Profile
Masato Itohisa, Ph.D.
Professor, Faculty of Social Sciences / Graduate School of Public Policy, Hosei University ・ NEDO Fellow
Masato Itohisa studies how technological innovations are implemented in society, with a focus on technology strategy, rule-making and standardization strategy, and manufacturing strategy. His recent book, Rule-Making Strategy for Innovation (Chuokeizai-sha, 2026, in Japanese), examines why Japanese firms with strong technologies struggle in global markets and how rule-making capability creates competitive advantage.
He serves on committees of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, and NEDO, and is an editorial board member of the Hitotsubashi Business Review.
Experience
- 2024–Professor, Hosei University
- 2022–NEDO Fellow, New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization
- 2023–2025Director, Social Innovation Center, Hosei University
- 2019–2021Visiting Associate Professor, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
- 2019Visiting Professor, Kozminski University
- 2015–2024Associate Professor, Hosei University
- 2011–2013Project Assistant Professor, MMRC, The University of Tokyo
Education
- 2020Ph.D. in Management, The University of Tokyo
- 2007M.A. in Economics, The University of Tokyo
- 2005B.A. in Economics, The University of Tokyo
Selected English Publications
- 2020Between closure and Industry 4.0: strategies of Japanese automotive manufacturers in Central and Eastern Europe in reaction to labour market changesInternational Journal of Automotive Technology and Management 20(2): 196–214 (with T. Olejniczak and M. Miszczynski)
- 2018Measuring Change in ‘Hybrid Factories’: Longitudinal Study of Japanese Manufacturing Subsidiaries in PolandJournal of Intercultural Management 10(4): 109–145 — Palgrave Macmillan Best Paper Award, AJBS 2019
- 2017Hybridization revisited: New insights from the evolutionary approachJournal of Management and Business Administration. Central Europe 25(2): 43–62
- 2013Overlapping and frontloading: Seeking an effective product development processAnnals of Business Administrative Science 12(6): 291–309
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