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MORI Masaki

Department / Course College of Business Administration Department of International Business Administration

Title / Position Professor

Other Affiliations
1.	Graduate School of Business Administration
2.	Kinugasa Research Organization Institute of International Relations and Area Studies
3.	Research Organization of Open Innovation & Collaboration Research Center for Innovation Management
4.	Research Organization of Open Innovation & Collaboration Institute of Design Science

Academic background
1.	2005/02 Degree Acquisition	│ Kyushu University Ph.D. (Economics)
2.	～1999/03	Faculty of Economics │ Kyushu University │ Graduated
3.	～2001/03	Master Course │ Graduate School of Economics │ Kyushu University │ Completed
4.	～2004/03	Doctoral Program (2nd Semester) │ Graduate School of Economics │ Kyushu University │ Accomplished credits for doctoral program
5.	～2006/03	Department of Economic Systems │ Graduate School of Economics │ Kyushu University

Business career
1.	2016/04/01	Professor │ College of Business Administration │ Ritsumeikan University
2.	2014/09/25 ～ 2015/03/31	Visiting Scholar │ the Peter B. Gustavson Schoolof Business │ University of Victoria, Canada
3.	2007/04/01	Committee │ Institute of International Relations and Area Studies │ Ritsumeikan University
4.	2006/04/01 ～ 2015/03/31	Associate Professor │ College of Business Administration │ Ritsumeikan University
5.	2004/04/01 ～ 2005/03/31	Academic Researcher │ School of Economics │ the Kyushu University
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Committee and society
1.	2017/12 ～ 2026/10/31	Osaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry A Member of Chinese Business Commitee
2.	2017/04 ～ 2018/03	Rutsumeikan University Associate Dean, College of Business Administration
3.	2015/04 ～ 2016/03	Rutsumeikan University Associate Dean, College of Business Administration

Research activities
1.		The Academic Association for Organizational Science
2.		Japan academy of international business studies
3.		The Academy of Multinational Enterprises
4.		Japanese Association for Chinese Economy and Management Studies
5.		The Kyushu Society of Economics

Subject of research
1.	Managerial Dynamism of Overseas Chinese Companies –Doing Business by Building Business Networks between Overseas Chinese Entrepreneurs-
2.	The Comparative Study about the Strategy of Ethnic Chinese Companies under the Economic Development of Three Countries and Areas in East Asia
3.	The study on influence which a network organization gives to overseas Chinese entrepreneur's networking and acquisition of the social capital

Research summary
The overseas Chinese network and management of company I am engaged in the empirical research in the development mechanism and the overseas Chinese peculiar network function and their activities with a focus on the overseas Chinese companies that play an important role as leaders of the economic development of the Southeast Asia. [Research Subject (1) Outline] I elucidate the mechanism under which the dynamism of the management of the overseas Chinese enterprises is born by explaining the industrialization process in which the overseas Chinese companies that have a family-run structure centered around overseas Chinese managers in the Southeast Asia through the overseas Chinese network based on the overseas Chinese managers' personal trust. [Research Subject (2) Outline] I apply the framework of strategic management to the overseas Chinese companies that show a high presence in Asia and the major leading overseas Chines companies in Hong Kong and Southeast Asia and review them from the viewpoint of the macro economic environment in each country and region, the environment creation and ability accumulation using the management resources that each overseas Chinese entrepreneur. By assuming that the management achievements arise from the strategy development ability that adapts with the economic environment as a result of the above mentioned elements, I perform a cross comparative analysis of the characteristics of the relationship between the individual countries and regions and the relationship between the individual overseas Chinese enterprises.

Present specialized field
Management (Keyword：International Management, Japanese-Chinese Business Relation, Management of Overseas Chinese Enterprises, Innovation Strategy of Japanese Enterpriese in Asian Emerging Countries)

