Faculty Database - MIYATA KENICHI

■ Books and Papers

1.	2025/03	Article	The hierarchical dynamics of corporate strategy: A case of Westinghouse Electric, 1886-2000 Meiji Business Review 72(4) (Single)
2.	2023/07	Article	Westinghouse Electric Corporation: The path to the demise The Formation and Disintegration of General Electrical Enterprises pp.211-247 (Single)
3.	2023/07	Article	Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company: Diversification and organizational innovation of a backseat first mover The Formation and Disintegration of General Electrical Enterprises pp.105-140 (Single)
4.	2023/01	Article	A reform of corporate governance on Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Co.: The transition to managerial enterprise and entrepreneurship Meiji Business Review 70(1-2),pp.17-35 (Single)
5.	2022/06	Article	Modern Corporate Growth after the Modern Economic Growth: A Comparative Study of General Electric and Westinghouse Electric, 1946-2000 Theory and Empirical Performance: Economic Paradigm and Performance in the Long Run pp.131-143 (Single)
6.	2022/06	Article	The Historicity of Corporate Domain：A Case Study on Corporate Transformation of an Westinghouse Electric Organizational Science 55(4),pp.27-38 (Single)
7.	2021/12	Article	Diversification and business competitiveness of Westinghouse Electric Corporation in the postwar: Strategic plot from the 1950s to the 1960s Japan Business History Review 56(3),pp.3-25 (Single)
8.	2020/12	Book	Casebook American Business History, 2nd ed. (Collaboration)
9.	2020/03	Article	The Historical experience of corporate reform in GE, 1892 – 2019: Toward Neo-Chandlerian model Meiji Business Review 67(4),pp.145-181 (Single)
10.	2017/01	Article	A historical development of GE's international strategy and structure: Building international competitiveness through 'Iron Fist' to 'Visible Hand' pp.133-167 (Single)
11.	2016/03	Article	Corporate Transformation, Diversification, and Managerial Perception: A Comparative Study of General Electric Company and Westinghouse Electric Corporation Dissertation (Single)
12.	2013/03	Article	Dynamism of product architecture and organizational capability: A comparative analysis of desktop personal computers in the U.S. Organizational Science 46(3),pp.32-48 (Collaboration)
13.	2012/02	Article	A comparative study of Toshiba and Hitachi in 'the lost decades': Corporate investments and strategic attributes Studies in Business Administration (36),pp.165-182 (Single)
14.	2011/10	Article	Corporate transformation and conglomerates in the U.S.: A comparison of General Electric Company v.s. Westinghouse Electric Corporation, c. 1970 – c. 1999 Studies in Business Administration (35),pp.1-17 (Single)
15.	2011/02	Article	Westinghouse Electric Corporation in the late 20th century: A view from an investment trajectory analysis perspective Studies in Business Administration (34),pp.115-130 (Single)
16.	2010/02	Article	A strategic change at GE from 1970s through the 1990s: The transition from manufacturing to service in the Jones and Welch periods Studies in Business Administration (32),pp.91-110 (Single)
