Ivar Padrón-Hernández

I am an assistant professor in management at the Institute of Innovation Research and the School of Business Administration at Hitotsubashi University in Japan.

Most of my research is on international business and/or innovation, and a recurring theme is how organizations challenge unwritten rules and codes of behavior.

While I do not use social media, I am more than open to discuss opportunities for joint research, visiting positions, student supervision, corporate presentations, societal outreach, etc. through E-mail at padron@iir.hit-u.ac.jp.

Main publications and ongoing research projects

International business

The EU-Japan economic partnership agreement in Japanese print media: a “cars-for-cheese deal” or “the black ships of European cheese”? With Tine Walravens. Published 2025 in Asia Europe Journal [Download here].
Home country influence in cross-border mergers and acquisitions by emerging market firms: A systematic review. With Geer He. Published 2024 in Multinational Business Review [Download here].
Attachment and adjustment in expatriate reactions to the 2011 Tohoku disasters. Published 2024 in Journal of Asia Business Studies [Download here].
Subnational GDP and media sentiment in trade agreements. With Kentaro Nakajima. Data analysis underway.

International business and innovation

How Should Multinational Firms Navigate Local Rules? With Patrick Regnér. Published online 2024 at Harvard Business Review.
How MNE subsidiaries leverage local institutions to gain influence in international strategy. With Edward Gillmore. Under peer review at Q1 Strategy and Management journal.
MNE subsidiaries and international strategy. With Patrick Regnér. Under peer review at Q1 Strategy and Management journal.
Differentiated co-evolution in plastic bottle recycling. Final write-up underway.
Exploratory moves in asymmetric global competition. With Mariko Nakagawa. Data collection underway.
Non-market defense and mimicry in incumbent strategy. With Masahiro Kotosaka. Data collection underway.

Innovation

Green innovation and profitability in fast food. With Yoshikatsu Shinozawa. Final write-up underway.
Optimal level of greenness in fast food. With Yoshikatsu Shinozawa. Data analysis underway.
Attention and pharmaceutical innovation. With Cole Short. Data collection underway.
Varieties of entomophagy in Japan. With Thomas Calvard and Dawn Chow. Data collection underway.

Main updates from the past six months

Nov 2025: I have been elected to the Advisory Committee of the Euro-Asia Management Studies Association (EAMSA)
Sep 2025: Presented a manuscript on rare disease innovation at the Academic Association for Organizational Science annual meeting
Sep 2025: Presented a manuscript on asymmetric global competition at the EuroMed Academy of Business annual conference
Aug 2025: Presented a manuscript on sustainable fast food at Rosen College of Hospitality Management, University of Central Florida
Jul 2025: Presented a manuscript on differentiated co-evolution between MNEs and local institutions at the Academy of Management annual meeting (nominated for Best Paper award)
Jun 2025: Presented a manuscript on rare disease innovation at an Academy of Management Journal paper development workshop

Full CV

Ivar_Padrón-Hernández_CV.pdf

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