Books
1.	2021/02/20	"Chapter10 Overseas Chinese Network -The Cases of Chinese Chamber of Commerce in Asia and World Chinese Entrepreneurs Convention" in What 'The Belt and Road Initiative' Brings?
2.	2016/04	The Reasinal Economic Development in East Asia and Small and Middle Sized Companies
3.	2014/10	Strategic Management: Competitiveness and Globalization 11th Edition │ ,pp.第5章　敵対的競合関係と競争のダイナミクス
4.	2014/06	Mekong Reasinal Development and ASEAN Community -in order to bridge the ASEAN・Divide- ("Chapter 13 the Chinese Role in Development of Cambodia Economy – The Expansion of Chinese Apparel Companies and Ethnic Chinese Network in Cambodia") │ ,pp.251-270
5.	2012/09	Business Strategy in China Market │ ,pp.217-244
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Papers
1.	2025/03/19	The Creation of Community Capital through Networking Organizations in the Overseas Chinese Entrepreneur Community - Case Study of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Singapore - │ The Ritsumeikan Journal of International Studies │ 37 (4),pp.17-34
2.	2023/12/08	Changes in Business Trends of Overseas Chinese Enterprises in Five South-east Asian Countries: Based on “the Global Chinese Entrepreneurs 1000 Ranking” │ Ritsumeikan Journal of International Relations and Area Studies │ (57),pp.1-22
3.	2020/11	The role of overseas Chinese networking organizations in Asia in the context of the BRI: Chinese Chambers of Commerce in Asia and the World Chinese Entrepreneurs Convention as case studies │ Ritsumeikan Journal of International Relations and Area Studies │ ,pp.71-93
4.	2017/12	The Research about Formation of Entrepreneur Network by Activities of Network Organizations =Case Studies of the Chinese Chamner of Commerce in Hong Kong and Singapore- │ The Annual Report of Kyushu Association of Economic Science │ 55,pp.149-157
5.	2015/03	Challenges for Managing Japanese Corporations in Hanoi and Hai Phong City, Vietnam; Research Report of Visit in March 2014 │ Social System Studies │ (30),pp.159-182
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Academic conference presentation
1.	2025/02/15	CSV (Creating Shared Value) of Overseas Chinese Companies: Influences and Interactions with the Domestic Political and Economic Environment
2.	2024/01/20	Overseas Chinese Enterprises in Southeast Asia: View from Transnationalization and Cyclicality with China
3.	2023/10/22	The expansion into the Japanese market and growth strategy of Taiwan BGCs
4.	2022/11/06	A Change in Trend of Overseas Chinese Enterprises: Based on the Global Chinese Entrepreneurs 1000 Ranking
5.	2021/03/22	The Role of Overseas Chinese Network in the Belt and Road Initiative: Chinese Chambers of Commerce and the World Chinese Entrepreneurs Convention as Case Studies
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Other research achievements
1.	2016/11/27 ～ 2016/11/27	A member of review committee in "Qualifying Matches of the 7th Eastern Japan Inter Collegee Workshop 2016" held by Nikkei Business (Osaka University of Economics)
2.	2016/02/26 ～ 2016/02/26	The Study Meeting by the Institute for International Economic Studies "Deepening of Politics and Economics in China and South East Asia: From the View of the Ethnic Chinese Business Studies (The Institute for International Economic Studies)
3.	2015/11/14 ～ 2015/11/14	The Strategy Comparison of Japanese and Chinese Companies in Chinese Market (The Joint Seminer with Tongji University, China and Ritsumeikan Confucius Academy; "Where Chinese Economy is Going? -Correspondence of Japanese Companies-" (at the multi purpose room, Ritsumeikan University Osaka-Umeda campus))
4.	2015/10/17 ～ 2015/10/17	Ethnic Chinese Network in Southeast Asia (ASEAN-JAPAN "Co-Creation of Value” Forum for Next Leaders (Held by Japan Management Association, in the Seminar Room at JMA))
5.	2014/06/07 ～ 2014/06/07	Introduction to Guanxi Network" in English (Cross-Cultural Management Workshop in #304 Epock Ritsumei 21 at Biwako Kusatsu Campus, Ritsumeikan University)
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Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research -KAKENHI-
1.	2021/04/01 ～ 2025/03/31	Research on network organizations that promote the formation of entrepreneurial networks and the acquisition of social capital │ Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research(C)
2.	2018/04 ～ 2021/03	Development of Chinese Multinational Corporations and the Theory of Middle Income State Multinationals │ Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research(C)
3.	2012/04 ～ 2015/03	Substantial Study on Innovation Management of Production Companys over Rising Nation Markets │ Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research(C)

Teaching achievements

●Practical Example of Education Technique

1.	2024/04/01 ～ 2025/03/31	Research on the international management strategies of Japanese companies in Asia (Seminar I and II)
2.	2024/04/01 ～ 2024/07/31	Joint study on Japan-China business by exchange students from China and students planning to study abroad in Greater China (Project Research)

●Other Special Instructions about Teaching Activities

1.	2018/11 ～ 2018/11	Modeling Lecture "Invitation to Business Administration -From the Viewpoint of International Strategy of a Japanese Multinational Enterprise in the Asian Emerging Market-
2.	2017/07	Modeling Lecture in the Joint Seminor between High School and University "Intensifying Globalization of the Japanese Company -To the Asian Emerging Market-
3.	2017/06	Modeling Lecture "Intensifying Globalization of the Japanese Company -To the Asian Emerging Market-
4.	2016/09 ～ 2016/09	Globalization of the Japanese companies -In from Deveroped Countires (Japan, the United States and Europe)to Emerging Countries in Asia.
5.	2016/05 ～ 2016/05	Internationalization of the Japanese companies -In from Deveroped Countires to Emerging Countries.
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