Ikujiro NONAKA
Professor Emeritus of Hitotsubashi University
Professor Emeritus of Hitotsubashi University
Employment
2012- | University Professor, Waseda University |
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2007-2013 | First Distinguished Drucker Scholar in Residence at the Drucker School and Institute, Claremont Graduate University |
2006- | Professor Emeritus, Hitotsubashi University |
2006- | Visiting Professor, Graduate School of International Corporate Strategy |
2000-2006 | Professor, Hitotsubashi University Graduate School of International Corporate Strategy |
2001- | Xerox Distinguished Faculty Scholar, IMIO, University of California, Berkeley |
1997-2001 | Xerox Distinguished Professor in Knowledge, Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley |
1997-2000 | Dean, the Graduate School of Knowledge Science, Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology |
1997-1998 | Professor, Institute of Innovation Research, Hitotsubashi University |
1995-1997 | Director, Institute of Business Research, Hitotsubashi University |
1991-1995 | Director of Research, National Institute of Science and Technology Policy, Japan |
1982-1997 | Professor, Institute of Business Research, Hitotsubashi University |
1979-1982 | Professor, Department of Social Sciences, National Defense Academy, Japan |
1977-1979 | Professor, Department of Business Administration, Nanzan University, Japan |
1958-1970 | Corporate Staff, Fuji Electric Co. |
Dissertation
“Organization and Market: Exploratory Study of Centralization vs. Decentralization,” Graduate School of Business Administration, University of California, Berkeley, Fall 1972
Education
1972 | Ph.D. in Business Administration, University of California, Berkeley |
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1968 | M.B.A., University of California, Berkeley |
1958 | B.S. (Political Science), Waseda University |
Publications
Books
- Zen-in Keiei, with A. Katsumi, Nihon Keizai Shimbun Shuppan-sha, 2015, (in Japanese).
- Phronesis and Quiddity in Management: A School of Knowledge Approach, Kimio Kase, César González Cantón, Ikujiro Nonaka , Palgrave Macmillan , 2014.
- The Essence of Great Judgements, with S. Ogino, Tokyo: Diamond-sha, 2014, (in Japanese).
- Social Innovation, with A. Hirose and T. Hirata, Tokyo: Chikura Shobo, 2014, (in Japanese).
- The Essence of Nation Management, with co-authors, Nihon Keizai Shimbun Shuppan-sha, 2014, (in Japanese).
- Business Model Innovation, with K. Tokuoka, Tokyo: Toyokeizaishimpo-sha, 2012, (in Japanese).
- The Grammar of Knowledge Creating Management for Prudent Capitalism, with N. Konno, Tokyo: Toyokeizaishimpo-sha, 2012, (in Japanese).
- Managing Flow: The Dynamic Theory of the Knowledge-based Firm, with co-authors, Toyokeizaishimpo-sha, 2010, (in Japanese).
- The Practical Wisdom of Innovation, with A.Katsumi, Tokyo: Nikkei BP, 2010, (in Japanese).
- Managing Flow: A Process Theory of the Knowledge-based Firm, Ikujiro Nonaka, Ryoko Toyama, Toru Hirata, Palgrave Macmillan, 2008.
- The Art of Innovation, with A. Katsumi, Tokyo: Nihon Keizai Shimbun Shuppan-sha, 2007, (in Japanese).
- Virtuous-Based Management, with N. Konno, NTT Shuppan, 2007, (in Japanese).
- The Essence of Strategy, with co-authors, Tokyo: Nikkei BP, 2005, (in Japanese).
- The Essence of Innovation, with A. Katsumi, Tokyo: Nikkei BP, 2004, (in Japanese).
- Methodology of Knowledge Creation, with N. Konno, Tokyo: Toyokeizaishimpo-sha, 2003, (in Japanese).
- Hitotsubashi on Knowledge Management, with co-authors, John Wiley (Asia), 2003.
