Yasuyuki Kishi

Niigata University · Department of Economics

Purpose With the ongoing industrial transformation of the Japanese sake industry and the continuous growth of exports in recent years, terroir, one of the core concepts in the wine culture, has been strategically used in the sake industry. Therefore, as an essential investigation, the purpose of this study is to elucidate when, how and why terroir...

This study explores the value co-creation framework to revive tradition-bound products using rhetorical history and service-dominant logic. This framework shows the effects of using historical significance to enable value co-creation in a new ecosystem by engaging consumers and local communities without eliminating their traditions. Existing studie...

Purpose: In this article we focus on the issue of organizational control in its bureaucratic and cultural forms. Methodology: This research uses exploratory case study analysis of Matsushita Konosuke’s management style of in the early years of the Panasonic Corporation. Findings: First of all, we fi nd that despite the impressive body of knowledge...

Attracting highly qualified talent is crucial for the success of organizations. This study investigates whether and how the soft power of countries or regions (that is, the perceived influence and media exposure of the country/region) is related to the organizational attractiveness of foreign firms. Survey results from more than 2200 initial job ca...

This paper describes how sociology contributes to a discussion of localization issues of Japanese companies in Asia. Many management studies so far have given attention to issues related to localization of Japanese companies abroad. However, most of them focus on the number of “Japanese presidents” in subsidiaries. These studies lack perspective on...

Abstract East Asia has been rapidly moving toward modernization, driven by the force of globalization. The result of that process is that country values are converging from traditional ones to modern ones. Countries have been congregating towards various ideologies, “meritocracy” in particular, as they continue to modernize. This study aims to shed...