Masayoshi Maruyama

Visiting Professor, Kwansei Gakuin University, School of Economics

Professor Emeritus, Kobe University

Graduate School of Business Administration

Email: mmaru (at) kobe-u.ac.jp

Research Fields, Topics, & Reserach Interests

• Fields;  Business Economics, Industrial Organization, Marketing

• Topics: Platform business, Retail innovation, Competition policy and strategy

• Interests: The globalization of economic activities and the evolution of digital technology have brought about major changes to the market system, forcing people to devise and construct new and effective institution to support the market. From this perspective, for the past ten years or so, I have focused on the market transformation, innovation, and new rules with theoretical and empirical research on the topics of (1) Asian retail revolution, (2) the economic effects of digital distribution, and (3) the competition policy and strategy of platform business.

Education & Degree

Graduate School of Economics, Hitotsubashi University (1979)

M.A. (Economics) Hitotsubashi University (1976)

Dr. (Commerce) Kobe University (1992)

Professional Experience

• • Professor of Business Economics, Graduate School of Business Administration, Kobe University (1999-March 2017)

  • Professor, School of Business Administration, Kobe University (1993-1999)

  • Honorary Fellow, University of Edinburgh (1992-1993)

  • OECD Economic Consultant (1991-1992)

  • Associate Professor, School of Business Administration, Kobe University (1989-1993)

  • Visiting Chief Researcher, Economic Research Institute of Economic Planning Agency, Japanese Government (1988-1991)

  • Associate Professor, Department of Economics, Okayama University (1984-1989)

  • Lecturer, Department of Economics, Okayama University (1980- 1984)