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 - 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. |
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.