Ikujiro Nonaka

Professor Emeritus
International Business Strategy

Contact information

E-mail: ICS Administration Office

Education

1972 PhD in Business Administration, University of California, Berkeley
1968 MBA, University of California, Berkeley
1958 BS (Political Science),Waseda University

Positions held

2007 -First Distinguished Drucker Scholar in Residence at the Drucker School and Institute, Claremont Graduate University
2006 -Professor Emeritus, Hitotsubashi University Graduate School of International Corporate Strategy
2000 - 2006Professor, Hitotsubashi University Graduate School of International Corporate Strategy
2001 -Xerox Distinguished Faculty Scholar, IMIO, University of California, Berkeley
1997 - 2001Xerox Distinguished Professor in Knowledge, Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley
1997 - 2000Dean, the Graduate School of Knowledge Science, Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
1997 - 1998Professor, Institute of Innovation Research, Hitotsubashi University
1995 - 1997Director, Institute of Business Research, Hitotsubashi University
1991 - 1995Director of Research, National Institute of Science and Technology Policy, Japan
1982 - 1997Professor, Institute of Business Research, Hitotsubashi University
1979 - 1982Professor, Department of Social Sciences, National Defense Academy, Japan
1977 - 1979Professor, Department of Business Administration, Nanzan University, Japan
1958 - 1970Corporate Staff, Fuji Electric Co.

Selected papers and publications

Professor Nonaka has published numerous books and articles, including The Knowledge-Creating Company (Oxford University Press, 1995, with H. Takeuchi), Enabling Knowledge Creation (with G. von Krogh and K. Ichijo, Oxford University Press, 2000), The Essence of Innovation (Nikkei BP, 2004, with A. Katsumi, in Japanese), and The Essence of Strategy (Nikkei BP, 2005, with co-authors, in Japanese). For a complete list of Professor Nonaka's publications, please see the Links section below.

Current research and activities

Organizational and Social Knowledge Creation.

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Courses taught