Pioneer of Management Research and Education in Japan

Norio Kambayashi He was born in 1965, graduated from the Faculty of Business Administration, Kobe University, and completed the master's course at the Graduate School of Business Administration, Kobe University, and the doctoral course at the University of Warwick Business School, UK. In 1992, he became Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Business Administration, Kobe University. D. in Business Administration from the University of Warwick, UK. D. in Industrial and Business Studies. He is Member of the 23rd and 24th terms of the Science Council of Japan, President of the Japan Society of Human Resource Management, President of the Japan Academy of Business Administration (current), Director of the Japan Society for the History of Business Administration (current), Executive Director of the Japan Society for Information Management (current), and Director of the Forum for Entrepreneurial Research (current). Kyohei HiranoHe was born in1979, graduated from the Faculty of Economics, University of Kitakyushu, and completed Ph.D. course at the Graduate School of Business Administration, Kobe University. In 2008, he became Associate Professor at the Faculty of Business Administration, Kobe University. Now he is Professor at the Faculty of Business Administration, Konan University. His research interests are the economic history, business history, and history of technology in Japan.He has served on the boards of the Japan Academy of Business Administration and the Japan Society of Business History until 2022, and is currently a board member of the Japanese Society for the History of Industrial Technology and the Japanese Society for the History of Chemistry. Izumi Mitsui is Professor of Business Administration in the Faculty of Business Administration, Sonoda Women’s University (SWU). Prior to joining SWU, she was at Nihon University, Tezukayama University, and FukushimaUniversity. Her research interests include management philosophy, history of management thought, and anthropological approaches to business administration. She is author of Shakaiteki Networking-ron no Genryū: M. P. Follett no Shisou [An Origin of Social Networking Theory: The Thought of M P Follett] (in Japanese) (2009), editor of Asia-kigyō no Keieirinen: Seisei Denpa Keishō no Dynamism [Management Philosophy of Asian Companies: Dynamism of Creation, Diffusion and Succession] (in Japanese) (2013), and coeditor of Enterprise as an Instrument of Civilization: An Anthropological Approach to Business Administration (2016), Enterprise as a Carrier of Culture: An Anthropological Approach to Business Administration (2019), and Cultural Translation of Management Philosophy in Asian Companies: Its Emergence, Transmission, and Diffusion in the Global Era (2020).

• The Development of KUBS and the History of Business Administration in Japan.- History of Modern Business Education in Japan.- A Captain Pioneering New Academic Field of Business Administration in Japan: Yasutaro Hirai.- The Road to KUBS: The Ages of Kobe University of Commerce.- Establishing the Kobe-style of Management Studies: Three Big Captains.- Establishing the MBA Program: From the Night Course to the Business School.- To Be a Global Player of Management Studies and Education: The Power of the Accumulation of Management Knowledge in KUBS.- The Impact and Contribution of KUBS on Japanese Industry.- Division of Management.- Division of Accounting.- Division of Commerce.- KUBS Mission for the Future.