- Managing Industrial Knowledge: Creation, Transfer and Utilization, I Nonaka, DJ Teece, SAGE Publications Ltd, 2001.
- Knowledge Emergence: Social, Technical, and Evolutionary Dimensions of Knowledge Creation: Social, Technical and Evolutionary Dimensions of Knowledge Creation, Ikujiro Nonaka and Toshihiro Nishiguchi, Oxford University Press, 2001.
- Handbook of Organizational Learning & Knowledge, with M. Diekes, A.B. Anthal and J. Child eds, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000.
- Enabling Knowledge Creation: How to Unlock the Mystery of Tacit Knowledge and Release the Power of Innovation, Ikujiro Nonaka, Kazuo Ichijo Georg von Krogh, Oxford University Press, 2000.
- Knowledge Creation: A Source of Value, G Von Krogh, I Nonaka, T Nishiguchi, London: Macmillan, 2000.
- The Light and the Shadow: How Breakthrough Innovation is Shaping European Business, with O. Kalthoff and P. Nueno, Roland Berger Foundation, 1997.
- Relentless: The Japanese Way of Marketing, with J.K. Johansson, New York: Harper Business, 1996.
- The Knowledge-Creating Company, Ikujiro Nonaka and Hirotaka Takeuchi, Oxford University Press, 1995.
- Intellectualizing Capability, with N. Konno, Tokyo: Nihon Keizai Shimbun-sha, 1995, (in Japanese).
- U.S. Marine Corp: Self-Innovation of Non-profit Organization, Tokyo: Chuuo Kouron Shinsha, 1995, (in Japanese).
- Management for Knowledge Creation, Tokyo: Nihon Keizai Shimbun-sha, 1990, (in Japanese).
- Strategic vs. Evolutionary Management: A U.S.-Japan Comparison of Strategy and Organization, with T. Kagono, K. Sakakibara and A. Okumura, Amsterdam: North-Holland, 1985.
- An Evolutionary Theory of the Firm, Tokyo: Nihon Keizai Shimbun-sha, 1985, (in Japanese).
- Essence of Failure: Organizational Study of the Japanese Armed Forces during the World War II, with R. Tobe, Y. Teramoto, S. Kamata, T. Suginoo and T. Murai, Tokyo: Diamond-sha, 1984, (in Japanese).
- A Comparison of U.S. vs. Japanese Management, with T. Kagono, K. Sakakibara and A. Okumura, Tokyo: Nihon Keizai Shimbun-sha, 1983, (in Japanese).
- Organization and Market: A Contingency Theory, Tokyo: Chikura Shobo, 1974, (in Japanese).
Articles /Book Chapters
- Humanizing strategy, Ikujiro Nonaka, Hirotaka Takeuchi, Long Range Planning, Volume 54, Issue 4, 2021.
- Strategy as a Way of Life, Ikujiro Nonaka, Hirotaka Takeuchi, MIT Sloan Management Review, Volume 63, Issue 1, 2021.
- Maneuvering Knowledge: A study of U.S. Marine Corps, Ikujiro Nonaka, Kota Uno, Kindai Management Review, Vol.9, 2020.
- ’Meso’-Foundations of Dynamic Capabilities: Team‐Level Synthesis and Distributed Leadership as the Source of Dynamic Creativity, with A. Hirose and Y. Takeda, Global Strategy Journal, 6(3), 168-182, 2016.
- Practical Strategy as Co-Creating Collective Narrative: A Perspective of Organizational Knowledge Creating Theory, Nonaka, I. & Hirose, A., Kindai Management Review, Vol. 3, 2015.
- Dynamic fractal organizations for promoting knowledge-based transformation – A new paradigm for organizational theory, Nonaka, I., Kodama, M., Hirose, A., & Kohlbacher, F., European Managemenr Journal (2014) 32, 137-146, 2014.