17.	2008/10	Article	What is applied business history?: Revisiting the raison d'être of business history Studies in Business Administration (29),pp.147-166 (Single)
18.	2008/10	Book	A History of Modern Computing (Collaboration)
19.	2023/03	Article	[Book review] Takashi Shimizu. Infectious Diseases and Management: How Japanese Companies Coped With the Shadow of Death Before WWII Japan Business History Review 57(4) (Single)
20.	2021/06	Article	Comment: Considering extent of 'the landscape of business history' (Plenary Session: How business histories map societies) Japan Business History Review 56(1),pp.54-56 (Single)
21.	2022/11	Other	[Presentation Abstract] Institutional change of manager education of GE in the second half of twentieth century: Focusing on Baughman's reform AEHAJ Newsletter (30)
22.	2020/01	Other	[Presentation Abstract] Revisiting the Diversification and Competitiveness of Industrial Enterprise in the Post-War U.S.: A Case of Westinghouse Electric Corporation AEHAJ Newsletter (23) (Single)
23.	2022/06	Article	Emerging a New Combination toward a Media Mix of Music and Anime: A Twist and Turn of Nippon Columbia and the Rise of the Anison Genre in the 1960s and 1990s Conference paper for the EBHA 25st Annual Conference (Collaboration)
24.	2021/09	Article	Changing Aims, Changing Hands: A Comparative Analysis between the GE and Hitachi Executive Training Systems The 2nd WCBH Proceeding (Collaboration)
25.	2021/09	Article	Creative Technology and Co-evolution of Content Industries: Commercializing Computer Graphics in Japanese Video Game and Animation Industries (Collaboration)
26.	2019/09	Article	Demand pulls capabilities in Shogakukan: Growing a domestic publisher into a global media mixer via Manga industry Conference paper for the EBHA 23rd Annual Conference (Collaboration)
27.	2017/11	Article	Corporate growth and managerial perception: A comparative study of GE and WH, 1946-2000 Conference paper for the Third Preconference of Economic Paradigm and Performance in the Long Run pp.1-33 (Single)
28.	2017/08	Article	Development of the Nintendo media mix strategy: Globalizing Pikachu through emergent and deliberate strategies Conference paper for the EBHA 21st Annual Conference pp.1-34 (Collaboration)
29.	2014/09	Article	Corporate transformation and managerial visaction: A comparative study of General Electric and Westinghouse in the postwar period Conference paper for the 50th Congress of the Business History Society of Japan (Single)
30.	2012/08	Article	Managerial perceptions and R&D strategy: The case of GE and WH in the 1970s Conference paper for the EBHA 16th Annual Conference (Single)
31.	2024/12	Article	[Book review] Tom Nicholas. VC: An American History (Single)
32.	2024/12	Article	Globalizing Pikachu through Japanese and American Business System, 1990-1999: Emergent Creation and Deliberate Diffusion of Innovation in Cultural Industry Journal of Evolutionary Studies in Business 9(1) (Collaboration)
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■ Conference Presentations

