced Portfolio Management-Theory and Practice”

K. Skylar Powell
University: Western Washington University
Areas of Expertise: FDI theory, Strategic Management of Multinational Companies
Profile/Publications: K. Skylar Powell
Course in SESAMI: “Corporate Entrepreneurship” with Kenji Kutsuna (not offered in 2022-2023)

Niclas Rüffer
University: Universität Mannheim
Areas of Expertise: Innovation, Strategic Management, SME Research
Profile/Publications: Niclas Rüffer (website in German)
Course in SESAMI: “Advanced Entrepreneurship” with Kenji Kutsuna; “Global Entrepreneurship” with Kenji Kutsuna (not offered in 2022-2023)

Jittima Tongurai
University: Kobe University
Areas of Expertise: International Economics, International Finance
Profile/Publications: Jittima Tongurai
Course in SESAMI: “Financial Management”; “SESAMI Research Seminar”; “Research Topics in Strategic Entrepreneurship: Corporate Finance”

Yasuhiro Yamakawa
University: Babson College
Areas of Expertise: Revitalizing/learning from failure, challenges inherent in corporate venturing activities, destruction of industry legitimacy, bankruptcy law and entrepreneurship development around the world
Profile/Publications: Yasuhiro Yamakawa
Course in SESAMI: “Entrepreneurship Theory and Method” with Kenji Kutsuna

Sustainability Alliance Management (headed by Prof. K. Kokubu)

Katsuhiko Kokubu
Area Director – Sustainability Alliance Management
University: Kobe University
Areas of Expertise: Social and Environmental Accounting
Profile/Publications: Katsuhiko Kokubu

Ataur Rahman Belal
International Alliance Advisor – Sustainability Alliance Management
University: The University of Sheffield
Areas of Expertise: Sustainability accounting and accountability
Profile/Publications: Ataur Belal
Course in SESAMI: “Sustainability Accounting and Reporting” with Katsuhiko Kokubu (not offered in 2022-2023)

Sanjay Lanka
University: FGV-EAESP
Areas of Expertise: Sustainable Accounting and Finance, Public and Private Partnerships (PPP), Supply Chain Accounting, Biodiversity Accounting, Extinction Accounting, Accounting for Externalities and NGO Accountability
Profile/Publications: Sanjay Lanka
Course in SESAMI: “Sustainability Management” with Shinji Horiguchi

Hiroki Sano
University: Ritsumeikan University
Areas of Expertise: Supply Chain Management, Service Operations
Profile/Publications: Hiroki Sano
Course in SESAMI: “Advanced Supply Chain Management”

Gustavo Tanaka
University: Kyoto University of Foreign Studies
Areas of Expertise: Environmental Accounting, Financial Analysis and Management
Profile/Publications: Gustavo Tanaka
Course in SESAMI: “Financial Accounting”

Alfred Taudes
University: Vienna University of Economics and Business
Areas of Expertise: Operations and Supply Chain Management, Information Systems
Profile/Publications: Alfred Taudes
Course in SESAMI: “Service Management and Servicizing” with Takehisa Kajiwara

Strategic Management (headed by Prof. C. Minami)

Chieko Minami
Area Director – Strategic Management
University: Kobe University
Areas of Expertise: Marketing, Distribution Systems
Profile/Publications: Chieko Minami

Shige Makino
International Alliance Advisor – Strategic Management
University: Kyoto University
Areas of Expertise: International Strategic Alliances, Theory of Foreign Direct Investment, Corporate Strategy
Profile/Publications: Shige Makino

Ralf Bebenroth
University: Kobe University, RIEB
Areas of Expertise: Comparative Corporate Governance, esp. in Marketing, Human Resources and Finance
Profile/Publications: Ralf Bebenroth (website in Japanese)
Course in SESAMI: “Advanced International Business”

Tim Edwards
University: Cardiff University
Areas of Expertise: Organizational Theory, Innovation, knowledge creation and entrepreneurship
Profile/Publications: Tim Edwards
Course in SESAMI: “Qualitative Research Methodology” with Yasuhiro Hattori

Desmond Lo
University: Santa Clara University
Areas of Expertise: Contracting in marketing channels, Sales force management, Business marketing, Organizational economics, and Industrial organization
Profile/Publications: Desmond Lo
Course in SESAMI: “Research Topics in Strategic Management: Marketing Channels and Organizational Economics” with Chieko Minami

Miwa Matsuo
University: Kobe University, RIEB
Areas of Expertise: Transportation Policy, Transportation and Land Use, Project Evaluation
Profile/Publications: Miwa Matsuo (website in Japanese)
Course in SESAMI: “Public Administration and Project Evaluation” (not offered in 2022-2023)

In-Sue Oh
University: Temple University
Areas of Expertise: Human Resources, esp. Psychological Testing, Personnel Selection, Validation, Meta-Analysis
Profile/Publications: In-Sue Oh
Course in SESAMI: “Organizational Behavior / Human Resource Management” with Yasuhiro Hattori

Shintaro Okazaki
University: King’s College London
Areas of Expertise: International marketing, Global advertising, Digital marketing, Corporate Social Responsibility
Profile/Publications: Shintaro Okazaki
Course in SESAMI: “(Research Topics in Strategic Management:) Marketing Communications Research” and “Research Topics in Strategic Management: Marketing Communications Research II” with Chieko Minami

Carolus Praet
University: Otaru University of Commerce
Areas of Expertise: International Marketing, International Advertising, Cross-cultural issues in Marketing and Advertising, Celebrity Endorsement
Profile/Publications: Carolus Praet
Course in SESAMI: “Advanced Marketing”

Haruhiko Shimizu
University: Teikyo University
Areas of Expertise: Econometrics, Statistics
Profile/Publications: Haruhiko Shimizu (website in Japanese)
Course in SESAMI: “Statistics”

Andrew Smith
University: University of Leeds
Areas of Expertise: Efficiency Analysis and Regulation in the Railway Sector / other Regulated Network Industries
Profile/Publications: Andrew Smith
Course in SESAMI: “Economics of Network Industries” with Nobuhiro Sanko

Kai Oliver Thiele
Affiliation: Daimler Trucks Asia
Areas of Expertise: Statistics (Structural Equation Modeling), Finance & Controlling (Cross-Border M&As), Leadership
Profile/Publications: Kai Oliver Thiele
Course in SESAMI: “Research Topics in Strategic Management: Statistical Methods in Survey Research” (not offered in 2022-2023)

Joachim Wolf
University: University of Kiel
Areas of Expertise: Organization Theory and Design, International Management, Empirical Management Research
Profile/Publications: Joachim Wolf
Course in SESAMI: “Advanced Empirical Management Research” with Ralf Bebenroth

Daphne Yiu
University: The University of Oklahoma
Areas of Expertise: Corporate and international strategy; strategy in emerging economies; international entrepreneurship; international corporate governance
Profile/Publications: Daphne Yiu
Course in SESAMI: “Strategic Management” with Tsutomu Harada