Contribution to Academic Society

Board Member/ Representative/ Officer of Academic Associations/ Founding member

Academy of International Business (AIB), Vice President, Program 2021-; Executive Board member, 2021-

Asia Academy of Management (AAOM), Board Member representing East Asia, 2003-2010

Strategic Management Society (SMS) Global Strategy Interest Group Representative at Large, 2005-2008

Strategic Management Society (SMS), A “Friend” of SMS, 2009-

Industry Studies Association (ISA), USA, A Founding Member, 2011-

Academy of International Business (AIB) Japan Chapter Chair, 2013-2018

Program Chair

Program Chair 2023, Academy of International Business (AIB) Warsaw, July 2023

Preconference Chair 2022, Academy of International Business (AIB),  Miami, FL, July 2022

Program Chair, The Fifth Asia Academy of Management (AAOM) Annual Meeting, December 2006

Track Chair

 Track Chair (Global Innovation),  Academy of International Business (AIB) Annual Meetings, Virtual, June, 2020 

Track Chair (Geographic Scope and Global Innovation),  Academy of International Business (AIB) Annual Meetings, New Orleans, June, 2016 

Track Chair (MNC Management and Organization),  Academy of International Business (AIB) Annual Meetings, Nagoya, Japan, June 2011.

Track Chair (International Teaching Track), Academy of International Business (AIB) Annual Meetings, July 2005, Quebec, Canada.

Academy of International Business (AIB)  Best Paper Selection Committee and Chair

Chairperson, AIB Temple Best Papers Selection Committee, Academy of International Business Annual Meetings, Vancouver, Canada, 2014.

Member, AIB Temple Best Papers Selection Committee, Academy of International Business Annual Meetings (2011, 2012, 2013)

Doctoral Consortium Organizer

Asia Academy of Management Meetings, June, 2017

Junior Faculty Consortium Senior Speaker

Academy of International Business Annual Meetings, Minneapolis, MI, 2018.

Academy of International Business Annual Meetings, Bangalore, 2015.

Academy of International Business Annual Meetings, Istanbul, 2013.

Academy of Management Annual Meetings, Seattle, WA, August, 2003.

Academy of Management Annual Meetings, Denver, Colorado, Aug 10, 2002.

Doctoral Consortium Senior Speaker

Asia Academy of Management Meetings, June, 2017 Doctoral Consortium Organizer

Academy of Management Annual Meetings, Boston, MA, August, 2012.

Strategic Management Society Annual Meetings, Miami, November, 2011.

Academy of International Business Annual Meetings, Nagoya, June, 2011.

Academy of Management Annual Meetings, Chicago, August, 2009.

Paper Development Workshop Senior Speaker/Advisor

Strategic Management Society Annual Meetings, Madrid, September, 2014

Strategic Management Society Annual Meetings, Atlanta, September, 2013.

Academy of Management Annual Meetings, Boston, MA, 2012

Association of Japanese Business Studies Annual Meetings, Nagoya, Japan, June, 2011.

Strategic Management Society Annual Meetings, Rome, September, 2010.

Meet-the-Editors Panel

Strategic Management Society (SMS) Sydney Conference, Representing Global Strategy Journal, December 2014

Korean Academy of International Business (KAIB) Annual Meetings, Representing Global Strategy Journal, November, 2014

Academy of Management (AOM) Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, Organizing and Chairing the Panel Session, as well as Representing Global Strategy Journal and Journal of International Management, August, 2014.

Chapter Chair

Chairperson, AIB Japan Chapter, Academy of International Business (2013- 2018)

[In Japan] Service for Japanese academic society

President, the Academy of Multinational Enterprises, 2015 -2018

Vice President, the Academy of Multinational Enterprises, 2013- 2015

Served as the Conference Chair, the Association of Multinational Enterprises, 2015, Keio University.

Served as Executive Board Member of the Japanese Academic Association of Organizational Science and the Japanese Association of International Business Studies.