- Wisdom, Management and Organization, Nonaka, I., Chia, R., Holt, R., & Peltokorpi, V., Management Learning, 45(4), 365-376, 2014.
- Scenario Planning: The Basics, Konno, N., Nonaka, I., & Ogilvy, J., World Futures, 70(1), 28-43., 2014.
- The Distributed and Dynamic Dimensions of Human Capital, Nonaka, I., Toyama, R., & Peltokorpi, V., in Alan Burton-Jones, J.-C. Spender (eds), Oxford Handbook of Human Capital, 459-476., 20112011.
- The Wise Leader, Nonaka, I., Takeuchi, H., Harvard Business Review, 89, no. 5, 2011.
- Tacit Knowledge and Knowledge Conversion: Controversy and Advancement in Organizational Knowledge Creation Theory, Nonaka I., von Krogh, G., Organization Science Vol. 20, No. 3, May–June 2009, 2009.
- Knowledge-based View of Radical Innovation: Toyota Prius Case, with V. Peltokorpi, in J. T. Hage and M. Meenus (eds.), Innovation, Science, and Institutional Change, p. 88-104, 2009.
- Strategic Management as Distributed Practical Wisdom (Phronesis), Ikujiro Nonaka and Ryoko Toyama, Industrial and Corporate Change (2007) 16 (3): 371-394, 2007.
- Organizational Knowledge Creation Theory: Evolutionary Paths and Future Advances, I Nonaka, G Von Krogh, S Voelpel , Organization Studies August 2006 vol. 27 no. 8 1179-1208, 2006.
- Visionary Knowledge Management: The Case of Eisai Transformation, with V. Peltokorpi, International Journal of Learning and Intellectual Capital, 3 (2), 2006.
- The Theory of The Knowledge-Creating Firm: Subjectivity, Objectivity and Synthesis, Ikujiro Nonaka and Ryoko Toyama, Industrial and Corporate Change (June 2005) 14 (3): 419-436 , 2005.
- Managing Organizational Knowledge: Theoretical and Methodological Foundations, in K.G. Smith and M.A. Hitt (eds.) Great Minds in Management, New York: Oxford University, 2005.
- Strategic knowledge creation: the case of Hamamatsu Photonics, Ikujiro Nonaka, Vesa Peltokorpi, Hisao Tomae, International Journal of Technology Management Volume 30, Issue 3-4 , 2005.
- The knowledge-creating theory revisited: knowledge creation as a synthesizing process, Ikujiro Nonaka, Ryoko Toyama, Knowledge Management Research & Practice July 2003, Volume 1, Issue 1, pp 2-10, 2003.
- A firm as a dialectical being: towards a dynamic theory of a firm, Ikujiro Nonaka and Ryoko Toyama, Industrial and Corporate Change (2002) 11 (5): 995-1009., 2002.
- An Integrated Information Technology System for Knowledge Creation, with P. Reinmoeller and R. Toyama in M. Dierkes, A. Antal, J. Child, and I. Nonaka (eds.), Handbook of Organizational Learning and Knowledge, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2001.
- Integrated IT Systems to Capitalize on Market Knowledge, Ikujiro Nonaka, Patrick Reinmoeller, Dai Senoo, Knowledge Creation pp 89-109, 2000.
- A Theory of Organizational Knowledge Creation: Understanding the Dynamic Process of Creating Knowledge, with R. Toyama and P. Byosiere in M. Dierkes, A. Antal, J. Child, and I. Nonaka (eds.), Handbook of Organizational Learning and Knowledge, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000.
- SECI, Ba and Leadership: a Unified Model of Dynamic Knowledge Creation, Ikujiro Nonaka, Ryoko Toyama, Noboru Konno, Long Range Planning Volume 33, Issue 1, 2000.
- Emergence of ‘Ba’: A Conceptual Framework for Continuous and Self-transcending Process of Knowledge Creation, with N. Konno and R. Toyama in I. Nonaka and T. Nishiguchi (eds.), Knowledge Emergence, New York: Oxford University Press, 2000.
