Keio University

Research Projects 2012

2012 Graduate School Advanced Research Project Report: 'Corporate and Economic Research for the Revitalization of Japan'


Mai Kikuzakari, 'Developing an Online Communication Model: Focusing on Consumer Information Processing as Receivers'

Project Theme: 'New Online Communication in the Japanese Market'

Project Leader: Akinori Ono


Mitsuya Akao, 'A Study on Knowledge and Organizational Systems: From the Perspective of Polanyi's Theory of Knowledge'

Project Theme: 'Knowledge, Capability, and Innovation Management'

Project Leader: Kengo Sakakibara


Toshifumi Unno, Kengo Shimizu, and Naoki Fuse, 'Estimating the Disruption of Economic Chains by the Great East Japan Earthquake: Visualizing Economic Vulnerability by Calculating Economic Hotspots with Mesh Data and Collating with Disaster-Stricken Areas Using GIS Information'

Project Theme: 'Input-Output Analysis of Inoperability and Recovery Scenarios from the Great East Japan Earthquake'

Project Leader: Kazunari Shimpo


Miyabi Ono, 'The Impact of Food for Specified Health Uses (Tokuho) Labeling on Consumer Purchase Intentions' / Ye Li, 'Sources of Retail Format Innovation: A Case Study of Chinese Apparel Specialty Store Formats'

Project Theme: 'Research on Post-Disaster Innovation and Communication'

Project Leader: Yutaka Takioka


Toru Kobayashi, 'The Impact of Matching by Private Employment Agencies on Job Change Outcomes: From the Perspectives of Income Change and Satisfaction Before and After Job Change, and the Labor Force Reallocation Function'

Project Theme: 'Analysis of the Impact of Promoting Diversity in Human Resources on Corporate Competitiveness'

Project Leader: Yoshio Higuchi