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KAZUICHI SAKAMOTO, Ph.D.
Professor, Ritsumeikan University
Chairman, Committee of University Evaluation, Ritsumeikan Universty

　

ACADEMIC BACKGROUND

 Sept.1975:  Ph.D., Economics (Kyoto University)on a Thesis entitled “The Production System of the Present Mega-Corporations” 

Mar. 1968:  Completed the Doctoral Program, the Graduate School of Kyoto University

Mar. 1965:  Master’s Degree in Economics, Graduate School of KyotoUniversity

Mar. 1963:  Bachelor’s Degree in Economics, College of Economics, Kyoto University

PROFESSIONAL CAREER  

Present:　 Professor, Ritsumeikan University : Chairman, Committee of University Evaluation, Ritsumeikan University
　April 2004 - Mar. 2005 : Vice-Chancellor, the Ritsumeikan Trust : Vice-President, Ritsumeikan  University 

   January 2000 - President, Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University 

April 1994 - Vice-Chancellor, the Ritsumeikan Trust

April 1990 - Mar. 1991: Executive Trustee (Academic Affairs), the Ritsumeikan Trust

April 1988 - Mar. 1991: Dean for Academic Affairs, Ritsumeikan University

Sept. 1979 - Sept. 1980:Visiting Researcher of the Fairbank Center for East-Asian Research, Harvard University, U.S.A., Visiting Researcher of the Department of Economics, NewYork University, U.S.A.

April 1978:  Professor of the College of Economics, Ritsumeikan University

Sept. 1968:  Associate Professor of the College of Economics,Ritsumeikan University

April 1968:  Full-time Lecturer of the College of Economics Ritsumeikan University

 AREAS OF ACADEMIC SPECIALTY

    Industrial Economics,Comparative Research on Strategy and Organization of the Modern Enterprise Asia Pacific Management System

　

MAIN WORKS

 Books:
　 2004　　The Challenges facing Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University, Daichi-sha(Kyoto)
　 2004 　How have Iron & Steel been manufactured in JAPAN - A History of Technology and Organization of Yawata Iron Works:1901-1970, Horitsu bunkasha(Kyoto)
　 2003 　 Creation of the Asia Pacific Age, Horitsu-bunkasha(Kyoto)

1998    Epoch of the Asia-Pacific (joint work), Horitsu-bunkasha (Kyoto)

1997    Organizational Innovation in GE [New Edition], Horitsu-bunkasha (Kyoto)

1994    On the New Model of Corporate Organization, Kohyohshobo (Kyoto)

1992    A History of Computer Industry: the End of Gulliver’s Age, Yuhikaku (Tokyo)

1991    The 21st Century System: the New Stage of Capitalism,Tohyohkeizai-shinpohsha (Tokyo)

1989    Organizational Innovation in GE, Horitsu-bunksha (Kyoto)

1988    Modern Industrial Economics, Yuhikaku (Tokyo)

1987    Enterprise Groups in President Japan (joint work),Tohyohkeizai-shinposha (Tokyo)

1986    Technical Innovation and Enterprise Structure (joint work), Minerva-shobo (Kyoto)

1985    IBM: its Strategy and Structural Innovation (Japanese),Minerva-shobo (Kyoto) [awarded the 2nd Telecom Prize for Social Science Area]

1982    The Structure of the Present Mega-corporation, Aoki-shoten (Tokyo)

1974    The Production System of the Present Mega-corporations,Yuhikaku (Tokyo) [Ph.D. Thesis]

　

 Main Articles: 
　 2004.10 "Transitions of the Leading Region of Civilizations and the 'Asia Pacific Civilization'-The 'Asia Pacific Civilization' as a Fusion of 'Western Civilization' and Asian Civilizations", Ritsumeikan Journal of Asia Pacific Studies, No.13, Summer 2004.
　 2003.7 "Japan's University Reform amidst International competition", Journal of Japanese Trade and Industry, Vol.22, No.4, PP.28-30.

