I am an Assistant Professor at the Institute of Innovation Research, Hitotsubashi University in Japan. My work focuses on how organizations manage competing demands, often in international settings.
Managing across borders: How multinational firms manage internal headquarters-subsidiary relations and external institutional differences
Innovation under uncertainty: How firms evaluate and pursue innovation in settings marked by competing priorities
Legitimacy in markets: How new products and practices become contested and accepted in society
Mar 2026: I have been elected to the Advisory Committee of the Euro-Asia Management Studies Association
Mar 2026: An article on subsidiary influence in multinational corporations has been published in Journal of International Management
Nov 2025: A book chapter on the circular economy of old houses in Japan has been published in Oplev Japan
Jul 2025: A paper on how multinational firms manage local institutions has been nominated for Best Paper at the Annual Conference of the Academy of Management