1.	2023/10/28	"Strategy and Strcuture" and the Demise of the Firm: A Historical Study of WH (The AAOS 2024 Annual Convention)
2.	2023/08/25	Financing the Creativity of Japanese Animation: Development of the Production Committee System from Akira to Evangelion (The 26th Annual Congress of EBHA)
3.	2022/11/12	A history of corporate strategy on Westinghouse Electric: Strategy research as a nexus of timelines (Kanto Regional Annual Meeting of the Business History Society of Japan)
4.	2022/10/15	Institutional change of manager education of GE in the second half of twentieth century: Focusing on Baughman's reform (The 65th Annual Meeting of the American Economic History Association, Japan)
5.	2022/10/01	Strategy research and history approach: The case of Westinghouse Electric on the historicity of corporate strategy (The AAOS 2023 Annual Convention)
6.	2022/06/24	Emerging a New Combination toward a Media Mix of Music and Anime: A Twist and Turn of Nippon Columbia and the Rise of the Anison Genre in the 1960s and 1990s (The 25th Annual Congress of EBHA)
7.	2021/09/11	Changing Aims, Changing Hands: A Comparative Analysis between the GE and Hitachi Executive Training Systems (The 2nd World Congress of Business History)
8.	2021/09/09	Creative Technology and Co-evolution of Content Industries: Commercializing Computer Graphics in Japanese Video Game and Animation Industries (The 2nd World Congress of Business History)
9.	2020/12/05	Comment: Considering Extent of 'the Landscape of Business History' (Plenary Session: How Business Histories Map Societies) (The 56th Congress of the Business History Society of Japan)
10.	2020/06/13	The Junction between International Management and International Business History (The 76th Eastern Region Research Meeting of the Japan Academy of Multinational Enterprises)
11.	2019/12/14	Revisiting the Diversification and Competitiveness of Industrial Enterprise in the Post-War U.S.: A Case of Westinghouse Electric Corporation (Regular December Meeting of the American Economic History Association, Japan)
12.	2019/10/27	The Path to the Demise of Westinghouse Electric Corporation (The 55th Congress of the Business History Society of Japan)
13.	2019/08/30	Demand Pulls Capabilities in Shogakukan: Growing a Domestic Publisher into a Global Media MIxer via Manga Industry (The 23rd Annual Congress of EBHA)
14.	2019/08/08	Theoretical Interests in the Business History Society of Japan (Kansai Regional Annual Meeting of the Business History Society of Japan)
15.	2018/09/30	[canceled due to the typhoon] Building a Factory of Managers for Organizational Change: The Evolution of GE Crotonville (International Session of the 54th Congress of the BHSJ)
16.	2018/09/07	The Role of Middlemen in Creative Industries as Story Sellers: Mediamixing Mobile Suit Gundam during the 1980s in Japan (The 22nd Annual Congress of EBHA)
17.	2017/11/15	Corporate Growth and Managerial Perception: A Comparative Study of GE and WH, 1946-2000 (The Third Preconference of "Economic Paradigm and Performance in the Long Run)
18.	2017/10/22	A Case Study of Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company (The 53rd Congress of the Business History Society of Japan)
19.	2017/10/22	Diversification Strategy of Westinghouse Electric Corporation in the Post War: Managerial Perception and Irrational Rationality (The 53rd Congress of the Business History Society of Japan)
20.	2017/09/16	A Historical Development of GE's International Strategy and Structure (The Kanto Meeting of the Business History Society of Japan)
21.	2017/08/25	The Development of Media Mix Strategy on Nintendo: Globalizing Pikachu through Emergent to Deliberate Strategies (The 21st Annual Congress of EBHA)
22.	2016/10/09	The United States: GE's Crotonville Management Development Institute (Plenary Session: Japanese, American, and German Companies) (The 52nd Congress of the Business History Society of Japan)
23.	2014/09/28	History of Product Innovation on Desktop Personal Computers in the U.S. from Product Architecture Perspective (The History of Science Society of Japan, Subcommittee Meeting of History of Technology)
24.	2014/09/11	Corporate Transformation and Managerial Visaction: A Comparative Study of General Electric and Westinghouse in the Postwar Period (The 50th Congress of the Business History Society of Japan)
25.	2012/09/01	Managerial Perceptions and R&D Strategy: The Case of GE and WH in the 1970s (The 16th Annual Congress of EBHA)
26.	2011/10/15	Corporate Transformation on American Electric Manufacturing Conglomerates: A Comparison of General Electric Company and Westinghouse Electric Corporation, c. 1970s –c. 1990s (the Business History Society of Japan 47th Annual Conference)
27.	2008/10/12	What is Applied Business History?: Revisiting the Raison d'être of Business History (the Business History Society of Japan 44th Annual Conference)
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■ Academic Qualifications