- A firm as a knowledge-creating entity: a new perspective on the theory of the firm, I Nonaka, R Toyama and A Nagata, Industrial and Corporate Change Volume 9, Issue 1, 2000.
- Knowledge Creation within Industrial Systems, with F. Corno and P. Reinmoeller, Journal of Management and Governance, 3, 379-394, 1999.
- The Concept of ‘Ba’: Building a Foundation for Knowledge Creation, with N. Konno, California Management Review, 40 (3) 1-15, 1998.
- The `ART’ of knowledge: Systems to capitalize on market knowledge, Ikujiro Nonaka, Patrick Reinmoeller, Dai Senoo, European Management Journal, Volume 16, Issue 6, 1998.
- A Theory of the Firm’s Knowledge-Creation Dynamics, with H. Takeuchi in A.D. Chandler, P. Hagstrom and O. Solvell (eds.), The Dynamic Firm, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1998.
- Organizational Capabilities in Product Development of Japanese Firms: A Conceptual Framework and Empirical Analyse, with K. Kusunoki and A. Nagata, Organization Science, 9 (6) 699-718, 1998.
- Three Tales of Knowledge-Creating Companies, with K. Umemoto and D. Senoo in G. von Krogh, J. Roos, and D. Klein (eds.), Knowing in Firms: Understanding, Managing, and Measuring Knowledge, London: Sage, 1998.
- From Information Processing to Knowledge Creation: A Paradigm Shift in Business Management, with K. Umemoto and D. Senoo, Technology in Society, 18 (2) 203-218, 1996.
- Managing Innovation as an Organizational Knowledge Creation Process, in G. Pogorel (ed.), Technology Strategies in the Nineties: A Tricontinental Handbook, Milan: Franco Angeli, 1995.
- Beyond Reengineering, Organizational Science, 28 (1) 21-31, 1994, (in Japanese).
- A Dynamic Theory of Organizational Knowledge Creation, Ikujiro Nonaka, Organization Science Volume 5, Issue 1 , 1994.
- Organizational Knowledge Creation Theory: A First Comprehensive Test, with P. Byosiere, C.C. Borucki and N. Konno, International Business Review, 3 (4) 337-351, 1994.
- Intellectual Productivity of Japanese Firm, Organizational Science, 26(4) 56-63, 1993, (in Japanese).
- Models of Knowledge Management in the West and Japan, with G. Hedland in P. Lorange, B. Chakravarthy, J. Roos and A. Van de Van (eds.), Implementing Strategic Processes: Change, Learning and Co-operation, Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1993.
- Managing Knowledge Creation for the Global Firm: Case Study of Innovation Process of Nissan Corporation, Organizational Science, 25 (4) 2-15, 1992, (in Japanese).
- A Theory of Interorganizational Knowledge Creation: Case Study of Innovation Process of Japanese Semiconductor Industry, with S. Yonekura, 1992, (in Japanese).
- The Knowledge-Creating Company, Harvard Business Review, 1991.
- Managing the Firm as an Information Creation Process, in J.R. Meindl, R.L. Cardy and S. M. Puffer (eds.), Advances in Information Processing in Organizations, London: JAI Press, 1991.
- Managing Globalization as a Self-renewing Process: Experiences of Japanese MNCs, in C. Bartlett, Y. Doz and G. Hedlund (eds.), Managing the Global Firm, London: Routledge, 1990.
- Redundant, Overlapping Organization: A Japanese Approach to Managing the Innovation Process, California Management Review, 22 (3) 27-38, 1990.
- A Methodology of Organizational Knowledge Creation, with N. Konno and N. Kawamura, Organizational Science, 24 (1) 2-20, 1990, (in Japanese).
- Self-renewal of the Japanese Firm and the Human Resource Strategy, Human Resource Management, Spring, 1988.
