NORIFUMI KAWAI

QUALIFICATIONS

• Ph.D. in Managerial Economics, summa cum laude, Universität Duisburg-Essen, Germany.

(Ph.D. committee: Professor Dr. Werner Pascha, Professor Dr. Markus Taube, Professor Dr. Jens Südekum, & Professor Dr. Volker Breithecker)

• Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA), UK. 

• Master of Public and International Affairs, University of Pittsburgh, USA.

• Graduate Certificate of Advanced Studies in West European Studies from the European Union Center of Excellence (EUCE), funded by the Delegation of the European Union to the United States, University of Pittsburgh, USA.

• Bachelor of Arts in Economics, Meiji Gakuin University, Japan.

RESEARCH INTERESTS

• Global strategy, international human resource management, entrepreneurship, corporate governance, Japanese economy.

CURRENT AFFILIATIONS

• Associate Professor in International Business, University of Bergamo, Italy (2021-now).

PROFESSIONAL ROLES

• Editorial Review Board Member, International Business Review (Netherlands: Elsevier) (2021-now).

• Editorial Board Member, International Studies of Management & Organization (UK: Taylor & Francis) (2017-now).

• Associate Editor, Journal of Small Business Management (USA: Wiley) (2018–2020).

REFEREE FOR THE FOLLOWING JOURNALS & CONFERENCES

• British Journal of Management, Human Resource Management, Journal of International Business Policy, Asia Pacific Business Review, Asia Europe Journal, International Business Review, International Journal of Business, Journal of International Entrepreneurship, International Journal of Human Resource Management, Journal of International Management, Multinational Business Review, Technology Analysis & Strategic Management, Journal of Small Business Management, Journal of the Japanese & International Economies, International Journal of Production Economics, Asia Pacific Journal of Human Resources, Research Policy, Thunderbird International Business Review, Asian Business & Management, Journal of Management & Organization, Journal of Business Research, Japanese Journal of Administrative Science, European Journal of Information Systems, Journal of Business Ethics, Entrepreneurship & Regional Development, Società Italiana di Management (SIMA), Recontres de St-Gallen, European International Business Academy (EIBA), Academy of International Business (AIB), Macmillan Publishers Limited, International Business Review (IBR) Young Scholars Workshop, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) etc.