1.	2016/02～2016/03	〔Doctorial Course (2nd Semester)〕 Business Administration, Graduate School of Business Administration, Meiji University, Completed, Ph.D. in Business Administration
2.	2009/04～2014/03	〔Doctorial Course (2nd Semester)〕 Business Administration, Graduate School of Business Administration, Meiji University, Accomplished credits for doctoral program,
3.	2007/04～2009/03	〔Doctorial Course (1st Semester)〕 Business Administration, Graduate School of Business Administration, Meiji University, Completed, Master of Business Administration
4.	2002/04～2007/03	Department of Business Management, School of Business Administration, Meiji University, Graduated, Bachelor of Business Administration

■ Career History

1.	2021/04～	Meiji University School of Business Administration Associate Professor
2.	2020/04～2021/03	Meiji University School of Business Administration Senior Assistant Professor
3.	2016/04～2020/03	Meiji University School of Business Administration Assistant Professor
4.	2014/04～2016/03	Meiji University Graduate School of Business Administration Assistant Lecturer
5.	2012/04～2014/03	Meiji University School of Business Administration Research Associate
6.	2010/04～2011/02	Harvard University Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies Visiting Scholar
7.	2009/04～2012/03	Japan Society for the Promotion of Science JSPS Research Fellow (DC1)
8.	2022/04～2023/03	Seijo University Faculty of Economics Part-time lecturer
9.	2019/04～2022/03	Asia University Faculty of Economics Part Time Lecturer
10.	2015/04～2016/03	Meiji University School of Business Administration Part Time Lecturer
11.	2014/04～2020/03	Nihon University College of Commerce Part Time Lecturer
12.	2011/04～2012/03	Meiji University Graduate School of Business Administration Research Assistant
13.	2009/05～2010/03	Meiji University Graduate School of Business Administration Research Assistant
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■ Teaching Activities

● Efforts to Improve Educational Contents and Method (Including Teaching Evaluation)
1.	2022/04～	Desigin and Practice for combining the online and face-to-face learning in Comparative Management (America) A and B
2.	2020/05/13～2022/03	Desigin and Practice for interactive online teaching in Business History A and B
3.	2020/05/07～2021/03	Desigin for interactive online teaching in Introductory Business Management A and B
4.	2018/09～2020/03	Practice for active learning in Reading in Foreign Language B
5.	2016/04～2020/03	Practice for interactive teaching in Introductory Business Management A and B
6.	2014/04～2020/03	English-mediated Teaching with case method in Management
● Textbook and Other Teaching Materials of your own
1.	2022/04～	Course materials for Comparative Management (America) A and B
2.	2020/12/23	Case 14 General Electric Company: Management of Refocusing
3.	2020/05/13～2022/03	Online course materials for Business History A and B
4.	2014/04～2020/03	Course materials for Management
● Special Instructions for Practical Training/ Lecture and others (if you have business background)
1.	2024/09～	Academic coordinator of Special Lectures on Business Management D [Modules of Startup Entrepreneur Training 2]: Experiencing the mechanism for startup business management
2.	2023/04～	Academic coordinator of Core Subjects Special Lectures C [Modules of Startup Entrepreneur Training 1]: Experiencing the mechanism for startup business
3.	2022/06～2024/03	Meiji Annual Business Challenge (MSBA student startup competition) project management
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■ Major Subjects

Business History, Comparative Management (America)

■ Academic Associations Membership

1.	2007/09～	Business History Society of Japan
2.	2019/01～	∟ Fuji Conference and international exchange committee member
3.	2021/01～2024/12	∟ Secretary
4.	2023/01～2024/12	∟ Conference Committee
5.	2019/01～2021/12	∟ Special task force member of the Second World Congress of Business History
6.	2007/09～	Academic Association for Organizational Science
7.	2010/01～	Business History Conference
8.	2010/07～	European Business History Association
9.	2016/06～	Socio-Economic History Society
10.	2019/12～	American Economic History Association, Japan
11.	2023/10～2025/09	∟ Board of Trustees
12.	2023/10～2025/09	∟ Suzuki Keisuke Book Prize and Publication Grant Committee
13.	2023/04～	American Historical Association
14.	2023/04～	Economic History Association
15.	2023/04～	Economic History Society
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■ Professional Achievements

● Other note that should be mentioned specially on duty
1.	2023/10/25～	Making Innovation Committee Member, Meiji University Center for Collaborative Innovation and Incubation
2.	2022/06/01～	Meiji Annual Business Challenge (MSBA student startup competition) task force member
3.	2022/04/01～2024/03/31	The committee memeber for Certified Evaluation and Accreditation