- Creating Organizational Order out of Chaos: Self-renewal in Japanese Firms, 1988, (in Japanese).
- Toward Middle Up-down Management: Accelerating Information Creation, Sloan Management Review, 29 (3) 9-18, 1988.
- The New New Product Development Game, with H. Takeuchi, Harvard Business Review, Jan.-Feb. 137-146, 1986.
- Managing the New Product Development Process: How Japanese Companies Learn and Unlearn, with K. Imai and H. Takeuchi in R.H. Hayes, K.B. Clark and C. Lorenz (eds.), The Uneasy Alliance: Managing the Productivility-Technology Dilemma, Boston: Harvard Business School Press, 1985.
- Japanese Management: What about the ‘Hard’ Skills?, with J. Johansson, Academy of Management Review, 10 (2) 181-191, 1985.
- Marketing Management, Its Environment, and Information Processing: A Problem of Organizational Design, with F.M. Nicosia, Journal of Business Research, 7 (4) 277-300, 1979.
Academic Honors
2016 | Received the Innovation Luminary Awards of 2016 |
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2015 | Elected as the member of The Japan Academy |
2015 | Received the Foreign Minister’s Commendations for FY 2015 |
2014 | Received the School Fellow, Graduate School of Strategic Management,Chuo University |
2013 | Received the Lifetime Achievement Award by Thinkers50. |
2013 | Received the Honorary Doctor of Laws, Waseda University. |
2012 | Received the Eminent Scholar Award by Academy of International Business (AIB). |
2010 | Received the Zuihōshō, or The Order of the Sacred Treasure, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon from the Japanese Government |
2009 | Received the Professor Honoris Causa of HEC Paris. |
2007 | Eminent Scholar in International Management Award at the annual meeting of Academy of Management. |
2002 | Received the Purple Ribbon Medal from the Japanese Government |
2002 | Elected a member of Fellow Group of the Academy of Management in the U.S. |
2001 | Awarded the Best Book of the Year Award in Business and Management (Association of American Publishers, Inc.) for ‘Enabling Knowledge Creation” (2000) |
1999 | Elected as Fellow of the International Academy of Management |
1998 | Received the Honorary Doctor of Economic Sciences degree, Universitat St. Gallen |
1999 | Received the Doctor Honoris Causa of the Faculty of Economic, Social Sciences, Universite Catholique de Louvain |
1996 | Awarded the Best Book of the Year Award in Business and Management (Association of American Publishers, Inc.) for ‘The Knowledge-Creating Company” (1995) |
1996 | Awarded the Best Book Award in Management (Financial Times/B. Allen & Hamilton, Co.) for ‘Intellectualizing Capability” (1995) |
1991 | Received the NOMA Prize (Nippon Administrative Management Association) for Management for ‘Knowledge Creation” (1990) |
1988 | Received the Fourth Annual Richard Beckhard Prize (Sloan Management Review) for ‘Toward Middle-Up-Down Management: Accelerating Information Creation” (1988) |
1984 | Received the Book of the Year Award (The Academic Association of Organizational Science, Japan) for ‘A Comparison of U.S. vs. Japanese Management” (1983) (in Japanese) |
1974 | Received the Nikkei Award in Economics and Business (Nihon Keizai Shimbun-sha) for ‘Organization and Market: A Contingency Theory” (1974) (in Japanese) |
Member of Editorial Board/Scientific Committee/Other Membership
2000- | Scientific Committee, Industrial and Corporate Change |
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1997- | Scientific Committee, Journal of Management and Governance |
1996-2000 | President, Academic Association of Organizational Science (in Japan) |
1996-2000 | Managing Editor, Organizational Science (Japanese journal of the Academic Association of Organizational Science) |
1995- | Editor, Business Review (Japanese journal of the Institute of Business Research, Hitotsubashi University) |
1989-1994 | Senior Editor, Organization Science (An international journal of the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Science, U.S.A) |