2002.6  “The 21st Century Type Model of Corporate Organizations and the Role of the Asia-Pacific” (umpublished)

　 2001.4 "Creating a New Style of Asia Pacific Studies",Ritsumeikan Journal of Asia Pacific Studies, No.7, April 2001, PP.71-78.

2001.4 "APU's Challenge : the Internationalization of JAPAN's University", Euro Japanese Journal, Vol.7,No.2,Spring 2001, PP.42-45.
　2001.3 "Building on International Standard University -the Challenges facing Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University", Journal of Japanese Trade & Industry, Vol.20, No.2, March/April 2001, PP.46-49.

　 1999    “Restructuring Japanese Universities : the Experience of Ritsumeikan University”, Ritsumeikan Journal of AsiaPacific Studies, No.3, May 1999, pp.162-170.

1998    “New Dimension of the Asia-Pacific Studies,” in Epoch of the Asia Pacific, Ritsumeikan Center of Asia Pacific Studies and Kazuichi Sakamoto (ed.)(Japanese), Horitsu-bunkasha (Kyoto), 1998, pp. 3-25: Ritsumeikan Journal of Asia Pacific Studies (English), No.1., August 1998, pp.4-18.   

1995    “The Theory of the 21st Century System and the Regulation-Approach,” Ritsumeikan Economic Review(Japanese), Vol.44, No.4/5, Oct.-Dec. 1995, pp.41-55.  

1995    “The 21st Century System and the Production System,”Ritsumeikan Economic Review(Japanese) , Vol.44, No.2, June 1995, pp.1-25.

1994    “How Japanese Enterprise Manage Organization Growth: A Comparative Study and American Enterprise Groups,” Ritsumeikan Social Sciences Review(Japanese), Vol.30, No.1, June 1994, pp.13-32.

1993    “Global Environmental Problems and Corporate Organizations,” Environmental Research Quarterly(Japanese), No.90, June 1993, pp.59-67.

1992    “Post-Pax Americana and Innovation of Production System,” in U.S.-Japan Relations in the Global Age, L.W. Goodman an others (ed.) Nihonhyoronsha (Tokyo), pp.263-292.

1990   “Enterprise Groups in Contemporary Japan,” Japanese Economic Studies (English), Vol. 19, No.2, pp.56-86.

1989    “World-system and Production System,” Ritsumeikan Economic Review(Japanese) , Vol.38, No.3, August 1989, pp.41-83.

1986    “Global Structure of IBM Corporation,” Business Review (Hitotsubashi University)(Japanese), Vol.34, No.2, Dec. 1986, pp.38-53.  


　Presentations at International Symposiumes:
　2003.12.18　"Youth Leadership and the Future of the Global Community" the 2003 World Student Summit in Shingapore (National University of Singapore)
　2003.10.25 "The Development of Human Resources in the Asia Pacific Age and the Meaning of the Establishment of an International Standard Setting University" The 3rd International of Conference hosted by the Northeast Asia International's Solidarity Korea (NAIS Korea)　
　2002.5.22～23 “Global Environmental Protection and The Asia Pacific Civilization” The Second Meeting of the Asia-Pacific Network of Universities and Institutions for Conflict Prevention and Peace Building
　2002.3.7 “Possibility of the Asia Pacific Civilization in the 21st Century” Keynote Speech for Signing Ceremony for the Cooperative Agreement between University for Peace and Ritumeikan Asia Pacific University
　1998. 9. 23～25 “Restructuring Japanese Universities,” The Business-Higher Education Forum : Forum Assembly 1998. Also published in Ritsumeikan Journal of Asia Pacific Studies, No.3, May 1999.

　1998. 6. 8～9 “The Experience of Ritsumeikan University on Restructuring of University,” International Executive Vice-President’ s Conference:Strategies for Universities, sponsored by Kyung Hee University, Korea.

　1993. 9. 10～12 How Japanese Enterprise Manage their Organization Growth,” Vancouver Network Conference, sponsored by the University of British Columbia(Canada), Department of Asian Studies. Also published in the Ritsumeikan Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 30 (1), June 1994.