■ researchmap Researcher Code

B000224918

■ Social Activities

1.	2023/12	Meiji Startup Program: Now and Then
2.	2023/12	"'University Professor' as a Career Option (From a perspective of management studies)
3.	2023/12	Session III: Public Talk: University startups and high hopes for industrial community
4.	2022/12	The aim of the 1st Meiji Annual Business Challenge (the student new venture competition)
5.	2022/01	Unlocking the consumer from captive business models
6.	2021/12	What happens If professors at Meiji University play Momotaro Dentetsu?
7.	2021/12	M's Opinion #363: Unlocking the consumer from captive business models
8.	2021/12	Relay column
9.	2021/04	University 1 step #76
10.	2018/12	How should we evaluate research performance in academics: associated with fostering early-career researchers in management studies
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■ Research Topics, Consignment Studies & KAKENHI Researches

1.	2023/04～2026/03	Construction of Industries and Organizational Capabilities on Big Electrical Enterprises: Framing toward Global Business History (Key Word : )
2.	2022/04～2026/03	A Business History of Media Mix on the Co-Creative Activities of the Firms: Historical Analysis of Coevolving Japanese Creative Industries (Key Word : content industries, innovation, service-dominant logic, interfirm network, resources)
3.	2022/04～2023/07	Global Economic History of Industry Dynamics: Heterogeneity and Boundaries of Industries (Key Word : )
4.	2019/04～2024/03	Electrical Enterprises on Global Business History: Strategy and Structure, Human Capital, Organizational Capabilities (Key Word : )
5.	2018/04～2022/03	A Business History of Mediamix on Corporate Diversification: A Comparative Study of Firms in Japanese Creative Industries (Key Word : content industries, media franchise, coevolution of industries, interfirm network, cultural consumption, intellectual property)
6.	2016/04～2019/03	International Comparative Studies on Electrical Enterprises: Japanese, American, and German Companies (Key Word : )
7.	2010/04～2011/02	The Formation and Transition of Relationship between Electrical Manufacturing Conglomerate and External Organizations: A Comparision of the Four Leading Firms (Key Word : )
8.	2009/04～2012/03	The Formation and Transition of Relationship between Electrical Manufacturing Conglomerate and External Organizations: A Comparision of the Four Leading Firms (Key Word : )
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■ Committees and Associations

1.	2023/04/01～	Okamoto Foundation Scholarship Committee member
2.	2022/09/02～	Editorial board of "Management History: Global Perspectives (IAP book series)" Editorial board member

■ Web Sites

Personal Website

ResearchGate

RGonHEEEI

■ Email Addresses

■ Award History

1.

2022/09

Business History Society of Japan BHSJ-SBS Best Paper Award (Diversification and business competitiveness of Westinghouse Electric Corporation in the postwar: Strategic plot from the 1950s to the 1960s)

■ Current Specialized Field

Business History, Business Management, Economic History (Key Word：diversification, neomodern, institution, innovation, entrepreneurship, business system, global history, creative industries, conglomerate, strategy and structure, belief, capitalism, economic growth, knowledge, organizational capabilities, manager, entrepreneurial perception)

■ KAKENHI Researcher Number

00782351

■ Courses and Lectures taught or delivered in the past

1.	Business History（Meiji University, Seijo University）
2.	Business History（Meiji University Graduate School）
3.	Comparative Management (America)（Meiji University）
4.	Seminar I, II, III（Meiji University）
5.	Business History Seminar I and II（Meiji University Graduate School）
6.	Business Management（Meiji University）
7.	History of International Business（Meiji University）
8.	Core Subjects Special Lectures（Meiji University）
9.	Special Lectures on Business Management（Meiji University）
10.	Management（Nihon University）
11.	Structure of American Economy（Asia University）
12.	Fundamental Specialized Seminar（Meiji University）
13.	Studies in Business Literature（Meiji University）
14.	Reading in Foreign Language, English（Nihon University, Meiji University）
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■ Other Achievement Records

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2016/04

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■ Research theme for prospective joint research

1.	American business history, economic history of the United States
2.	Corporate strategy, growth strategy
3.	International comparison of business history